HOW WE START IS NOT SO IMPORTANT

BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS HOW WE FINISH.

Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY,

BEST-SELLING AUTHORS, JOHN AND LISA BEVERE.

WHAT IS AMAZING TO ME IS HOW MANY BELIEVERS,

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ARMED, PREPARED, READY,

THEY WILL REACT INSTEAD OF ACT.

AND WE'RE JUST PRAYING THESE LITTLE PRAYERS OF GOD,

JUST LET MY KIDS MAKE IT THROUGH.

OH, GOD, PLEASE LET MY MARRIAGE NOT END IN DIVORCE.

OH, GOD... WE NEED TO PRAY GOD'S WORD.

Announcer: THE POWER YOU NEED TO NEVER GIVE UP -- NEXT!

Betty: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!

THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US.

I'M BETTY AND THIS IS JAMES.

James: JOHN AND LISA BEVERE,

TWO OF OUR FAVORITE PEOPLE

AND IF YOU KNOW JOHN AND LISA

THEY WOULD BE YOUR

FAVORITE PEOPLE TOO

BECAUSE I THINK REALLY

TO KNOW THEM IS TO LOVE THEM.

NOT THAT THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE,

AS I AM FROM TIME TO TIME,

OF SAYING

SOMETHING PROVOCATIVE,

SOMETHING CHALLENGING,

SOMETHING THAT MIGHT SET

YOU BACK FOR JUST A MOMENT.

THEY'RE BOTH VERY STRONG

AND VERY FORCEFUL.

BETTY IS KIND OF

THE SOFT PEACEMAKER.

HERE'S THE THING A LOT

OF PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.

SHE STIRS A LOT OF THIS STUFF

BECAUSE SHE --.

Betty: AND THEN I SAY,

"YOU TELL THEM!"

[Laughter]

James: SHE DOES EXACTLY!

"YOU NEED TO TELL THEM...

AND YOU NEED

TO TELL THEM THIS..."

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU DO?

Betty: I DO.

James: WHY DON'T YOU

TELL THEM FOR A WHILE.

Betty: IT SOUNDS BETTER

COMING FROM YOU.

I WANT TO STAY SWEET.

[Laughter]

James: WELL, LET ME

JUST TELL YOU THIS,

THEY WRITE MANY GREAT BOOKS.

THIS ONE IS SPECIAL.

I KNOW JOHN WOULD SAY,

"WELL, I THINK ALL OF THEM

ARE SPECIAL,

THAT'S THE REASON

I WRITE THEM."

BUT THIS ONE, I THINK

FOR THIS MOMENT IN TIME

IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

AND THE LIFE OF BELIEVERS,

"THE POWER YOU NEED

TO NEVER GET UP."

HE CALLS IT RELENTLESS.

HE IS RELENTLESS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I ENDORSED IT

AND REFERENCED THE FACT

THAT HE IS EXACTLY THAT.

I THINK I'LL JUST READ

WHAT I WROTE ABOUT IT.

"IT IS ONE THING

TO WRITE ON A SUBJECT,

IT IS ANOTHER TO BE

A LIVING DEMONSTRATION

OF WHAT YOU SHARE.

IN WORD AND IN HIS LIFE,

JOHN BEVERE REVEALS

THE POWERFUL EFFECT

THAT THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT

OF GOD'S PURPOSE --

WHAT IT PRODUCES.

HE INSPIRES READERS TO MOVE

FROM SPIRITUAL PASSIVITY

TO A PASSIONATE PURSUIT

OF GOD'S WILL.

THIS IS A CHALLENGE

WORTH EMBRACING."

WOULD YOU WELCOME THE AUTHOR

AND HIS WIFE,

JOHN AND LISA BEVERE

TO LIFE TODAY?

GOOD TO SEE YOU!

JOHN, RELENTLESS:

I SENSE DETERMINATION

AND THE NEED FOR US

TO BE RELENTLESS.

YOU POINT OUT

IN VERY SPECIFIC WAYS

IN THIS BOOK,

IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY,

THE UNEXPECTED

THE THINGS YOU REALLY

WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE

CONFRONTING YOU,

THE CIRCUMSTANCES

OR CHALLENGES, WHICH WE FACE

PLENTY OF THEM TODAY.

WE FACE THEM NATIONALLY,

WE FACE THEM COMMUNITY WIDE,

AND WE FACE THEM

IN OUR LIVES AND FAMILIES.

WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS BOOK?

John: YOU KNOW,

I BELIEVE A LOT OF PEOPLE

HAVE GONE THROUGH

SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES IN

THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS

AND THERE IS

A LOT OF COMPASSION,

I THINK IN THE HEART OF GOD,

AND THAT GOT TRANSFERRED

IN MY HEART FOR THESE PEOPLE.

SO THE BOOK REALLY

DEALS WITH ADVERSITY.

ADVERSITY MANY TIMES

PULLS PEOPLE DOWN

WHEN IN REALITY,

IT SHOULD BE AS A CHILD OF GOD

SOMETHING THAT WOULD

PROPEL US FORWARD.

