Announcer:
NEXT, RUTH GRAHAM,

THE DAUGHTER OF EVANGELIST
BILLY AND RUTH GRAHAM.

>> AND WE ALL HAVE
BROKEN PLACES.

WE HAVE TO ADMIT OUR CONDITION AND KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL BROKEN.

NONE OF US
HAVE IT TOGETHER.

Announcer: STAY TUNED AS
RUTH SHARES THE IMPORTANCE

OF TRANSPARENCY
WITH OTHERS,

AS WELL AS TELLING
YOURSELF THE TRUTH.

>> I NEEDED TO REALIZE
THAT MY SECURITY

DIDN'T COME FROM OTHERS,
IT CAME FROM CHRIST.

BUT ALL MY LIFE I'VE MADE
DECISIONS TRYING TO FIND

THAT SECURITY, TRYING TO FIND
A FATHER FIGURE, IF YOU WILL,

AND I'VE MADE
TERRIBLE MISTAKES AS A RESULT.

♪

James: HEY, THANK YOU!
THANK ALL OF YOU.

WE WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.

MY WIFE BETTY AND I ARE
THRILLED TO HAVE OUR SPECIAL

GUEST, RUTH GRAHAM WITH US.
I TALKED TO FRANKLIN

HERE NOT TOO MANY DAYS AGO
AND I ALWAYS ASK HOW

DADDY WAS AT THE TIME.
HE SAID, "WELL, DADDY'S SHARP."

HE SAID, "IT'S AMAZING
HOW KEEN HIS MIND IS."

HE SAID, "HE'S SHARP ENOUGH
HE COULD BE PREACHING."

WELL, RUTH IS HERE
AND I JUST THANK GOD

FOR THE GRAHAM FAMILY.
I THANK GOD FOR

THE FRIENDSHIP WE'VE HAD
WITH RUTH BECAUSE

SHE'S BEEN OUR FRIEND
FOR QUITE A WHILE.

WE'RE KIND OF LIKE FAMILY.
WOULD YOU WELCOME OUR GOOD

FRIEND RUTH GRAHAM
TO LIFE TODAY?

RUTH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Ruth: GREAT TO SEE YOU.

James: DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER
HOW FAR BACK IT WAS

AND WHAT YEAR; DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND CAME

DOWN HERE AT BILLY'S REQUEST,
YOUR DAD'S AND SOME OF

THE OTHERS TO COME DOWN HERE
AND HELP THIS EVANGELIST?

WE WERE REALLY YOUNG FOLKS
THEN SO YOU WERE HELPING

A YOUNG EVANGELIST.
DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER?

Ruth: I DON'T REMEMBER
THE EXACT TIME BUT I DO

REMEMBER COMING DOWN.
I REMEMBER MEETING YOU.

I REMEMBER GOING TO SOME
OF YOUR CRUSADES.

AND WE WOULD GO ALONG,
AND THEN OF COURSE WE WENT

ON VACATION TOGETHER
WHICH WAS PROBABLY DANGEROUS.

[Laughing]
BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

A FRIENDSHIP WAS FORGED
EARLY ON.

James: YOU WROTE A BOOK
YEARS AGO, IN EVERY PEW

THERE SITS A BROKEN HEART.
WHY DID YOU WRITE THAT?

WAS THAT JUST OBSERVATION
IN BEING THE DAUGHTER OF

A HIGHLY VISIBLE EVANGELIST,
THE MOST FAMOUS IN THE WORLD

AND YOU JUST SAW THIS?
Ruth: NO, I WAS

THE BROKEN HEART IN THE PEW.
I HAD THE MASK ON AND I MADE

EVERYBODY THINK I WAS FINE.
YOU KNOW, I'M FINE!

I'M FINE! I'M FINE.
BUT MY HEART WAS BREAKING

AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I COULD
TELL ANYBODY; I DIDN'T FEEL

LIKE THERE WAS ANYBODY
I COULD SHARE THAT WITH

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW
WHETHER I'D BE MARGINALIZED,

PRAYED FOR --
YOU KNOW HOW WE LOVE TO PRAY

FOR PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH.
SO I JUST KEPT IT TO MYSELF.

BUT I WAS BREAKING INSIDE UNTIL
I REALLY BEGAN TO CRUMBLE.

I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE
SO MANY MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME.

I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE
BUT I WASN'T.

THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE
SITTING IN THE PEW

WITH A BROKEN HEART AND THAT'S
WHY I WROTE THAT BOOK,

TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO KNOW
THAT FOR NUMBER ONE,

THEY'RE NOT ALONE
AND THAT THERE'S HOPE

AND WE ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER.
James: YOU HAVE BEEN ON

QUITE A JOURNEY.
YOUR FIRST HUSBAND,

OF COURSE, IS DECEASED,
HE IS WITH THE LORD.

YOUR FAMILY HAS HAD
SOME CHALLENGES,

YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU HAD A DAUGHTER THAT

HAD SOME CHALLENGES.
YOU HAVE A SON THAT HAD

SOME CHALLENGES.
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED

PERSONAL CHALLENGES
BASED ON DECISIONS.

WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE LEARNING

AND HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU WANT
TO PASS ON TO OTHERS WHO MAY

BE EXPERIENCING SOME OF
THE CHALLENGES YOU'VE HAD?

Ruth: JAMES, AS YOU KNOW
SO WELL, YOU AND BETTY KNOW

THAT I HAVE BEEN CALLED
TO MOTIVATE THE FAMILY OF GOD,

TO MOVE BY GOD'S GRACE
AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

TO PLACES OF BROKENNESS
TO PLACES OF HEALING

AND WHOLENESS.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT

GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO;
PARTLY BECAUSE

I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT.
AND WE ALL HAVE BROKEN PLACES.

WE HAVE TO ADMIT OUR CONDITION
AND KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL BROKEN.

NONE OF US HAVE IT TOGETHER.
WE LOVE TO PRETEND THAT

ALL THE SINNERS ARE ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH

BUT HELLO, HERE WE ARE.
[Laughter]

SO WE'RE ALL BROKEN
AND WE HAVE TO BE HONEST

ABOUT THAT.
THEN WE HAVE TO REALIZE...

EXAMINE THE BROKENNESS;
WHAT CAUSED IT, WHAT IS IT?

WE NEED TO BE HONEST,
WE NEED TO TELL OURSELVES

THE TRUTH AND I'M REALLY GOOD
AT SELF DECEPTION

AND MANIPULATING ADVICE,
MANIPULATING THE SCRIPTURES

TO MAKE IT SUIT WHAT
I WANT IT TO SAY.

I HAD TO LEARN TO TELL MYSELF
THE TRUTH.

I GOT MYSELF IN A LOT
OF TROUBLE BY DECEIVING MYSELF,

AND HEALING WILL ONLY COME
WHEN WE SPEAK TRUTH TO GOD,

TO OURSELVES.
AND ONCE WE ACKNOWLEDGE

THIS BROKEN AREA WE THEN HAVE
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT HURTS.

THIS IS A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE,
WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT IS

AND THEN LET IT
GO THROUGH FORGIVENESS

SO THAT WE CAN GROW.
AS LONG AS WE ARE HOLDING ON

TO THESE BROKEN PLACES
AND NOT DEALING WITH THEM

AND KEEPING THEM COVERED OVER,
THEY'RE GOING TO FESTER

AND LIKE A BOIL,
THEY HAVE TO BE LANCED.

THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO GROWING,
AND TO GROW YOU HAVE

TO BE IN A COMMUNITY
THAT'S AUTHENTIC.

YOU HAVE TO BE IN A COMMUNITY
THAT WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO BE HONEST WITH THEM

AND TRANSPARENT WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE TO BE A SAFE PLACE.

I LOVE CHURCHES THAT
ARE SAFE PLACES.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING
IN A NUMBER OF CHURCHES

THAT ARE OFFERING SAFE PLACES
TO THEIR CONGREGATION

AND HEALING IS TAKING PLACE
AND GROWTH TAKES PLACE.

James: IT'S LIKE THE CHURCH
IS MOVING FROM A MEETING HOUSE

TO A HOME SETTING.
IT'S MORE LIKE WE USED TO GO,

IT SEEMED LIKE, TO SAY
WE CHECKED IN AND SHOWED UP.

IT'S LIKE NOW THEY'RE REALIZING
THAT GOD REALLY PUT US HERE

AS A FAMILY, AS A HOSPITAL
AND A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME

WHO ARE HURTING AND TO HAVE
A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.

THAT'S WHAT I HEAR YOU TALK
ABOUT AS CORRECTIVE MEASURES;

NOT ONLY WHAT WE DO
INDIVIDUALLY BUT WHAT

WE FIND OUR WAY INTO.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY SAYING

SOMETHING TO THE WHOLE
FAMILY OF FAITH,

TO THE WHOLE CHURCH.
Betty: ISN'T A LOT OF

THE PROBLEM THOUGH,
AS CHRISTIANS WE DON'T THINK

THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO ADMIT
WE ARE BROKEN OR HURTING

BECAUSE THEN THAT'S SAYING
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE IT

ALTOGETHER.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO --

Ruth: WE WANT TO MAKE JESUS
LOOK GOOD.

Betty: SO IF WE DO TOO,
WE THINK WELL, OUR LIFE

IS DESTROYED, IT'S OVER
IF WE ADMIT SOMETHING IS WRONG.

Ruth: BUT THERE IS SUCH
FREEDOM IN BEING HONEST

AND TRANSPARENT.
RECENTLY I SPOKE AT

GEORGE FOX EVANGELICAL SEMINARY
UP IN PORTLAND, OREGON.

I TALKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY
AND I SHARED A LITTLE BIT

OF MY STORY AND I WAS
TRANSPARENT WITH THEM.

