Announcer: COMING UP, A SUCCESSFUL MEGA CHURCH PASTOR

IS CAUGHT HAVING AN AFFAIR.

WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE MOST HORRIFIC TIME OF MY LIFE,

I DID NOT REALLY KNOW HOW TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE JOURNEY.

Announcer: A FEW YEARS LATER HER HUSBAND WAS FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL ROOM.

BUT I AM A LIVING WITNESS THAT GOD IS REAL.

HE IS TRUE, HE LOVES YOU, YOUR PURPOSE,

YOUR DESTINY DOESN'T END WITH A PERSON.

Announcer: WHEN IT ALL FALLS APART -- NEXT!

§

Betty: THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR JOINING US ON LIFE TODAY

I'M BETTY ROBISON

AND THIS IS JAMES.

James: WE HAD A COUPLE HERE

WITH US SOME TIME AGO,

YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE FASTEST

GROWING CHURCHES, ONE OF

THE MOST DYNAMIC PASTORS.

TRAGEDY CAME.

HE HAD A FALL;

FAILED IN HIS RELATIONSHIP

WITH GOD, OF COURSE,

AND HIS RELATIONSHIP

WITH HIS WIFE.

THE REPAIR NEVER WAS COMPLETED.

HIS WIFE WHO IS OUR GUEST

TODAY DID EVERYTHING

SHE COULD.

WHETHER THE CHURCH LEADERS

RESPONDED EXACTLY

THE BEST WAY,

THAT'S UP TO OTHERS TO DISCUSS

BUT HE NEVER DID CHANGE.

HIS LIFE CAME

TO A HORRIBLE END.

HIS WIFE, GOING THROUGH

THE TRAGEDY OF LOSING A CHURCH,

A PASTOR, HER HUSBAND,

WROTE A BOOK,

WHEN IT ALL FALLS APART.</I>

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE

HEARD ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT

OF THE TITLE SAY,

"HOW DO I GET THAT BOOK?"

-- BECAUSE SO OFTEN

PEOPLE'S WORLDS CAVE IN.

IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE

A TORNADO OR TORNADIC WIND;

IT CAN COME FROM ON THE INSIDE.

SHE HAS A LITTLE STATEMENT

AT THE TOP: "FOR ANY WOMAN

WHO HAS WALKED THROUGH LOSS

OR BETRAYAL."

FAR TOO MANY HAVE.

AND RIVA TIMS HANDLED IT

APPROPRIATELY BUT HER WORLD

STILL CAVED IN.

WOULD YOU WELCOME RIVA,

A VERY BOLD AND LOVING WOMAN?

RIVA, GLAD TO SEE YOU.

Riva: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

James: EXPRESSING SORROW

IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE

BUT YOU KNOW THROUGH IT ALL,

PEOPLE LIKE US AND

SO MANY OTHERS CARE DEEPLY.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DEVASTATED.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE

FOR IT TO FALL APART.

SO WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO

WHEN YOU SETTLED IN

AND WROTE THIS BOOK BECAUSE

I KNOW A LOT HAD TO HAPPEN

IN YOUR LIFE FOR YOU

TO WRITE IT.

Riva: IT WAS A LOT.

WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE MOST

HORRIFIC TIME OF MY LIFE

I DID NOT REALLY KNOW HOW TO

MANEUVER THROUGH THE JOURNEY.

YOU GET SO MANY PEOPLE

SPEAKING SO MANY THINGS

INTO YOUR EAR,

YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO.

SO I WOULD OFTEN GO

TO BOOKSTORES LOOKING FOR

SPECIFIC NEEDS FOR ME

AND MY MINISTRY.

WE WERE IN A MEGA MINISTRY.

WE DEALT WITH A LOT

OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT

OFTEN SOME OTHER MINISTRY

MAY NOT HAVE DEALT WITH.

BUT AS I BEGAN TO REALIZE

MY STORY WAS NOT JUST ISOLATED

TO ME OR TO THE MINISTRY,

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD

GO THROUGH SO MANY HARDSHIP

AND PAIN.

AND EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE

RIGHT, THEY DO EVERYTHING

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO,

STILL TRAGEDY VISITS THEM.

SO THE BOOK IS REALLY A WAY

TO GO STEP-BY-STEP

THROUGH THE PROCESS WHEN

YOU EITHER LOSE A LOVED ONE,

EITHER LOSE SOMEONE

THROUGH DEATH,

LOSE SOMEONE

THROUGH INFIDELITY,

WHATEVER YOUR LOSS MAY BE

THERE ARE STEPS THAT

YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE

THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD

TO BRING HEALING AND SUCCESS.