IT SHOULDN'T BE A WALL,

IT SHOULD BE A STEPPINGSTONE.

SOMETIMES WHEN WE COME

THROUGH ADVERSITY,

MAYBE WE MIGHT NOT

COME THROUGH THE WAY

WE WERE GOING TO COME THROUGH

BUT WE ALWAYS WOULD COME

THROUGH BETTER, STRONGER,

AND ADVANCING THE PURPOSES

OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

WHAT GOD DESIRES FOR US TO DO

IS TO TAKE WHAT HE HAS

PROMISED, WHAT HE HAS

PROMISED US INDIVIDUALLY,

AS FAMILIES, AS A NATION

AND TO RELENTLESSLY FIGHT TO

BRING IT FORTH INTO THE EARTH

BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES

THAT ACCORDING TO ROMANS 5:17

SHOULD BE REIGNING

ON THE EARTH.

THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 5:17

ALL WHO RECEIVE

GOD'S ABUNDANCE GRACE

HAVE BEEN FREELY PUT

RIGHT WITH HIM WILL RULE

IN LIFE THROUGH CHRIST.

THAT WORD RULE IN LIFE,

IF YOU LOOK AT IT

IN ANOTHER TRANSLATION

IT SAYS "REIGN IN LIFE

AS KINGS AND QUEENS."

SO THE PROBLEM THAT I SEE

IS MANY TIMES,

CHRISTIANS ARE RULED BY LIFE,

THEY ARE NOT RULING IN LIFE

BECAUSE WE GO INTO

A PASSIVITY STATE

INTO A FIGHTING STATE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE FIGHT

THAT WE'RE TOLD TO FIGHT

IN THE ENTIRE NEW TESTAMENT.

NOW THE OLD TESTAMENT

IS NOT THAT WAY

BUT THE NEW TESTAMENT,

WE ARE TOLD TO FIGHT

IN ONE AREA AND THAT IS

THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.

AND HE SAYS RIGHT AFTER THAT

WHAT THAT MEANS IS

LAYING HOLD OF ETERNAL LIFE.

SO BASICALLY,

GOD HAS PROMISES, PROVISIONS,

WAYS OF LIVING

IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

THAT HE DESIRES

TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE EARTH

AND HE DESIRES US

TO BRING IT FORTH

BUT IT DOESN'T COME

BY TIPTOEING IN THE TULIPS

OR A WALK IN THE PARK,

IT COMES THROUGH RESISTANCE

BECAUSE PAUL SAID,

"I'VE GOT TO PRESS --

PRESS, PRESS

TO OBTAIN THE HIGH CALL."

SO THAT'S WHAT

RELENTLESS DEALS WITH.

IT DEALS WITH FINISHING WELL,

WHETHER IT'S A SEASON,

WHETHER IT'S A RELATIONSHIP,

WHETHER IT'S OUR ENTIRE LIFE,

WHETHER IT'S AN ASSIGNMENT

FROM GOD, HOW WE START

IS NOT SO IMPORTANT

BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT

IS HOW WE FINISH.

James: YOU KNOW

WHEN I WAS LISTENING

TO YOUR DESCRIPTIONS THERE

AND THINKING ABOUT A LOT

OF PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH,

THEY REALLY DON'T SEEM

TO MEASURE UP TO WHAT

YOU JUST DESCRIBED.

I THINK ABOUT IT

AND A LOT OF TIMES

I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOKING OUT

AT PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE

THEY'VE JUST BEEN RUN OVER

AND THEY'VE LAID BACK.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE

WHEN I WAS TALKING IN

THE ENDORSEMENT THAT I READ

ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE

IN REAL PASSION

FOR THE PURPOSES OF GOD

AND PASSIVITY,

THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE IS

A PREVAILING SPIRIT

OF PASSIVITY ON PEOPLE

WHERE THEY HAVE GIVEN IN.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, BETTY,

YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE

REALLY BEING HELPED AND LED

THROUGH SOME DELIVERANCE OF

REAL BONDAGE IN OUR OWN LIVES,

THE PERSON PRAYING

FOR US DEALT WITH

A SPIRIT OF PASSIVITY.

HE EVEN SAID HE THOUGHT YOU

HAD FEAR AND YOU WERE PASSIVE,

IT WAS LIKE YOU

WERE ACCEPTING IT.

Betty: I THINK A LOT OF THAT

IS I HAD NOT GROWN IN MY WALK

WITH THE LORD AND I DIDN'T

KNOW THAT I COULD BE STRONG,

THAT I COULD -- THAT THE LORD

WANTED TO WORK THROUGH ME.

HE DIDN'T SAY, "I'LL KEEP YOU

FROM ALL THOSE ADVERSITIES,"

HE SAID, "I'LL BE WITH YOU

THROUGH IT ALL."

HE ALSO GAVE US

AN ARMOR TO PUT ON.

WHY WOULD HE DO THAT

IF HE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE

GOING TO BE IN BATTLE?

