Announcer: COMING UP, PROTECTING YOUR TREASURES FROM THE ENEMY.

Beth: LIKE GET A CLUE. THERE ARE TREASURES OUT THERE!

LIKE WHOA! IT'S ALL AROUND US IN THIS ECONOMY,

IN THIS DESPERATE CONDITION THAT OUR NATION IS IN,

SO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

THERE ARE TREASURES OUT THERE!

Beth: THERE ARE TREASURES OUT THERE AND I WANT THEM!

Announcer: TAKING YOUR TREASURE BACK -- NEXT!

James: I CAN SEE LOOKING OUT

HERE IN THIS ROOM THAT THERE

IS A SPIRIT OF A FAMILY HERE,

EVEN THOUGH Y'ALL MAY HAVE

COME FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE,

WE'RE FAMILY, YOU FEEL IT.

YOU KNEW IT, I SAW FAMILY HERE.

YOU ALL KNEW THAT.

YOU COULD SEE

THE LOVE EXCHANGE.

WELL, WE'RE GLAD

ALL OF YOU ARE HERE.

THESE ARE REALLY

IMPORTANT MOMENTS.

THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT

MOMENTS SO JUST KNOW THAT

THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALIVE NOW

-- YOU MAY SAY, WELL,

I GUESS I'LL BE ALIVE

WHEN JESUS COMES.

PERHAPS, EVEN WE MIGHT SAY,

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN KNOW,

YOU CAN BE VERY MUCH ALIVE

WHEN HIS GLORY COMES

ON HIS CHURCH

TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO THE WORLD

THROUGH HIS CHURCH BEFORE

HE COMES FOR HIS CHURCH.

SEE THAT'S THE LONGING

OF THE HEART OF GOD.

THAT'S THE LONGING

OF GOD'S HEART,

TO BEHOLD HIS GLORY

IN HIS CHURCH LIKE ON Y'ALL --

LIKE ON YOU SWEETHEART,

HIS GLORY.

FATHER, THAT'S MY PRAYER.

I LONG FOR IT.

FOR YOUR GLORY TO BE

MANIFEST TO THE WORLD

THROUGH THE CHURCH;

IN JESUS' NAME.

HERE'S BETH MOORE.

WELCOME BETH MOORE,

"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

Beth: YOU AND I,

IN THIS SERIES, ARE GOING

TO HAVE ONE GOAL IN MIND,

TO TAKE OUR TREASURES BACK.

I PROMISE YOU,

BASED ON THE AUTHORITY

OF THE WORD OF GOD, IF YOU

HAVE ANY HISTORY WITH THE

LORD JESUS CHRIST WHATSOEVER,

HE HAS INVESTED

TREASURES IN YOU.

HE HAS GONE OUT OF HIS WAY

OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO

GIVE YOU MOMENTS, ENCOUNTERS,

INSIGHTS, THAT WERE PRICELESS

AND YOU NEED THEM BACK.

THEY'RE YOURS --

THEY'RE YOURS -- AND THE ENEMY

HAS COME TO STEAL THEM AND

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM BACK.

SOMEBODY SAY, "I'M GOING

TO TAKE MY TREASURES BACK."

Audience: I'M TAKING

MY TREASURES BACK.

Beth: WE'VE GOT TO GET LIKE MAD

EVERY NOW AND THEN.

LIKE THE NERVE OF HIM

TO COME AND STEAL FROM US!

AND TAKE THE TREASURES

THAT CHRIST HAS INVESTED IN US.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE

A SERIES OF POINTS.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS THIS,

IT'S GOT TO START HERE.

WHEN I SAY THIS TO THIS GROUP

I MEAN IT FROM YOU TOO

SO I WANT YOU TO GET

REALLY INTERACTIVE HERE.

I WANT YOU TO SAY

THAT POINT BACK TO ME.

NUMBER ONE IS WHAT?

Audience: THERE ARE TREASURES

OUT THERE.

Beth: THIS IS SUCH

A WONDERFUL GROUP THAT

THEY ALREADY DID IT REALLY WELL

BUT I'M GOING TO GET THEM

TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME

BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO DO IT

IN SUCH A WAY THAT

IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHOCKING.

LIKE GET A CLUE --

THERE ARE TREASURES OUT THERE!

