Announcer: COMING UP,
AFTER OVERCOMING MANY
CHALLENGES IN HER LIFE,

LISA OSTEEN COMES, THE SISTER
OF PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN,

WAS NEARLY KILLED WHEN A MAIL
BOMB EXPLODED IN HER LAP.

>> WHEN I PICKED UP
THIS ONE BOX IT WAS HEAVY

AND I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT WAS.

PUT IT IN MY LAP, SORT OF LIKE
A SHOEBOX SIDEWAYS

AND WHEN I LIFTED THE LAST
PIECE OF TAPE ON THAT

IT JUST EXPLODED
IN MY LAP.

Announcer: HER INSPIRING STORY
OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM NEXT.

♪

James: IT'S SUCH A JOY
TO BE WITH YOU

AND TO COME INTO YOUR HOME.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I FEEL BLESSED
TO BE WITH YOU AND

TO HAVE WONDERFUL GUESTS.
I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE --

YOU HAVE KIND OF ENJOYED
WATCHING A REAL PHENOMENON

IN OUR DAY AND THAT'S THE
MINISTRY THAT GOD RAISED UP.

IT IS SUCH A GOD THING,
AND NOBODY KNOWS IT ANY BETTER

THAN JOEL DOES,
BUT JOEL OSTEEN'S MINISTRY,

IT'S REALLY A SUPERNATURAL
MIRACLE OF GOD'S GRACE

AND THE LOVE
AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT

THAT COMES FROM HIM.
I'M SMILING NOW JUST THINKING

ABOUT HIM SMILING.
YOU CAN'T HARDLY SAY JOEL

OR THINK ABOUT JOEL
AND NOT SMILE.

I THINK JOEL MIGHT SMILE
WHEN HE CRIES.

BUT THERE IS A REAL JOY THERE
THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED

THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE US
IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES,

AND HE AND VICTORIA
ARE A BLESSING.

BUT SEE, I'VE KNOWN JOHN
AND DODIE BACK WHEN JOHN

WAS LEADING LAKEWOOD,
THAT'S JOEL'S FATHER,

IF YOU DON'T KNOW, AND DODIE
IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL,

BEAUTIFUL PERSON,
AND WHAT A PASTOR'S WIFE,

AND WHAT A CHURCH LEADER.
WHAT AN EXAMPLE OF THE GRACE

OF THE MIGHTY HEALING POWER
OF GOD.

BUT THIS WHOLE FAMILY
IS WONDERFUL.

WE'VE GOT A GUEST,
YOU TALK ABOUT BEAUTIFUL,

I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, JOEL,
I'M SORRY, BUT YOU GOT

SHORT CHANGED RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS LISA OSTEEN COMES,

AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY
A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.

NOW WE COULD HAVE LOST HER
BECAUSE A MAIL BOMB

WAS DELIVERED THAT SHE JUST
HAPPENED TO BE THE ONE

TO GET OUT OF THE MAILBOX.
THIS IS THE STORY THAT SHE

WAITED A LONG TIME TO WRITE.
THE TITLE,

YOU ARE MADE FOR MORE
-- MADE FOR MORE.

ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ENDORSED THIS AND BEEN BLESSED

BY IT FROM JOYCE MEYER
TO BISHOP T.D. JAKES

AND THEN OF ALL PEOPLE
DONALD TRUMP.

YOU SAY, "WELL, WHY WOULD
HE ENDORSE IT?"

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING
-- THEY'RE SEARCHING

FOR SOMETHING MORE.
I BELIEVE THAT LISA IS GOING

TO TALK ABOUT THAT EXPLOSION
BUT SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT

THE LESSON SHE LEARNED
THAT PERHAPS ARE FAR MORE

IMPORTANT EVEN THAN
ANY SHE LEARNED THEN.

WOULD YOU WELCOME LISA OSTEEN
TO LIFE TODAY?

Lisa: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
THANK YOU.

SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
James: AND YOUR NAME IS COMES.

I'M GETTING A LITTLE --
Lisa: IT'S COMES.

James: MINE IS MISPRONOUNCED.
Lisa: IT IS A LOT

BUT I DON'T CARE.
JUST CALL ME LISA.

James: I'M ROBINSON
AND ROW-BISON AND...

TELL US ABOUT WHY
YOU FINALLY WROTE THE BOOK.

I'M REALLY INTERESTED BECAUSE
YOU WAITED QUITE A WHILE.

HOW LONG AGO WAS THE EXPLOSION?
HOW MANY YEARS BACK?

Lisa: THAT WAS 21 YEARS AGO.
I'VE WANTED TO WRITE IT

AND I KEPT THINKING NOW
IS THE TIME AND IT WASN'T.

THE LAST TIME I REALLY ASKED
THE LORD, "LORD, WHEN DO YOU

WANT ME TO WRITE THIS BOOK?"
HE SAID, "I HAVE ONE MORE

CHAPTER FOR YOU TO WRITE."
AND I JUST WAITED.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANT
BY THAT BUT WITHIN THE NEXT

TWO YEARS I WENT THROUGH
SOME THINGS AND I WAS ABLE

TO KNOW WHAT THAT CHAPTER WAS
AND IT WAS THE BOOK ON WHAT

TO DO WHEN YOU FAIL, BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY BELIEVERS

THAT FALL IN LIFE; THEY SIN,
THEY'RE ADDICTED TO DIFFERENT

HABITS AND THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW TO GET OUT.