WHAT'S THE PURPOSE

OF THE ARMOR

IF WE'RE JUST TO LAY BACK

AND BE RUN OVER?

BUT HE HAD A PURPOSE IN IT.

I DO KNOW THAT EVERY TIME

I'VE HAD A CHALLENGE

IN MY LIFE

I COME AWAY STRONGER

IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

AND MY WALK.

I GET BACK UP AND I'M NOT

THE SAME PERSON I WAS

WHEN I GOT KNOCKED DOWN

BECAUSE I'M STRONGER.

James: A LOT OF PEOPLE

STAY DOWN, THAT'S

THE SPIRIT OF PASSIVITY.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT

WE'RE MORE THAN CONQUERORS,

WE'RE OVERCOMERS IN THIS LIFE.

GREATER IS HE THAT'S IN US

THAN THE ONE THAT IS TRYING TO

ASSAULT US AND BRING US DOWN.

LISA, WHEN I THINK ABOUT

THE TIMES YOU'VE BEEN ON,

A LOT OF TIMES YOU'D BE

TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU GET

STIRRED UP OVER SOMETHING

THAT'S HAPPENED TO THE KIDS,

YOUR SONS.

SOMETHING GOES ON

IN THE CLASSROOM

AND YOU'RE READY TO GO.

IT'S LIKE YOU'RE RELENTLESS

FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR

AND PROTECT THEM.

THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT

MOTHER GUARD BUT IT'S EVEN

MORE THAN THAT, THERE'S

WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT,

THERE IS A RELENTLESSNESS

THAT I'M NOT GIVING MY BOYS,

OUR CHILDREN TO THE ENEMY --

PERIOD! I SENSE

YOU'RE RELENTLESS IN THAT.

Lisa: ABSOLUTELY!

I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE

DON'T KNOW THEY NEED TO

RISE UP AND DO THAT.

I LOVE WHAT BETTY IS SHARING.

BUT THERE ARE SCRIPTURES

I LOVE TO READ AND THERE ARE

SCRIPTURES I HATE TO LIVE.

AND THE BOOK OF JAMES,

I HATE TO LIVE.

YOU KNOW THAT UNDER PRESSURE

YOUR FAITH LIFE IS FORCED

INTO THE OPEN AND SHOWS ITS

TRUE COLORS -- I KNOW THAT.

BUT WHEN THERE IS PRESSURE,

YOU FIND OUT

WHAT YOU TRUST IN.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE,

THEY CRY OUT FOR DELIVERANCE

AND THEY DON'T FIND OUT

HOW TO GET THE STRENGTH

THROUGH THAT.

JOHN AND I, WE SAW SOMETHING

HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES.

MY HUSBAND AND I,

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN RELENTLESS

FOR TRUTH BUT WHEN GOD BEGINS

TO WANT TO ENLARGE YOUR LIFE,

WHICH I BELIEVE

GOD WANTS EVERYBODY'S LIFE

TO ENLARGE IN HARD TIMES,

NOT SHRINK -- ENLARGE.

THIS IS THE TIME TO ENLARGE

BECAUSE WE GET

OUR LIFE FROM HIM.

AND SO THE PRESSURE

BEGINS TO FORCE SOMETHING.

BUT JOHN, HE CAME

INTO OUR STAFF AND HE SAID,

"I JUST WANT TO GIVE AWAY

250,000 BOOKS NEXT YEAR."

I THREW UP IN MY MOUTH.

I'M SITTING THERE GOING,

"WHAT? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

WHY WOULD WE DO THAT?

WHY WOULD WE

GIVE AWAY 250,000?"

HE'S LIKE,

"THERE'S THESE LEADERS..."

AND I'M JUST PANICKING.

SO I MEAN, YES, I CAN BE

REALLY BRAVE FOR MY KIDS

BUT WHEN UNDER PRESSURE,

GOD BEGINS TO PUT

ANOTHER THING BECAUSE

IT IS LIKE YOU GET STRONG

AND THEN HE GOES NEXT LEVEL,

NEXT LEVEL, NEXT LEVEL.

I REMEMBER, I SAID,

"HOW ABOUT 100,000?"

I MIGHT HAVE

EVEN RAISED MY HANDS

AND JOHN MADE A FIST

AND HE SAID, "MY FAITH

IS ATTACHED TO 250,000."

YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID

IN THAT MOMENT?

WE PRAYED A RELENTLESS PRAYER.

WE PRAYED A PRAYER THAT SCARED

WHAT WAS SCARED INSIDE OF US.

AND PEOPLE NEED TO START

PRAYING SOME SCARY PRAYERS

AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND

THAT IF THEIR PRAYERS

ARE NOT SCARING THE ENEMY --

IF IT DOESN'T SCARE YOU,

IT'S NOT SCARING THE ENEMY.

AND WE'RE JUST PRAYING

THESE LITTLE PRAYERS OF GOD

JUST LET MY KIDS

MAKE IT THROUGH.

OH, GOD, PLEASE JUST LET MY

MARRIAGE NOT END IN DIVORCE.

