AND SO ANY BELIEVER THAT QUITS

IS GOING AGAINST HIS OR HER GIVEN NATURE.

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

CHALLENGE BELIEVERS TO BE RELENTLESS.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS,

IS GOD WILL ALLOW THINGS TO COME

AND GOD EXPECTS US TO FIGHT BACK.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE RELENTLESS FOR TRUTH

YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP AGAINST THINGS

WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MAD WHEN YOU SPEAK TRUTH

BUT YOU HAVE TO LOVE.

Announcer: DISCOVER WHAT IT TAKES TO FINISH WELL -- NEXT!

James: IT'S A JOY TO COME

JOIN YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE.

I'VE SAID, "IN YOUR HOME."

I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME AND SAY,

"I'M NOT WATCHING AT HOME.

I'M OUT SOMEWHERE.

I'M IN A HOTEL."

OR YOU MAY BE IN A BAR,

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE

BUT WE'RE GLAD

YOU'RE WATCHING.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

MY WIFE BETTY AND

I WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.

WE'VE GOT SOME CLOSE FRIENDS

BACK, JOHN AND LISA BEVERE.

THEY'RE VERY GIFTED

COMMUNICATORS, A BEAUTIFUL

COUPLE AND WONDERFUL PARENTS

AND NOW GRANDPARENTS,

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE

BECAUSE THEY SEEM LIKE

THEY'RE KIDS TO US.

JOHN HAS WRITTEN A BOOK.

THEY'VE WRITTEN MANY GREAT

BOOKS, BOTH OF THEM HAVE.

THIS ONE IS CALLED RELENTLESS:

THE POWER YOU NEED

TO NEVER GIVE UP.

JOHN HAS TOLD US IN THE BOOK

THAT HE USED TO QUIT

AT EVERYTHING.

HE WOULD QUIT EVERYTHING

HALFWAY THROUGH

BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM

TO MAKE HIM RELENTLESS.

HE'S BEEN RELENTLESS

EVER SINCE I'VE KNOWN HIM.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK

ABOUT HOW THINGS COME

IN OUR LIVES THAT REALLY

THROW CIRCUMSTANCES

AND CATASTROPHIC SITUATIONS

IN OUR PATH

OR ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE,

SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO DEFINE

PRESSURE THAT COMES.

WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

AND HOW DO WE DEAL WITH IT?

HE TOUCHES ON THAT IN

SO MANY VERY INSIGHTFUL WAYS

IN THE BOOK, RELENTLESS.

WOULD YOU WELCOME JOHN BEVERE

AND HIS WIFE LISA

TO LIFE TODAY?

WE'RE REALLY GLAD

TO HAVE YOU BACK.

ALWAYS GLAD TO HAVE YOU

ANY TIME YOU WANT TO COME.

I DON'T GUESS, LISA,

BETTY AND I KNEW YOU A WHOLE

LOT WHEN YOU WERE THE QUITTER

BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS SEEMED

TO STICK TO IT PRETTY GOOD

SINCE WE'VE KNOWN YOU.

WAS IT WHEN YOU WERE A KID

THAT YOUR PARENTS OR SOMEBODY

TOLD YOU YOU WERE A QUITTER

OR --?

John: NO, I WAS A QUITTER.

LOOK, OKAY,

I TOOK PIANO LESSONS.

THIS LADY TAUGHT PIANO

ALL OF HER LIFE.

I WAS THE ONLY STUDENT

SHE EVER HAD THAT SHE WENT

TO THE PARENTS AND SAID,

"WOULD YOU PLEASE

LET HIM QUIT?"

I TRIED GUITAR AND I QUIT.

I USED TO GO OUT WITH GIRLS,

I FEARED THAT I WOULD NEVER

BE ABLE TO GET MARRIED

AND STAY MARRIED BECAUSE

I'D GET TIRED OF GIRLS

AFTER TWO OR THREE DATES

OR THEY'D GET TIRED OF ME

WAY BEFORE.

I WOULD --

I PLAYED BASEBALL, I QUIT.

I PLAYED TRACK AND FIELD

AND QUIT AFTER A YEAR.

I COULD GO ON AND ON.

IT WAS SO BAD THAT WHEN

I CAME HOME FROM COLLEGE

AND I TOLD MY MOM,

"I HAVE RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST

AS MY LORD,

I AM NOW A CHRISTIAN."