[Laughter]

LET'S BE LIKE, "WHOA!"

I MEAN LIKE IT'S ALL AROUND US

IN THIS ECONOMY,

IN THIS DESPERATE CONDITION

THAT OUR NATION IS IN

AND ALL OF THE POVERTY

OF THE WORLD,

WHAT THE WORD OF GOD

WOULD TELL US

IS THAT IF WE KNOW CHRIST --

LIKE THERE ARE TREASURES

OUT THERE!

SO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

Audience: THERE ARE TREASURES

OUT THERE!

Beth: THERE ARE TREASURES

OUT THERE AND I WANT THEM!

I WANT THE ONES

THAT WERE SET ASIDE FOR ME.

YOU WANT THE ONES

THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR YOU.

THIS IS A DARK WORLD.

I WANT MY TREASURES.

I EVEN WANT "MY TREASURES

IN DARKNESS"

AS THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAID.

I WANT MY TREASURES.

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING,

TO TREASURE SOMETHING

IS DIFFERENT THAN BEING

ASTONISHED OR AMAZED BY IT.

REMEMBER WHEN IT SAYS

THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAD HEARD

ALL OF THESE THINGS,

I DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO IT

WHEN I READ IT IN VERSE 18:

THE N.I.V. SAYS

THEY WERE AMAZED --

THEY WERE AMAZED!

A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE GOSPEL

THIS WILL BE A GOOD WORD STUDY,

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PEOPLE

WERE AMAZED AT SOMETHING

JESUS HAD DONE.

I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU

AMAZEMENT AND TREASURING

ARE TWO VERY, VERY

DIFFERENT THINGS.

BECAUSE AMAZEMENT --

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ALTERED

BY AMAZEMENT.

YOU'RE JUST HAVING A MOMENT.

WE LOVE A BIG AMAZING MOMENT.

LIKE THAT WAS AWESOME!

BUT DO WE LIVE THE SAME WAY

THROUGH THE COURSE OF

THE REST OF THE DAY?

THAT'S WHAT WOULD SET IT APART.

LIKE AMAZING -- AWESOME --

BUT I'M STILL MYSELF.

BUT I TREASURE SOMETHING

WHEN I TAKE THAT AMAZING THING,

THAT AWESOME THING,

THAT WONDER GOD HAS DONE,

AND I PUT IT AND PROTECT IT

IN MY HEART AND MIND.

SUDDENLY I AM ALTERED BY IT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

AMAZEMENT FEELS GOOD BUT

IT DOESN'T DO A LOT OF GOOD.

AMAZEMENT LASTS FOR A MOMENT.

NOW YOUR TREASURES,

YOU'RE MEANT TO HAVE THAT

FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

AMAZEMENT GOES

THAT IS TREASURE!

TREASURE GOES, I'M GOING TO

PULL THAT INTO MY HEART

AND MIND AND HANG ON TO IT

FOR DEAR LIFE.

WOULDN'T IT BE

THE SCARIEST THING IF WE MISSED

THE WHOLE POINT OF SOMETHING?

THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO

TREASURE IT BECAUSE RIGHT THEN

YOU DON'T GET IT BUT YOU KNOW

IT IS GOING TO MEAN SOMETHING.

LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW TODAY

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU,

BIBLICALLY SPEAKING, IT'S ALL

GOING TO MEAN SOMETHING.

IT'S ALL GOING

TO TIE UP TOGETHER.

IT'S ALL GOING

TO LAY OUT BEAUTIFULLY.

EVERY PUZZLE PIECE WILL BE PUT

IN ITS PLACE AND WE'RE GOING

TO SEE THAT IN THE VERY SERIES

WE'RE DOING TOGETHER.

SO NUMBER ONE WAS WHAT?

BUT NUMBER TWO --

THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT --

JOT THAT DOWN

BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YES, THERE ARE TREASURES

OUT THERE BUT HOW DO THEY GO

FROM OUT THERE TO IN HERE?

THERE'S GOT TO BE A PROCESS OF

THE TREASURE THAT IS OUT THERE

COMING IN HERE

AND HOW DOES IT GET THERE?

WELL, NUMBER TWO SAYS:

NOW YOU'RE IN

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE.