OH, GOD... WE NEED TO PRAY

GOD'S WORD BECAUSE ULTIMATELY

THE WORD OF GOD IS

A REFLECTION OF HOW

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK.

NOT THE MIRROR,

NOT THE ENVIRONMENT,

NOT THE CULTURE,

NOT THE ECONOMY,

BUT THE WORD OF GOD.

James: ABSOLUTELY! WOW!

TAKE OFF, JOHN ON SOME

OF THE POINTS THAT SHE MAKES

THAT ARE REALLY --

YOU FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT

TO BE RELENTLESS IN.

John: IN LISTENING TO OUR

CONVERSATION, I THINK YOU'VE

GOT TO GO TO PETER'S WORDS

WHERE PETER SAID,

"AS CHRIST SUFFERED FOR US

IN THE FLESH, ARM YOURSELVES

ALSO WITH THE SAME MIND.

FOR HE WHO HAS SUFFERED IN

THE FLESH HAS CEASED FROM SIN,

THAT IS FIRST PETER 4,

VERSE ONE.

YOU LOOK AT PETER WHEN

HE SAYS, "ARM YOURSELF."

CAN YOU IMAGINE

A MILITARY GOING TO BATTLE

WITHOUT ANY GUNS, ANY KNIVES,

ANY BULLETS, NO BOATS,

NO PLANES, NO ARMS?

THAT'S LIKE LUDICROUS.

WOULD THAT MILITARY

EVEN CONTEND? NO WAY.

THEY WOULD BE CONQUERED;

THEY WOULD BE PRISONERS

OF WAR OR ALL KILLED.

AS RIDICULOUS AS WHAT I JUST

SAID, THAT'S HOW RIDICULOUS

IT IS FOR A CHRISTIAN

NOT TO BE ARMED TO SUFFER.

YET MOST WESTERN CHRISTIANS,

I HAVE FOUND,

ARE NOT ARMED FOR IT.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS

BECAUSE WE'RE UNPREPARED,

WHEN ADVERSITY,

EXTREME ADVERSITY HITS

WE GO INTO A STATE OF SHOCK,

A STATE OF BEWILDERMENT,

A STATE OF AMAZEMENT.

OUT OF THAT STATE OF SHOCK,

BEWILDERMENT OR AMAZEMENT

WE REACT INSTEAD OF ACT.

A BIG EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD

BE SOMEBODY WHO IS ARMED

AND SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT

IS A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOT.

EVERY SIX MONTHS

THOSE GUYS HAVE GOT TO GO

TO RECURRENT TRAINING.

WHAT DO THEY DO

IN RECURRENT TRAINING?

THEY PUT THEM IN A SIMULATOR.

A SIMULATOR,

JUST TO PUT IT SIMPLY,

WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SIMULATOR

YOU CAN'T TELL IF YOU'RE IN

A REAL PLANE OR THE SIMULATOR.

THEY THROW EVERY ADVERSITY

THEY CAN IMAGINE

AT THOSE GUYS.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?

THEY START FIGURING IT OUT.

SO MANY CRASHES

HAVE BEEN AVERTED

BECAUSE OF THESE PILOTS'

TRAINING IN THE SIMULATOR.

BACK PRIOR TO 9/11, 2001,

THERE WAS A CRASH

ON A COMMUTER PLANE

BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN

THEY HAD NO DOORS BETWEEN

THE PILOTS AND THE PASSENGERS

ON THE COMMUTER PLANES.

ONE OF THOSE PLANES CRASHED

AND WHEN THE F.A.A.

RECOVERED THE BLACK BOX

THEY COULD HEAR THE PILOT

IN COMMAND AND THE CO-PILOT.

THE PILOT IS GIVING

THE ORDERS, THE CO-PILOT

IS GOING, "CHECK, CHECK."

"FEATHER THE ENGINES."

"CHECK."

"PULL UP THE FLAPS."

"CHECK."

"PUT DOWN THE LANDING GEAR."

ON THE OTHER HAND,

THEY DID THIS

ALL THE WAY TO THE CRASH.

ON THE OTHER HAND

THE PASSENGERS

WERE SCREAMING IN HYSTERIA.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

THE PILOTS WERE ARMED,

THE PASSENGERS WERE UNARMED.

SO THE PILOTS WERE ACTING,

THE PASSENGERS WERE REACTING.

WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME

IS HOW MANY BELIEVERS,

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ARMED,

PREPARED, READY, THEY

WILL REACT INSTEAD OF ACT.

WHEN IN REALITY

JESUS PREPARED US.

HE SAID,

"IN THIS WORLD YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE TRIBULATIONS."

AND PAUL SAID,

"IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOME,

IT'S GOING TO BE MANY."

AND SO WE, AS BELIEVERS,

IF WE'RE ARMED FOR THEM,

WE WILL ACT PROPERLY

WITH THE WORD OF GOD

AND THEN WHAT SEEMS

TO BE SOMETHING THE ENEMY

TRIES TO BRING TO DESTROY US

MANY TIMES ENDS UP BEING

NOT ONLY US BUT MANY OTHERS

GETTING HELP.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN JESUS

WAS WITH HIS DISCIPLES

HE MADE THE STATEMENT,

"I NEVER DO ANYTHING EXCEPT

I HEAR MY FATHER SAY IT."

