WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME BEING ANGRY AT THE WORLD

INSTEAD OF TAKING THE LOVE STEPS JESUS TAUGHT US.

Announcer: COMING UP, PASTOR JACK HAYFORD

GIVES US HIS PERSONAL BATTLE PLAN

TO UNLEASH GOD'S POWER AND DEFEAT EVIL.

TAKE A POSITION RIGHT NOW IN PRAYER,

INSTEAD OF IRRITATION OF WHAT YOU JUST SAW,

REACH TOWARD THAT SETTING.

PRAYER IS A MELTDOWN EXPERIENCE OF OUR HEARTS BEFORE GOD.

Announcer: PENETRATING THE DARKNESS -- NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

§

James: THANK YOU!

THANK ALL OF YOU AND

WE WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I HAVE OUR GOOD

FRIEND, JACK HAYFORD WITH US.

JACK, I JUST ASKED HIM

HOW MANY YEARS AGO I DID

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY

FOR HE AND HIS WIFE ANNA

AND IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO,

SO 56 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN

WONDERFULLY TOGETHER,

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE.

I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT

A BOOK THAT HE HAS WRITTEN

THAT IS CALLED

PENETRATING THE DARKNESS.

IT IS AMAZING,

AS I BEGIN READING,

WELL, IT IS OBVIOUS

THAT JACK AND I'VE BEEN

TALKING TO THE SAME PERSON

AND PRAYING AND HEARING

THE SAME THINGS BECAUSE

HE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT

THE IMPERATIVE OF THE BELIEVER

TO PIERCE THE DARKNESS,

TO PENETRATE IT,

TO BE THE LIGHT

THAT IS NOT COVERED... PERIOD!

IT IS A BRIGHT LIGHT

AND IT IS A LIGHT

WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER.

BUT IT IS ALSO A LIGHT

THAT IS PIERCING DARKNESS

WITH AN UNDERSTANDING

OF THE REALITY

OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE

AND KINGDOM REALITY.

IT IS JUST AMAZING, BETTY,

IT WAS LIKE JACK'S BEEN

WRITING DOWN WHAT I WISH

I COULD WRITE AS WELL

ABOUT WHAT I'M HEARING.

I WANT YOU TO WELCOME

JACK HAYFORD TO LIFE TODAY.

JACK, GOOD TO SEE YOU!

ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU.

I'VE BEEN TALKING

TO OUR VIEWERS

ON A VERY CONSISTENT BASIS

ABOUT LIVING IN HIS PRESENCE IN

THE PRESENT, KINGDOM REALITY.

WE'VE TRIED TO IMPRESS

UPON PEOPLE'S MINDS,

ROBERT MORRIS AND I HAVE TALKED

ABOUT THE REALITY

OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE

AND ABOUT THE BATTLE THAT

TRULY RAGES AND THE NECESSITY

OF SPIRITUAL ARMOR.

IN THIS BOOK YOU TALK ABOUT

THE KINGDOM BUT YOU ALSO TALK

ABOUT THE POWER OF PRAYER.

YOU EVEN DEAL

PRETTY SPECIFICALLY

WITH A REMARKABLE BREAKDOWN

OF INTERCESSION.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ASPECTS

OF THIS MARVELOUS BOOK --

AND BY THE WAY,

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD

AND PUT THE WEB SITE UP

BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT

I'D LIKE YOU TO DO.

NOW JACK, FOR SO MANY YEARS WAS

PASTOR OF CHURCH ON THE WAY,

VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA,

I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES

TO PREACH.

IT'S ALL BEEN A PRIVILEGE

AND AN HONOR.

WHAT A WONDERFUL,

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

WHO JUST REALLY, I FEEL LIKE,

REPRESENT CHRIST.

AND HE ALSO IS THE FOUNDER

OF THE KING'S UNIVERSITY,

THEY HAVE A SEMINARY

THAT IS JUST FABULOUS OF STUDY.

I THINK THAT IS GROWING.

THE WEB SITE,

IF YOU'LL ACCESS IT,

YOU'LL ONLY FIND WHERE

HE IS SPEAKING BUT ALSO

THE PASTOR'S SCHOOL THAT

HE HAS, SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR --

AND HE'LL TELL US, PERHAPS

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT --

BUT I WANT YOU TO ACCESS IT

AND ALSO LEARN ABOUT

THE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE

I THINK IT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL

AND YOU COULD REQUEST

COPIES OF THE BOOK

FOR YOUR FRIENDS OR CHURCH.