GO WITH ME --

LEAVE SOMETHING HERE,

GO TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 6.

FAMILIAR SCRIPTURES

TO SOME OF US.

MATTHEW SIX AND I WANT YOU

TO LISTEN TO IT IN CONTEXT

WITH OUR PRESENT SERIES.

MATTHEW 6:20 AND 21 SAYS THIS:

OR I'LL START AT 19 --

SO WHATEVER YOU TREASURE HAS

GOT TO MAKE IT INTO YOUR HEART

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE

IT'S GOT TO BE PONDERED.

SO IT'S NOT JUST INTO OUR HEAD,

IT'S GOT TO MAKE IT

INTO OUR HEART.

THAT'S WHY, EVEN THOUGH

THERE ARE TREASURES OUT THERE,

THEY DO NOT BECOME MY TREASURES

UNTIL THEY MAKE IT

PAST MY DEFENSES.

THEY'VE GOT TO COME THROUGH

ALL THE DEFENSES OVER MY HEART

AND MAKE IT DOWN INSIDE OF IT.

I WANT YOU TO THINK THIS

THROUGH BECAUSE WHAT I WANT

TO SUGGEST TO YOU IS THIS.

WHAT YOU AND I TRULY

TREASURE IN LIFE

IS NEVER JUST CEREBRAL,

IT IS ALSO EMOTIONAL.

WHATEVER IT IS YOU TREASURE AND

WHATEVER IT IS I TRULY TREASURE

I HAVE AN EMOTIONAL

ATTACHMENT TO IT

AND NOT JUST AN INTELLECTUAL

ATTACHMENT TO IT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?

BECAUSE WHATEVER WE TREASURE

WE HAVE LAID UP IN OUR HEARTS.

FOR WHERE OUR TREASURE IS

THERE YOU WILL FIND OUR HEARTS.

IT SEEMS OBVIOUS WHERE PEOPLE

OR RELATIONSHIPS ARE CONCERNED

BUT MAYBE NOT SO OBVIOUS WHERE

NON-RELATIONAL TREASURES ARE

AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THEY'RE

JUST AS TIED TO OUR HEARTS.

FOR EXAMPLE,

IF WE TREASURE MONEY,

IF WE TREASURE PROSPERITY,

IT WON'T BE JUST BECAUSE

WE WANT TO HAVE PLENTY

TO PAY THE BILLS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT

IF YOU REALLY TREASURE IT.

LIKE YOU PROTECT IT,

YOU GUARD IT IN YOUR HEART,

YOU PONDER IT A LOT.

I MEAN IT'S A TREASURE TO YOU.

YOUR MONEY IS

A TREASURE TO YOU.

IF YOU DO, IT'S NOT BECAUSE

YOU WANT TO PAY THE BILLS,

IT ALSO HAS... SOMEHOW

YOUR HEART IS TIED UP INTO IT

AND MY HEART IS TIED INTO IT.

THERE IS ALSO A HEART ISSUE

WITH ANYTHING WE TREASURE.

IF WE TREASURE FAME

IT WON'T JUST BE FOR THE SAKE

OF BEING KNOWN.

THERE IS SOMETHING OF OUR HEART

THAT IS WRAPPED UP

IN THAT DESIRE TO BE SEEN.

IS THIS MAKING SENSE?

IF WE TREASURE TALENT,

IT WON'T BE BECAUSE WE JUST

WANT TO BRING OUR GIFTING,

I MEAN IF THAT'S WHAT

WE REALLY TREASURE.

NOT THE ONE WHO GIVES IT,

BUT THE TALENT ITSELF.

IT WON'T BE BECAUSE IT'S WHAT

WE BRING TO THE TABLE.

NO, OUR HEART IS WRAPPED UP

IN THAT SOMEHOW BECAUSE

ANYWHERE OUR TRUE TREASURE IS

THERE YOU WILL FIND OUR HEARTS.

SAME AS OUR WORK

IF THAT'S WHAT WE TREASURE MOST

IN ALL OF LIFE;

MY HEART IS WRAPPED UP IN IT.

IF WE TREASURE POSITION

OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT,

IT'S GOT A HEART TIED TO IT.

IT'S NOT JUST CEREBRAL,

IT'S NOT JUST PSYCHOLOGICAL

IF WE'RE DIED-IN-THE-WOOL

SPORTS FANATICS.

