Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY,

WHAT DOES GOD'S CALLINGLOOK LIKE?

Beth: TO SIGNAL BYNODDING YOUR HEAD.

SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING,

THEY SIGNALED BY NODDING THEIR HEAD.

I THOUGHT THAT IS SUCH A CLASSIC MAN THING!

DON'T YOU THINK IT IS?

I MEAN LIKE WOMEN, WE DON'T PASS ONE ANOTHER AND GO...

[Nodding]

AM I TELLING THE TRUTH? WE JUST DON'T DO THAT!

WE JUSTDON'T DO THAT.

Announcer: GOD'S CALLING ON YOUR LIFE -- NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

§

Randy: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY.

I'M RANDY ROBISON

AND THIS IS MY WIFE DEBBIE.

MY PARENTS, JAMES AND BETTY

ARE TAKING A WELL NEEDED BREAK

BUT BETH MOORE IS STILL HERE.

SHE IS TEACHING HER SERIES

CALLED, "THE CALLING."

I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE

A BLESSING TO YOU SO LET'S

GO TO BETH RIGHT NOW

AND I'LL BE BACK

AFTER HER TEACHING.

LET'S WATCH BETH RIGHT NOW.

Beth: JESUS IS TELLING

SOMEBODY LISTENING OR

WATCHING TODAY TO DO SOMETHING

THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE

AND IT DIDN'T WORK.

AND HE'S GOING, "DO IT AGAIN!

THIS TIME I WANT YOU TO JUST

CAST IT OVER ON THIS SIDE."

"BUT I ALREADY DID IT

OVER HERE!"

"NO. DO IT AGAIN."

"MASTER, AT YOUR WORD.

AT YOUR WORD

I'LL LET DOWN THE NET."

AND THEY GOT SO MANY FISH

THEY HAD TO CALL OVER

THE OTHER BOAT.

FINALLY THERE WERE SO MANY FISH

IN THE BOAT WITH THEM,

THE BOATS STARTED TO SINK.

I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING

IN VERSE 7.

IT SAYS IN THE ESV:

I LOVE THIS.

THIS IS WHEN I LOVE

TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT

OF ORIGINAL WORD STUDY

BECAUSE IT GETS REALLY FUN.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE I GOT

A LITTLE KICK OUT OF IT

BECAUSE THAT WORD SIGNALED

RIGHT THERE LITERALLY MEANS

TO SIGNAL BY NODDING YOUR HEAD.

THEY DIDN'T REALLY

SAY ANYTHING, THEY SIGNALED

BY NODDING THEIR HEAD

AND I THOUGHT THAT IS SUCH

A CLASSIC MAN-THING!

DON'T YOU THINK IT IS?

WOMEN, WE DON'T PASS

ONE ANOTHER AND GO...

[Nods head]

I MEAN, AM I TELLING THE TRUTH?

I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T DO THAT!

WE JUST DON'T DO THAT!

BUT MY MAN WILL JUST

[Jerks head]

[Laughter]

WE HAVE SOME CACTUS LAND.

I ALWAYS TRY TO TELL YOU

DON'T BE IMPRESSED WITH IT

BECAUSE YOU SHOULD JUST SEE IT.

HONESTLY, IF CACTUS

IS EVER WORTH ANYTHING WE ARE

GOING TO BE JUST ROLLING,

ROLLING, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT

SO MUCH CACTUS.

WHEN WE GO TO THAT AREA

OF TEXAS, MEN JUST NOD

AT ONE ANOTHER.

THERE REALLY IS VERY LITTLE

CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS

AND THERE'S ALMOST

NO SMILING WHATSOEVER.

I THINK, IN THIS PART OF TEXAS,

THEY DO NOT TRUST A GRINNER.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK!

[Laughter]

NOW, ONE REASON THEY PROBABLY

SIGNAL WITH THEIR HEADS IS

BECAUSE THEIR HANDS WERE BUSY.

THEY DIDN'T YELL,

THEY DID THIS BUSINESS.

[Jerks head]

LIKE THAT BUSINESS.

LIKE, GET OVER HERE!

