Announcer: COMING UP, OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES

WE FACE DURING A FAMILY CALAMITY.

Beth: BE QUIET NOW, DON'T TAKE THIS THING TO HEART.

YOU KNOW WHAT? WAY TOO LATE!

BUT GOD'S PLAN IS ALWAYS TO HEAL.

YOU'VE NOT BEEN THROUGH THE ONE THING

THAT JESUS CHRIST CANNOT HEAL.

HE CAME TO HEAL YOU.

HE CAME TO PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

THAT IS HIS JOB.

Announcer: FAMILY CALAMITY AND RESTORATION --

NEXT ON LIFE TODAY.

James: LISTEN, THIS IS

INTERESTING TO ME.

BETH IS TEACHING ON FAMILY

CALAMITY AND RESTORATION.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS

WHAT SHE IS SHARING.

THE BOOK INDIVISIBLE,

RESTORING FAITH, FAMILY,

AND FREEDOM BEFORE

IT'S TOO LATE.

BETTY, I HONESTLY BELIEVE

THROUGH A LOT OF PRAYER

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAYING,

I THINK REALLY THE ANSWER

TO MANY OF YOUR PRAYERS,

I FEEL LIKE GOD HAS ALLOWED US

TO WRITE A BOOK --

AND WHEN I SAY "US"

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FATHER,

SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT HELPING

JAY RICHARDS AND ME WRITE WHAT

I BELIEVE TO BE IS A WAY OUT

OF THE WILDERNESS OF DESPAIR

AND DEFEAT AND DEBT AND LACK

AND UNCERTAINTY, AND EVEN FEAR

BACK INTO THE LAND OF PROMISE,

BLESSING, AND PROVISION.

TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TURNED

THEIR EYES AS JEREMIAH WARNED,

BACK TOWARD EGYPT

AND LOOKING TO THE GODS THAT

ARE MORE NUMEROUS THAN

YOUR CITIES WHEN WE NEED

TO TURN BACK TO GOD.

THIS IS THE WAY BACK

AND YOU'LL WANT TO GET IT.

I HOPE I GET TO SEE YOU

SOMETIME AS WE DO TRAVEL

TO DIFFERENT PLACES IN EVENTS

RELATED TO THE MESSAGE

IN INDIVISIBLE.

BETTY, I KNOW THAT BETH MOORE

IS GOING TO HELP US LEARN

HOW TO RESTORE.

SHE IS SUCH A TREASURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE

KIND THINGS YOU NOT ONLY SAY

ABOUT BETH AND TO HER, BUT

EXPRESSIONS TO US SAYING

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US

SPIRITUAL WATER AND

NOURISHMENT THROUGH THIS

INCREDIBLY GIFTED TEACHER.

HERE IS BETH MOORE.

Beth: LOOK AT SECOND SAMUEL

13:20-22.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO PICK UP

ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF

THIS STORY SO YOU CAN SEE

WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE.

NOW THIS IS NOT THE BROTHER --

THIS IS HER FULL BROTHER

AND NOT THE BROTHER

THAT HAS WRONGED HER.

AND THEN HE SAYS --

SO SHE MUST HAVE HAD

SOME NON-VERBAL

KIND OF RESPONSE TO HIM.

SHE MUST HAVE SHAKEN HER HEAD

OR JUST LOOKED SHAMED AT HIM.

SOMEHOW HE KNEW THAT

THE ANSWER WAS YES.

HE SAYS THIS:

I WANT TO BACK UP WITH YOU

FOR A MOMENT

AND I'M HOPING SO MUCH

THAT SOMEONE IS NEW

TO THE PROGRAM TODAY

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY HISTORY.

YOU MAY BE THINKING AS

WE START SOMETHING LIKE THIS,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU DON'T NEED TO READ THAT

WITH THAT KIND

OF INSENSITIVITY BECAUSE

I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

HOW MUCH THAT HURTS.

OH, YES I DO!

I COME FROM A BACKGROUND

OF VICTIMIZATION.