MY MOM LOOKED AT ME

AND SHE SAID, "IS THIS

ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR FADS?

ARE YOU GOING

TO QUIT THIS TOO

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE?"

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

SHE DIDN'T SAY IT THAT NICE.

SHE SAID, "THIS IS

ONE OF YOUR FADS.

YOU'LL QUIT THIS

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE."

I SAID, "MOM,

THIS IS REAL. WATCH."

AND SURE ENOUGH SHE IS IN

THE FAD NOW 30 YEARS LATER

AND SHE GIVES AWAY MY BOOKS.

BUT GOD CHANGED ME.

JESUS IS NOT A QUITTER.

NO HUMAN BEING HAS EVER

GONE THROUGH THE ADVERSITY

THAT JESUS WENT THROUGH

AND HE STAYED WITH IT.

HIS NATURE HAS BEEN

IMPARTED TO US AS BELIEVERS

SO ANY BELIEVER THAT QUITS

IS GOING AGAINST

HIS OR HER GIVEN NATURE.

MY NATURE WAS A QUITTER,

I WAS A SINNER,

I WAS A FAILURE

BUT JESUS RESCUED US

AND HE CHANGED US

FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND

THIS IS THE GLORIOUS NEWS

OF THE GOSPEL!

James: AND IF YOU GET SERIOUS

ABOUT HIM, YOU WILL FACE

ADVERSITY EVEN FROM PEOPLE.

MANY TIMES HAVE I BEEN

PRESSED UPON AND INSPIRED

TO QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE,

"FOR CONSIDER HIM WHO ENDURED

SUCH CONTRADICTION OF SINNERS

AGAINST HIMSELF LEST YOU BE

WEARY AND FAINT

IN YOUR MINDS."

CONTRADICTION OF SINNERS;

BY THE WAY,

SOME OF THOSE SINNERS

ARE CHURCH FOLKS, CHRISTIANS.

SOME OF THEM ARE PREACHERS.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY

CHRISTIANS ACCUSE YOU

AND ATTACK YOU TO WHERE YOU

HAD TO STOP AND CONSIDER HIM

LEST YOU BE WEARY BECAUSE

THEY SAY, HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN

PEOPLE SAY THINGS ABOUT

YOUR HUSBAND OR ABOUT YOURSELF

EVEN COMING SOMETIMES

FROM THE UNEXPECTED CIRCLES

OF CHURCH SETTINGS?

AND YOU HAVE

TO CONSIDER JESUS.

Lisa: YEAH. AND IT SAYS,

"WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL PEOPLE

SPEAK WELL OF YOU."

SO SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE

TO SAY THAT'S JUST PART OF IT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE

RELENTLESS FOR TRUTH

YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP

AGAINST THINGS WHERE PEOPLE

ARE GOING TO BE MAD WHEN YOU

SPEAK TRUTH BUT YOU HAVE

TO LOVE AND YOU HAVE TO

RELENTLESS LOVE RESPONSE,

WHICH IS WHAT I LOVE BECAUSE

AT THE END OF DAY WE'RE

NOT SUPPOSED TO DISBAND.

SO YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE

AND YOU HAVE TO JUST GO,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M NOT GOING TO BE OFFENDED

BECAUSE THEY'RE

ATTACKING JOHN.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE UPSET

BECAUSE I FEEL MISJUDGED.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD

AND I'M GOING TO

PRESS ON WITH TRUTH.

James: I'M DOING THIS

RIGHT NOW IN SOME UNUSUAL

SETTINGS BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS

BEEN RATHER FORCEFUL

AND BOLD AND OUTSPOKEN.

DO YOU AGREE?

John: YES! YES!

Lisa: I COULD

DESCRIBE YOU THAT WAY.

James: KIND OF A RIGHT WING

TOP GUN, GUN SLINGER

AND ALL THAT STUFF

AND VERY FORCEFUL.

RIGHT NOW GOD IS LEADING ME

TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO PEOPLE

THAT I WOULD DISAGREE WITH

OR THAT I BELIEVE ARE OUT OF

STEP WITH THE WORD OF GOD.

BUT I'VE BEEN CALLED OF GOD,

COMPELLED OF GOD TO SPEAK IT

TO THEM IN LOVE, WHICH MEANS

I HAVE TO BE SEEN WITH THEM

OR SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM.

AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT SAFE

TO BE SEEN.

ASK JESUS; AFTER ALL,

HE REALLY MADE A BIG MISTAKE

WHEN HE WENT HOME AND SAT

ON THE SOFA OF A PHARISEE

WITH A PROSTITUTE

KNEELING AT HIS FEET.

THIS IS NOT REAL GOOD FOR

YOUR REPUTATION AROUND TOWN.

John: HE WENT TO

MAFIA PARTIES.

James: ABSOLUTELY!

HE HUNG OUT WITH THE

SADDUCEES AND HE TALKED TO

THE SAMARITAN WOMAN ALONE

WHEN NOBODY ELSE WAS AROUND.

WHAT'S HE DOING? MY GOODNESS!

WHEN YOU DO THESE THINGS,

I'M DETERMINED THAT I'M GOING

TO LOVE PEOPLE THAT SOME HAVE

SAID, "WELL, THEY'RE ENEMIES.

THEY'RE EVEN ENEMIES

OF THE TRUTH.

THEY'RE ENEMIES OF THE FAITH."

I'M GOING TO LOVE THEM

AND TALK TO THEM.

I'M NEVER GOING

TO COMPROMISE TRUTH.

I'M NEVER GOING TO WAIVER,

I'M NOT GOING TO BEND IN LOVE.

I'M GOING TO BE

RELENTLESS IN LOVE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

I DON'T AGREE WITH THEM

BUT I'M GOING TO

RELENTLESSLY LOVE THEM.

I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW

WHAT I CALL NOW A SPIRIT

OF DIVORCE TO CAUSE ME

TO DIVIDE FROM EVERY PERSON

I FIND SOME POINT

OF DISAGREEMENT WITH.

HOW MANY MARRIAGES

WOULD LAST IF WE DIVORCED

OVER EVERY DISAGREEMENT

BECAUSE WE WEREN'T COMMITTED

TO THE ONE WHO CALLED US

TO COMMITMENT

IN THE FIRST PLACE?

ONE OF THE COMMITMENT CALLS

IS TO LOVE, SO I WANT TO

BE RELENTLESS TO LOVE.

DOES THAT ACTUALLY EVEN FIT

INTO THE BOOK ANYWHERE?

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE

RELENTLESS ABOUT LOVE

WHETHER YOU'VE GOT IT

IN YOUR BOOK OR NOT!

[Laughter]

John: GOD SAYS HE COMMANDS

HIS BLESSING WHERE BRETHREN

DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME THE CHURCH

OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS OF

MY MINISTRY EXPERIENCE HAS

FOUND MORE REASONS TO DIVIDE

THAN TO UNITE.

I KIND OF TAKE UP WITH YOU

ON THAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS LOOK

AT WHAT DO WE AGREE UPON?

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT JESUS,

HE SAID, "THE GLORY YOU'VE

GIVEN ME I'VE GIVEN THEM

THAT THEY MIGHT BE ONE."

THERE'S A GLORY RESERVED

FOR WHEN WE BECOME ONE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE UPPER ROOM,

IT'S AMAZING.

JESUS, HE MINISTERED

TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE AND HE TOLD 500

TO GO TO THE UPPER ROOM

BUT AFTER 10 DAYS

THERE IS ONLY 120

AND THERE IS

A REASON FOR THAT.

THESE GUYS WERE COMMITTED

TO BE ONE, BECAUSE PETER

IS LEFT IN CHARGE

AND PETER IS ALWAYS STICKING

HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH;

WE ALL KNOW THAT, RIGHT?

EVERY TIME HE OPENS IT.

HE DID IT IN THE UPPER ROOM.

HE CAME OUT OF HIS

MORNING DEVOTIONS AND SAID,

"GUYS, I READ A SCRIPTURE.

JUDAS WAS GOING

TO BETRAY JESUS.

IT SAYS RIGHT HERE

IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

SOMEBODY IS SUPPOSED

TO TAKE HIS PLACE."

HE SAID, "SO FIND ALL THE GUYS

THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US

EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING

AND LET'S DRAW LOTS AND PRAY

AND SEE WHO GOD HAS CHOSEN."