NOW I'M NOT DOGGING THAT

IN ANY WAY.

I HAPPEN TO BE COMING TO YOU

IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH

AND SO LISTEN,

THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE

TO DOG SPORTS

AND SPORTS FANATICS!

I PROMISE YOU THAT!

BUT I AM SAYING THAT

IF THAT'S WHAT WE TREASURE --

SO IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE ENJOY,

NOT JUST WHAT WE LOVE

ON OCCASION TO DO

BUT WHAT WE TRULY TREASURE

BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT'S GOT

TO BE GUARDED IN OUR MINDS,

IT'S SOMETHING WE PROTECT,

IT'S SOMETHING WE DEFEND,

WE DON'T LET IT GET RUINED.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

IF WE TREASURE THAT, THERE IS

SOMETHING IN THAT FOR US.

IT'S WHAT ONE SOCIOLOGIST

CALLED THAT B-I-R-G,

THAT BIRGING WHEN IT IS THAT

BASKING IN REFLECTING GLORY.

IF OUR TEAM WINS,

WE ARE WINNERS WHEN

WE ARE NOT OUT THERE!

ANYBODY KNOW

WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU?

[Laughter]

WE'RE NOT WEARING THE RING

BUT BECAUSE IT WAS OUR TEAM

AND SO OUR HEART

IS WRAPPED UP IN IT!

BECAUSE YOU FIND WHAT A MAN

OR WOMAN TRULY TREASURES.

WHERE YOU FIND THAT

YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING

HUGELY SIGNIFICANT

ABOUT THEIR HEART.

SO WHATEVER WE'RE TREASURING,

IT IS NOT JUST A WILLING

BUT IT IS VERY MUCH A FEELING.

SO POINTS ONE AND TWO...

SO FAR ONE WAS WHAT?

THIS IS THE BEST GROUP!

BEST GROUP! NUMBER TWO...

Beth: NOW NUMBER THREE,

I PRAY SOMEBODY IS GOING

TO GET A REVELATION HERE.

NUMBER THREE IS THIS:

LORD, GIVE US UNDERSTANDING.

NOW HOLD ON TO MATTHEW

BECAUSE IN FACT,

WHEN YOU'VE WRITTEN THAT,

JUST FLIP OPEN TO MATTHEW 13.

BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO HOLD ON

TO -- TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF 13,

IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT AT 15

WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND --

MATTHEW 13:15.

BUT HOLD ON TO LUKE TOO BECAUSE

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

REMEMBER IN VERSE 50...

IN LUKE 2 VERSE 50

WHEN IT SAYS:

THEY WERE JUST LIKE WHAT

ON EARTH HAS HAPPENED HERE?

THIS IS WHEN THEY LOST JESUS

FOR THREE SOLID DAYS

AND COME TO FIND HIM THERE

JUST LIKE TALKING

WITH EVERYBODY

THERE ON THE TEMPLE GROUNDS,

ASKING QUESTIONS,

ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND SAID

HE HAD EXTREME UNDERSTANDING

THAT WAS JUST LIKE PHENOMENAL

FOR HIS AGE.

SO HIS PARENTS COME

AND THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

BUT IT SAYS SHE TREASURED IT...

SHE TREASURED IT.

ONE REASON SHE IS TREASURING IT

IS SO SHE CAN GET

UNDERSTANDING.

BECAUSE SHE IS GOING

TO HOLD ON TO IT

UNTIL SHE GETS IT --

SHE IS GOING TO GET IT --

SHE IS GOING TO HOPE TO GET IT.

THESE WORDS ARE SIMILAR

IN THEIR BASIC FORM

IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE.

NOW GO WITH ME TO MATTHEW 13:15

AND LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

TREASURES STRUNG TOGETHER

CAN BRING HEALING.

REMEMBER THAT THAT'S OUR WORD.

VERSE 15 OF MATTHEW 13:

OF COURSE,

IN ITS MOST FORTHRIGHT CONTEXT

IT IS UNDERSTANDING OF TO TURN

AND THEN THEY RECEIVE

THE HEALING.

BUT THAT WORD UNDERSTAND

IS VERY INTRIGUING TO ME.