NOT TOO LONG AGO I GOT
AN E-MAIL FROM ONE OF

THE FACULTY UP THERE
AND HE WAS TO ADDRESS THE

DEVOTIONS FOR HIS DEPARTMENT.
AND HE SAID, "BECAUSE OF WHAT

YOU DID, YOU WERE TRANSPARENT,
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE RISK

OF BEING TRANSPARENT MYSELF."
AND HE HAD A STORY OF ABUSE

AND HE CAUTIOUSLY, WITH FEAR,
SHARED HIS STORY.

AND THEN HE SENT ME THE E-MAILS
AND THE LETTERS HE GOT BACK

AND HOW PEOPLE SAID,
"IT WAS A BLESSING."

"IT WAS A GIFT."
"YOU CHANGED MY LIFE."

"I'M SO GLAD YOU SHARED THAT."
TRANSPARENCY MINISTERS

TO PEOPLE.
WHEN WE SHARE OUR STORY,

IT MINISTERS.
I OFTEN TELL THE STORY

WHEN I WENT TO CHURCH ONE DAY,
I WAS SITTING IN THE PEW

AND A FRIEND BEHIND ME SAID,
"OH, HOW ARE YOU, RUTH?"

AND I SAID, "OH, I'M FINE."
AND PUT THE MASK ON.

DURING THE SERVICE THE LORD
CONVICTED ME THAT

I'D LIED TO HER.
SO AFTER THE SERVICE I WENT

TO HER AND I SAID,
"I LIED TO YOU.

I'M NOT DOING FINE.
THINGS ARE NOT WELL

AT MY HOUSE."
AND SHE SAID, "OH, I'M SO GLAD

YOU SAID THAT!
BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD

AT MY HOUSE EITHER!
CAN WE PRAY TOGETHER?"

WELL, SEE, IF I HADN'T
BEEN HONEST WITH HER

THAT MINISTRY NEVER WOULD
HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

I AM CONVINCED THAT
WE HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT

WITH EACH OTHER FOR MINISTRY
TO TAKE PLACE.

James: I FEEL LIKE,
AND AGAIN, YOU'VE WATCHED

BETTY AND ME UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL AND FROM A DISTANCE,

AND I FEEL LIKE OUR VIEWERS
HAVE SEEMED TO APPRECIATE

AND RESPECT US NOT ONLY
BECAUSE GOD GAVE US

A BROKEN HEART FOR THE BROKEN,
AND OUR VIEWERS BELIEVE IF

YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN AN AREA

OF SUFFERING, WE WOULD LIKE
TO HELP, AND THEY SAY THAT.

BUT THEY ALSO COMMUNICATE
THE FACT THAT BETTY AND

I HAVE TALKED ABOUT --
IT SEEMS LIKE WE TALK MOSTLY

ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD STORY,
WHERE I NEEDED HELP.

AND EVERYBODY SAID, "WE CAN
EASILY AGREE WITH THAT."

BUT WHEN WE OPEN UP AND TALK
ABOUT THOSE CHALLENGES

OR MY FAILURE, IT IS LIKE
THERE IS A TRUST FACTOR

AND THERE IS AN IDENTIFICATION
FACTOR THAT COMES IN

TO WHERE THEY SAY, "I BELIEVE
HE WOULD UNDERSTAND ME.

HE WOULD REALLY STILL LOVE ME
IF HE KNEW ME BECAUSE

AFTER ALL, HE'S TELLING ME
ABOUT HIS WEAKNESS,

NOT TELLING US ABOUT
HIS STRENGTHS THAT

WE MIGHT THINK WE SEE.
HE'S ADMITTING

HE IS VULNERABLE.
HE HAS FAILED AND

HE FOUND GRACE.
NOW HE OFFERS GRACE."

Ruth: AND WE CAN IDENTIFY
WITH THAT.

WE CAN'T IDENTIFY WITH
PERFECTION AND PEOPLE

WHO HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER.
WE JUST DON'T BECAUSE

WE KNOW OUR HEARTS
AND HOW WE STRUGGLE.

SO IT IS NICE TO FIND
A FELLOW PILGRIM

WHO STRUGGLES TOO.
SO OFTEN THESE SELF-HELP BOOKS

TALK ABOUT THEY WANT
TO BUILD ON STRENGTHS.

GOD WANTS TO BUILD
ON WEAKNESS.

AS WE GIVE IT TO HIM,
HE CAN BUILD STRENGTH

OUT OF THE BROKEN PLACES.
James: PAUL SAID,

"IN MY WEAKNESS
HE IS MADE STRONG."

Ruth: ONE OF MY CORE
BROKEN AREAS IS ABANDONMENT.

AS A LITTLE GIRL
MY FATHER WAS GONE SO MUCH.

AS A LITTLE GIRL,
I READ THAT AS ABANDONMENT.

HE WAS DOING WHAT
GOD CALLED HIM TO DO.

I'M NOT BLAMING,
I'M NOT FINGER POINTING

BUT AS A LITTLE GIRL
WHO NEEDED HER DADDY,

AND HE WASN'T HOME,
I SAW THAT AS ABANDONMENT.