ONE OF THE FIRST ONES

I FOUND WAS CONFRONTATION.

OFTENTIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT

TO CONFRONT THE ISSUES

AND THEY HAVE TO CONFRONT IT

IN TRUTH.

THEY CAN'T WALK IN DENIAL.

THEY HAVE TO CONFRONT IT

HEAD ON.

AND OFTENTIMES IN CHURCH

OR IN MINISTRY, YOU'RE TAUGHT,

"JUST BE QUIET,

DON'T SAY NOTHING.

JUST BE QUIET.

IT WILL GO AWAY."

IT WON'T GO AWAY.

YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

James: IGNORING IT

WILL NOT DRIVE IT AWAY.

Riva: NO! AND WHEN GOD

REVEALS SOMETHING HE DOES IT

BECAUSE HE WANTS TO HEAL IT.

SO EVEN WHEN SOMEONE FALLS

INTO SIN,

SOMEONE FALLS INTO IMMORALITY,

IT IS NOT BECAUSE

GOD DOESN'T LOVE THEM,

IT'S BECAUSE

GOD REALLY LOVES THEM.

SO HE WILL REVEAL IT

SO THAT THEY CAN GET HEALED

SO THAT THEIR TESTIMONY

CAN MAKE IT BE OVERCOMING

FOR OTHERS.

I BELIEVE THAT IF WE AS

THE CHURCH WOULD TAKE THAT

WHEN SOMEONE FALLS

TO CONFRONT IT,

LET HIS HEALING COME IN,

LET WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO DO

TO BE UPROOTED,

TALK ABOUT IT, AND THEN WATCH

GOD MANIFEST HIS GLORY

EVEN IN A GREATER DIMENSION.

Betty: SO MANY TIMES WE WANT

TO HIDE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T

WANT IT TO MESS UP

WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING THERE.

WE DON'T WANT IT TO MESS UP

OUR LIVES OR TO TAKE UP TIME

THAT WE WANT TO BE DOING

OTHER THINGS.

Riva: THE WORD HIDE THOUGH,

THE ENEMY LIVES IN DARKNESS,

HE LIVES IN DECEPTION,

HE LIVES IN DARKNESS BUT

JESUS IS TRUTH AND

I THINK SOMETIMES IF WE JUST

FACE THINGS HEAD ON,

THE TRUTH HURT SOMETIMES BUT

IT'S POWERFUL WHEN YOU WALK

IN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.

James: AND GOD UNCOVERS IT

OR ALLOWS IT TO BE UNCOVERED

BECAUSE HE WANTS TO COVER IT

APPROPRIATELY, CORRECTLY,

AND THAT DOES MEAN REPENTANCE

BUT IT ALSO OFTENTIMES

MEANS A PROCESS.

I EXPERIENCED INCREDIBLE DEFEAT

IN MY LIFE AS A MINISTER,

HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY.

I'VE SAID TO LEADERS

AND PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING

BLESSED AND WHETHER

THEY'RE IN MINISTRY OR JUST

IN ANY WALK OF LIFE,

THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST TESTS

IN LIFE IS GREAT SUCCESS.

THERE MAY BE NO GREATER TEST

THAN GREAT SUCCESS

CONNECTED WITH SPIRITUAL LIFE

OR MINISTRY.

I FAILED THAT TEST;

REALLY DID IN MANY, MANY WAYS.

BUT I FAILED IT WITH LUST

BURNING IN MY HEART,

WITH ARROGANCE AND PRIDE.

AND WHEN I FAILED THE TEST,

I KNEW I FAILED IT

IN MY HEART AND I GOT RIGHT

WITH GOD, I CONFESSED IT

BEFORE ANYBODY EVEN THOUGHT

SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE

I MISSED THE FELLOWSHIP

WITH GOD.

AND WHEN I DID, BETTY,

OF COURSE, SHE MOVED IN

TO MINISTER TO ME LIKE YOU DID

BUT THE THING THAT HAPPENED

IS WE LAID EVERYTHING DOWN.

WE DIDN'T TRY TO HOLD ON

TO ANYTHING BECAUSE

WE HAD REACHED A POINT

WHERE NOTHING WAS

HOLDING ON TO US.

AND WE SAID TO GOD,

"WE WANT YOU."