I COME FROM A BACKGROUND

OF SEXUAL ABUSE.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER

THE FIRST ENCOUNTER

BUT I VERY MUCH REMEMBER

THE LAST ENCOUNTER

AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN

IN MY MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS.

SO I ASSURE YOU

I KNOW THE PAIN OF THIS.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK

AT A SITUATION THAT TEACHES US

HOW NOT TO DEAL

WITH VICTIMIZATION,

WE HAVE COME TO EXHIBIT A.

BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO NOTICE

WHAT TAKES PLACE.

THE FIRST THING

ABSALOM SAYS TO HER

AND IT IS THE TEMPTATION

IN ANY FAMILY

BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL

PUBLIC SHAME.

THE FIRST REACTION WAS,

"BE QUIET NOW! BE QUIET!"

THAT'S THE FIRST REACTION

WE TEND TO HAVE AS A FAMILY

WHEN IT IS THE WORST

POSSIBLE THING WE COULD DO.

NOW I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED

TO GO PUBLIC ON THE NEWS.

SOME THINGS DO GO PUBLIC

BECAUSE THEY GO

INTO THE COURTROOM.

IT IS STILL A CRIME.

IT IS STILL VERY MUCH A CRIME.

SO WHEN WE SEE

SOMETHING LIKE THIS

AND WE HEAR THE KIND OF ADVICE

THAT ABSALOM GAVE,

"BE QUIET NOW.

DO NOT TAKE THIS THING

TO HEART,"

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO KNOW --

SOMEBODIES NEED TO KNOW --

I HAVE SEVERAL VERY KEY PEOPLE

IN MY LIFE THAT DO KNOW

MORE OF THE DETAILS

BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE

TO BE FREE WITH THEM.

IT'S PART OF MY HISTORY.

AND IN A STRANGE SORT OF WAY

BECAUSE GOD BROUGHT SO MUCH

HEALING AND RESTORATION

FROM IT, IT'S A VERY BIG PART

OF THE MINISTRY

THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME;

THAT I HAVE THAT BACKGROUND

AND THAT I AM ABLE

TO UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY

COMING FROM THAT KIND OF HURT

AND COMING FROM

THAT KIND OF SHAME.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

THERE HAS GOT TO BE

SOME PEOPLE IN MY LIFE

I CAN TELL THOSE THINGS TO,

NOT JUST, "BE QUIET NOW."

I BELIEVE IN GOOD

GODLY COUNSEL.

SEEK IT! SEEK IT!

THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMEBODY

WE CAN POUR OUT OUR HEARTS TO

SO THAT WE CAN FIND HEALING.

SO WE SEE

THE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY HERE,

"BE QUIET NOW.

DON'T TAKE THIS THING

TO HEART."

YOU KNOW WHAT?

WAY TOO LATE!

YOU CANNOT HELP BUT TAKE

A THING LIKE THAT TO HEART.

AND ONE REASON WE CAN GET

A COLD AND CALLOUSED HEART

IS BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED

SO HARD NOT TO LET

SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN.

IT WAS MEANT TO BRING PAIN

AND MEANT TO BRING SUFFERING,

THAT'S THE CAUSE THE ENEMY

WAS AFTER IN THE FIRST PLACE

TO BRING TOTAL DESTRUCTION.

BUT GOD'S PLAN

IS ALWAYS TO HEAL.

YOU'VE NOT BEEN THROUGH

THE ONE THING

THAT JESUS CHRIST CANNOT HEAL.

HE CAME TO HEAL YOU.

HE CAME TO PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY

BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

THAT IS HIS JOB!

IT SAYS THEN SHE LIVED

AS A DESOLATE WOMAN.

IT IS AN INTERESTING WORD

IN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE

BECAUSE IT MEANS

TO BE STUNNED INTO SILENCE

AND THAT WAS HER.

SHE HAD COME TO A PLACE

WHEN HE SAID, "BE QUIET NOW,"

SHE SHUT HER MOUTH

AND COULDN'T OPEN IT AGAIN.