TOUCH ON

WHAT IS ON YOUR HEART, JACK.

Jack: WELL, OF COURSE,

WHAT'S MOST ON MY HEART

WITH REFERENCE TO THAT, JAMES,

IS EXTENDING REALLY VERY MUCH

INTO THINGS THAT WE HAVE SUCH

DEEP MUTUAL FEELINGS ABOUT

PRESENTLY IN OUR WORLD --

AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING

ABOUT THE KINGDOM

IN JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE

I THINK THE CLARITY ON THAT

IS THE ESSENCE OF GETTING

THE REAL POWER OF PRAYER.

THE SUBTITLE TO THE BOOK,

<I>PENETRATING THE DARKNESS </I>IS

"DISCOVERING THE POWER

OF THE CROSS

AGAINST UNSEEN EVIL."

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS

TO STRIKE THAT BALANCED NOTE

THAT THE CONCEPT IS

SPIRITUAL WARFARE IS NOT

TRYING TO SOMEHOW WRESTLE

THE ADVERSARY TO THE GROUND.

WE DO WRESTLE

AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD

BUT THAT WRESTLING IS TO ENTER

INTO A TRIUMPH THAT HAS

ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED

AND IS APPROPRIATED

OR DRAWN DOWN INTO EARTH LEVEL,

"YOUR KINGDOM COME,

YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH."

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN

WITHOUT PRAYER.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT

PRESENCE OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST

BY HIS SPIRIT IN BELIEVERS.

THE DISCOVERY

OF THE IMPACT OF PRAYER

THAT STANCES ITSELF

IN THE FACE OF THE THINGS

THAT CONCERN US ALL TODAY,

AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY

WHO MORE EFFECTIVELY

COMMUNICATES THE CHALLENGES

WE FACE TODAY THAN YOU.

THAT'S NOT BECAUSE

I'M JUST YOUR GUEST HERE,

IT'S BECAUSE I'M YOUR FRIEND

FOR A LONG TIME,

I KNOW YOU WELL.

WE'VE HAD PERSONAL

CORRESPONDENCE ON THAT SUBJECT

THAT I WROTE YOU AND I SAID

I THINK YOU ARE

THE ESSENCE OF WHAT TRUE

BELIEVING PATRIOTISM IS

IN THIS DAY.

THAT IT IS NOT ABOUT

JUST WAVING A FLAG,

IT IS UNDERSTANDING HOW TO BE

A PERSON IN THE LIFE

OF THE KINGDOM

OF THE LOVE OF GOD,

NOT IN A RELIGIOUS SENSE,

NOBODY IS MORE PASSIONATE

ABOUT THE LORD THAN YOU OR ME

AND HOPEFULLY NOT SEEN

AS ESPECIALLY RELIGIOUS,

JUST GUYS THAT ARE LIVING WHERE

THE REAL IS IN THE KINGDOM.

AND IN THIS BOOK, JAMES,

COMING TO THE PLACE OF

RECOGNIZING WHEN JESUS SAID

THE MOST PRAYED PRAYER IN

THE WORLD, WHICH IS PROBABLY,

THE LAST WEEKEND WAS UTTERED

BY HOW MANY HUNDREDS

OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAVE

NO IDEA, "THY KINGDOM COME,

THY WILL BE DONE,"

THEY ALMOST UNIFORMLY ARE

THINKING OF SOMETHING ABSTRACT

OR SOMETHING FUTURE

OR THE MILLENNIUM.

AND JESUS WAS SAYING

EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE,

PRAY THAT AND INVOKE

WHAT I CAN DO THROUGH MY POWER

WHEREVER I'M INVITED.

ALL OF US FACE SITUATIONS

WHICH NEED THE PRESENCE OF GOD

AND THAT'S WHY PRAYING

TO PENETRATE THE DARKNESS

IS POINTING THE WAY TO

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION

OF THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE

TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

James: AS I READ

THE DIFFERENT REFERENCES

IN THE SCRIPTURE

THAT YOU REFERRED TO

AND POINTED OUT

TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS

WHEN INTERCESSION,

IT SEEMS TO HAVE

NOT ONLY RELEVANCE TODAY

BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE

A VERY APPROPRIATE APPLICATION

IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT.