AND SO OVER THEY CAME AND

TOGETHER THEY COULD NOT PULL

ALL THE FISH IN THE BOAT

AND IT BEGAN TO SINK

AND SO DID THE SECOND ONE.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN VERSE 8

BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE

I WANT TO SHOW YOU,

THIS IS WHERE I WANT

TO PROVE TO YOU BIBLICALLY,

SOMETHING HAPPENED THIS TIME

THAT, IN THE MIDST OF ALL

THOSE PEOPLE BEING HEALED,

IN THE MIDST OF WHAT HAPPENED

TO HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW

WHEN SHE HOPPED UP

AND BEGAN TO --.

I WAS GOING TO SAY,

"-- PUT ON HOT DOGS."

BUT THEY WOULD NOT

HAVE EATEN HOT DOGS.

NO, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE.

BUT SHE HOPPED UP AND SERVED...

SOMETHING HAPPENED RIGHT HERE

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THERE.

THIS IS WHAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN

TO OTHER PEOPLE.

WE JUST KNOW THAT IT SEARED

THROUGH OUR OWN HEARTS.

OKAY, NOW GO HERE WITH ME

FOR A SECOND BECAUSE

REMEMBER JESUS IS IN THE BOAT.

OKAY? HE'S IN THE BOAT.

SO THE REASON WHY PETER

IS AT HIS KNEES

IS BECAUSE HE'S IN THE BOAT.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW,

THEIR VESSELS WERE FAIRLY LARGE

SO THERE WOULD CERTAINLY

HAVE BEEN UNDERSTANDABLY

ROOM ENOUGH FOR HIM TO HAVE

LAID DOWN AT HIS FEET BUT ALSO

THE BOAT IS FULL OF WHAT,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?

Audience: FISH!

Beth: FISH!

SO HE IS KNEELING DOWN

AT HIS KNEES

AND HE SAYS SOMETHING TO HIM

THAT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE

TO US IN OUR PRESENT SERIES.

SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT HE SAYS.

Audience: DEPART FROM ME.

Beth: DEPART FROM ME.

GO AWAY FROM ME!

WHY? I'M A SINFUL MAN.

HOW COME HE DIDN'T FIGURE OUT

HE WAS A SINFUL MAN WHEN

HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS HEALED.

AND ALL MANNER OF PEOPLE CAME

AND HAD THEIR DISEASES HEALED,

WHY DIDN'T HE FIGURE OUT

HE WAS A SINFUL MAN THEN?

BECAUSE SOMEHOW HE KNEW

THAT JESUS HAD SO KNOWN HIM

ON HIS OWN TURF THAT IT SCARED

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

OUT OF HIM.

I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU

HAS THERE EVER BEEN A TIME

WHEN GOD DID SOMETHING

PROFOUND FOR YOU

THAT SOMEHOW,

AFTER THE INITIAL DELIGHT

OF WHAT HE HAD DONE,

IT HIT YOU HOW WELL HE KNEW YOU

AND IT NEARLY SCARED YOU

TO DEATH?

THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME!

THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME.

WHERE HE WOULD, HONESTLY,

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT HE WOULD

HAVE HAD TO HAVE MANAGED

IN ORDER FOR ME TO READ

A SCRIPTURE ON AN EXACT DAY

WHEN SUCH AND WHAT

WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE

THIS ENCOUNTER AFTER HAVING HAD

THAT CONVERSATION.

SETUPS! THESE DIVINE SETUPS

ALL THE TIME.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

START ASKING HIM

TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.

AT FIRST WE'RE ALL LIKE, WHOA!

THAT WAS GOOD!

AND THEN IT'S LIKE, WHOA!

HE'S IN MY HOUSE!

HE'S WATCHING ME!

HE'S HEARING ME ON MY PHONE!

HE'S WATCHING ME

ON MY COMPUTER!

THIS MAN IS ON TO ME.

HE'S COME INTO MY HOME NOW AND

HE'S MESSING WITH ME AT WORK.

THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE

GETTING SURROUNDED BY JESUS.

"DEPART FROM ME!

DEPART FROM ME!

DEPART FROM ME!"

I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT

ONE OF THE BIGGEST MIRACLES

IN THIS SCENE IS THAT JESUS

DID NOT DEPART FROM HIM.