SHE'S LIVED IN HER DESOLATION;

SHE LIVED IN HER OWN DESERT,

HER OWN WILDERNESS

BECAUSE THAT SHUT MOUTH

HAD TRAPPED HER

IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.

NOTICE WITH ME,

THIS IS AN INTERESTING PART:

YOU ARE LOOKING

AT A CLASSIC CASE OF

NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO

WITH WHAT WE FEEL.

YOU AND I NEED TO KNOW

WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT WE FEEL.

WE'VE GOT SOME BIG THINGS

GOING ON

AND THEY NEED TENDING TO.

AND I WANT YOU TO NOTICE

THAT WE'RE TOLD

THAT KING DAVID WAS FURIOUS.

NOW HE DID NOTHING ELSE --

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING --

YOU CAN CHECK THE ACCOUNT OUT

FOR YOURSELF --

NOTHING ELSE BUT GET MAD.

THESE LITTLE WORDS CAME TO ME,

A LITTLE RHYME CAME TO ME:

NO ONE'S GLAD DAD'S JUST MAD!

WHO'S GLAD THAT DAD'S

JUST MAD?

WE WANT TO BE GLAD

BECAUSE GOD USED DAD

TO DO MORE THAN GET MAD.

BUT SOMETIMES, IT IS A WONDER

THAT WE EVER BRING SOME

OF THESE THINGS

TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE

BECAUSE IF ALL THEY'RE

GOING TO DO IS GET MAD,

IF ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO

IS GET ANGRY,

THEN WHAT HAVE WE DONE?

WE'VE JUST STIRRED UP A RAGE.

AND HE STOPPED RIGHT THERE.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT FURY?

LISTEN, HE HAD THE AUTHORITY

TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

OH, YES, HE DID!

BUT WHAT I WANT

TO PRESENT TO YOU

AND I'M PRAYING SOMEBODY IS

GOING TO GET A WORD TODAY --

LISTEN CAREFULLY --

WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENED TO

DAVID IS THAT YEARS BEFORE

HE HAD REALLY BLOWN IT,

ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA

OF SEXUAL SIN.

AND HE FELT, I BELIEVE,

LIKE THAT HAMSTRUNG HIM,

THAT HE HAD LOST THE RIGHT

TO BE ABLE TO CALL SIN A SIN.

AND WE'VE GOT PARENTS

ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE THIS,

THAT HAVE BACKGROUNDS OF

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION LIKE I DO

AND ENTANGLED RELATIONSHIPS

AND JUST SERIOUS SIN

IN THEIR PAST.

AND THAT WHEN THEY COME

INTO THE ROLE AS PARENT,

THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO

THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO

WITH THEIR CHILDREN

AND SAY THE THINGS

THEY NEED TO SAY

BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE

A BIG HYPOCRITE.

I'M ASKING YOU,

DID YOU REPENT?

DAVID HAD REPENTED.

HE HAD WON BACK THE RIGHT

TO BE FATHER AND AUTHORITY

OVER HIS HOME AND SAY,

"EVEN IF I DID IT WRONG, THIS

IS WHAT GOD SAYS IS RIGHT.

AND IT IS STILL

WHAT I'M GOING TO INSIST UPON

TO THE DEGREE THAT I AM ABLE

IN MY OWN HOUSE

AND UNDER MY OWN ROOF."

THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES

TO THIS.

AMNON NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH.

HE NEEDED HIMSELF

TO BE INCARCERATED.

DAVID HAD THE POWER TO DO IT

BUT HE WOULD NOT

BECAUSE HE WAS HAMSTRUNG

BY HIS OWN SHAME.

LET ME TELL YOU, IT WILL

KEEP US FROM BEING THE

PARENTS THAT WE NEED TO BE.

FROM BEING THE FRIENDS

WE NEED TO BE,

THE SPOUSES WE NEED TO BE

BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DEALT

WITH OUR SHAME.