Jack: WELL, I THINK THE THING

-- WHEN INTERCESSION

BECAME ALIVE TO ME,

IT HAS TO DO WITH AN INCIDENT

THAT TOOK PLACE ON

THE THIRD WEDNESDAY NIGHT

OF NOVEMBER IN 1973

WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG,

AND AT LEAST I WAS YOUNGER.

James: I WAS JUST A KID!

[Laughter]

Jack: BUT IT CHANGED --

IT CHANGED THE ENTIRE THRUST

AND SENSE OF

OUR CHURCH'S MINISTRY.

IT DIDN'T CHANGE IT FROM BEING

FOCUSED ON THE WORD INTO SOME

PIOUS PERMEATING AD INFINITUM,

BUT INTO A RECOGNITION

OF WHAT PRAYER WAS.

I WON'T GO ANY FURTHER

IN THAT STORY.

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL

TO THE POINT NOW.

IN THAT CONTEXT

I CAME TO UNDERSTAND

FIRST, A DEFINITION

OF INTERCESSION THAT WORKS

AND THEN THREE THINGS

THAT WILL DRAMATIZE IT

AS CLEARLY AND SIMPLY

AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK IT IS VERY POSSIBLE.

THE FIRST THING IS

THE DEFINITION.

TO DEFINE INTERCESSION

WE NEED TO GO TO WHERE

THE ULTIMATE INTERCESSOR

IS INTRODUCED AND IT IS THE

LAST VERSE OF THE 53rd CHAPTER

OF ISAIAH BECAUSE THERE,

WHERE IN THAT GREAT PASSAGE

THAT DEPICTS JESUS

AS THE SUFFERING SAVIOR,

THE MESSIAH WHO CAME FOR US,

IT SAYS THAT BY THAT HE MADE

INTERCESSION FOR ALL OF US.

THAT THAT IS NOT

THE INTERCESSION HE CONTINUES,

IT IS THE INTERCESSION

HE ACHIEVED AT THE CROSS.

THE INTERCESSION HE CONTINUES

HE WANTS TO CONTINUE

THROUGH HIS PEOPLE

BUT THE VICTORY

WAS ACHIEVED AT THE CROSS.

WHAT DID HE DO?

INTERCESSION IS TO STAND

IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD

FOR PEOPLE WHO EITHER CANNOT

OR WILL NOT FOR THEMSELVES.

THAT IS TO TAKE THEIR PLACE

IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND SAY,

"LORD, THIS IS WHAT

I'M ASKING FOR AND

I'M CALLING IT INTO REALITY.

OUT OF YOUR KINGDOM,

IN THE GLORY PRESENCE

OF THE LIVING GOD

FOREVER IN HEAVEN,

INTO THIS WORLD WHERE

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE

WHO WILL STEWARD THE GIFTS

THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US,

THE GOSPEL WITH OUR WITNESS

AND THE POWER OF PENETRATING

THE DARKNESS WITH OUR PRAYER."

IT IS MORE EFFECTIVELY DONE

WHEN WE RECOGNIZE

THE MOMENTS GOD GIVES US.

WE MAY BE WATCHING

SOMETHING ON TV THAT ANGERS US

OR TEMPTED TO BE ANGERED

OUT OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,

AND APPROPRIATE MORAL UMBRAGE

AT SOMETHING WE SEE BUT

RATHER THAN GETTING TICKED OFF,

TO SEE THAT AS AN INTERSECTION,

ALL THESE WORDS RHYME

WITH INTERCESSION;

AN INTERSECTION POINT

WHERE THE LORD SAYS THIS IS

A REMINDER TO YOU,

THIS IS A PLACE

YOU'VE INTERSECTED.

SECONDLY, INTERVENE --

INTERVENTION.

TAKE A POSITION

RIGHT NOW IN PRAYER

INSTEAD OF IRRITATION

WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAW,

REACH TOWARD THAT SETTING.

WHAT YOU SEE,

PERHAPS IT IS THE AFTERMATH

OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED

IN TORNADOS RECENTLY

OR THE TSUNAMI IN JAPAN,

REACH YOUR HAND OUT

AND RATHER THAN JUST FEEL

OH, THAT'S HORRIBLE!