DO YOU KNOW, AND I WONDER,

NOW I JUST PRAY THIS

IS GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY

LISTENING AND WATCHING TODAY,

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAID,

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,

MAYBE WITH DIFFERENT WORDS,

"GO AWAY FROM ME! GO AWAY!"

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE,

IN THIS ROOM, SAID TO JESUS,

"DEPART FROM ME!

DEPART FROM ME!"

AND YOU KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE I'M A SINFUL WOMAN.

BECAUSE I'M A SINFUL WOMAN.

IT SCARES US TO DEATH

THAT HE WOULD HANG AROUND

WHEN WE KNOW

WE DO NOT HAVE IT TOGETHER.

THAT'S THE CRAZY THING

IS THAT THE LIGHT

OF CHRIST'S COUNTENANCE

IS SO BRIGHT

WHEN HE REVEALS HIMSELF

THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS GET

A SELF-REVELATION OUT OF IT.

I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU TODAY

IT IS ONE REASON WHY PEOPLE

AVOID AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

WITH JESUS.

BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT IT IS

YOU KNOW THAT

THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW HIM

THE LIGHT OF HIS PRESENCE

AND NO, IT'S -- I WANT

TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NEW

WITH US AND IF YOU'RE NEW

TO THIS WHOLE BIBLE THING.

NONE OF US HAVE SEEN HIM

OUTRIGHTLY.

AT LEAST I HAVEN'T.

I DON'T SEE ANY OF THEM

LIFTING UP THEIR HANDS

LIKE THEY'VE JUST SEEN HIM LIKE

APPEAR BEFORE THEIR VERY EYES

IN FLESH AND BLOOD.

BUT WE KNOW THIS, THAT WHEN

HE'S REVEALED HIMSELF TO US,

IF IT WAS INTIMATELY ENOUGH,

SOMETHING WAS ALSO REVEALED

ABOUT OURSELVES.

SOMETIMES

IT'S SOMETHING WONDERFUL,

LIKE HOW LOVED WE ARE.

BUT IF I'M WIGGED OUT IN SIN

I AM LIKE SO AWARE OF IT

I CAN HARDLY BEAR IT.

DEPART FROM ME!

I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT DOESN'T

MATTER HOW MANY TIMES

YOU TELL HIM TO GO AWAY,

ONCE HE'S ON TO YOU

HE'S ON TO YOU!

YOU'LL THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING

TO LIKE LEAVE HIM AT HOME

AND THEN HE SHOWS UP

AT THE BOAT! WHY?

BECAUSE JESUS LOVES

A FISHERMAN!

JESUS LOVES A HAIRDRESSER,

A BANK TELLER, A TEACHER,

A NURSE, A DOCTOR, A LAWYER,

SECRETARY, ADMINISTRATOR,

A PRINCIPAL.

HE LOVES US

AND HE IS CLOSING IN ON US

AND A BEAUTIFUL THING

HAPPENS RIGHT THERE.

SEE, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL

YOU CAN'T APPRECIATE

"COME FOLLOW ME"

UNTIL YOU HEAR PETER SAY,

"DEPART FROM ME!"

BECAUSE HE SAID,

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"

HE SAID, "OH,

I'M GOING TO LEAVE, ALRIGHT,

BUT I AM TAKING YOU WITH ME.

YOU ARE GOING TO FOLLOW ME."

YOU HAVE NOT SINNED SO MUCH

THAT YOU CAN KEEP JESUS AWAY

FROM YOU.

I DON'T CARE HOW YOU TELL HIM.

SOME OF US ARE TRYING

TO STAY IN OUR SIN

SO HE WILL LEAVE US ALONE.

IF WE DO ENOUGH OF THIS MAYBE

WE'LL WAKE UP, MAYBE WE'LL COME

OUT OF THAT STUPOR AND HE'LL

BE GONE, ONLY HE'S STILL THERE

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

THAT'S HIS WAY.

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU GUYS

SOMETHING, I HOPE SO MUCH

SHE IS WATCHING

THIS BROADCAST TODAY.

I HAD AN ENCOUNTER

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO

WITH ONE OF YOU VIEWERS THAT

I CANNOT QUIT THINKING ABOUT.

IT'S JUST LIKE UNDER MY SKIN

AND IT DIDN'T INVOLVE

TWELVE WORDS.