WE'VE ASKED FORGIVENESS BUT

WE'VE NOT ALLOWED GOD TO COME

AND BRING US BACK OUR DIGNITY

AND THAT'S SOMETHING

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

IN THE WEEKS TO COME BECAUSE

IT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS.

NOTICE THAT IT SAYS,

"ABSALOM..." WHAT ABOUT HIM?

SO TWO YEARS LATER,

ABSALOM KILLS AMNON

AND THEN HE FLEES

TO ANOTHER TOWN.

NOW HE'S GONE TWO YEARS

PLUS THREE YEARS.

WE'VE GOT FIVE YEARS

IN THIS COURSE OF OUR TIMELINE

AT THIS POINT;

THAT DAVID HAS NOT DEALT

WITH THE PROBLEM

AND WE'VE GOT ABSALOM

IN A HUGE, HUGE RAGE

THAT HAS BECOME MURDEROUS.

NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK

AT SECOND SAMUEL 13:39.

HERE'S WHERE THE THREE YEARS

ARE ADDED TO THE TWO:

SO HE'S WAITED TWO YEARS,

HE'S KILLED HIS BROTHER AMNON

AND THEN HE HAS HIDDEN

IN ANOTHER TOWN

WHERE HIS MOTHER'S

EXTENDED FAMILY IS

SO THAT HE CAN FIND

SOME KIND OF SANCTUARY THERE.

AND IT SAYS HE STAYED THERE

FOR THREE YEARS

HE LONGED TO GO TO ABSALOM

BUT HE DID NOT DO IT.

I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK AT

A LITTLE BIT OF THIS BECAUSE

AS EUGENE PETERSON SAYS

IN HIS COMMENTARY

ABOUT THESE SCRIPTURES,

HE SAYS, "AN IMMENSE CHASM

BETWEEN WHAT DAVID FEELS

AND WHAT HE DOES CAN

BE SEEN IN THESE PASSAGES."

IN OTHER WORDS,

HE WANTS TO GO TO HIM

SO WHY DIDN'T HE?

WHY DIDN'T HE?

WAS IT PRIDE? WAS IT SHAME?

WHY DIDN'T HE JUST DO IT?

HE WANTED TO.

INSIDE HE LONGED TO DO IT,

BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING

ABOUT HIM THAT FELT LIKE

HE STILL NEEDED TO PUNISH HIM.

I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT

FLOPPING BACK AND FORTH

BETWEEN SHAMING

AND SHUNNING SOMEONE

AND LONGING FOR THEM.

LOOK AT ALL OF THE

COMPLICATION OF THAT MESS

AND THAT'S EXACTLY

WHERE THE LESSON IS GOING.

I WANT YOU TO SEE

EVEN FURTHER.

NOW LOOK IN

SECOND SAMUEL 14:21-24.

BY THIS TIME DAVID HAS BEEN

CONFRONTED BY SOMEONE

BY WAY OF A PARABLE,

WHO HAS TOLD HIM A STORY

THAT FINALLY LEADS

TO THE POINT FOR HIM,

WHICH IS "GO BACK

AND BRING YOUR SON HOME."

HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMEBODY

BRING YOU BACK JUST SO FAR?

BUT THEY HAD TO KEEP YOU

AT THAT DISTANCE

BECAUSE THEY HAD TO REMIND YOU

WHAT YOU HAD DONE.

WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME

IN A FAMILY THAT GOD COULD

INDEED PUT BACK TOGETHER.

SOME KIND OF HURT HAS HAPPENED

WHERE A PERSON WILL DECIDE

TO STAY WITH THEM

BUT THEY WILL NOT QUIT

SHAMING THEM.

EVEN IF THERE'S SORROW,

EVEN IF THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE,

EVEN IF THERE'S BEEN

REPENTANCE, THERE IS STILL

THE ONGOING NEED TO SOMEHOW

PUNISH AND HOLD BACK

AND KEEP AT A DISTANCE.