I'M SURE THAT AT SOME POINT

IN THE LAST YEARS

THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO MINISTER

HERE ON WEDNESDAYS,

I'VE BROUGHT THIS WORD OUT

WITH YOU BEFORE BECAUSE IT IS

SUCH A MIND-BLOWING GREEK TERM.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT AGAIN.

IT IS A WORD IN THE GREEK

THAT MEANS --

I'M QUOTING NOW OUT OF

THE LEXICAL DICTIONARY --

THE COMPREHENDING ACTIVITY

OF THE MIND,

DENOTED BY THIS WORD

ENTAILS THE ASSEMBLING

OF INDIVIDUAL FACTS

INTO AN ORGANIZED WHOLE,

AS COLLECTING THE PIECES

OF A PUZZLE

AND PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.

THE MIND GRASPS CONCEPTS AND

SEES THE PROPER RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN THEM.

THIS ABILITY,

THIS UNDERSTANDING

IS THE ABILITY TO TAKE

WHAT SEEMS OTHERWISE

TO BE DISCONNECTED EVENTS

AND TO BEGIN TO SEE THAT

THEY ARE VERY MUCH RELATED.

NOW THESE CAN BE HARD THINGS

AND I KNOW THIS IS A HARD THING

FOR YOU GUYS TO HEAR FROM ME,

OCCASIONALLY I GET LETTERS

THAT IT'S JUST TOO MUCH

FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE

FROM A TEACHER.

BUT I NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT

AFTER COMING FROM A BACKGROUND

OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE

THAT WENT OFF AND ON

FROM THE TIME I WAS THIS BIG

UNTIL THE TIME I WAS THIS BIG,

I LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE

THAT GOD HAD SO USED IT

IN THE MINISTRY TO WOMEN

THAT HE HAD GIVEN ME

THAT REALLY,

IT WAS PART OF MY PUZZLE.

THAT IN THE WHOLE THING,

BY ITSELF IT IS AN ATROCITY

AND SO IS MY BACKGROUND

OF STUPIDITY AND FOOLISHNESS IN

EVERY CONCEIVABLE RELATIONSHIP.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHAT GOD HAS BROUGHT FROM IT,

THOSE PUZZLE PIECES

COMING TOGETHER,

BY ITSELF IT'S HORRIBLE,

BUT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER

FOR GOOD.

THEY WORK TOGETHER --

SO IT IS NOT UNTIL

THEY'RE ALL STUCK TOGETHER

THAT SOMEHOW, TO HAVE

SOME PUZZLE PIECES OUT THERE,

WE CAN WAIT FOR

THE REST OF THEM

AS LONG AS WE HAVE A FEW.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW, THEY'RE ALL

GOING TO COME TOGETHER.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE

THE ENTIRE PUZZLE PUT TOGETHER,

BUT IF WE'LL STAY TIGHT

WITH JESUS WE'LL SEE HIM

PUT ENOUGH THINGS TOGETHER

THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH

THAT IT'S HEALING TO US.

IT'S HEALING TO ME

TO HAVE SEEN SOME REDEMPTION

COME OUT OF SOME

TERRIBLE THINGS IN MY LIFE.

IT'S BEEN HEALING TO ME.

THIS ABILITY TO PUT THEM

TOGETHER IS SOMETHING WE SEE

HAPPENING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL,

BEAUTIFUL PICTURE THAT'S RIGHT

HERE IN LUKE CHAPTER 2 BECAUSE

IT SAYS THAT SHE LOOKED BACK,

IN LUKE 2, WHERE WE'RE TOLD

THEN THAT SHE PONDERED THEM

IN HER HEART.

SHE TREASURED THEM IN VERSE 19,

BUT MARY TREASURED UP

ALL THESE THINGS

AND PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART.

THAT WORD PONDER IS ALSO

A REALLY COOL WORD.

THE WORD, I'M GOING TO USE

THE LEXICAL TERM IN GREEK,

SUMBALLO, SUMBALLO --

BALLO MEANS TO THROW

OR TO CAST.

SUM MEANS TOGETHER.

IT IS THE ABILITY --

SHE SAT THERE AND PUT

A BUNCH OF PIECES TOGETHER.

LIKE THEY WENT BACK,

THEY WERE ALL JUST AMAZED

BUT SHE SAT THERE

AND SHE TREASURED UP THE THING.