SAY, "LORD, I WANT

TO INVOKE YOUR PRESENCE

AND YOUR POWER THERE."

INTERVENE IN THAT SITUATION.

BY THAT MEANS FROM INTERSECTION

TO THE POINT OF INTERVENTION

IT BECOMES INTERCEPTION

AND BOTH OF US AS GUYS

THAT ENJOY SPORTS,

WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT

INTERCEPTION IS, IT IS WHEN

THE HOCKEY PUCK IS COMING DOWN

OR THE PASS DOWN THE FIELD

AND SOMEBODY COMES ACROSS

AND REVERSES THE FLOW

TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION

OF THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.

James: IT'S LIKELY TO BE MY GUY

THAT DOES THE INTERCEPTING.

[Laughter]

Jack: THERE IS THE DEFINITION

OF INTERCESSION.

AND THE PRAGMATISM OF IT,

FIRST THE TRUTH OF IT,

THAT WE'RE CALLED TO STAND

IN SITUATIONS

WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT

OR WILL NOT PUT THEMSELVES.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU

RECOGNIZE SOMETHING,

NOBODY IS GOING

TO PRAY FOR THEM,

THAT PERSON THAT MAKES YOU

SO INDIGNANT WITH WHAT YOU SEE

OF THE WAY THEY ARE SPEAKING

IN SOME PUBLIC ARENA

OR WHAT YOU READ,

INSTEAD OF JUST BECOMING ANGRY

OR IRRITATED OR SAYING,

YOU KNOW WHAT I READ TODAY...

AND WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME

AT BEING ANGRY AT THE WORLD

INSTEAD OF TAKING THE

LOVE STEPS JESUS TAUGHT US.

James: WE REALLY DON'T CHANGE

THE COURSE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT

THE INTERCEPTION,

IT ACTUALLY CHANGES THE FLOW

AND IF WE COULD SEE CORRECTLY

THE POWER OF PRAYER,

INTERCESSORY PRAYER WE COULD

ACTUALLY CHANGE THE FLOW.

I HAVE REFERENCED IT

AND MAY HAVE EVEN DONE IT

WHEN I WAS IN YOUR CHURCH

BECAUSE OF YOUR PROXIMITY

TO HOLLYWOOD.

WHEN YOU'RE IN VAN NUYS,

I TALKED ABOUT

RATHER THAN CONDEMNING

THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY

WE NEED TO REALLY PRAY

FOR THEM, FOR ALL THAT ABILITY

AND TALENT TO BE USED

IN A DIFFERENT WAY;

THAT IN MY OPINION

IS A PROPER INTERCEPTION.

Betty: BUT IT'S ALL OF US

AS CHILDREN OF GOD,

WE KNOW HIM PERSONALLY,

WE ALL HAVE THIS GIFT

AND THIS ABILITY

TO INTERCEDE FOR THOSE.

AND IN THAT INTERCEDING

WOULDN'T WE ALSO BE PRAYING,

"GOD LET THEM COME TO THE POINT

WHERE THEY CAN PRAY

AND HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP

WITH YOU."

Jack: ABSOLUTELY!

DRAW THEM TO YOURSELF.

AND HE WILL DO THAT

AND HE DOES IT BEST,

I OFTEN SAY TO PEOPLE,

SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE

WILL SPEND THEIR TIME

CRITICIZING THE GOVERNMENT,

MAKING JUDGMENTS ABOUT THINGS

THAT IS OUR PRIVILEGE

AS CITIZENS TO DECIDE

AND TAKE ACTION APPROPRIATELY,

IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT THING

FROM BEING ANGRY

AT ANY GIVEN ADMINISTRATOR,

LEADER, WHOEVER IT MAY BE,

IN CITY GOVERNMENT

ALL THE WAY THROUGH

TO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

I CANNOT PRAY

FOR SOMEBODY I'M MAD AT

OR WHO I'M SITTING

IN JUDGEMENTALISM ON.

I MAY EVALUATE THINGS,

ESPECIALLY IN THE PLACE

WHERE I'M TO TAKE ACTION

WITHIN THE STEWARDSHIP

OF MY PRIVILEGE AS A CITIZEN.

BUT I'M A CITIZEN

OF MORE THAN THE UNITED STATES,

I'M A CITIZEN

OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND MY CITIZENSHIP THERE

IS WHERE MY GREATEST CLOUT LIES

AND IT LIES WHEN I PRAY

WITH AN OPEN HEART FOR PEOPLE.