THAT STARTED A PROCESS

OF HEALING TO WHERE

GOD WAS RENEWING MY MIND

AND THAT TOOK TIME.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE

LOOK FOR THE INSTANT FIX.

AND WHEN YOU'VE HAD A CRASH,

OR A CRASH AND BURN,

OR A DEVASTATION

OR YOU'VE HAD A REOCCURRING

SITUATION THAT'S BEEN

REPETITIVE AND IT'S TAKEN YOU

ADDICTIVELY AND COMPULSIVELY

LEADING YOU INTO THAT TYPE

OF BEHAVIOR, IT'S GOING

TO TAKE A PROCESS OF HEALING.

Riva: ABSOLUTELY.

AND YOU SAID IT, YOU HAVE

TO PULL AWAY.

I THINK FOR MINISTERS,

ESPECIALLY, I THINK A YEAR

OR MORE IS NECESSARY.

I OFTEN SAY GOD WILL HANDLE

HIS CHURCH.

IT IS HIS CHURCH

AND YOU GET SOMEONE IN THERE

BUT MAKE SURE THE FAMILY

IS TAKEN CARE OF.

WHEN IT STARTS AT HOME,

EVERYTHING STARTS

AT HOME FIRST,

THEN YOU CAN MINISTER

TO OTHERS.

I THINK SOMETIMES MINISTERS

GO BACK PREMATURELY AND

THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T STICK

OR IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK

BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BUSY

TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER

WHEN IN ACTUALITY THE FAMILY

IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

James: OTHER PEOPLE ARE TRYING

TO KEEP IT TOGETHER TOO

FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY HAVE.

THEY MAY THINK

THEY'RE GOOD REASONS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

WATCHING US DON'T KNOW

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT

IT ALL FALLING APART,

TELL US EXACTLY

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, RIVA.

CAN YOU DO IT IN A CAPSULE...?

Riva: SURE, OUR STORY

IS VERY -- IT'S AMAZING,

IT'S VERY QUICK.

I GREW UP IN CHURCH

ALL MY LIFE.

I MET MY HUSBAND WHEN

I WAS IN COLLEGE AND HE CAME

FROM -- NOT GOING TO CHURCH

BUT HE WAS ON FIRE,

HOLINESS OR DIE.

WE GET MARRIED.

WE END UP GETTING SENT OUT

BY OUR PASTOR TO ORLANDO,

FLORIDA TO START A MINISTRY.

WE START IT WITH FOUR PEOPLE,

IT GREW TO 8,000 PEOPLE

IN FIVE YEARS --

VERY QUICK GROWTH.

BUT IT WAS A MINISTRY

FOR OUTREACH;

A MINISTRY TO HEAL THE HURTING,

THE LOST, THE HUNGRY.

AND AS, AS YOU SAID,

AS SUCCESS STARTED TO ENTER IN

THINGS DID START DISTANCING

AS FAR AS THE FAMILY WAS

CONCERNED AND THE ENEMY

DID INFILTRATE THROUGH

THE SUCCESS TEST AS YOU SAID.

THAT'S WHEN THINGS STARTED

TO FALL APART.

IN MY MIND I KEPT SAYING,

"WHY ME? I'M LIVING HOLY.

I'M DOING WHAT

I'M SUPPOSED TO DO."

BUT THE BIBLE IS CLEAR,

IT SAYS, "COUNT IT NOT STRANGE

WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH

TRIBULATIONS AND TRIALS."

IF SOMETHING STRANGE HAS

HAPPENED TO YOU, IT MAY

VISIT YOUR DOOR NO MATTER

WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU COULD BE LIVING HOLY,

DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT

BUT THEN WHEN YOUR WORLD

FALLS APART, WHAT DO YOU DO?

OFTENTIMES YOU GET

THE WRONG ADVICE.

I KNOW PEOPLE WOULD TELL ME,

"YOU'RE THE FIRST LADY.

YOU WON'T BE THE ONLY LADY.

JUST DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK.

YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT."

AND I COULD NOT WRAP MY MIND

AROUND THAT.

I COULD NOT WRAP MY MIND

AROUND THAT.

I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THAT.

I WANTED MY FAMILY

AND I WAS WILLING TO LET

THINGS GO IN ORDER

TO HAVE MY FAMILY.

BUT THE BOOK IS JUST THAT,

WHEN YOUR WORLD FALLS APART,</I>

HOW DO YOU MANEUVER THROUGH?