WE ALL KNOW GOD DOESN'T PICK

AN APOSTLE THROUGH

A LOTTERY SYSTEM.

YOU SEE THE FRUIT

OF HIS CHOICE, MATTHIAS

AND JUSTUS WERE CHOSEN.

MATTHIAS WINS THE LOTTERY.

YOU NEVER HEAR HIS NAME AGAIN

THE REST OF THE BIBLE.

[Laughter]

I MEAN PAUL WAS THE ONE SAID,

"I WAS ONE BORN

OUT OF DUE TIME."

PAUL WAS GOD'S CHOICE

TO REPLACE JUDAS BUT YET

HERE IS PETER OUT-OF-SYNC

MAKING A COMPLETELY

OUT-OF-SYNC DECISION,

TOTALLY OUT OF GOD'S WILL.

IF THAT HAPPENED TODAY

IN AMERICA WE WOULD HAVE HAD

A THREE-WAY CHURCH SPLIT.

WE WOULD HAVE HAD

THE ANTI-LOTTERY APOSTLE

PICKING GROUP SPLIT OFF.

WE WOULD HAVE HAD

THE APOSTLES PASSED AWAY

WHEN JESUS ASCENDED

TO HEAVEN SPLIT OFF.

AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD

THE LOTTERY APOSTLE

PICKING GROUP STAY.

[Laughter]

OKAY? YET YOU READ

THE VERY NEXT VERSE IT SAYS,

"THEY WERE ALL

WITH ONE ACCORD."

WHAT HAPPENS?

THE GLORY OF GOD COMES AND

3,000 PEOPLE GET SAVED WITHOUT

EVEN AN ANNOUNCED MEETING.

BECAUSE WHY?

HE COMMANDS HIS BLESSING

WHERE WE'RE ONE.

THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

JAMES, YOU ARE A FATHER

IN THE FAITH.

I LOOK AT YOU AS A FATHER.

I RESPECT YOU AS A FATHER.

AND YOU ARE SPEAKING

RIGHT NOW SUCH WISDOM.

AND PEOPLE WILL COME UP

AND GO, "YOU'RE CRAZY!"

BUT JESUS ATE WITH MAFIA;

THE TAX COLLECTORS

WERE THE MAFIA.

HE WENT TO THEIR PARTIES

BECAUSE JESUS LOVED PEOPLE.

IF A PERSON DECIDES THEY'RE

GOING TO TURN AWAY FROM GOD,

THAT'S BETWEEN THEM AND GOD.

OUR JOB IS TO BE

AMBASSADORS OF GOD,

WE BRING THE LOVE OF GOD

TO THEM.

IF THEY REJECT IT,

THAT'S BETWEEN THEM AND GOD.

BUT YOU MADE A STATEMENT

WHEN WE WERE HAVING DINNER

TONIGHT, WE DON'T LOSE

OUR BEARINGS IN CHRIST;

WE BECOME ALL THINGS

TO ALL PEOPLE SO THAT

WE MAY WIN THE MORE

BUT WE KEEP OUR BEARINGS, OUR

PERSONAL BEARINGS IN CHRIST.

WE DON'T COMPROMISE TRUTH.

James: WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND

THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST

COMPROMISES OF ALL IS WHEN

YOU DON'T LOVE ALL PEOPLE AND

YOU WON'T LOVE YOUR ENEMIES.

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE,

THERE HAD TO BE SOME ENEMIES

THAT HE KNEW WOULD COME

IN YOUR PATH TO LOVE.

ONE DAY I WAS SHAVING,

EXACTLY -- I WAS STANDING

IN THE BATHROOM

LOOKING AT THE MIRROR,

AND I WASN'T SEEING GOD.

I WAS SEEING ME STANDING THERE

AND I'M SAYING,

"LORD, I REALLY LOVE YOU.

I REALLY DO LOVE YOU LORD."

AND HE SAYS, "HOW MUCH?"

I SAID, "WELL,

I REALLY LOVE YOU."

HE SAID, "MORE THAN

THE LEAST OF THESE?"

I SAID, "WELL, SURE."

THEN HE SAID, "AND JUST

WHO MIGHT YOU CONSIDER

TO BE THE LEAST OF THESE?"

AND MY MIND BEGAN TO RACE

AND YOU KNOW WHAT CAME?