I WANT YOU TO JUST PICTURE

THIS BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS HERE

IS THAT ABSALOM WANTS

NOT JUST TO COME BACK

TO HIS HOUSE,

TO COME BACK TO THE CITY...

HE WANTS TO COME BACK

TO HIS FATHER --

HE WANTS TO COME BACK

TO HIS FATHER!

IT'S SUCH A CONTRAST WITH

THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON

AND HIS FATHER

WHO LOOKED FOR HIM

AND RAN TO HIM.

AND THAT PICTURE

IS THE PICTURE OF GOD

COMING TO HIS CHILDREN,

RUNNING TO THEM

AS HE SEES THEM TURN

THEIR FACE TOWARD HIS HEART

AND HIS HOME, EMBRACING THEM.

YOU WILL NEVER ONE TIME

RETURN TO YOUR FATHER THAT

HE WILL JUST TOLERATE YOU.

OR THEY'LL SAY,

"YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU'RE STILL IN THE FAMILY,

BUT I WANT YOU

TO STAY OVER THERE

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING

TO SIT AT THE TABLE

WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE,

NOT AFTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

I WON'T LET YOU BE RESTORED

TO MY HEART."

I THINK IT IS SO INTERESTING

THAT IN PSALM 51 DAVID SAYS:

YOU KNOW THAT JOY AND GLADNESS

THAT DAVID IS LOOKING FOR

OUT OF GOD?

WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THIS:

I WANT YOU TO BE GLAD I AM

HOME WHERE I CAN'T BEAR IT!

I WANT YOU TO BE GLAD

TO SEE ME!

I WANT TO BE RESTORED

TO YOUR HEART.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE

IN YOUR HOUSE,

I WANT TO BE RESTORED

TO THE HEART OF MY FATHER.

THAT WAS HIS GOD.

IT'S SO INTERESTING

THAT HIS GOD TOOK HIM BACK

AND EMBRACED HIM.

BUT HE TURNS AROUND

AND WITHHOLDS THIS

FROM HIS SON ABSALOM.

HE CAN COME HERE BUT

HE'S NOT GOING TO SEE MY FACE.

WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY,

NOW ABSALOM IS GETTING MADDER

AND MADDER AND MADDER.

SO HE'S TRYING TO GET JOAB

TO GET HIS FATHER DAVID'S

ATTENTION FOR HIM

SO HE BURNS DOWN JOAB'S FIELD

SO JOAB WILL RESPOND.

SURE ENOUGH HE DOES.

GOES BACK AND TELLS THE FATHER

THAT HE NEEDS TO SEE HIS SON.

FOUR YEARS --

FOUR YEARS THEN PASS.

WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT DAVID

DOES FINALLY SEE ABSALOM,

IT IS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.

THEN ALL THIS TIME GOES BY

WHERE ABSALOM HAS GOTTEN

SO MAD THAT HE STARTS

UNDERMINING THE AUTHORITY OF

THE KING AND BEGINS STEALING

THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE.

NOW THIS IS WHERE THE WORD

"ABSALOM" HAS GREAT

SIGNIFICANCE IN MY HOUSEHOLD

WITH MY HUSBAND.

AND HE IS HERE AT THE STUDIO

AND IS WATCHING

RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT AND

I KNOW HE IS ALREADY NODDING

AND HE'S ALREADY GRINNING

BECAUSE HE AND I CALL

ONE ANOTHER "ABSALOM"

ALL THE TIME.

[Laughter]

WE EACH HAVE A DOG.

HE HAS HIS DOG,

I HAVE MY DOG.

HE HAS A BIRD DOG.

I HAVE A BORDER COLLIE.

SO WE'RE ALL FOUR

TOGETHER CONSTANTLY BUT

THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT

SEEING THE PERSON SNUGGLED UP

TO THE OTHER PERSON'S DOG.

[Laughter]

I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN.

YOU KNOW I HAVE TO TRAVEL

PRETTY OFTEN AND KEITH WILL --

SO I'LL EVEN BE ON AN AIRPLANE

JUST HAVING LANDED WHERE

YOU CAN USE YOUR CELL PHONE

AND KEITH WILL SAY,

"YOU WANT TO TALK TO HER?"