Betty: WHEN WE PRAY FOR OTHERS,

WHEN WE INTERCEDE FOR OTHERS,

I KNOW PERSONALLY,

I'VE ALWAYS HAD THINGS

THAT GOD HAS DONE IN MY HEART

AS I'M PRAYING FOR OTHERS.

SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL

TAKES PLACE IN MY OWN HEART.

Jack: BETTY, YOU'VE TOUCHED

PROBABLY THE CORE OF IT

BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING

AS PRAYING WITHOUT THE PROCESS

OF CHANGE TAKING PLACE IN US.

James: YOU KNOW

WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT

THAT ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PEOPLE

YOU MAY DISAPPROVE,

THAT YOU SAY WHERE

THEY'RE IN POLITICAL OFFICE,

YOU AND I COME FROM

TWO VERY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS

BEING WHAT I WOULD BE

ALWAYS REFERRED TO

AS A RATHER CONSERVATIVE

BAPTIST EVANGELICAL

AND YOU BEING

A CLASSIC PENTECOSTAL.

YOU AND I CAME TOGETHER

YEARS AGO WITH A HEART HARMONY

THAT WAS TRULY SUPERNATURAL.

THE RELATIONSHIP WE'VE ENJOYED

WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT

IF NOT STRAINED IN THE LEAST,

AND PERHAPS IMPOSSIBLE,

HAD EITHER ONE OF US PERCEIVED

THAT THE OTHER PERSON

DESPISED US.

HAD I COME IN DISPLAYING

A DESPICABLE -- LET'S SAY

HAVING THAT ATTITUDE TOWARD YOU

THAT YOU BEING THAT WAY

OR I -- JUST TOTALLY WRONG.

WE COULD NEVER

HAVE HAD HARMONY.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PREVAILS

IN MUCH OF THE CHURCH.

WE HAVE TAKEN A POINT

OF DISAGREEMENT

OR SEEING ANYTHING DIFFERENT,

WHICH YOU AND I HAVE COME

TO FIND OUT

THAT WE SEE EVERYTHING

IN SUCH A SIMILAR FASHION

THAT IT IS LIKE WE JUST GREW UP

IN THE SAME HOME

WITH THE SAME FATHER

AND THAT IS REALLY PLEASING

TO THE LORD.

I REALLY BELIEVE

THAT TO PENETRATE THE DARKNESS

AND TO INTERCEDE

WE NEED TO PRAY THAT

THAT DIVIDING WALL COME DOWN

AND THAT ATTITUDE

WILL BE CHANGED.

JESUS STARTED WITH ATTITUDE

WHEN HE STARTED

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

WE NEED AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT

IN OUR NATION.

THE CHURCH SHOULD PRAY FOR THAT

BUT WE SHOULD ALSO DISPLAY IT.

IT SHOULD BE ON DISPLAY;

THIS IS HOW WE TREAT

EACH OTHER.

Jack: HOLY SPIRIT

EMPOWERED PRAYER IS THE KEY

AND WHEREVER THE HOLY SPIRIT

IS WORKING, HE POURS FORTH

THE LOVE OF GOD IN OUR HEARTS.

IF THERE IS ANY DEFINITION

OF HOW THE POWER

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKS,

IT IS NOT IN SOME

SENSATIONALISTIC DISPLAY,

IT'S IN THE MELTING

OF OUR HEARTS TOWARD PEOPLE

IN THE LOVE OF GOD

AND PRAYING FOR THEM

WITH THAT PASSION BORN OF LOVE,

NOT THE PASSION BORN

OF WHATEVER DIFFERENCES ARE

PERCEIVED IN ANY ENVIRONMENT.

YOU MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO,

WHEN YOU WERE WITH US

AT THE CHURCH ON ANY NUMBER

OF OCCASIONS AND THAT

YOU MADE AN OBSERVATION

REGARDING HOLLYWOOD BEING

JUST OVER THE HILL FROM

WHERE WE WERE AND SO MANY

OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH

ARE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT

INDUSTRY, WHICH

THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE

IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY,

NOBODY KNOWS THEIR NAME

BECAUSE THEY'RE THE PEOPLE

MAKING EVERYTHING HAPPEN,

THEY'RE NOT

THE STAGE PERSONALITIES.