WELL, HE TELLS HIS GUYS

AFTER A FULL DAY OF MINISTRY,

"I WANT YOU TO GO TO

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA."

HE GETS IN THE BOAT.

HE'S EXHAUSTED.

WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT

FROM MINISTRY.

I'VE FALLEN ASLEEP

ON MY DRIVERS ON THE WAY

BACK TO THE HOTEL AFTER

A FULL DAY OF PREACHING.

HE FALLS ASLEEP

AT THE BOW OF THE BOAT

AND HE IS LIKE IN DEEP SLEEP.

THEN THIS LIFE-THREATENING

STORM COMES.

NOW FOUR OF THESE GUYS

ON HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN

ON THE SEA ALL THEIR LIFE;

THEY'RE SKILLED SEAMEN.

HERE COMES THIS

LIFE-THREATENING STORM

THAT WOULD CAUSE

THESE SKILLED SEAMEN

TO WAKE HIM UP AND SAID,

"DON'T YOU CARE

THAT WE'RE PERISHING?"

BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS,

WHAT I THINK

A LOT OF CHRISTIANS

DON'T THINK THROUGH IS

WHAT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT

AND THE HEAVENLY FATHER

DOING IN THIS STORM

WHEN JESUS WAS SOUND ASLEEP?

DO YOU THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT

WAS GOING, "OH, FATHER,

WHAT HAVE WE DONE?

I CAN'T BELIEVE I TOLD JESUS

TO GET IN THAT BOAT!

NOW THIS STORM HAS COME UP.

HE'S ASLEEP,

THEY'VE GOT NO FAITH.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

WE'VE MADE

A COLOSSAL MISTAKE!"

THAT'S LUDICROUS

WHEN YOU THINK OF IT; RIGHT?

BECAUSE WHY? GOD KNEW

THAT STORM WAS GOING TO COME

BEFORE HE EVER TOLD JESUS

BECAUSE HE KNOWS

THE END FROM THE BEGINNING

TO GET IN THE BOAT

AND GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.

SO THE THING WE'VE GOT

TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS

IS GOD WILL NEVER

SEND US INTO A STORM

THAT HE DOESN'T GIVE US

THE POWER TO OVERCOME IT.

AND THAT'S WHY JESUS GOT UP

AND SAID, "GUYS,

I DIDN'T TELL YOU

TO GO HALF WAY AND SINK.

YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED

AT THE BOW OF THE BOAT

AND SAID, 'HEY, THE LORD

SAID GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.

IF WE HAVE TO SWIM

WE'RE GOING!' "

AND SO MANY TIMES

I THINK WHEN WE GET A WORD

FROM GOD AND ADVERSITY HIT US,

THAT WORD FROM GOD

IS THE OTHER SIDE.

"GO TO THE OTHER SIDE."

AND IF WE WILL STAND HARD

ON THAT WORD

THEN I DON'T CARE

WHAT THE ENEMY THROWS AT US

IN THE WAY OF STORMS,

IT DOESN'T SURPRISE GOD,

AND IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US

BECAUSE JESUS WARNED US,

HE ARMED US.

HE SAID, "YOU'RE GOING TO

RECEIVE MANY TRIBULATIONS."

I JUST WANT TO HELP PEOPLE

GET THROUGH THESE STORMS

THEY'RE GOING THROUGH

BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING,

WE'RE GOING TO GO

THROUGH A LOT MORE.

James: THEY'VE BEEN PROMISED

BUT ALSO WE HAVE THE PROMISE

FROM THE PROMISED ONE

AND THE PROMISE

THAT HE WILL BE WITH US

IN EVERY STORM,

HE IS THE OVERCOMER.

HE CAN CALM THE STORMS.

HE CAN PREPARE A TABLE

BEFORE US IN THE PRESENCE

OF ENEMIES AND ACCUSERS

AND PROBLEMS AND WE REALLY

DO NEED TO LEARN

WHAT IT IS TO TRUST.

I HAVE AN IDEA

THAT OUR TRUST LEVEL IS GOING

TO BE CHALLENGED WITH A LOT

OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

BUT ALSO, YOU MADE

TWO VERY STRONG POINTS.

NOT ONLY ARE WE SUPPOSED

TO FACE ADVERSITY FEARLESSLY

WITH THE OVERCOMER OF FEAR

AND THE ONE THAT ENABLES US,

BUT WE ARE ALSO TO TAKE

CHARGE IN SO MANY AREAS

THAT WE HAVE NOT,

WHERE WE HAVE DOMINION

AND WHERE WE RULE

AND REIGN IN CHRIST.

WE DON'T RUN OVER PEOPLE

BUT THE EFFECT OF OUR WITNESS

AND OUR INFLUENCE

HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT

ON EVERYBODY ON PLANET EARTH.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO

AS PRIESTS AND KINGS,

NOT WITH A BIG SHOT ATTITUDE

BUT WITH SOMEONE WHO REALLY

KNOWS THAT'S GOING ON.