AND DON'T YOU KNOW

SHE REFLECTED ON

WHAT HER LIFE WAS LIKE

WHEN SHE WAS BETROTHED

TO JOSEPH.

AND THEN THE ANGEL OF THE LORD,

GABRIEL COMES AND VISITS HER.

DON'T YOU KNOW

THAT IN THAT MOMENT,

SHE IS PLAYING BACK

ALL OF THIS.

MAYBE HOW HER PARENTS REACTED

AFTER SHE TOLD THEM.

NO WONDER SHE RAN TO ELIZABETH

AS FAST AS SHE COULD.

THE JOURNEY, ALL THE THINGS

THAT HAD HAPPENED,

IN THAT MOMENT, SHE JUST

BEGAN PULLING THEM TOGETHER,

LIKE JEWELS

THAT SHE SET ON A STRING

AND TOGETHER THOSE PIECES

CAME TOGETHER

AND THERE WAS HEALING.

James: I DON'T KNOW ALL THAT

THAT MIGHT HAVE SAID TO YOU

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MARY

AND PULLING THE PIECES

TOGETHER BUT I KNOW

THE HEALING IS WHAT GOD OFFERS

FOR ALL OF US.

AND GOD, I WANT IT FOR YOU,

THE VIEWER TO BE HEALED,

TO BE TOUCHED, TO BE PULLED

TOGETHER, TO BE ABLE TO PULL

THINGS TOGETHER AND HAVE IT

ALL SUBMITTED TO YOUR WILL,

IN JESUS' NAME.

I DON'T KNOW A TRUTH I COULD

SHARE WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW

A PROMISE I COULD GIVE YOU

THAT IS ANY MORE IMPORTANT

THAN THE PROMISE OF GOD'S

BLESSINGS ON THOSE

WHO NOTICE THE OVERLOOKED

UNNOTICED, THE LEAST OF THESE,

THE ONES MOST LIKELY

TO BE OVERLOOKED,

WHEN YOU NOTICE THEM AND WHEN

YOU DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL,

THE SON OF GOD, GOD WITH US,

JESUS SAID

YOU'VE DONE IT TO ME.

IF YOU EVER WANT TO DO

ANYTHING FOR JESUS,

JUST FIND SOMEBODY OVERLOOKED

AND DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.

NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK

AT SOME PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD

OVERLOOK THEM BUT LET'S DON'T.

LET'S NOTICE THEM AND

LET'S DO SOMETHING FOR THEM

AS UNTO THE LORD AND

WE WILL BE DOING IT FOR HIM.

HE SAID SO. WATCH.

Kathy: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I'M SITTING --

LITERALLY SITTING IN A GARBAGE DUMP IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

I'M AROUND ABSOLUTE FILTH AND CONTAMINATION AND DISEASE.

LITTLE MARIA IS WALKING THROUGH THIS EVERY DAY

WITH THESE LITTLE BARE FEET.

James: THEY CAN GET DISEASES.

THEY'VE GOT WHAT IS KNOWN AS HOOKWORMS

THAT GET IN THEIR FEET WHEN THEY JUST WALK IN DIRT OR SAND,

AND THEN IT GETS INTO THEIR LITTLE INTESTINES,

CAUSES SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD SHOES.

WHEN I SAY "WE" THAT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.

Betty: WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE CHILDREN. THEY'RE SO WORTH IT.

IF IT WAS OUR CHILDREN

WE WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

SO PLEASE JOIN WITH US AND LET'S MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE.

LET'S PUT SOME SHOES ON THEIR FEET

AND LET'S BLESS THESE PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN.

Kathy: LITTLE MARIA HAS NEVER KNOWN --

I'M PLEADING WITH YOU THIS DAY --

THAT YOU WOULD FIND IT IN YOUR HEART

TO REMEMBER GOD'S HEART FOR THE POOR.

I PRAY THIS CHRISTMAS

THAT YOU WOULD BRING THAT JOY TO HER HEART.

THAT'S WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU SOME SHOES, HONEY!

YOU SWEET THING.

James: BOY, I TELL YOU,

I'VE BEEN MANY TIMES

TO THE SAME PLACE

THAT SHE WAS SITTING WHERE

I HAD THOSE SAME EMOTIONS.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US

CAN BEAR TO LOOK AT PAIN

IF WE DON'T THINK

WE COULD ALLEVIATE IT.