WHEN I WAS DROPPED OFF
AT BOARDING SCHOOL

WITH MONONUCLEOSIS,
DIDN'T KNOW A SOUL THERE

AND WAS ISOLATED
IN AN INFIRMARY, MY MOTHER

HAD TO GO ON TO EUROPE
TO BE WITH MY FATHER,

I FELT ABANDONED.
WHEN I WAS FIRST MARRIED,

MY HUSBAND WENT OFF
FOR TWO WEEKS TO HELP RESCUE

A SCOUT THAT WAS LOST
IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN

NATIONAL PARK
AND I WAS ABANDONED.

I'M SCARED TO DEATH.
AND OF COURSE, HIS --

James: NOW HE WAS DOING
WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE,

ALL OF THEM ARE DOING
WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE BUT

YET IT REGISTERED WITH YOU
AS HERE I AM ALONE AGAIN.

Ruth: I NEEDED TO REALIZE
THAT MY SECURITY DIDN'T

COME FROM OTHERS,
IT CAME FROM CHRIST.

BUT ALL MY LIFE I'VE MADE
DECISIONS TRYING TO FIND

THAT SECURITY, TRYING TO
FIND THAT FATHER FIGURE,

IF YOU WILL, AND I MADE
TERRIBLE MISTAKES AS A RESULT.

NOW I'M REALIZING THAT
JESUS IS MY SECURITY.

GOD IS MY FATHER.
YES, IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE

FATHER, BROTHERS, FRIENDS,
BUT YOU HAVE TO CENTER IT

ON GOD AND THAT'S REALLY
FREED ME UP A GREAT DEAL.

James: I THINK THAT WE HAVE
A REAL FATHER DILEMMA,

MISSING FATHERS,
MANY HOMES ARE FATHERLESS.

IF THE FATHER IS EVEN THERE,
HE DOESN'T FUNCTION AS

A HEALTHY FATHER WITH
A SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY.

THEN WE GET A MISCONCEPTION
OF WHAT THIS FATHER IS LIKE

BY EITHER NOT HAVING A FATHER
OR HAVING A FATHER THAT'S

DYSFUNCTIONAL IN SOME WAY.
SO I THINK THERE IS THIS

REAL CRYING OUT FOR FATHER.
I KNOW FOR ME, NOT HAVING

A FATHER, I LONG FOR IT;
I STILL LONG FOR AFFIRMATION.

I TOLD YOU, WHEN WE LEFT
A MEETING EARLIER, I SAID

I'D PROBABLY TURN TO YOU
AND SAY, "IS WHAT

I'M SHARING OKAY?"
WHAT AM I ACTUALLY DOING?

I'M ASKING THE FATHER TO SAY
THROUGH YOU, A WOMAN,

TO SAY, "THAT'S GOOD!"
I STILL WANT TO HEAR

THE VOICE OF THE FATHER.
I WILL ASK BETTY,

"HOW DID WE DO?"
SO WE ALL HAVE THAT LONGING.

HERE'S THE THING THAT
I'M DISCOVERING THOUGH

IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID,
WE CAN REALLY DEVELOP

A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT

WE WOULDN'T STILL HAVE
AN INTEREST.

IT'S REALLY NICE FOR GOD
THE FATHER TO HAVE SOME FLESH

IN FRONT OF US TO MANIFEST
THE FATHER'S HEART TO US

SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH THAT.

I REALLY SENSE YOU'RE TRYING
TO SAY TO EVERYBODY,

IF WE GET WELL ON THE INSIDE,
RELATE PROPERLY TO THE FATHER

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO REVEAL
THE FATHER TO A BROKEN WORLD

IN DESPERATE NEED
OF THE HEALING AND HOPE.

Ruth: YES!
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IT

IS TO GIVE HEALING AND HOPE
TO OTHER PEOPLE.

James: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
HERE YOU ARE, BILLY GRAHAM,

RUTH GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER,
NAMED RUTH AFTER MOM;

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO NOW?
WE HAVE PASTORS AND CHURCHES

AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
THAT ARE SAYING IF YOU

WOULD COME TO OUR CHURCH,
LET'S SAY FOR THE WEEKEND

AND YOU WOULD SPEAK,
DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

DO YOU WANT PASTORS, CHURCHES
TO SAY, "INVITE ME TO COME,

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
NOT ONLY FROM THE PULPIT,

IF YOU WANT ME TO SHARE BUT
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SESSIONS

WHERE YOU HAVE CERTAIN PART
OF THE CHURCH COME

WHO MAYBE ARE HURTING."
OR MAYBE, "I'M IN AN AREA

WHERE YOU'RE MINISTERING
TO PEOPLE OR MAYBE EVERYBODY

IS WILLING TO COME IN AND SAY,
'HEY, WE'RE HURTING,

LET'S TALK.' "
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO?

Ruth: OR IF THEY JUST WANT
TO SEE WHAT BILLY'S OTHER KID

LOOKS LIKE, THAT'S FINE TOO.
I DON'T CARE HOW

THEY GET THERE, I JUST WANT
TO MINISTER TO THEM.

James: THAT'S WHAT
BILLY'S KIDS LOOK LIKE NOW.