BUT THE LORD ALLOWED US

TO PENETRATE THAT ARENA,

WHICH IS A FAIRLY DARK ARENA

AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF PRAYER

BUT IT MANIFESTED ITSELF

IN LOVE.

PRAYER IS A MELTDOWN EXPERIENCE

OF OUR HEARTS BEFORE GOD

AND AS THAT TAKES PLACE,

IT OPENS UP THE DYNAMIC

OF OUR PRAYER

BECAUSE OF A LOVE.

SO THE BLENDING

OF THE POWER OF GOD

AND THE LOVE OF GOD,

WHICH REALLY ARE BASICALLY

ONE AND THE SAME THING,

IT'S THE ESSENCE OF HIS NATURE.

GOD IS POWERFUL

AND GOD IS LOVE

AND THERE IT GOES.

James: BUT IT SO PIERCES

THE DARKNESS THAT IT ACTUALLY

PENETRATES THEIR HEART,

IT ACTUALLY OPENS IT --

IT BREAKS UP GROUND THAT

HAS BEEN TOTALLY UNRECEPTIVE

AND NEVER FRUITFUL.

IT IS AMAZING HOW

THAT INCREDIBLE LOVE

IS THE LIGHT

THAT PIERCES THE DARKNESS.

I'VE WATCHED IT HAPPEN.

JACK, YOU DO A BEAUTIFUL JOB.

HE'S WRITTEN HUNDREDS OF HYMNS

AND PRAISE SONGS,

"MAJESTY" IS ONE OF THE GREATS

THAT ALL OF US HAVE SUNG

BUT HE HAS WRITTEN SO MANY.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GIFT!

I DON'T KNOW ANYONE

THAT IN MY OPINION

HAS SERVED MORE AS AN APOSTLE

TO THE WHOLE CHURCH

IN THE WHOLE EARTH

TO REALLY SPEAK PEACE.

THERE IS NO PENTECOSTAL

WHO MAKES MORE BEAUTIFUL

THE REALITY AND POWER

OF THE POWER OF PENTECOST,

BIBLICAL TRUTH,

OF THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

RESIDENT IN THE BELIEVER

BECOMING PRESIDENT,

BECOMING THE POWER

FLOWING LIKE A RIVER.

NO ONE HAS, IN MY OPINION,

CREATED AS HE WROTE YEARS AGO

A PASSION FOR FULLNESS

ANYMORE THAN JACK HAYFORD HAS.

THIS BOOK

<I>PENETRATING THE DARKNESS,</I>

I WAS SO THRILLED

BUT LIKE I SAID

WHEN I STARTED THE PROGRAM,

I'VE SPENT MORE TIME NOW

IN PRAYER THAN ANY PARTICULAR

ASPECT OF MY LIFE IN MINISTRY.

IN PRAYING,

I SPEND MORE TIME LISTENING

THAN I DO TALKING,

AND AS YOU KNOW

I'M QUITE A TALKER,

BUT IN PRAYER,

I SPEND MORE TIME LISTENING.

AND THE LORD HAS MADE IT CLEAR

THAT HE LIKES TO TALK TO ME

BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW MUCH

I LIKE TO HEAR HIM.

WELL, AS I BEGAN TO READ

THIS BOOK, IT WAS LIKE JACK,

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SITTING

IN THE NEXT ROOM;

YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING IN

ON MY CONVERSATIONS

AND WHAT I'M HEARING.

NO, WE'RE JUST TALKING

TO THE SAME FATHER.

IT IS A GREAT BOOK AND WE'D

BE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU,

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU'LL

HELP US DO WHAT GOD HAS PUT

ON OUR HEART TO DO RIGHT NOW,

THAT JACK AND ANNA,

AND REALLY, CHURCH ON THE WAY

HAVE HELPED US TO DO FOR YEARS.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY

THANKS TO JACK HAYFORD

FOR BEING WITH US?

JACK, I JUST THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO SHOW OUR VIEWERS

SOMETHING THAT IS --

YOU TALK ABOUT INTERCEDING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WANT YOU

TO LOOK IN RIGHT HERE.