AND WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT

PROCESSES WITHIN THE BOOK

THAT REALLY GIVES YOU

STEP-BY-STEP.

THERE IS AN ENDING STAGE

IN LIFE WHERE YOUR WORLD

FALLS APART.

THE LIFE YOU KNEW BEFORE

IS NO LONGER.

IF YOU LOST A LOVED ONE,

IF YOU LOST A JOB,

IF YOU LOST A SPOUSE

THROUGH INFIDELITY,

IT'S GONE, HOW DO YOU

DEAL WITH THAT?

SOMETIMES PEOPLE STOP,

THEY GET STAGNANT,

THEY FALL APART,

AND THEY THINK THAT

THEIR LIFE IS OVER.

BUT I'M A LIVING WITNESS

THAT GOD IS REAL.

HE IS TRUE.

HE LOVES YOU.

YOUR PURPOSE, YOUR DESTINY

DOESN'T END WITH A PERSON.

IT DOESN'T END WITH SOMEONE

BETRAYING YOU.

GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE

AND WHEN I REALLY BEGAN

TO REALIZE THAT MY GOD...

MY PURPOSE IN LIFE DIDN'T STOP,

IT'S STILL ALIVE,

I BEGAN TO JUST WALK THROUGH

THE VALLEY.

THE BIBLE SAYS, "YOU FEAR

NO DEATH WHEN YOU'RE WALKING

WITH GOD IN THE VALLEY SEASON."

YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE FIRE,

YOU CAN GO THROUGH --

ALL THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE

AND THAT'S WHAT I PUT

IN THE BOOK.

I BEGAN TO SHOW PEOPLE

EVEN IN THE WORST TIMES

OF YOUR LIFE, THAT WORD

BECOMES LIVING AND IT WILL

BRING YOU THROUGH.

James: WELL, WHEN YOU'VE HAD

A HUSBAND BETRAY YOU AND

WHEN YOU'VE HAD A CHURCH LEADER

THAT'S FAILED AND THEN

YOUR WORLD LITERALLY CAVES IN

AND YOU'VE BEEN THE FOCAL POINT

AND BEEN THE EXAMPLE

AND YOU'VE SEEN

WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPEN.

THEN YOU SEE BECAUSE OF

THE ADDICTIVE POTENTIAL

AND THE COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR

THAT THE HEALING DOESN'T COME,

AND THE CHANGE DOESN'T COME,

AND THEN THAT PERSON'S LIFE

COMES TO AN END,

LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS HAD

ALREADY ENDED AS FAR AS

CHURCH LIFE AND LEADERSHIP

AND THE WAY THINGS WERE

FOR YOU EVEN THOUGH

YOU HELD ON.

AND I WANT TO SAY TO YOU

THAT I'M CONVINCED WITH

ALL MY HEART THAT AS A WIFE,

YOU DID THE RIGHT THING

IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL

THE COUNSELING AND OTHER THINGS

WERE LIKE BUT YOU CAN LOOK

BACK ON IT AND I KNOW

YOU SAW HIM BEFORE HE DIED

AND HE QUESTIONED THE PROCESS

THAT HAD GONE THROUGH

THAT MAYBE IT COULD HAVE

BEEN DIFFERENT, AND COULD

HAVE BEEN RESTORED.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS

IS A LOT OF TIMES,

WE IN THE CHURCH FAMILY,

IN THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY

WE DON'T KNOW HOW

TO HANDLE FAILURE.

AND WHEN A PERSON

IS BATTLING SOMETHING,

COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR

OR WEAKNESSES, HOW DO WE HELP

A PERSON WALK THROUGH IT?

IT IS A PROCESS.

YOU CAN HAVE

AN INSTANT DELIVERANCE.

BETTY AND I EXPERIENCED

SOME MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE

BUT THEN WE BOTH WENT THROUGH

THE RENEWING OF OUR MINDS

AND OUR PROCESS WHERE

THERE WAS THE WASHING

WITH THE WATER OF THE WORD

AND THIS TOOK TIME AND

IT WAS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

I KNOW FOR MY OWN LIFE,

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT

I PROBABLY AFTER THE NEED

FOR MY DELIVERANCE AND WHAT

I COULD HAVE TOTALLY CRASHED

AND BURNED, AND THAT

I WENT THROUGH PROBABLY

ABOUT 12 MONTHS REALLY,

WITH NO EXAGGERATION,

IT WAS 8-12 HOURS A DAY

IN THE WORD,

AND THE WORD JUST WELLING UP

IN ME AND RENEWING MY MIND.