LOOK AT THE ONE
WHO'S HAD THE MOST TROUBLE.

YOU CAN SAY THAT.
LOOK AT BILLY'S DAUGHTER

THAT HAD THE MOST TROUBLE.
Ruth: AT LEAST THE ONE

THAT'S ADMITTED IT.
[Laughter]

James: OKAY, I'LL TALK
TO YOU ALL MAYBE LATER.

SEE, BY THE WAY, I KNOW
THE WHOLE FAMILY

AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN HERE.
THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS

AND WE'VE JUST HAD TULLIAN ON.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CHARISMATIC

TO PRONOUNCE HIS NAME.
THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN

AND WE LOVE
THE WHOLE GRAHAM FAMILY.

BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS,
IT IS AN INTERESTING THING

WHEN PEOPLE GET TO HEAR --
TO SAY YOUR MOM AND DAD

WERE LEGENDS, TO SAY
THEY'RE GREAT HISTORIC

CHRISTIAN FIGURES IS
ALMOST AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

TO MEET A DAUGHTER
AND THE FAMILY IN MY OPINION,

BECAUSE I KNOW THEM,
THEY LOVE THE LORD.

AND FOR YOU TO COME SAY,
"HERE'S MY JOURNEY.

HERE'S ONE IN THE FAMILY
THAT IS TALKING ABOUT

WHERE I'VE BEEN AND MAYBE
YOU AND I HAVE HAD

SOME SIMILAR CHALLENGES AND
I'M WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT

BECAUSE I WANT TO HELP YOU,
AND IN THIS JOURNEY

WE'RE GOING TO BOTH GROW."
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT

I HEAR YOU SAYING.
Ruth: ABSOLUTELY.

AND I LOVE PEOPLE AND I LOVE
LOOKING IN PEOPLE'S EYEBALLS.

WHEN I GO INTO A CHURCH,
I DON'T STAY IN THE BACK,

I WANT TO MEET THE PEOPLE.
I'M OUT THERE TO HAVE LUNCH

WITH THEM, IF LUNCH IS OFFERED.
I WANT TO BE WITH THEM

BECAUSE I WANT TO TOUCH
THEIR HEARTS.

I WANT TO KNOW THEIR HEARTS.
I WANT TO HEAR THEIR HEARTS.

KNOWING THAT WHAT
GOD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE

AND THE GRACE HE HAS GIVEN ME
AND I WANT TO PASS IT ON.

I WANT TO BE A CHANNEL
OF GOD'S GRACE.

James: AND YOU'VE SEEN
GOD WORK MIRACLES.

WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR OWN
CHILDREN FACING

SOME CHALLENGES.
I THINK PROBABLY, I THINK

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FROM WINDSOR
BUT SOME OF THE LETTERS

I GOT WHEN MOM WAS GOING
THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES,

WAS THAT THE ONE THAT
WAS PROBABLY -- IT WAS AWESOME!

WINDSOR WAS AWESOME.
IT WAS REALLY --

NOW I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU,
IT WAS LIKE

LOVE LETTERS FROM JESUS.
AND IT WAS LOVE FOR MOM,

IT WAS LOVE FOR
ALL THE CHALLENGES.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WERE THERE.
I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU.

LET ME JUST SAY THAT
YOUR SENSITIVITY,

YOUR EXPRESSIVENESS WAS
A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SEE YOU'VE WATCHED THE LORD

DO SOME BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
I TALKED TO YOUR SON

NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL --

IT WAS ALMOST KIND OF LIKE
A FATHER TO SON TYPE TALK.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE LIKE
UNCLE BUT IT WAS GREAT

THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TALK AND
HE KNOWS I HAVE LOVE FOR HIM

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PRAYING
FOR HIM FROM THE TIME

HE TOOK A HARD FALL.
I NEVER FORGOT IT BECAUSE

WE COULD HAVE LOST HIM
OUT THERE.

Ruth: ABSOLUTELY, HE COULD
HAVE BEEN CRIPPLED FOR LIFE.

James: ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO WE'RE JUST THANKING GOD.

SO SEE, YOU'RE A PART OF
MY PRAYERS AND MOM'S A PART

OF MY PRAYERS.
BUT YOU HAVE SUCH

AN INTERESTING STORY.
I FEEL LIKE AND I'VE TOLD YOU

THIS TO YOUR FACE,
AND I'VE SAID IT ON NATIONAL

AND WORLDWIDE TELEVISION,
YOU HAVE A GREAT ANOINTING

TO COMMUNICATE.
YOU HAVE A GLORY ON YOU

THAT COMES FROM THE LORD
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID

A MOMENT AGO.
YOU SAID, "I REALLY LIKE

TO LOOK AT PEOPLE.
I REALLY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE."

SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE.
SHE WOULD LOVE TO BE WITH YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY WEB SITE
-- WHAT WEB SITE DO WE PUT UP?

Ruth: RUTHGRAHAMANDFRIENDS.ORG.
James: SO YOU GO TO THAT

WEB SITE AND THEN YOU'LL KNOW
HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER.