BETTY AND I WERE WALKING

THROUGH A COMMUNITY,

KIND OF A VILLAGE

AND JUST ON DIRT ROADS

AND I SAW SO MANY CHILDREN

THAT I JUST SAID, "GOD,

WE WANT TO BLESS THEM."

BUT A LITTLE GIRL

JUST KIND OF DISAPPEARED,

WALKED BY AND DISAPPEARED

AND I PRAYED, "GOD,

I WANT TO SHARE YOUR LOVE

WITH THAT LITTLE GIRL."

SOMETHING ABOUT HER,

MAYBE HER BROWN EYES

REMINDED ME OF OUR DAUGHTERS

AND OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS.

I WANT YOU TO WATCH

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU JUST

INTERCEDE AND PRAY. WATCH.

James: HERE'S JUST AN OLD WORN OUT SHOE.

BUT HERE'S TWO PRETTY LITTLE FEET

THAT THIS WOULDN'T WORK FOR.

MAYBE IT WOULD WORK FOR SOMEBODY FOR A WHILE

BUT THIS LITTLE GIRL NEEDS SHOES.

Betty: JAMES, I LOOK AROUND

AND I SEE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN

AND I THINK IT IS NOT THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM,

IT IS LIFE! AND SHOES TO PUT ON THEIR FEET

BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DISEASES

THAT COMES FROM WALKING AROUND IN THEIR BARE FEET.

THEY PICK UP SO MANY THINGS

THAT GET IN THEIR SYSTEM, IN THEIR BLOODSTREAM

AND JUST SLOWLY DESTROYS THEIR LITTLE BODIES.

SO IT'S A NEED THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

IT IS NOT JUST A LUXURY. THEY NEED OUR HELP.

James: IT IS NOT EVEN COMFORT.

IT IS A CHANCE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO TOGETHER.

WE'RE GOING TO GET HER SOME SHOES.

GET HER SOME NICE SHOES.

THESE PRETTY FEET -- GET ALL THE DIRT OFF OF THEM.

MAN, THOSE DIRTY FEET.

CLEAN THEM UP. ARE THEY TICKLISH?

THEY'RE NOT TICKLISH? [Laughing]

ARE THEY TOO TOUGH TO BE TICKLISH? HUH?

THEY ARE; AREN'T THEY?

I JUST HOPE YOU WILL DO ALL YOU CAN TO HELP US

SHARE LIFE AND OPPORTUNITIES

AND BETTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN LIKE THIS.

IT IS SO EASY TO TALK ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD

AND ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD LOVES PEOPLE

BUT IT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING

TO SHOW THEM HOW MUCH GOD LOVES THEM.

A LITTLE GIRL LIKE THIS JUST OUT HERE

IN THE MIDDLE OF A REMOTE VILLAGE IN CENTRAL AMERICA,

FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE IN THE ARMS OF LOVE.

THANKS FOR HELPING DO ALL YOU CAN.

IN THE NAME OF LOVE, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.

James: I JUST --

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

HOW THAT MOVES YOU

BUT I KNOW HOW I PRAYED

FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL

WHEN SHE LITERALLY DISAPPEARED

INTO THE DISTANCE.

I SAID, "GOD,

I WANTED SO MUCH TO TELL HER

HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HER."

AND A FEW MINUTES LATER

SHE WALKED BY IN MY DIRECTION

AND I SAT DOWN IN THE ROAD.

THIS IS BEFORE I HAD BETTY

COME OVER AND SIT BY ME.

I JUST SAT DOWN IN THE ROAD

AND A TOTAL STRANGER,

NEVER BEEN IN HER AREA BEFORE,

SHE JUST WALKS OVER

AND GETS IN MY LAP.

SHE CRAWLED INTO THE LAP

OF LOVE -- THAT'S WHAT SHE DID!

AND WHEN I TOLD HER THAT

WE WANTED TO PUT SOME SHOES

ON SOME LITTLE FEET,

JUST A LITTLE BIT LARGER

THAN THESE TINY LITTLE SHOES,

I KNEW I COULD DO IT

FOR ONE REASON, BECAUSE YOU

WHO VIEW LIFE TODAY

WHEREVER YOU ARE,

YOU WOULD HELP US

PUT GOD'S ARMS OF LOVE

AROUND THOSE CHILDREN

AND PUT SHOES ON THEIR FEET.