AND I WOULD SHARE OUT

OF THAT OVERFLOW OF THE WORD

FROM A TESTIMONY STANDPOINT

OF THE PROCESS.

AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SAY,

"I NEED THE PROCESS.

I NEED THE BREAK POINT.

I NEED TO START THE PROCESS."

IT REALLY IS A HEALING PROCESS

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE

DON'T GET THERE.

BUT YOU STILL, EVEN THOUGH

YOU WEREN'T PART OF THAT

CAUSE OF THAT CRASH,

YOU FELT THE EFFECT OF

THE CRASH, YOU FELT

THE EFFECT OF THE WRECK,

THE LIFE WRECK AND YOU HAD

TO DO THE REBUILDING PROCESS.

Riva: AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS

CONSIDERED THE VICTIM,

I STILL HAD TO DO

WHAT YOU SAID,

HAD TO GO THROUGH

WASHING OF THE WORD.

AND I SAT MYSELF DOWN

FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS BECAUSE

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE

THAT I WAS PURGED OF ANYTHING

THAT WOULD CAUSE BITTERNESS,

ANYTHING THAT HAD TAKEN ROOT

SO THAT I COULD

BE EFFECTIVE IN HEALING.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT,

I LEARNED HOW TO FORGIVE.

THROUGH THE PROCESS

I LEARNED HOW TO FORGIVE

MY ENEMIES.

I BEGAN TO PRAY FOR

MY ENEMIES.

I BEGAN TO SHOW LOVE

TO MY ENEMIES AND THAT'S

WHEN I FOUND BREAKTHROUGH

IN MY OWN LIFE.

EVEN NOW, WE ARE WORKING ON

AN ENRICHMENT ADVANCE CENTER

FOR PASTORS IN HONOR

OF MY EX-HUSBAND,

DR. ZACHARY TIMS BECAUSE

SO MANY GO THROUGH THAT,

AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW

TO MANEUVER THROUGH IT.

AND LIKE YOU SAID,

PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT GIVEN

THE RIGHT ADVICE.

Betty: A LOT OF TIMES

THEY DON'T KNOW --

THERE IS NO ONE FOR THEM

TO GO TO THAT THEY KNOW OF.

Riva: THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.

WE DID NOT REALLY HAVE

ANYONE THAT COULD

REALLY MINISTER TO US

AT THAT TIME BUT WE WANTED

TO CREATE SOMETHING JUST FOR

THAT SPECIFIC NEED.

SEX ADDICTION, DRUG ADDICTION,

AS YOU SAID THE ARROGANCE,

THE PRIDE, NARCISSISM,

THINGS LIKE THAT,

WHERE IT COULD BE BROKEN

AND THEY COULD HAVE

A SAFE PLACE TO COME TO.

James: AND WE HAVE

A TENDENCY TO WANT

TO LOCK THINGS INTO FORMULAS

RATHER THAN THE PROCESS

OF HEALING AND THE BROKENNESS

FOR WHATEVER IT TAKES.

DON'T TRY TO REDUCE

THE SUPERNATURAL WORK OF GOD

DOWN TO SOME FINITE FORMULA

OF MEN.

Riva: SOMETIMES WE WANT

TO HELP PEOPLE IN

A COOKIE CUTTER MANNER.

SOME PEOPLE MAY BE A YEAR,

SOME PEOPLE MAY BE SIX MONTHS,

IT DEPENDS UPON THE PERSON

AND WHERE THEY ARE IN

THEIR WALK AND HOW MUCH

THEY WANT TO BE HELPED.

AND EVEN FOR US, FOR ME,

TO GO THROUGH THE GRIEVING

PROCESS BECAUSE PEOPLE

DON'T REALIZE, AND YOU MAY

UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN

YOUR SPOUSE CAUSES INFIDELITY

OR BETRAYAL IN A MARRIAGE

THERE'S A GRIEVING PROCESS

THAT YOU GO THROUGH

AND OFTENTIMES WE JUST WANT

TO PUSH THAT SPOUSE THAT'S

BEEN BETRAYED UNDER THE RUG

AND DON'T ALLOW THEM TO GRIEVE,

DON'T ALLOW THEM TO GO THROUGH

THE PROCESS AND THEY PUT THEM

IN A COOKIE CUTTER POSITION

IN BOTH CASES.