JUST SAY, "WE WOULD LIKE YOU
TO COME."

NOW LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU.
AS AN EVANGELIST, TAKE CARE

OF HER WHEN SHE COMES.
WOULD YOU DO THAT?

IN OTHER WORDS, BLESS HER.
BLESS HER LIFE.

SAY WE LOVE YOU.
WE WANT TO BLESS YOU

AND WE WANT TO INVEST IN WHAT
GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO.

I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THAT.
RUTH, I JUST REALLY PRAY

THAT GOD WILL OPEN MORE DOORS
TO YOU THAN YOU'VE

EVER WITNESSED BECAUSE I THINK
THAT MUCH OF THE CHURCH,

AND IT'S NOT JUST
A BROKEN HEART, I THINK

THERE ARE BROKEN, OVERLOOKED
AND OFTENTIMES, TO BE HONEST

WITH YOU, THEY'RE DOWNTRODDEN
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN

TRODDEN UNDER THE FOOT
OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEAVING
CHURCH BECAUSE THEY MET

PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH
WHO DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE MET

THE FATHER.
AND THEY'VE BEEN HURT BUT

YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW
THE FATHER GOD, YOU WANT THEM

TO KNOW FORGIVENESS,
YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW

RESTORATION.
Ruth: THAT I HAVE

RECEIVED MYSELF.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FROM

SOME HIGH PLACE.
I'VE BEEN IN THE DITCH

AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO HURT.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO BE DEAD AND ALIVE,

LOST AND FOUND.
I KNOW THE STORY

OF THE PRODIGAL.
THAT'S MY STORY.

James: AND YOU KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE THE ONE

FOUND IN THE DITCH.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS

TO FIND SOMEONE IN THE DITCH.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT

BOTH SIDES FEEL LIKE.
I THINK WHAT I SENSE

GOD SENDING YOU OUT TO DO
IS NOT ONLY TRY TO GET

THE PERSON OUT OF THE DITCH
OF DESPAIR AND HOPELESSNESS,

BUT TO GET THEM UP TO WHERE
THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH IN

AND PULL PEOPLE UP.
Ruth: THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

IF WE'RE NOT HEALED
IN ORDER TO HELP,

THEN WE BECOME STAGNANT.
WE'VE GOT TO FLOW OUT.

James: WELL, FATHER,
I JUST ASK YOU TO BLESS RUTH.

BLESS THE WHOLE GRAHAM FAMILY
AND ALL THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS,

JUST THE WHOLE FAMILY,
EVERYTHING THEY DO.

AND LORD, I ASK IN A SPECIAL
WAY TO BLESS RUTH AS SHE

REALLY NOW SAYS, "LOOK,
I'VE EXPERIENCED SOME THINGS

THAT I KNOW PEOPLE
CAN IDENTIFY WITH.

I WANT TO MEET THOSE NEEDS
IN CHRIST."

SO LORD, I ASK YOU
TO ENABLE HER IN THE GREATEST

WAY EVER TO DO THAT;
IN JESUS' NAME.

WOULD YOU JUST SAY THANKS
FOR RUTH GRAHAM BEING HERE

AND JUST SHARING HER HEART?
I'M TELLING YOU,

IT'S AWESOME.
BY THE WAY, WE'RE OFFERING

RANDY ROBISON, OUR SON'S BOOK.
AND LET ME READ WHAT

RUTH SAID ABOUT RANDY'S BOOK
BECAUSE SHE READ IT.

SHE SAID, "IF YOU WANT
TO KNOW HAPPINESS

AS GOD INTENDS IT,
READ THIS BOOK."

THAT WAS WONDERFUL!
AND WE'RE OFFERING THIS, RUTH

THIS BOOK THAT RANDY WROTE
ABOUT THE JOY OF THE LORD

AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY
EXCELLENT TEACHING.

IT'S BIBLICAL.
IT IS WONDERFUL.

WE'RE OFFERING IT TO ALL
OF YOU WHO WILL DO THIS, AND

I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LIKE THIS
BECAUSE YOU'RE A MISSIONARY

AND YOU HAVE A MISSION HEART,
AND YOUR MOTHER'S PARENTS

WERE MISSIONARIES AND
THEY HAVE THAT GREAT HEART.

THESE SHOES THAT WE'RE GIVING
TO LITTLE CHILDREN,

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US.
WE CALL IT CHRISTMAS SHOES

AND CHRISTMAS SMILES.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US

GIVE 200,000 CHILDREN
SHOES FOR CHRISTMAS.

I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS.
I GET A SMILE BECAUSE

I SEE NEED, YES, BUT I THINK
ABOUT THE JOY OF JUST

PUTTING SHOES ON LITTLE FEET
WHERE THEY NEVER HAD IT.

WATCH CLOSELY.

Announcer: UNFORTUNATELY,
THERE ARE CHILDREN
AROUND THE WORLD

WHO HAVE MANY DIFFERENT
KINDS OF NEEDS.

SOME ARE HUNGRY
AND THIRSTY,

IN NEED OF FOOD TO EAT
OR CLEAN WATER TO DRINK.