SO IT IS REALLY ODD BECAUSE

I'M TRYING TO HIDE LIKE THIS

AND GO, "HELLO, STAR!

HELLO STAR!"

SO I CAN GET HER

TO JUST HAVE A RESPONSE.

HE GOES, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DON'T THINK

SHE EVEN NOTICED.

SHE'S REAL CRAZY

ABOUT ME NOW!"

ABSALOM! ABSALOM!

I'LL DO THE SAME THING.

THEN HE'LL GET HOME

AND I'LL DO THE SAME THING

WITH HIS BIRD DOG.

SHE WILL JUST BE LAID

ALL OVER THE TOP OF ME

AND HE'LL COME IN THE ROOM

AND GO, "ABSALOM!

STEALING THE HEART!"

SO KEITH AND I UNDERSTAND

THIS STORY.

SO ALL THIS TIME GOES BY;

ELEVEN YEARS HAS NOW

TRANSPIRED SINCE THE ORIGINAL

CRIME AND SINCE THE SHAME

HAD COME UPON THE FAMILY.

SO NOBODY HAS DEALT WITH IT.

NOBODY HAS DEALT WITH IT.

SO BY THIS TIME

YOU'VE GOT A RIVALRY GOING.

ABSALOM IS AFTER THE KINGDOM

OF HIS FATHER DAVID.

SO IT COMES, OF COURSE,

PUSH COMES TO SHOVE

AND THE ARMIES GO UP

AGAINST ONE ANOTHER

AND DAVID SAYS THESE WORDS

TO HIS MEN, "PROTECT THE LIFE

OF MY SON ABSALOM!"

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT HIM

TO BRING HIM UNDER SUBMISSION;

THEY WANT THE REST OF

THE ARMIES TO BE SLAUGHTERED

BUT SAVE THE LIFE OF MY SON.

WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY,

THEY DON'T.

NOW THE NEWS BEARER

HAS COME TO TELL DAVID WHAT

HAS HAPPENED, THAT HIS THRONE

HAS BEEN REESTABLISHED.

OVER AND OVER -- FIVE TIMES:

MY SON, MY SON,

MY SON, MY SON, MY SON!

ABSALOM! ABSALOM! ABSALOM!

I WONDER IF THERE ARE

ANY WORDS THAT HAUNT US

ANY MORE THAN IF ONLY I HAD!

James: WHOO!

BOY, I TELL YOU WHAT,

BETH, SOMETIMES I THINK --

I THINK ALL OF US COULD,

AS YOU REALLY SHARED WITH --

YOU COVERED SO MUCH GROUND BUT

NOT ONLY "IF ONLY I HAD" BUT

OFTENTIMES "IF ONLY I HAD NOT"

-- IF I HADN'T.

HOW MANY TIMES WE LOOK BACK

AND WE WISH WE COULD

CORRECT IT AS THOUGH

IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED.

BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS WILL

WE ALLOW GOD TO RESTORE US

AND LEARN FROM OUR FAILURE OR

OUR FALL AND LET GOD LIFT US

UP OUT OF THAT PAIN AND HEAL

OTHERS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY IT.

BETH, THANK YOU.

YOU ALWAYS BLESS US SO MUCH.

BETTY, TWICE A YEAR WE ASK

OUR VIEWERS TO HELP US

DRILL WATER WELLS IN VARIOUS

REGIONS WHERE THE NEED

IS DESPERATE.

I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO A

TEACHER EVALUATE THE SITUATION

AND THE TREMENDOUS NEED THAT

YOU CAN AND I HOPE WILL GLADLY

EVEN JOYFULLY MEET BECAUSE

IT REALLY IS THE GREAT GIFT

OF LIFE YOU'RE GIVING BECAUSE

OF THE LOVE OF GOD.

WATCH THIS.

Translator: I HAVE 12 CHILDREN HERE

FROM AGE 6 TO 14.