I THINK THIS IS WHERE

THE CHURCH HAS TO BECOME AWARE,

HOW DO WE BRING HEALING TO

THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN BETRAYED

AND HOW DO WE BRING HEALING

TO THOSE THAT ARE THE ONES

DOING THE BETRAYAL?

IF THEY CAN GET THAT STRAIGHT,

I THINK WE WOULD SEE

SO MANY MORE IN THE BODY OF

CHRIST HEALED AND SET FREE.

THINK ABOUT THAT,

THE TESTIMONIES OF THOSE

THAT YOU DID SEE RECOVER

AND HOW MUCH GREATER

THEIR MINISTRIES ARE,

HOW MUCH GREATER

THE ANOINTING IS;

THAT WAS GOD'S WHOLE DESIRE,

I BELIEVE, EVEN IN MY CASE.

James: AND I HAVE SEEN

MANY MINISTERS THAT PEOPLE

WOULD KNOW -- YOU DON'T NEED

TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE,

BUT THEY HAVE BEEN AS FAILED,

AS FLAWED AS YOU CAN EVER

IMAGINE AND THEY ARE --

YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE BIBLE,

IT IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO HAD

FAILED, FLAWED, WHO WERE

MIRACULOUSLY LIFTED UP

OUT OF THE HORRIBLE PIT

WITH THEIR FEET SET ON

A SOLID ROCK WHO BECAME

LEADERS THAT WE RESPECTED.

IT'S BEEN TRUE THROUGH

ALL OF HISTORY.

YOU CAN BE THAT GOOD STORY.

YOU CAN BE THAT GOOD PART;

THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT RIVA

IS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE,

WHEN YOUR WORLD FALLS APART.</I>

WE KNOW THE PERSON THAT CAN

PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER.

IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PRAY

WITH YOU THAT PHONE NUMBER

IS THERE PAID FOR BY LOVE.

DON'T HESITATE TO CALL.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING

TO PRAYER PARTNERS

WHO CAN IDENTIFY WITH

RIGHT WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN

IN SO MANY INSTANCES.

WOULD YOU JUST JOIN US

IN SAYING THANKS TO RIVA

FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO SHARE

HER STORY OUT OF HER PAIN,

AND ON THE JOURNEY

THAT SHE'S STILL ON.

THE BOOK IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.

DON'T HESITATE TO GET IT.

BY THE WAY, IF SOMEONE

WANTED YOU TO COME

AND SPEAK, HOW WOULD

THEY FIND YOU?

I KNOW YOU HAVE A CHURCH NOW

THAT YOU ARE REALLY LEADING

AND BEING SUCH A SOURCE

OF INSPIRATION IN,

IN THE ORLANDO AREA, I BELIEVE.

IF THEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE

THAT IS OR IF THEY WANT

TO KNOW HOW THEY CAN

COMMUNICATE WITH YOU

OR MAYBE ASK A QUESTION

OR GET YOU TO COME AND SPEAK,

WHAT WEB SITE?

Riva: IT'S

MAJESTICLIFECHURCH.COM.

AND THEY CAN DO

INFO@MAJESTICLIFECHURCH.COM

AND THEY CAN REACH ME.

WE ARE ALSO ON FACEBOOK

AS WELL.

James: WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE DOING SOMETHING

THAT OUR VIEWERS TELL US

THEY LOVE EVERYTHING THAT

WE DO TOGETHER.

THEY LOVE THE GUESTS

THAT COME ON AND THE STORIES

AND TESTIMONIES THEY HEAR

AND THE PRAYER PARTNERS

THAT ARE ALWAYS HERE,

BUT THEY LOVE TO HELP.

THIS IS WHAT OUR VIEWERS

TELL US, THIS IS THE MOST

EXCITING THING

THEY PARTICIPATE IN

AND THE MOST MEANINGFUL.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

SOMETHING.

I FRANKLY THINK THAT

IF YOU'LL JUST WATCH

FOR ANOTHER MINUTE OR SO,

YOU'RE GOING TO BE AS MOVED

IN THE MOST PROFOUND

AND POSITIVE WAY PERHAPS

YOU EVER HAVE BEEN.

James: NOW PICH,

I KNOW YOU CAN'T --

YOU CAN'T SEE ME AND BETTY.

WE'LL DRILL YOU A WELL,

AND WE'LL DO IT

WITH JOY UNSPEAKABLE.

I DON'T WANT ANOTHER BABY

TO DIE IN YOUR ARMS.