OTHERS STILL
SIMPLY HAVE NEVER HAD
A NEW PAIR OF SHOES

OR THEY'RE UNABLE TO SMILE
DUE TO A CLEFT PALATE.

>> ALL YEAR LONG
WE COME TO YOU

AND TELL YOU ABOUT THINGS
THAT CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES,

THAT SAVE
PEOPLE'S LIVES

AND YOU'RE
A PART OF THAT.

I WANT TO TELL YOU
WHAT WE WANT TO DO
THIS CHRISTMAS,

IS WE DO WHAT IS CALLED
"SHOES AND SMILES."

A LITTLE CHILD JUST LIKE THIS THAT HAS A CLEFT PALATE,

THAT'S NEVER HAD
A REAL SMILE,

WE GIVE THEM SURGERY
AND THIS LITTLE CHILD
WILL HAVE A NEW SMILE.

LITTLE KIDS LIKE THIS
THAT HAVE NEVER HAD

A PAIR OF SHOES BEFORE
IN THEIR LIFE,

WE GIVE THEM ONE.

Announcer:
A CHILD WITH BARE FEET
MAY SEEM HARMLESS

BUT THE POTENTIAL DANGER
FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN
THESE TYPES OF CONDITIONS

CAN BE
LIFE-THREATENING.

James:
ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IN
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES

IS THAT THEY HAVE A REAL
PROBLEM WITH HOOKWORMS,

WHICH THEY GET FROM
WALKING IN DIRT OR SAND,

THEN IT CREATES A TREMENDOUS
INTESTINAL PROBLEM.

THE ANSWER
IS JUST SHOES.

WE CAN PROVIDE LITERALLY
FOR SOME OF THEM

THE FIRST PAIR OF SHOES
THEY'VE EVER HAD,

NOT ONLY FOR FUN AND COMFORT,
BUT FOR HEALTH.

Announcer: DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOLIDAY SEASONS,

LIFE Outreach
AND ITS MISSIONARY PARTNERS

HAVE PASSED OUT THOUSANDS
OF PAIRS OF SHOES TO CHILDREN

IN MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD.

IN ADDITION,
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESTORE
NUMEROUS CHILDREN'S SMILES

THROUGH CORRECTIVE
SURGERIES.

>> WE PUT SMILES ON THE FACES
OF THESE CHILDREN TODAY

AS WE'VE GIVEN THEM SHOES

BUT OTHERS NEED
A LITTLE MORE,

THEY NEED THAT
CLEFT PALATE SURGERY.

I HOPE YOU CAN HELP PUT A SMILE ON EVEN MORE CHILDREN'S FACES.

DO THE BEST
THAT YOU CAN

AND YOU CAN GIVE SHOES
AND SMILES TO CHILDREN
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

SO I HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE
JUST FOR YOU --

James: YOU LIKE THAT?
Betty: I LOVE IT!

AND IT'S SO...
IT'S SO EXCITING TO THINK

THAT SOME OF THESE CHILDREN
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
THEIR FIRST PAIR OF SHOES.

THEY MAY LOOK AT IT
AND SAY, "OH, GOOD!

I'VE GOT SOMETHING
TO PUT ON MY FEET."

BUT I LOOK AT IT AS A MOTHER
AND GRANDMOTHER SAYING

IT'S GOING TO HELP PROTECT
THEIR FEET FROM ALL THE

DISEASE THAT CAN COME FROM
WALKING AROUND BAREFOOTED.

AND THEN, JAMES, JUST
TO THINK ABOUT THE SMILES;

I KNOW HOW EXCITED WE WERE
AS YOUNG PARENTS

FOR OUR FIRSTBORN
TO BE ABLE TO SMILE BACK

AT HER MOM AND DAD.
SOME OF THESE LITTLE CHILDREN

HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SMILE
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AND WE

CAN MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE.
James: WHEN I LOOK AT THE

CHILDREN MY MIND RIGHT NOW
IS RACING BACK AT THE IMAGES.

THE CHILDREN ARE DANCING
AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED AND

THEY'RE SO HAPPY BUT I ALSO
SAW THE LITTLE CHILDREN THERE

WITH THEIR LITTLE CLEFT PALATE
AND THEY WERE STANDING THERE

BY THE OTHER CHILDREN AND
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SEE THEM.

I KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA
WE IDENTIFY.

I DON'T THINK YOU LOOK
AT THEM AND THOUGHT THAT

THEY WEREN'T PRETTY TOO.
I THINK YOU THOUGHT

THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL TOO.
BUT I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE

FOR THEM TO SMILE TOO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN

THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL PRETTY.
YOU KNOW BEING DIFFERENT,

JUST FEELING DIFFERENT IS ONE
OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WE HAVE

IN THE WORLD...
LEFT OUT, DIFFERENT.

WE CAN CORRECT THAT.
LOVE IS THE MOST AWESOME FORCE

ON THE EARTH, IT NEVER FAILS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU TO REACH OUT

AND TOUCH SOMEONE TODAY
WITH LOVE.