I WANT TO DO ANOTHER PROGRAM

AND TALK SOME MORE.

WHEN WE WERE TALKING

BEFORE WE CAME OUT HERE

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

HOW PRESSURE COMES AND PEOPLE,

THEY BEGIN TO WONDER,

"WHAT'S THE SOURCE?"

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SOURCE

BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES

PEOPLE WONDER, "DID THAT

COME FROM THE DEVIL

OR DID THAT COME FROM GOD?

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM

AND WHY DID IT HAPPEN?

AND WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN

AS A RESULT OF IT IN MY LIFE?

WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS?

HOW DO I HANDLE IT?"

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO

GET THE BOOK, RELENTLESS;

IT IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE

JOHN'S BOOK TODAY AND YOU

MAKE A GIFT, WHATEVER GOD

PUTS ON YOUR HEART,

YOU MAKE THAT GIFT, WE'LL

BE GLAD TO SEND IT TO YOU,

JUST ASK FOR IT.

AND IF SOMEONE WANTED

TO KNOW THE SCHEDULE

WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK,

WHAT WEB SITE

WOULD THEY GO TO JOHN?

John:

MESSENGERINTERNATIONAL.ORG.

James: THERE IT IS

ON THE SCREEN.

I CAN PROMISE YOU WHAT JOHN

WRITES IS GOOD READING

AND LIFE-ENRICHING, AND IN

SO MANY WAYS LIFE-CHANGING.

WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT

GOD TAKING US WHERE WE DON'T

KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING TO

END UP, WHEN GOD LED US

TO WRITE INDIVISIBLE,

DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS

SO INTERESTING?

AND YOU MAY REMEMBER ME

TELLING YOU WHEN I HAD

THE STAPH INFECTION

AFTER MY HIP REPLACEMENT,

I WAS TOO WEAK TO EVEN

PICK UP A CUP OF WATER,

THE LORD BROUGHT TWO

PASSAGES UP IN MY SPIRIT,

WHEN I'M THAT WEAK

AND HE WAS JUST BASICALLY

SAYING QUOTE THEM.

IT WAS ISAIAH 58,

AND OF COURSE, THAT ENDS,

IT IS VERY POWERFUL,

IT IS THE REAL CHOSEN FAST,

AND IT TALKS HOW WE REALLY

LOOK AT THE HUNGRY, AND HOW

WE LOOK AT THE DOWNTRODDEN,

AND HOW WE REALLY LOOK AT

THE PEOPLE WE DISAGREE WITH

SO WE'RE NOT ALWAYS SHAKING

OUR FINGER IN THEIR FACE

AND PUTTING THEM DOWN

BUT WE CAN REALLY BEGIN

TO COMMUNICATE AND THEN

HOW WE BECOME AN ANSWER

TO PEOPLE'S PRAYERS

AND THEN GOD ANSWERS US

QUICKLY AND SO FORTH,

AND THEN IN THE END

WE'RE A WATERED GARDEN,

AN EVER-FLOWING SPRING,

AND WE BECOME A RESTORER

OF THE FOUNDATION.

BUT HE ALSO HAD ME QUOTE

ACTS CHAPTER 20

WHERE PAUL SAID,

"I GO BOUND IN THE SPIRIT

TO JERUSALEM, WRAPPED UP

AND CARRIED BY THE SPIRIT

NOT KNOWING WHAT

AWAITS ME THERE."

BUT HE KNEW WHO HE WAS GOING

WITH, HE KNEW WHO HE WAS

FOLLOWING, AND HE WENT

FAITHFULLY AND FEARLESSLY.

DO YOU REMEMBER IN THE END,

JOHN, HE SAID, "I FINISHED

MY COURSE, I KEPT THE FAITH."

THAT'S THE WAY

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LIVE

AND THAT'S RELENTLESS LIVING.

THIS IS PART OF

THAT RELENTLESS LIVING

WHEN WE WROTE INDIVISIBLE.

I HOPE YOU'VE TAKEN

THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET

THE BOOK AND TO READ IT

AND APPLY THE TRUTHS

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO

TELL YOU SOMETHING,

ON PLANET EARTH RIGHT NOW

AND ON PLANET AMERICA

AND ALL THE FREE WORLD,

WE FACE SOME REAL

SERIOUS ISSUES AND WE NEED

TO KNOW THE TRUTH

AND THE PRINCIPLES.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING

I THINK IS GOING TO MOVE YOU.

YOU CAN IMAGINE

WHEN A FATHER SEES HIS SON

AS A WONDERFUL FATHER AND

HUSBAND WITH FOUR CHILDREN,

BUT WITH A HEART FOR MISSIONS

AND THE LOVE FOR GOD AND

SEE HIM ON THE MISSION FIELD,

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

OUR SON RANDY

ON THE MISSION FIELD

TALKING IN A WAY

THAT I THINK YOU'RE

GOING TO IDENTIFY WITH.