I DON'T WANT ANY BABIES

TO DIE IN ANYBODY'S ARMS

BECAUSE THEY JUST NEED

SOME CLEAN WATER.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S A WELL.

BUT EVERY TIME WE'VE EVER

SEEN A MOTHER, I FEEL LIKE

SHE IS NOT ONLY CRYING OUT

FOR HER CHILD BUT FOR OTHERS

AND I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE

WATCHING THAT CAN DRILL

A WELL FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

Betty: I KNOW THERE ARE.

THAT'S ONE MOTHER OUT OF

SO MANY THAT ARE CRYING OUT,

"SAVE MY BABY!

I WANT MY BABY TO LIVE.

I'VE SEEN ONE BABY DIE,

DON'T TAKE MY LAST BABY.

I NEED MY BABY."

THE SOLUTION --

THE MOTHER KNOWS

WHAT'S KILLING HER BABIES BUT

SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE SOURCE

TO HELP HER BABY

BUT WE DO, WE HAVE TO GIVE

OUR LOVE, OUR CARE,

AND THE DRILLING OF THE WELL.

THAT'S WHAT SHE NEEDS;

SHE NEEDS THE FRESH

CLEAN WATER.

James: SOMETIMES WE GET

SOME REALLY, REALLY UNKIND

E-MAILS THAT QUESTION

WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY

WE'RE DOING IT.

THEY QUESTION WHY I LOVE PEOPLE

THAT I MAY DISAGREE WITH

OR I'M CONVINCED THAT ARE NOT

RIGHT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I WANT THEM

TO KNOW THE TRUTH THAT

CAN SET US ALL FREE

AND I KNOW LOVE NEVER FAILS.

BUT SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD

PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, YOU CAN

JUST TURN ON THE TEARS."

THERE WAS A DAY WHEN

I WOULD WANT TO PUNCH YOU OUT.

I'M PAST THAT BUT

I'M NOT PAST WEEPING AND

I'M NOT PAST TRYING TO DO

WHAT I CAN NO MATTER WHAT

SOMEBODY WOULD SAY.

I HEAR NOT ONLY

THAT MOTHER'S CRY,

I HEAR THE HEART OF GOD.

"I LOVE THE LITTLE CHILDREN

OF THE WORLD AND I TOUCH THEM

THROUGH PEOPLE LIKE YOU."

THE VIEWERS OF OUR PROGRAM,

SO MANY OF YOU, YOU ARE

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES

OF THE LOVE OF GOD BECAUSE

YOU LOOK AND YOU HEAR

AND YOU SAY, "I CAN DO THAT.

I WISH I COULD DO MORE."

YOU KNOW WHAT?

SOME OF YOU, I KNOW IF YOU

HAD IT TO DO YOU WOULD DO IT,

YOU WOULD USE IT.

I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW

THERE'S A LEVEL AT WHICH

YOU CAN HELP.

BETTY AND I, WE'RE GOING

TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SPOT

WHERE PICH IS PRAYING

AND CRYING OUT AND WE DO THAT

SO GRATEFULLY AND JOYFULLY.

WOULD YOU DRILL A WELL

WHERE ANOTHER MOTHER'S HEART

IS CRYING OUT?

COULD YOU GIVE THE $4800?

THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS NOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG

IT WILL BE AT THAT LEVEL

WITH THE PETROLEUM

AND ENERGY COSTS RISING BUT

THAT'S WHAT IT IS NOW.

BUT WE'VE GOT 350 AREAS

WHERE THE MOTHERS ARE

CRYING OUT LIKE THAT WHERE

WE WILL DRILL A WELL.

WOULD YOU DRILL A PORTION

OF A WELL WITH A $1200

OR $2400 GIFT AND

PRAY OTHERS WILL JOIN YOU?

BUT I WANT YOU --

PLEASE REMEMBER $48 WILL

GIVE TEN PEOPLE WATER

THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

THAT'S BASICALLY

THE BREAK DOWN;

$144, 30 PEOPLE WATER.

DON'T YOU THINK BECAUSE

SOMEBODY CAN GIVE A WELL

AND YOU CAN ONLY GIVE $48,

THAT MAY BE THE BIGGEST GIFT

GIVEN TODAY --

GIVEN AT THIS MOMENT.

THAT MAY BE THE BIGGEST GIFT;

THAT COULD BE LIKE

THE WIDOW'S MITE.