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THAT

I'D DECIDED I DIDN'T LIKE.

RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

THAT HAD DONE SOMETHING

THAT OFFENDED ME

OR I WAS REALLY, REALLY

CERTAIN WAS OUT OF STEP.

THEY HAD BECOME THE LEAST.

THE LORD SAID, "THEY'RE NOT

LEAST TO ME BECAUSE I'M

AFTER EVERY ONE OF THEM JUST

LIKE I WAS AFTER YOU WHEN YOU

WERE WRONG; WHEN YOU NEEDED ME

WHILE YOU WERE A DEFEATED

PREACHER, AND IN MANY WAYS

DECEIVED YOURSELF,

I WAS STILL AFTER YOU.

AND I WANT YOU TO GO WITH ME

AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

FAILED, WHO ARE FLAWED,

WHO HAVE FLEAS," SO TO SPEAK.

John: THAT ANSWERS MY

QUESTION NOW WHY JESUS ATE

WITH THAT PHARISEE.

I'M THINKING WHY IS HE

EATING WITH THAT PHARISEE?

WHAT'S HE GIVING THAT TIME

FOR THAT RELIGIOUS PERSON FOR?

HAS ANYBODY EVER THOUGHT THAT?

BUT YET HE DIDN'T CONSIDER

THAT PHARISEE THE LEAST,

EVEN THOUGH THAT PHARISEE

CONSIDERED THAT WOMAN

THE LEAST, JESUS DIDN'T

CONSIDER EITHER OF THEM.

James: AND JESUS SAID,

"WHEN YOU'VE DONE IT TO THE

LEAST OF THESE, MY BRETHREN,

YOU'VE DONE IT UNTO ME."

IT IS ALSO, WHEN HE SHOWS YOU

SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE'VE

OVERLOOKED ALL OVER THE WORLD,

WHICH IS WHAT WE DO WHEN

WE GO AND FEED THE HUNGRY,

THESE PEOPLE FEEL OVERLOOKED

AND FORGOTTEN.

THEY FEEL LIKE WE'RE

THE LEAST ON PLANET EARTH.

AND WHEN YOU COME IN THE NAME

OF THE LORD, NOTICE PEOPLE

AND BEGIN TO HELP THEM,

IT IS A REAL MIRACLE.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR GOING

TO THE MISSION FIELD WITH US.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE DRILLING

WATER WELLS BECAUSE OUR

VIEWERS LOVE TO GIVE PEOPLE

MORE THAN A CUP OF WATER,

THEY LIKE TO GIVE THEM

A WELL OF WATER AND THAT'S

A REAL JOY TO DO THAT.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE

YOU'VE BEEN A REAL BLESSING

IN THAT AREA TOO.

Lisa: WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE

TO PARTNER WITH YOU IN THAT.

WE LOVE THAT WE HAVE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER

WITH SOMEONE WE KNOW

IS DOING SOMETHING.

WE'VE GOTTEN TO SEE IT

ON HAND AND SEEN THE IMPACT

OF THE VILLAGE WHERE --

REALLY, ONE OF THE VILLAGES,

THEY ALL BECAME CHRISTIANS

BECAUSE THEY JUST SAID,

"THESE MUST BE ANGELS THAT

HAVE BROUGHT US CLEAN WATER."

WE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND

THE IMPACT FROM AN AMERICAN

VANTAGE OF WHAT THAT DOES

OVER THERE IN CAMBODIA

BUT IT HAS BEEN

AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE.

James: ONE THE THINGS,

JOHN, YOU AND I WERE

TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE WERE

DISCUSSING RELENTLESS

AND JUST LOOKING AT THE NEED

FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND

THAT NO MATTER WHAT COMES,

THEY NEED TO BE

RELENTLESS IN IT;

THAT WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU'VE BEEN DEALT A BAD HAND,

YOU GOT A BAD DEAL,

SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED,

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

GOD, WHY DID YOU DO THIS?

OR GOD, WHY DID YOU

LET IT HAPPEN?

AND WHAT THE LORD SHOWED ME

TO TRY TO ANSWER,

THE VERY SERIOUS QUESTION,

WHEN PEOPLE

ASKED JESUS QUESTIONS,

HE WOULD NORMALLY ANSWER IT

OR HE WOULD ANSWER IT

WITH A QUESTION TO THEM

TO TRY TO SHOW THEM

WHERE THEY WERE TRACKING.