LISTEN CLOSELY, IN CAMBODIA,

OUR SON RANDY.

Randy: PROVERBS TELLS US THAT GRANDCHILDREN

ARE THE CROWN OF THE OLD AGE.

I FIND THIS TO BE TRUE NO MATTER WHERE I TRAVEL IN THE WORLD;

GRANDPARENTS TREASURE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

WHILE IN CAMBODIA, OUR MISSION TEAM CAME UPON

A GRANDFATHER NAMED VAUGHN.

AS VAUGHN WAS TELLING US THE NAMES OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN

HIS JOY SUDDENLY TURNED TO SADNESS.

Randy: VAUGHN HAS LOST TWO GENERATIONS,

A CHILD AND A GRANDCHILD.

NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

IN FACT, IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY.

I DON'T WANT THIS GRANDFATHER OR ANY OTHER GRANDFATHER

TO LOSE ANOTHER GRANDCHILD

SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE

BUT TO DRINK CONTAMINATED WATER.

I HOPE YOU WILL HELP US PROVIDE VAUGHN AND

THOUSANDS OF OTHERS LIKE HIM WITH THE GIFT OF LIFE,

THE GIFT OF CLEAN WATER.

James: I THANK YOU, LORD,

THAT RANDY HAS A SENSITIVITY

THAT COMES FROM YOU.

I KNOW I'M TALKING

TO A LOT OF GRANDPARENTS,

I KNOW RANDY WAS.

HE'S CERTAINLY SEEN

TWO GRANDPARENTS OF

11 BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN;

WE WOULD DO

ANYTHING FOR THEM.

WE REALLY WOULD.

I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT THE FACT IS WE CARE

ABOUT YOUR GRANDCHILDREN

AND WE CARE ABOUT

THE GRANDCHILDREN

THAT RANDY TALKED ABOUT

AND THE CHILDREN.

THEY JUST NEED --

THEY JUST NEED CLEAN WATER

THAT'S NOT CONTAMINATED.

BETTY, WE CAN GIVE IT TO THEM.

Betty: WE CAN; RANDY'S RIGHT,

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY

AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY,

ESPECIALLY SINCE

THE SOLUTION IS SO SIMPLE.

WE CAN DRILL THE WATER WELLS.

WE CAN GIVE THEM CLEAN WATER.

HIS PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN

OF THE GRANDFATHER

THAT YOU SAW, CAN WATCH

HIS GRANDCHILDREN GROW UP

AND BE STRONG AND BE

OVERJOYED WITH THE FACT

HIS GRANDCHILDREN DIDN'T

HAVE TO DIE BECAUSE OF

THAT CONTAMINATED WATER.

I HOPE YOU'LL HELP US.

James: JESUS SAID,

"IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE A CUP

OF WATER IN MY NAME

YOU WON'T LOSE YOUR REWARD,"

AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED

TO START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT THAT REWARD MIGHT BE,

LIKE ALL OUR BILLS PAID

AND ALL OUR PROBLEMS SOLVED.

I WISH WE COULD BE

SPIRITUALLY ELEVATED BEYOND

THAT TYPE OF THINKING

TO WHERE WE COULD THINK

MAYBE THE REWARD WOULD BE

THAT WE DID THE WILL OF GOD,

THAT WE BECAME AN ANSWER

TO A GRANDFATHER'S HOPE;

MAYBE IT WAS HIS PRAYER TOO

THAT HIS CHILDREN

AND GRANDCHILDREN

WOULD HAVE CLEAN WATER.

AND JESUS KNEW

HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS.

HE SAID, "IF YOU'LL JUST

GIVE A CUP IN MY NAME,

I KNOW THE REWARDS.

THEY'RE BEYOND ANYTHING

YOU CAN EVER FATHOM."

I CAN TELL YOU THAT

WE'VE BEEN BLESSED.

OUR SON,

LOVING HIS FOUR CHILDREN,

FOUR OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN

THE WAY HE DOES,

THE WAY HE LOVES THE LORD

AND LOVES US AND LOVES OTHERS,

IT JUST BLESSES US SO MUCH.

WELL, I WANT TO ASK YOU

TO BE AN ANSWER TO THAT

GRANDFATHER'S REQUEST.

WOULD YOU HELP US

DRILL A WATER WELL?

WOULD YOU HELP US DRILL

SEVERAL OF THEM IN

THE AREA WHERE RANDY WAS?

WE'RE COMMITTED TO DRILL

WITH YOUR HELP

AND IT'S ONE WELL AT A TIME,

BUT WE'VE TARGETED

350 SPECIFIC AREAS

AT THE REQUEST OF MISSIONARIES

WHO HAVE SUCH A HEART.

THEY'VE HEARD THE GRANDPARENTS

AND THE PARENTS CRY FOR HELP.

THEY'VE SEEN THE CHILDREN

SUFFER AND DIE.

WOULD YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER

RIGHT NOW?

WOULD YOU HELP US

DRILL A WELL?