I WANT TO ASK YOU TO DIAL
THAT TELEPHONE NUMBER.

IF YOUR HEART WAS BROKEN
RIGHT NOW, AND YOU SAID,

"I REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO
PRAY WITH ME, I'M HURTING,"

YOU'LL BE LIKE
THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

THAT CALL EVERY DAY BECAUSE
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE

WHO CALL EVERY DAY, 70-80%
OF THEM, IT'S STILL PEOPLE

CALLING TO SAY, "I NEED
SOMEONE TO PRAY WITH ME."

HERE DURING OUR LAST WEEK OF
THE SHOES AND SMILES EMPHASIS,

THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL GIFT
WE WANT TO MAKE,

WE WANT TO ASK YOU
TO REACH OUT IN LOVE

AND DIAL THAT NUMBER AND SAY,
"HERE IS MY GIFT

TO PROVIDE SHOES."
WE WANT TO PROVIDE 200,000

CHILDREN A PAIR OF SHOES.
AND WE WANT TO GIVE

AS MANY AS WE CAN A SMILE;
THE SURGERIES COST $500.

WE'RE ASKING YOU VERY DIRECTLY
IF YOU COULD GIVE $1,000,

TWO SURGERIES;
COULD YOU DO THAT?

WE'RE SENDING THE BEAUTIFUL
"LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE.

IT'S A COLLECTIBLE,
IT'S AN ART PIECE.

YOU DON'T GIVE TO GET.
WE GIVE TO YOU TO BLESS.

AND THESE ARTISTS SAY
WE WANT TO BLESS THE PEOPLE

WHO HELP YOU BLESS OTHERS.
SO WE WANT TO SEND THAT

IF YOU'LL HELP US
PROVIDE THOSE SMILES.

THEN THE SHOES, $36,
TEN CHILDREN HAVE SHOES;

THEY'RE $3.60 A PAIR.
$72 WE'VE GOT 20.

$144 WE'VE GOT
40 PAIRS OF SHOES.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO MAKE THAT GIFT.

REACH OUT AND DIAL THE NUMBER.
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,

USE IT LIKE A CHECK.
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,

CALL US AND TELL US
WHAT YOU'RE MAILING.

YOU CAN GO TO LifeToday.org
AND MAKE YOUR GIFT.

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
OUR SON, RANDY'S, BOOK:

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY.
WE WILL SEND YOU THE BEAUTIFUL

LITTLE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT,
THE LITTLE SHOE.

EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT IT
THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDS SMILING

RIGHT NOW, AROUND CHRISTMAS
BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM SHOES.

PLEASE MAKE THAT GIFT.
PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL.

IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,
LET US KNOW YOU'RE PUTTING IT

IN THE MAIL.
CALL AND TELL US WHAT IT IS!

THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

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.

THIS IS THE LAST WEEK!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY.

Betty:
JAMES, I LOOK AROUND

AND I SEE ALL
OF THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN

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

IT IS LIFE THROUGH 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 IT SLOWLY DESTROYS
THEIR LITTLE BODIES.

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

IT'S NOT JUST A LUXURY.
THEY NEED OUR HELP.

James: IT IS NOT EVEN COMFORT.
IT'S A CHANCE

AND WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO HELP MAKE THIS SPECIAL GIFT

A REALITY FOR SO MANY CHILDREN
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

BY MAKING A CALL
OR GOING ONLINE, LIFETODAY.ORG

AND MAKE THE BEST
GIFT YOU CAN

BECAUSE YOU'LL BE MAKING
THE GREATEST GIFT,

YOU'LL BE MAKING
THE GIFT OF LIFE.

James: WELL, BETTY AND I WANT
TO SAY THANKS SO MUCH

FOR YOUR HELP.
WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEND YOU

THE SPECIAL GIFTS.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT

RUTH GRAHAM IS AVAILABLE.
THERE'S HER WEB SITE,

RUTHGRAHAMANDFRIENDS.
IF YOU'D LIKE HER TO COME

TO YOUR CHURCH,
IT WOULD BE A BLESSING.

I CAN PROMISE YOU,
SHE WANTS TO GET STRAIGHT

INTO THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
YOU LOVE AS PASTORS

AND CHURCH LEADERS.
YOU HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP.

YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO CONTACT HER.
YOU'LL BE PRAYING FOR HER

THAT GOD WILL USE HER
AT THIS VERY SPECIAL TIME

IN HER LIFE TO BE A BLESSING.
WOULD YOU JOIN US AGAIN

IN SAYING THANKS TO RUTH?
RUTH, WE LOVE YOU

AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
WE'RE FAMILY!

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
WE'RE FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
GIVE SHOES AND SMILES FOR

CHRISTMAS IN THIS LAST WEEK.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

♪

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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: A VICTIM
OF SEXUAL TRAFFICKING

TELLS HER STORY OF SURVIVAL --
NEXT WEEK.

>> IF I NEVER
GET OUT OF HERE,

IN MY MIND I WAS THINKING,
"HOW DO I CALL MY MOM?"