I WAS IN A MAJOR AIRPORT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO SPECIFIC

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT

ANYONE TO BE ON TO IT.

I WAS IN A MAJOR AIRPORT

WHERE I WAS MAKING A CONNECTION

AND MY PLANE WAS VERY LATE

AND I HAD A VERY SHORT ONE

AND IT WAS A VERY,

VERY BIG AIRPORT.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE

THAT YOU JUST GO HAULING DOWN

AND I WAS, I WAS JUST MOVING

AS FAST AS I COULD

HEADING DOWN TO MY NEXT GATE

WHEN I SMELLED POPCORN AND

I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,

I HAVE NO SELF-CONTROL

WITH POPCORN.

I WAS RAISED,

MY DADDY RAN MOVIE THEATRES

AND I WAS RAISED ON THE

WONDERFUL SMELL OF POPCORN.

I CANNOT RESIST IT!

AND I COULD SMELL IT.

IT WAS LIKE, OH NO! OH NO!

OF ALL THINGS!

WITH THIS NOSE,

I'M JUST LIKE A BIRD DOG

ON POINT.

I COULD TURN IT LAKE A RADAR,

LIKE A WHOLE SATELLITE.

I THOUGHT, "THERE!"

SO I RAN OVER THERE

AS FAST AS I COULD

AND THERE WERE TWO YOUNG WOMEN

BEHIND THE COUNTER,

BOTH OF THEM

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF COLOR,

ONE BROWN,

ONE DARKER, DARKER BROWN.

ABSOLUTELY, JUST FACES

I'LL NEVER FORGET.

AND THEY WERE BUSY

DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING

AND I WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER

AND ONE OF THEM LOOKED UP AT ME

AND HAD THIS STRANGEST --

I DON'T EVEN THINK I CAN DO

THE EXPRESSION FOR YOU.

SHE HAD THE STRANGEST LOOK

ON HER FACE AND I MEAN

HER BROWS DRAWN DOWN,

HER EYES JUST LIKE PIERCING

A HOLE THROUGH ME AND

SHE SAID -- I MEAN SHE LOOKED

VERY, VERY DISTURBED.

SHE SAID VERY QUIETLY,

"I'VE SEEN YOU."

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?

[Laughter]

BECAUSE WAS IT

IN THE LADIES' ROOM?

[Laughter]

"NO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE."

SO I WAS FROZEN

BECAUSE I WAS... FROZEN!

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I WENT, "YOU HAVE?"

[Laughter]

AND SHE LOOKS UP AT ME

AND SAYS, "YEAH."

AND SHE LOOKS DOWN,

JUST LIKE THIS.

SHE NEVER LOOKS UP AT ME AGAIN.

NEVER, NEVER LOCKS EYES

WITH ME AGAIN.

SHE LOOKS STRAIGHT DOWN

AND SAYS, "YEAH. ON TV."

THAT WAS IT.

I TRIED TO ENGAGE HER.

SHE WAS ALL THE WAY ON

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER.

THERE WAS NO WAY, THEY MUST

COME IN THROUGH THE BACK

BECAUSE THERE WAS

NO OPENING THERE.

BECAUSE I'M A HUGGER.

LISTEN, IF I'M TALKING TO YOU

I'M ON YOUR PERSON.

BUT I COULD TELL

WHEN SHE LOOKED DOWN,

I COULD TELL THAT THE TEARS

WERE ABOUT TO SPILL

OUT OF HER EYES

AND I WAS SO OVERWHELMED

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THE OTHER WOMAN SAID,

"CAN I HELP YOU?"

BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING

THE ODDEST MOMENT,

THE OTHER WOMAN IS GOING LIKE,

"WE'RE SELLING POPCORN HERE."

[Laughter]

YOU'VE GOT CUSTOMERS

BEHIND YOU.

ORDER OR MOVE!

SO, I TELL HER WHAT I WANT

AND THE OTHER WOMAN,

I GET -- I SAID, "HOW MUCH?"

THE OTHER WOMAN DOES HER ARM

LIKE THIS AND SAYS, "NO."

IN OTHER WORDS, SHE'S GOING

TO PAY FOR MY POPCORN.

I CAN HARDLY TELL Y'ALL THIS.