SOMETIMES THE CHILDREN SAY, "TEACHER, WE ARE THIRSTY."

SO I GO TO THE RIVER TO BRING THE WATER FOR THE CHILDREN.

CHILDREN ARE OFTEN SICK WITH DIARRHEA AND FEVER.

I THINK THE RIVER IS CONTAMINATED

AND BECOMES WORSE BECAUSE OF THE WASTE FROM THE COWS.

OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO GO TO THE RIVER

BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY WATER.

MY DREAM IS THAT WE CAN HAVE CLEAN WATER

AND NO ONE WILL GET SICK.

James: I DON'T KNOW, BETTY,

IF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE

WHEN YOU SEE NEEDS

AND WE'VE HELPED THEM

IN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE WAY

THAT SOMETIMES YOU WONDER,

WHAT CAN WE SAY TO HELP

OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND

WE'RE NOT SHOWING YOU CHILDREN

THAT ARE JUST DYING

AND EMACIATED BODIES, THEY'RE

DEALING WITH A SITUATION

THAT KEEPS NEARLY CAUSING

A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN

THERE'S A TEACHER THAT

OBVIOUSLY LOVES HER STUDENTS

AND HER CHILDREN,

AND THE CHILDREN IN THAT

WHOLE AREA, AND YET

THEY'RE WATCHING THEM GET ILL

AND THEY WATCH THEM

LOSE THEIR HEALTH

AND EVEN LOSE THEIR LIVES.

WE CAN JUST REACH OUT HERE AND

GET A FRESH DRINK OF WATER,

HOW DO WE HELP OUR VIEWERS

UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE

DON'T HAVE THAT CHANCE.

IF WE GIVE THEM FRESH WATER

THEY'RE SEEING ONE OF THE

GREATEST EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE

TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE AT LIFE.

I'M THINKING,

WHAT CAN WE SAY TO HELP

OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND?

BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT

THE TIME FRAME,

AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED

A LOT OF HELP TO BE ABLE

TO DRILL THE HUNDREDS OF WELLS

THAT ARE NEEDED THIS YEAR.

Betty: JAMES, I THINK

OUR VIEWERS AND OUR FRIENDS

THAT WATCH, THEY DO KNOW,

THEY SENSE THE LOVE

OF THE LORD IN THEIR LIVES

AND YOUR LIVES --

I KNOW YOU DO.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN

YOU'VE BEEN SO DESPERATE,

TIMES WHEN YOU THOUGHT,

IF SOMEONE WOULD REACH OUT

TO ME AND HELP ME,

WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT

YOU CAN RELATE TO

IN THESE STORIES THAT

WE SHOW YOU ABOUT

THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN.

I WATCHED THAT AND I SAW

A LITTLE SMILE HERE AND THERE,

JAMES, AND I THOUGHT, THESE

PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING

PUT INTO THEIR BODIES.

THEY'VE NEVER HAD A CHOICE

OF ANY OTHER KIND OF WATER

SO THEY DON'T KNOW.

SO THEY'RE DRINKING IT

BECAUSE THEY'RE THIRSTY.

THEY'RE DRINKING IT BECAUSE

THEIR BODIES ARE SAYING,

"I'M THIRSTY."

LET'S GIVE THEM A CHOICE TO

GROW UP HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THE HEART OF THIS TEACHER

WAS I CARE ABOUT

THESE CHILDREN.

I KNOW THE WATER IS BAD.

PLEASE HELP THEM.

James: SHE REALLY CAN'T

DO ANYTHING BUT CARE

BUT YOU AND I CAN DRILL A WELL

IN THAT VILLAGE AND

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO THAT.

THE WELLS ARE $4800.

I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE

WHEN I WILL LOOK

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO SEE

DID SOMEONE DRILL A WELL?

AND ON OCCASION I WILL SEE

TWO OR THREE WELLS, SOMETIMES

I MAY GO SEVERAL DAYS

AND I'LL SEE A $1200 GIFT

AND I'LL BEGIN TO PRAY, "GOD

RAISE UP THREE MORE PEOPLE."