ANY TIME WE SEE PAIN,

EVEN IF IT IS A DISEASE

OR A BATTLE, SOMETHING

SPRINGS UP INSIDE OF US,

A HOPE FOR A CURE.

FOR THESE LITTLE CHILDREN,

BETTY, THERE IS A CURE

FOR THOSE DISEASES.

THERE'S A SOLUTION

FOR THE DISCOMFORT

AND THESE REALLY ARE --

THESE ARE QUITE AMAZING SHOES.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU

HAVE EVER WORN

THE POPULAR SHOES,

THE CROCS THEY CALL THEM,

THIS IS JUST ABOUT

THE EXACT SAME THING

AND THOSE LAST

FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

THIS IS GOING TO LAST

A LONG TIME.

THIS IS ADJUSTABLE

AS CHILDREN GROW WHERE THEY

CAN WEAR IT FOR A LONG TIME.

BETTY, THIS IS SOMETHING

ALL OF OUR VIEWERS CAN DO.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT $3.60 --

BY THE WAY,

YOU BUY ONE OF THOSE KIND

OF SHOES AROUND HERE,

YOU'RE GOING TO PAY

A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEM --

YOU COULD PUT

A WHOLE LOT OF SHOES OUT.

BUT YOU'VE GOT $36 AND WE'VE

GOT TEN CHILDREN SOME SHOES.

YOU MULTIPLY THAT OUT AND $72

AND YOU'VE GOT 20 KIDS SHOES.

I THINK THAT OUR VIEWERS

WANT TO DO THIS.

Betty: I DO TOO, JAMES.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT

THE SHOES THEMSELVES

BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE

BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN GET

ALL THE CUTS AND THE BRUISES.

YOU SAW WHERE THEY WALK,

WHERE THEY HAVE TO CLIMB OVER

STUFF AND THE TRASH

THAT THEY WALK THROUGH.

THERE'S NO DOUBT

THAT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER

THEIR FOOT'S GOING TO GET CUT

AND THEN THE INFECTION

IS ALLOWED TO GROW,

AND THEN IT GOES

OVER THEIR WHOLE BODY.

SO IT'S SO MUCH MORE

THAN PUTTING SOMETHING

ON THEIR FEET;

IT'S A PROTECTION,

IT'S A HEALTH PROTECTION.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN WITH US

AND LET'S DO THIS

FOR THE CHILDREN.

James: WE HAVE COUPLED

WITH THE CHRISTMAS SHOES,

WHAT WE ALSO CALL

CHRISTMAS SMILES WHERE

YOU'VE GOT LITTLE CHILDREN

THAT HAVE SOME KIND

OF FACIAL DEFORMITY,

AND NORMALLY A CLEFT PALATE,

AND THOSE SURGERIES AVERAGE

ABOUT $500.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GIVE SHOES

AND SMILES FOR CHRISTMAS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU

VERY DIRECTLY,

COULD YOU GIVE $500

TO GIVE A CHILD A SMILE

FOR CHRISTMAS?

THAT GIFT LASTS

A LIFETIME FOR THEM

AND FOR THEIR FAMILY.

COULD YOU GIVE $1,000

AND PERHAPS GIVE

TWO CHILDREN SMILES?

OR GIVE MANY CHILDREN

PAIRS OF SHOES.

IF YOU COULD MAKE A GIFT,

$144, $72, $36,

WHATEVER IT IS,

YOU'RE GOING TO HELP US

PROVIDE SHOES FOR CHRISTMAS

AND SMILES FOR CHRISTMAS,

WHATEVER GOD PUTS

ON YOUR HEART.

WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THE BOOK OUR SON WROTE.

HE IS A BRILLIANT,

BRILLIANT PERSON.

HE WROTE ABOUT DISCOVERING

THE DEEPER JOY

THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED.

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

BUT HE HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT HAPPY MEANS

FROM GOD'S PERSPECTIVE

AND HOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE BOOK.

WE'RE SENDING THIS

TO SAY THANKS FOR ANY GIFT

THAT YOU MAKE.