I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP US

REALLY GET THE RESOURCES

IN TIME TO DELIVER THESE GIFTS,

WHICH IS FOR THE CHILDREN,

IT IS A SURPRISE.

I MEAN FOOD IS A SURPRISE,

FRESH WATER IS JUST

OVERWHELMING TO THEM

BUT THEY NEVER EVER DREAM

THAT SOMEBODY WOULD GIVE THEM

SOMETHING LIKE A PAIR OF SHOES.

IT KEEPS THEM FROM GETTING

DISEASES FROM HOOKWORMS

AND OTHER PROBLEMS.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM

TO THE CHILDREN.

WE WANT TO PUT IN THE HANDS

OF THE MISSIONARIES SOMETHING

THEY CAN PUT ON THEIR FEET.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GIVING SHOES

AND SMILES.

BETTY, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY

IS SO SIMPLE: $36,

TEN PAIRS OF SHOES;

$72, 20 PAIRS OF SHOES

FOR 20 CHILDREN;

$144, 40 CHILDREN.

TO DO CLEFT PALATE SURGERY

OR WHERE THEY HAVE

FACIAL DEFORMITY,

IT AVERAGES $500;

$1,000, TWO SMILES!

SO WE CALL IT SHOES AND SMILES

FOR CHRISTMAS.

Betty: WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY!

THIS IS AN AREA OF NEED THAT

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THESE CHILDREN

CAN USE THESE SHOES.

WHY? TO PROTECT THEIR FEET.

THEY HAVE ENOUGH CHALLENGES

IN THEIR LIFE

WITH OTHER AREAS AND NEEDS

BUT THIS CAN HELP

PROTECT THEIR LITTLE FEET

FROM DISEASE THAT THEY GET

FROM THE CUTS AND THE BRUISES

AND THE SCRATCHES

AND ALL THE THINGS

THAT ARE OUT THERE

THAT THEY MIGHT STEP ON, JAMES,

TO HURT THEIR FEET.

AND THEN IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM

A SMILE, OH, MY GOODNESS!

YOU HEARD THE LAUGHTER

OF THAT LITTLE GIRL.

WHAT A JOY TO FILL A NEED

OF A CHILD.

WON'T YOU JOIN WITH US

AND LET'S MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

IN THEIR LIVES?

James: WE NEED THE RESOURCES

NOW SO WE CAN HAVE

THE SHOES AND SMILES

AS A GIFT BY CHRISTMAS.

WOULD YOU SIMPLY DIAL

THE NUMBER?

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD;

USE IT LIKE A CHECK, PLEASE.

WOULD YOU DO IT NOW?

IT'S SO -- I KNOW SOME OF YOU

ARE PRAYING, GOD,

MEET THE NEED.

BUT CAN YOU HELP MEET THE NEED?

CAN YOU BE THE ANSWER

TO SOMEONE'S PRAYER?

CAN YOU BE THE ANSWER

TO THAT NEED?

IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK,

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

IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE,

LIFETODAY.ORG, YOU DO IT.

WE HAVE SOME GIFTS

WE WANT TO SEND YOU.

WE WANT TO BLESS YOU

AS YOU BLESS OTHERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR MAKING THAT CALL.

IF YOU GET A BUSY NOW,

YOU BE PERSISTENT

AND CALL UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH.

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 <I>LIFE</I> 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, <I>GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY</I>

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: BETTY AND I THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.

TODAY, ALSO,

WE'LL BE GLAD TO SEND YOU

JACK HAYFORD'S BOOK,

<I>PENETRATING THE DARKNESS.</I>

I KNOW YOU APPRECIATE JACK

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

WOULD YOU JOIN US

IN SAYING THANKS TO JACK?

THANK YOU, BUDDY!

TELL ANNA AND ALL THE FOLKS

OUT THERE...

THERE AGAIN IS THE WEB SITE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GO ON TO

LIFETODAY.ORG AND GET ALL

THE INFORMATION YOU WANT,

HOW TO FIND EVERYTHING

YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT JACK

AND ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY.

GOD BLESS YOU! WE LOVE YOU!

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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.

<I>INDIVISIBLE</I> -- THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

AT ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.

GOD, IF YOU ARE SPEAKING, I'M A C STUDENT

AND I NEED YOU TO SPELL THIS OUT. [Laughter]

Announcer: HEARING GOD IN THE MIDST

OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES, TOMORROW.