BUT WHAT THE LORD SHOWED ME

WHEN VERY SINCERELY I WENT

TO HIM, AND I ACTUALLY WENT

IN BEHALF OF OTHERS

BECAUSE I FOUND MYSELF YIELDED

TO THE LORD AND I'M ABLE

TO TAKE THE SHAPING PROCESS,

BUT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT

BETTER IN ORDER

TO ANSWER BETTER.

BUT THE LORD SHOWED ME

IS THAT IF WE ARE AND

THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS

MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE CLAY

IN THE POTTER'S HAND.

YOU KNOW CLAY IN ORDER TO

BE SHAPED HAS TO BE YIELDED,

HAS TO BE PLIABLE, FLEXIBLE,

IT HAS TO BE SHAPEABLE.

IF WE'RE CLAY IN GOD'S HAND

THEN THE PRESSURE THAT COMES

ON OUR LIFE IS EITHER COMING

FROM THE HAND OF GOD,

FROM THE FINGERS OF GOD

OR IT IS BEING FILTERED

THROUGH THE FINGERS OF GOD.

AND IN THAT ADVERSITY,

WE DON'T HAVE TO GET LOST

IN THE SOURCE OF PRESSURE

BUT THE PURPOSE OF

THE PRESSURE IF WE'RE

RELENTLESSLY PURSUING HIM

AND HIS WILL

THEN THE PRESSURE WILL

SHAPE CHRIST-LIKENESS IN US,

WHETHER IT IS AN ASSAULT

OF THE ENEMY OR THE ACCUSER

OR WHETHER IT IS SIMPLY

THE SHAPING PRESSURE OF GOD

TO SHAPE CHRIST INTO US.

John: THAT'S SO TRUE BECAUSE

GOD WILL ALLOW OR ACTUALLY

PLACE PRESSURE ON US

WITH HIS HAND.

THERE ARE TIMES, YOU CAN SEE

IT ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE,

BUT THE THING -- I THINK

THE THING THAT HELPS EVERYBODY

BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE

OUT THERE THAT ARE BITTER

WITH GOD.

I HAVE MET PASTORS

THAT ARE BITTER WITH GOD.

THERE IS A PASTOR RESENTED GOD

BECAUSE HIS BABY DIED

AND HE OPENED UP TO ME.

HE SAID, "JOHN,

I'M ANGRY AT GOD."

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET

THE BROKENNESS.

AND THE DIVIDING LINE

OF THE WHOLE BIBLE

IS JOHN 10:10:

THE THIEF COMES TO KILL,

TO STEAL, TO DESTROY.

I'VE COME THAT YOU

MIGHT HAVE LIFE

AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.

IF THE PRESSURE INVOLVES

KILLING, DESTRUCTION,

OR STEALING OR DEATH,

IT'S NOT FROM GOD'S HAND.

IT IS THROUGH.

HE DIDN'T AUTHOR IT,

BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS,

"GOD IS IMPERVIOUS TO EVIL

AND HE WILL NOT PUT EVIL

IN ANYONE'S WAY.

DON'T BE DECEIVED."

THAT'S WHAT JAMES SAID.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS

IS GOD WILL ALLOW THINGS

TO COME AND GOD EXPECTS US

TO FIGHT BACK.

BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT JESUS,

JESUS DIDN'T LET THE STORM

JUST KILL THEM.

HE SPOKE TO THE STORM

AND SAID, "I REBUKE YOU."

EVERY GOOD SOLDIER IN A WAR

REALIZES WHO HIS ENEMY IS.

WHEN HE IS IN TRAINING CAMP,

HIS OFFICERS ARE PUTTING

A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIM. WHY?

-- BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING

TO SAVE HIM WHEN HE IS

OUT THERE IN THAT BATTLE.

AND THERE ARE TIMES

GOD WILL PUT PRESSURE ON US.

HE PUT PRESSURE ON JOSEPH

BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SAVE US

WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE

IN THE REAL BATTLE.

I THINK THAT THAT'S THE WAY

THAT HELPS ME, I KNOW,

DETERMINE IS THIS THING

GOD PUTTING PRESSURE ON ME

BECAUSE MY CHARACTER NEEDS

SOME GOOD SHAPING UP?