I CAN TELL SHE'S CRYING

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I MEAN, THEY'VE SHUSHED ME,

SHE NEVER LOOKED BACK AT ME.

I TRIED MY --

Y'ALL KNOW I AM A TALKER.

YOU KNOW

I WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING

TO HAVE TRIED TO ENGAGE HER.

AND, IT WAS OVER.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY OVER.

BUT I AM TELLING YOU

THAT I TURNED AROUND BECAUSE

MY FLIGHT WAS LIKE THAT,

[Snaps fingers]

AND HEADED TO MY FLIGHT

AND I MEAN I SOBBED

ALL THE WAY TO THAT GATE.

ALL THE WAY!

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAD

EVEN HAPPENED TO THE WOMAN.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT I FELT LIKE I KNEW

BECAUSE WHAT WOULD CAUSE YOU

NOT TO LOOK AT PEOPLE,

AND TO ME THAT'S ALWAYS SHAME,

THAT'S ALWAYS SHAME.

SO, I WANTED SO BADLY TO GO,

"ME TOO!

I'VE BEEN IN THE PIT TOO!

I HAVE! I HAVE!"

I WANTED TO SAY TO HER,

"DID YOU WATCH LONG ENOUGH

TO KNOW THAT YOU COULD NOT

POSSIBLY HAVE OUT-SINNED ME

AND THAT JESUS HAS SAVED ME

FROM SO MANY THINGS BUT NOTHING

BIGGER THAN MY PLAIN OLD SELF.

HE SAVED ME FROM MYSELF

AND MY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE HEART.

I'D HAVE DONE ANYTHING

TO ENGAGE HER

BUT IT JUST WAS A MOMENT

THAT WAS JUST GONE.

I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HER

SO MUCH.

I HOPE SO MUCH THAT

GOD HAS DONE SOMETHING...

I WANT YOU TO KNOW

I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN OVER YOU

THAT DAY.

AND I THOUGHT

GOD PIERCED MY HEART.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT?

I DON'T THINK, MANY TIMES

PEOPLE HAVE EVER SAID

TO THAT YOUNG WOMAN,

"I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

YOU ARE SO VALUABLE!

YOU ARE SO PRICELESS!"

I HAD THE STRANGEST FEELING,

LIKE NO ONE HAD EVER SAID,

"YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!

SO BEAUTIFUL!"

BECAUSE I KNEW

SHE DID NOT THINK SHE WAS.

I KNEW SHE DID NOT THINK

SHE HAD VALUE,

AND I KNEW A SAVIOR WHO DID.

AND I KNEW THAT

SHE MAY HAVE RUN ME OFF,

BUT JESUS STAYED

AND SCOOPED POPCORN ALL DAY.

[Laughter]

THEN SHE GOT INTO HER CAR

AND HE WENT WITH HER.

SHE GOT HOME

AND HE WENT WITH HER.

AND EVERYWHERE SHE HAS SAID,

"DEPART FROM ME,

FOR I AM A SINFUL WOMAN."

"I'LL DEPART

BUT YOU'RE GOING WITH ME.

FOLLOW ME!"

Beth: I COME WITHSUCH GRATITUDE TO GOD

FOR JAMESAND BETTY ROBISON.

THEY ARE SUCHTREMENDOUS PEOPLE OF GOD

AND I NOT ONLY LOVE THEMAND HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT

FOR WHAT THEY BRINGTO THE BODY OF CHRIST,

I ALSO GET A HUGE KICK OUTOF THEM AND LOVE THEM DEARLY.

SO I'M SO GRATEFUL.

KEITH AND I BOTH LOVE THEPRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH THEM.

I WANT TOTELL YOU SOMETHING,

ON WEDNESDAYS WE GETTHIS OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS THE OUTREACHTHAT WE DO ON WEDNESDAYS

BUT SOMEBODY ELSEON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

DOESN'T EVEN HAVECLEAN WATER TO DRINK.

THEY CAN'T EVEN GETTHEIR MINDS WRAPPED AROUND

WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY BECAUSETHEY ARE TRYING TO STAY ALIVE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THATDON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT

AND THERE ARE OUTREACHES OF LIFE

THAT ARE MEETINGTHOSE KINDS OF NEEDS.