OR "GOD, I THANK YOU FOR

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED

HANDS TO GIVE $48 OR $144

SO 10 OR 30 PEOPLE

CAN HAVE WATER."

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO,

BUT WHATEVER YOU DO,

IT'S GOING TO BE GIVING LIFE

TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

WOULD YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER?

WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GIFTS

TO GIVE YOU AS YOU GIVE

THIS GREAT GIFT.

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM

EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO CAN

DO SOMETHING TO HELP.

IF YOU CAN GIVE A WELL

OR PART OF A WELL OR YOU MAKE

THAT VERY SPECIAL $48 GIFT

AND YOU SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE

10 PEOPLE WATER.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT."

WE HAVE GIFTS TO BLESS YOU

BUT YOU'RE GIVING

AN INDESCRIBABLE GIFT.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CALL.

USE YOUR BANKCARD,

WRITE A CHECK, OR YOU CAN

GO ONLINE AND MAKE THAT GIFT.

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

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: HERE'S A LITTLE GIRL GETTING A DRINK.

BETTY SAID, "I CAN'T HELP HER... I CAN'T HELP HER DO IT."

THE REASON BETTY SAYS THAT IS SHE'S SEEN THE RIVER WHERE IT COMES FROM.

WE'VE SEEN THE ANIMALS AND THE ANIMAL WASTE

AND WE KNOW IT'S CONTAMINATED.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL A THIRSTY CHILD THEY CAN'T HAVE WATER

WHEN THE MOTHER BROUGHT THEM THE WATER.

MOM BROUGHT THEM THIS WATER.

MOM HAD NO IDEA SHE MIGHT BE BRINGING THIS CHILD DISEASE OR SICKNESS.

Betty: THIS IS THE KIND OF WATER THEY'RE DRINKING.

THE ONLY WATER THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL THEIR THIRST

BUT AS THEY'RE FILLING THEIR THIRST

THEY'RE PUTTING DISEASE INTO THEIR LITTLE BODIES.

WE DON'T NEED THAT TO HAPPEN.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU'LL JUST JOIN WITH US

AND LET'S GIVE THESE CHILDREN SOME CLEAN SAFE WATER.

WILL YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW?

WE NEED TO BEGIN DRILLING THESE WATER WELLS TO HELP THESE CHILDREN.

WE MUST NOT DELAY. WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW.

PLEASE GO TO THE PHONE.

James: I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR HELPING US SHARE WATER

AND DRILL THESE WELLS.

WHAT A JOY!

THEN REMIND YOU THAT

IN THE BOOKSTORES, INDIVISIBLE

AND I REALLY HOPE

YOU'LL GO GET A COPY.

GET ONE FOR YOUR PASTOR, YOUR

PRIEST, OR A LEADER BECAUSE

I THINK WE CAN TURN THIS

NATION BACK TOWARD SAFE HARBOR

AWAY FROM THE CATASTROPHIC

CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE COMING

IF WE DON'T ALTER OUR COURSE,

GET BACK UNDER GOD,

HIS SHELTER, HIS SHADOW

AND THE SECURITY

AND BLESSING THAT HE PROMISES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR WATCHING LIFE TODAY

AND HELPING US SHARE LIFE.

GOD BLESS YOU!

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

AS AMERICA FACES BATTLES WITHIN, MANY WONDER WHERE TO TURN.

IN THEIR NEW BOOK, JAMES ROBISON AND JAY RICHARDS

CALL US TO STAND TOGETHER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

AS ONE NATION TRULY UNDER GOD.

INDIVISIBLE, THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

AT ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

Anouncer: TOMORROW, JOY AND TAIT CRUSE WALKED CLOSELY WITH GOD

WHILE THEIR SON BATTLED CANCER.

>> WHY DID YOU HEAL HIM WITH A FIRST CANCER,

FOR HIM TO GET A SECOND ONE?