OR IS THIS THE ENEMY

AND DO I FLAT OUT HAVE

TO FIGHT RIGHT NOW?

James: THAT'S GREAT.

DO YOU APPRECIATE

WHAT JOHN IS SHARING?

DO YOU APPRECIATE

HIS TESTIMONY?

THE BOOK, RELENTLESS

IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.

I WANT TO PUT

JOHN AND LISA'S WEB SITE UP

SO YOU CAN FIND OUT

WHERE THEY WILL BE SPEAKING

BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM

SPEAK ALL OVER THE WORLD.

BOTH OF THEM WRITE

INCREDIBLE MATERIAL,

GREAT BOOKS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT

FOR ANY GIFT, WE'LL BE GLAD

TO SEND IT TO YOU TOO.

YOU JUST ASK.

BUT DO BE PRAYING FOR THEM.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING

I KNOW IS GOING

TO TOUCH YOUR HEARTS.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU

THE SCENES RIGHT NOW

THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.

WE'VE TARGETED OVER 300 AREAS

THAT THE MISSIONARIES

HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION

WHERE THE NEED IS DESPERATE

AND WHERE THE LOVE IS THERE,

THEY JUST NEED CLEAN WATER.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK, PLEASE,

THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY

IN MANY WAYS ONE OF

THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL SCENES

YOU'RE GOING TO WITNESS

BECAUSE IT IS VERY REAL

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU

CAN BE THE COMPLETE ANSWER TO.

THIS IS NOT LIKE ONE OF

THOSE ISSUES, ONE OF THOSE

CHALLENGES YOU WISH YOU

COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT.

YOU REALLY CAN

CHANGE THIS TOTALLY.

I WANT YOU TO WATCH CLOSELY.

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 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 LIFE.

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, BE SO

DETERMINED AND 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.

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!

Lisa: I HAVE SPENT MY DAY TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THIS RIVER.

WE HAVE SEEN THE GRAVES OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE DIED

BECAUSE THEY DRANK FROM THIS RIVER.

WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE CAN DRILL WELLS

BUT WE NEED YOU TO RESPOND.

THIS IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM.

THIS ISN'T JUST ISOLATED TO THIS RIVER.

THIS RIVER IS A SMALL PICTURE OF RIVERS WORLDWIDE.

THE NEED IS DESPERATE AND URGENT.

OPEN YOUR HEART AND GIVE FREELY

SO THESE CHILDREN WON'T DIE.

James: I JUST HAVE SO MUCH

GRATITUDE FOR YOUR HELP.

WE ARE SENDING YOU SOME

BEAUTIFUL GIFTS TODAY.

JOHN AND LISA --

JOHN BEVERE'S BOOK,

RELENTLESS;

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT

FOR ANY GIFT, WE'LL BE GLAD

TO SEND IT TO YOU TOO.

YOU JUST ASK.

JOHN, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

LISA, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

John: JAMES,

CAN I SAY SOMETHING?

THAT STORY

SO TOUCHED EVERYBODY.

I HOPE WE CAN INSPIRE

BUT WE WANT TO DRILL A WELL.

SO I WANT TO JUST SAY,

MAYBE SOME PEOPLE CAN CALL

AND JOIN WITH LISA AND I AND

MESSENGER INTERNATIONAL,

AND MAYBE SOME BUSINESSES

COULD DO THAT,

MAYBE SOME FAMILIES, BUT IF

THEY CAN'T DO A FULL WELL

MAYBE A HALF A WELL

BUT WE WANT TO DO A WELL

FOR THE PEOPLE OF CAMBODIA.

James: THANK YOU!

WOULD YOU SAY THANKS TO...

EVERYBODY, JOHN, LISA.

AGAIN, THANKS TO YOU,

WE APPLAUD YOU AND WE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR

LOVE AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP

AND YOUR PRAYERS

FOR ME AND BETTY MEAN TO US

AND THE MISSIONARIES...

AND TO THOSE IN NEED ALL

OVER THE WORLD, THANK YOU!

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.

Anouncer: NEXT WEEK, COMEDIAN, JOHN GRAY

GIVES HIS SPIN ON LOVE, LIFE, RACE AND FAMILY.

WHAT IS TIME OUT? WE GOT KNOCKED OUT! [Laughter]