BUT YOU GO TO THE PHONE.

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK.

THAT'S HOW YOU SHOULD

ALWAYS USE IT, WRITE A CHECK,

AND MAKE IT TO <U>LIFE</I></U>.

CALL US AND TELL US

YOU'RE MAILING IT

OR GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG

AND YOU CAN MAKE YOUR GIFT

RIGHT NOW ONLINE.

PLEASE, BE AN ANSWER

TO THAT MOTHER'S CRY.

BE AN ANSWER TO THE WILL

OF GOD AND EXPRESSION

OF THE HEART OF GOD.

REACH OUT RIGHT NOW

AND TOUCH SOMEONE WITH LOVE.

WOULD DO YOU IT PLEASE?

IF YOU GET A BUSY,

YOU BE SO DETERMINED

AND SO PERSISTENT, I'M GOING

TO DO MY PART IN SHARING

THE HEART OF GOD.

I'M GOING TO GIVE A CUP

OF WATER, A WELL OF WATER

IN JESUS' NAME.

I'M GOING TO DO IT.

THANK 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</I>

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</I>,

A BEAUTIFUL NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL

FEATURING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM INSPIRING WOMEN

WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR FAITH ON LIFE TODAY</I>.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE,

YOU MAY REQUEST THE ARISE</I> AUDIO VISUAL DEVOTIONAL

FEATURING 40 DAYS OF INSPIRATION

FROM LIFE TODAY'S </I>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!

Randy: MANY OF THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN BEHIND ME

HAVE LOST SIBLINGS, PLAYMATES TO WATERBORNE ILLNESSES.

WE CAN STOP THAT CYCLE OF DEATH.

IT IS AS SIMPLE AS GIVING THEM A CUP OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER.

EACH WATER WELL WILL SERVE AN AVERAGE OF 1,000 PEOPLE.

LOOK AT ALL THESE KIDS BEHIND ME.

WE CAN REACH INTO AREAS LIKE THIS AREA

AND SO MANY MORE JUST LIKE IT AND SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES.

I PRAY YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU CAN RIGHT NOW.

GO TO THE PHONE, GO ONLINE, MAKE THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN,

AND WHEN YOU DO, KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE SAVING PRECIOUS LIVES.

JOIN WITH US AS WE REACH INTO VILLAGES ALL AROUND THE WORLD

WITH WATER FOR LIFE.

James: I DO HOPE YOU'LL GET

"THE LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

I'VE OFTEN WONDERED IF

OUR BEAUTY SHOTS

ACTUALLY CAPTURE THE INCREDIBLE

ARTISTIC BEAUTY

OF THIS BRONZE.

IT'S A TRUE COLLECTIBLE.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

THE LAMB AND THE LION,

THE LAMB OF GOD

AND THE LION OF THE TRIBE

OF JUDAH IN THAT TIME

WHEN THE LION WILL LIE DOWN

WITH THE LAMB.

WE'RE SENDING THIS

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL MAKE

A GIFT OF $1200 OR MORE

TOWARD THE WATER WELL

AND PRAY OTHERS JOIN YOU

OR GIVE A WELL.

WHEN IT ALL FALLS APART;</I>

IF YOU SAY, "WELL, TODAY

I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE...

I KNOW I'M GOING TO GET

THE BOOK WITH THE LADIES'

TESTIMONIES BUT THE ONE RIVA

GAVE TODAY IS REALLY GREAT.

COULD I HAVE THAT TODAY IF

I MAKE A GIFT TOWARD WATER?"

WELL SURE!

WE'LL BE GLAD TO SEND IT TO YOU

BECAUSE WE WANT TO BLESS YOU.

WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO DRINK DEEPLY

OF THE WATER OF LIFE

AND THE REFRESHING,

CLEANSING POWER OF GOD'S WORD.

JOIN US AGAIN IN SAYING

THANKS TO RIVA TIMS

FOR BEING A BLESSING.

RIVA, WE LOVE YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU!

AND EVERYTHING YOU PUT

YOUR HAND TO.

THANK ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS

FOR RIVA AND FOR ME,

FOR BETTY, FOR THE MISSIONARIES

AND ALL WE DO.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

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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</I> -- NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

AT ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

Announcer: IF YOU'RE IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA,

COME BE A PART OF THE LIFE TODAY </I>STUDIO AUDIENCE.

CALL OR E-MAIL TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS.

YOU'LL BE INSPIRED AND ENTERTAINED!