SO I LOVE BEING PARTOF A MINISTRY THAT HASA BROAD RANGE PERSPECTIVE

ON THE GOSPELOF THE LIVING CHRIST.

SO THANK YOUSO MUCH!

NOT ONLY FOR PARTICIPATINGON WEDNESDAYS

BUT IN ALL THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.MAY GOD BLESS YOU!

Randy: I HOPE YOU ENJOYED BETH.

IF YOU MISS ANY PART OF IT,

YOU CAN ALWAYS CATCH

ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDING

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH"

AT LIFETODAY.ORG.

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW

THAT BETH IS A PART OF

THE ARISE DEVOTIONAL.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING

TO ENJOY THIS.

IT IS NOT JUST BETH,

IT IS MY MOTHER,

IT IS CHRISTINE CAINE,

MARGARET FEINBERG,

PRISCILLA SHIRER,

AND SO MANY OTHER

WONDERFUL TEACHERS.

I WANT YOU TO GET THIS.

YOU CAN GET IT

WHEN YOU SUPPORT

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE.

NOW WHAT IS THAT?

THAT IS OUR OUTREACH TO GIVE

PEOPLE CLEAN DRINKING WATER

IN AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE NONE.

I WANT YOU TO GO WITH ME

RIGHT NOW TO ONE OF THOSE

AREAS ON A RIVER WHERE

WE ARE HELPING TO PROVIDE

DRINKING WATER THAT WILL NOT

ONLY CHANGE THEIR LIVES BUT

IN FACT SAVE MANY LIVES.

WATCH THIS.

Randy:THIS IS AN AMAZING AREA.

WE'RE IN CAMBODIA ON A RIVERTHAT'S ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE

AND THERE AREFLOATING VILLAGES.

YET WHEN YOU LOOK ATALL THIS WATER, IT'S DEATH.

AND IN ONESMALL PHARMACY ALONE,

WHICH IS THE ONLYMEDICAL FACILITY THEY HAVE

IN ONE OF THESEFLOATING VILLAGES,

THE RETIRED NURSE THERE SAIDTHAT HE'S SEEN A CHILD DIE

ON AVERAGEEVERY OTHER WEEK.

Randy: THEY COOK WITH IT,THEY BATHE IN IT,

AND THEY GO TOTHE RESTROOM IN IT

AND THEY DIEBY THIS VERY WATER.

Randy: TELL THEMWE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN

SO HE DOESN'T LOSEANYMORE GRANDCHILDREN.

WE CAN CHANGETHEIR LIVES.

WE CAN STOP THE SICKNESSESTHAT ARE KILLING THEIR CHILDRENAND GRANDCHILDREN.

WE CAN JUST SIMPLY GIVE THEMCLEAN DRINKING WATER.

Randy: AS I TALKED TO THAT

COUPLE THERE, THEY ARE

ACTUALLY GRANDPARENTS,

THEY LOOK YOUNG BUT

THEY'RE GRANDPARENTS;

THEY LOST A GRANDCHILD

TO WATERBORNE ILLNESS.

I ASKED THEM A COUPLE

OF THINGS, A COUPLE OF

VERY PRACTICAL QUESTIONS

BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW

WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE

IN THESE AREAS WHERE

WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS.

I SAID TWO THINGS,

"WHY DON'T YOU MOVE?"

BECAUSE THAT RIVER

IS JUST AWFUL AND THERE'S

CHILDREN DYING FAR TOO OFTEN.

THEY SAID, "WHERE WOULD WE GO?

WE DON'T HAVE ANY LAND.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY

TO BUY LAND.

WE WERE BORN ON THIS RIVER,

THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE."

I THOUGHT, WOW,

THEY'RE STUCK.

THEY WOULD GO IF THEY COULD

BUT THEY'RE REALLY STUCK.

THEN I ASKED THEM

WHAT REALLY PROBABLY SOUNDED

LIKE A DUMB QUESTION TO THEM.

I SAID, "IF WE DRILL A WELL

ON SHORE, WHICH IS JUST

A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY,

WOULD YOU GO OVER THERE

AND GET THE CLEAN

DRINKING WATER?"

SHE LOOKED AT ME

WITH THIS EXPRESSION THAT

KIND OF MADE ME REALIZE

THAT IT KIND OF

SOUNDED DUMB TO THEM.