COULD YOU GIVE THE $4800?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I THINK IF YOU CAN,

I THINK YOU WOULD,

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.

YOU CAN PUT IT

ON YOUR BANKCARD

OR WRITE A CHECK,

MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US

AND TELL US YOU'RE MAILING IT.

YOU CAN GO ONLINE,

LifeToday.org

AND MAKE THE GIFT.

MANY PEOPLE SAY,

"I CAN'T GIVE AN ENTIRE WELL

BUT I CAN HELP TOWARD IT."

SOME OF YOU CAN GIVE $2400

AND PRAY SOMEONE JOINS YOU

AND WE'VE GOT A WELL OR $1200

AND PRAY THREE JOIN YOU.

PRAY, BE IN PRAYER

LIKE THAT GRANDFATHER,

WITH THAT HOPE.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.

BUT REMEMBER THIS,

YOUR GIFT, WHATEVER IT IS

IS GOING TO SAVE

SO MANY LIVES:

$144 -- 30 PEOPLE WATER

FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL GIFTS

THAT WE WANT TO SEND YOU.

WHATEVER GIFT YOU MAKE,

WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THE DEVOTION, ARISE.

WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THE BIBLE STUDY

CD AND DVD SERIES FROM

THESE INCREDIBLY GIFTED WOMEN

YOU'VE SEEN ON LIFE Today

IF YOU'LL MAKE A GIFT

OF $100 OR MORE.

AND THE BEAUTIFUL

"LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE

IF YOU CAN GIVE AT LEAST

$1200 TOWARD A WELL.

FATHER, I PRAY RIGHT NOW

PEOPLE WOULD MOVE --

MOVE IN COMPASSION

AND MAKE THE GIFT

YOU PUT ON THEIR HEART.

IN JESUS' NAME.

THANK YOU

FOR MAKING THAT CALL.

THANK YOU FOR GOING ONLINE,

OR WRITING THAT CHECK.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR DOING IT.

Announcer: EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

ARE FORCED TO MAKE A DREADFUL CHOICE,

DRINK FILTHY POLLUTED WATER FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE

OR DIE FROM THIRST.

NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE FACED WITH THIS DECISION!

THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS A SOLUTION!

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE

IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS

OF GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD TODAY.

SUFFERING CAN END

BECAUSE CLEAN WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING!

WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY, WE CAN ESTABLISH

AND DRILL 350 NEW WATER WELLS

FOR REMOTE VILLAGES IN 12 DIFFERENT NATIONS.

YOUR GIFT OF $24

WILL HELP PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR FIVE PEOPLE!

A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP PROVIDE FOR 10 PEOPLE.

$72 WILL IMPACT 15 PEOPLE.

AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE FRESH, CLEAN,

DISEASE-FREE WATER

FOR 30 PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME!

WITH YOUR GIFT BE SURE TO REQUEST ARISE,

A BEAUTIFUL NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL

FEATURING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM INSPIRING WOMEN

WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR FAITH ON LIFE TODAY.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE,

YOU MAY REQUEST THE ARISE AUDIO VISUAL DEVOTIONAL

FEATURING 40 DAYS OF INSPIRATION

FROM LIFE TODAY'S FAVORITE WOMEN GUESTS.

PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1200

TO HELP PROVIDE WATER FOR 250 PEOPLE

OR A GIFT OF $4800

TO HELP SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL.

AND BE SURE TO REQUEST THE 2012 COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE SCULPTURE,

"THE LION AND THE LAMB."

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY!

James: I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER

THAT YOUR GIFT OF $48 --

AND BY THE WAY, I ALWAYS

PUSH FOR THE LARGEST GIFT.

I'VE NEVER FOUND PEOPLE

FINDING IT DIFFICULT

TO THINK SMALL.

I ALWAYS WANT TO EXPAND

THE VISION,

ENCOURAGE YOU TO BROADEN

YOUR BORDERS IN YOUR OUTREACH,

BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE

JOHN'S BOOK TODAY, RELENTLESS

AND YOU MAKE A GIFT, WHATEVER

GOD PUTS ON YOUR HEART,

YOU MAKE THAT GIFT, WELL,

WE'LL BE GLAD TO SEND IT

TO YOU, JUST ASK FOR IT.

WOULD YOU JOIN BETTY AND ME

IN SAYING THANKS

TO JOHN AND LISA BEVERE?

THANK YOU BOTH! WE LOVE YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK SOME MORE

ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE PRESSURE,

WHERE IT COMES FROM, HOW WE

CAN BE RELENTLESS AND WIN.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!

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

JAMES ROBISON AND JAY RICHARDS ENCOURAGE A DIVIDED AMERICA

TO STAND TOGETHER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

INDIVISIBLE -- NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

AND ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

Announcer: TOMORROW, BEST-SELLING AUTHORS JOHN AND LISA BEVERE

CHALLENGE BELIEVERS TO BE RELENTLESS.

GOD WILL ALLOW THINGS TO COME

AND GOD EXPECTS US TO FIGHT BACK.