WE HAVE OTHER GIFTS

THAT WE WANT TO SEND YOU

THAT WILL BE

A BLESSING TO YOU.

AND MANY OF YOU REMEMBER

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP US

WITH A MAJOR GIFT OF LET'S SAY

THOSE SMILES WE TALKED ABOUT

WITH $1,000,

WE'RE SENDING THE BRONZE,

"THE LION AND THE LAMB."

WE WANT TO BLESS YOU

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR MAKING THAT GIFT.

DIAL THE NUMBER;

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK. PLEASE?

WOULD YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW?

GIVE THE SMILES,

GIVE THE SHOES.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE

IT'S LifeToday.org;

MAKE THE GIFT THERE.

IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,

CALL US AND TELL US WHAT

YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE MAIL.

MAKE IT TO LIFE,

ADDRESS IT TO LIFE.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

Announcer: POVERTY IS A KILLER

AND BECAUSE OF IT CHILDREN NEEDLESSLY SUFFER,

NOT ONLY FROM A LACK OF FOOD AND CLEAN WATER,

BUT ALSO FROM A LACK OF THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

SUCH AS A HEALTHY SMILE OR A SIMPLE PAIR OF SHOES.

FOR MOST OF THESE CHILDREN,

THEY'VE NEVER OWNED A NEW PAIR OF SHOES

AND WHILE THAT MAY SEEM MINOR IN LIGHT OF ALL THEIR NEEDS,

WALKING WITH BARE FEET PUTS THEM AT RISK

OF LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS THAT COULD LEAD

TO CRIPPLING CONSEQUENCES, DISEASE, AND EVEN DEATH.

BY RESPONDING TODAY, YOU CAN HELP LIFE IMMEDIATELY SECURE

AND BEGIN SHIPPING CHRISTMAS SHOES TO 200,000 CHILDREN

AROUND THE WORLD JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

YOUR GIFT OF $36 WILL PROVIDE TEN PAIRS OF SHOES.

A GIFT OF $72 WILL PROVIDE 20 PAIR

AND A GIFT OF $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE 40 PAIRS

OF CHRISTMAS SHOES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.

IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR GIFT, BE SURE TO REQUEST

THE INSPIRATIONAL NEW BOOK, GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY

BY JAMES AND BETTY'S SON, RANDY ROBISON.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 TO HELP PROVIDE 28 PAIRS OF SHOES,

YOU MAY REQUEST THE BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED SHOE ORNAMENT

TO PLACE ON YOUR TREE EACH CHRISTMAS.

FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE

TO HELP PROVIDE TWO CHILDREN WITH CORRECTIVE CLEFT PALATE SURGERIES

AND YOU MAY REQUEST "THE LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE SCULPTURE.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY.

James: I HOPE AND I PRAY

ON SOME TINY LITTLE FEET,

AND SOME BIGGER FEET,

YOU'LL PUT SOME SHOES.

AND WITH ALL MY HEART,

I'M PRAYING THERE ARE SEVERAL

PEOPLE THAT WILL GIVE $1,000

FOR SHOES AND SMILES

BUT IT'S THE $500 SURGERY

TO REPAIR THE LITTLE

CLEFT PALATE AND THE LITTLE

FACIAL ISSUES AND GIVE A CHILD

A SMILE.

MOM AND DAD AND FAMILY AND

THE CHILD, MAKE THOSE GIFTS.

WE'VE GOT GIFTS FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW THAT.

WE THANK YOU.

I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU

THE CHRISTIAN VOTE PIN

IS BEING SENT TO EVERYONE

WHO ASKS FOR INDIVISIBLE

AND WE HOPE YOU'LL BE PRAYING.

IT'S NOT RIGHT OR LEFT,

IT'S GOD'S WILL.

WHAT DO YOU WANT, LORD?

HAVE YOUR WAY.

USE ME TO EXPRESS

WHAT PERHAPS IS IN YOUR HEART.

LET'S VOTE.

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!

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

AT ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

Announcer: WHEN IN COLLEGE, GWEN AND BRAD COVERED UP

HER PREGNANCY WITH AN ABORTION.

JOIN US TOMORROW AS GWEN, ONE OF THE GIRLFRIENDS IN GOD,

SHARES HER JOURNEY FROM BROKEN TO BEAUTIFUL.