OF COURSE, THEY WILL GO

GET THE WATER.

THEY KNOW THE WATER

IS KILLING THEM.

THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING

FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN

OR THEIR CHILDREN,

JUST LIKE YOU AND I WOULD.

IF THEY WERE IN

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,

WE WOULD INVITE THEM OVER

AND SAY, "DRINK THIS WATER."

WELL, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN

IMPACT THEM THAT FAR

IN CAMBODIA, IN AFRICA,

IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,

ALL OVER WHERE

WE'RE DRILLING WATER WELLS

IS TO JOIN TOGETHER.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR FINANCIAL

RESOURCES REPRESENT

YOUR WORK, YOUR TIME,

YOUR TALENT, THAT'S WHAT

I'M ASKING YOU TO GIVE.

IF WE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER

WE CAN REACH OUR GOAL.

WHEN WE DRILL HUNDREDS

OF WELLS AROUND THE WORLD,

IT AVERAGES OUT TO $48

HELPING TEN PEOPLE --

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I'M ASKING YOU

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I'M INVITING YOU TO JOIN

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PICK UP THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.

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OF JESUS CHRIST BY GIVING

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IN DESPERATE NEED.

THANK YOU!

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James: THIS MOTHERHAS FOUR CHILDREN.

LAST SUMMER A YEAR AGOTHEY HAD AN OUTBREAK

OF INTESTINAL DISEASEFROM CONTAMINATED WATER.

TWO OF HER CHILDRENGOT VERY, VERY SICK.

NOW SHE HAS A LITTLE BABY JUSTA FEW MONTHS OLD AND THIS BABY

IS LIVING ON HER MOTHER'S MILK, THIS BABY IS NURSING.

BETTY, PRETTY SOONTHIS LITTLE BABY IS GOINGTO BE DRINKING THAT WATER

AND OFTENTIMESIT TAKES THEIR LIVES.

Betty:IT REALLY DOES, JAMES.

AND THEY CAN'T DOANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE

IT'S ALL THE WATER THEY HAVE.I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE!

THIS LITTLE BABY ISSO PRECIOUS, SO BEAUTIFUL

AND HER MOMMA'S CUDDLING HERAND TAKING CARE OF HER.

SHE MAKES LITTLE SOUNDS OF LIFEBUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW

HOW LONG THOSELITTLE SOUNDS OF LIFE WILL BE

IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHINGTO HELP THEM.

DO YOU KNOW THAT10,000 PEOPLE A DAY

DIE FROMWATERBORNE DISEASES

AND MOST OF THEMARE CHILDREN FIVE AND UNDER?

WE CANSTOP THAT.

WE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCEBY DRILLING WATER WELLS

AND GIVING THEMA FRESH CUP OF WATER.

James: I VERY DELIBERATELYREACHED OUT TO SEE

IF THIS LITTLE GIRLWOULD TAKE HOLD OF MY FINGERS

AND IN SO MANY WAYSLITTLE CHILDREN LIKE THIS

ARE REACHING OUT TO FINDSOMEBODY THEY CAN HOLD ON TO.

I'D LIKE YOU TO BE ONEOF THE HANDS TO REACH OUT

AND DIAL THE TELEPHONE NUMBERAND TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK

OR WRITE A CHECKAND MAKE IT TO <U>LIFE</U>.

PLEASE, CALL US AND LET USKNOW WHAT YOU'RE SENDING.

OR YOU CAN GO ONLINEAND SAY I WANT TO GIVE LIFE

TO CHILDREN LIKE THISAND KEEP THEM HEALTHY.

Randy: I HOPE YOU ARE CALLING

OR GOING TO THE WEB SITE.

REMEMBER, THE ARISE DEVOTIONAL

IS AVAILABLE

AND BETH IS A PART OF THAT

SO DO ASK FOR THAT

WITH YOUR GIFT.

MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU

FOR SUPPORTING

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE

AND FOR WATCHING LIFE TODAY.

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AS AMERICA FACESBATTLES WITHIN,

MANY WONDERWHERE TO TURN.

IN THEIR NEW BOOK,JAMES ROBISON AND JAY RICHARDS

CALL US TO STAND TOGETHERBEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

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