AND THEY'RE ASHAMED,
THEY FEEL GUILTY,

THEY FEEL CONDEMNED
AND THE LAST THING THEY WANT

TO DO IS GO BACK TO THE CHURCH
AND SAY, "LOOK,

I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS."
YOU'RE ALL ABOUT THIS,

JAMES AND BETTY, AND I AM TOO.
THE CHURCH IS NOT A MUSEUM

TO DISPLAY PERFECT PEOPLE BUT
IT'S A HOSPITAL

FOR THE HURTING.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE FALL,

THAT JESUS IS RIGHT THERE
FOR US, AND THAT WE CAN

BE RESTORED AND WE CAN RECOVER
AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD

TO OUR DESTINY.
I THINK ALSO, THAT

WE AS BELIEVERS NEED TO GET
MORE MATURE IN THIS AREA

AND WE NEED TO REACH OUT
TO THE FALLEN

IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
NOT -- I THINK SOMETIMES

WE HAVE THIS RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE
WHERE WE WANT TO JUDGE,

WE WANT TO CONDEMN,
AND WE WANT TO THROW STONES

AND WE WANT TO GOSSIP.
BUT THE TRUTH IS, IF WE WANT

TO BE LIKE JESUS WE NEED TO
REACH OUT, JUST LIKE JESUS DID,

LIFT THE FALLEN,
ENCOURAGE THEM,

LOVE THEM, AND SAY,
"WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU

GET BACK ON YOUR FEET?"
THINK ABOUT THIS, SOMETIMES

WE'RE SO EASY TO FORGIVE
THE SINNER.

THEY MAY HAVE DONE
TERRIBLE THINGS BUT

THEY COME TO THE LORD
AND OH, IT'S ALL PASSED.

BUT THEN A BELIEVER FALLS
AND DOES SOMETHING

AND WE JUST WANT TO THROW
STONES AT THEM.

James: WELL, WE DO.
WE KICK THE DIRT IN ON THEM

WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PIT.
REALLY, THIS IS A SHAME

BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON FAILS
THEY FEEL ASHAMED.

YOU SAY, "WELL, THEY SHOULD!"
YOU SEE HOW I GOT THAT

RELIGIOUS -- "THEY SHOULD!
SHAME ON YOU!"

BUT GOD IS SAYING, "I TOOK
THE SHAME."

JESUS FOR THE JOY ENDURED.
HE COULD SEE THE JOY

OF WHAT GRACE WILL DO.
HE ENDURED THE CROSS BECAUSE

HE COULD SEE WHAT
THE APPLICATION OF

THAT GRACE DOES.
I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT,

ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY
AND TIME, THAT YOU WAITED

TO WRITE THAT CHAPTER.
I THINK, REALLY, THE BEAUTIFUL

THING IS, LISA, I DON'T THINK
IT WAS WRITTEN SO MUCH BECAUSE

OF YOUR FAILURE.
I THINK YOU COULD SAY

I'VE GOT PLENTY AND I WOULD
WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU

AND YOU NOT MAKE ME FEEL BAD
IF I TOLD YOU,

THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE.
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE YOU LOOKED

OUT AND YOU WAITED ON GOD AND
YOU SAW THESE PEOPLE HURTING

AND YOU SAW HOW DESPERATELY
THEY NEED OUR HELP.

THANK YOU FOR WRITING IT.
Lisa: WELL, THANK YOU.

AS ONE OF THE PASTORS
AT LAKEWOOD, YOU JUST DEAL WITH

THESE BROKENHEARTED PEOPLE.
THEY NEED SOMEONE

TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN BURNED

IN DIFFERENT PLACES,
DIFFERENT BELIEVERS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW

THEY CAN COME TO THE CHURCH
AND GET HEALING.

James: I THINK WE SEE THAT WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE CONGREGATION.

I LOOK AT JOEL AND VICTORIA
AND THEY'RE BOTH JUST

RADIANTLY ATTRACTIVE --
YOU ARE RADIANTLY ATTRACTIVE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY
BLESSES ME?

I LOVE THE WAY
THE CHURCH IS LIT.

I ACTUALLY TOLD SOME OF
THE TECHNICIANS, YOU'VE MADE IT

JUST BEAUTIFULLY.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY,

VERY EFFECTIVE.
BUT WHAT I LOVE IS WHEN

I SEE THE FACES.
I SEE HUNGRY PEOPLE.

I SEE APPRECIATIVE PEOPLE.
I SEE RADIANT PEOPLE.

I SEE PEOPLE THAT WERE
PROBABLY BROKEN

AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN
PUT BACK TOGETHER.

I WANT YOU TO TELL US
ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THOUGH

THAT YOU KIND OF HELD BACK
TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WENT OUT

TO THE MAILBOX.
TELL US ABOUT THAT DAY

THAT REALLY SET UP REALLY
THE JOURNEY THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON

AND WHAT HAPPENED.
Lisa: WELL, IT WAS ON JANUARY

30th, 1990 AND I OPENED
MY PARENT'S PERSONAL MAIL

FOR THEM ALL OF THE TIME.
I RECEIVED THIS BOX,

THIS ONE DAY, WENT INTO
THE OFFICE ABOUT 10.

BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING,
BEFORE I WENT INTO THE OFFICE

THAT DAY I HAD ON
A LITTLE COTTON SKIRT BUT

AS I TOUCHED THE DOOR,
GOING OUT THE DOOR SOMETHING

JUST SAID, "CHANGE."
I THOUGHT, I DON'T LIKE

WHAT I HAVE ON, AND I WENT IN
AND CHANGED AND PUT ON

A LEATHER OUTFIT.
IT WAS IN BACK THEN.

[Laughter]
BUT WHEN I PICKED UP

THIS ONE BOX, IT WAS HEAVY
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

I DIDN'T SUSPECT
ANYTHING WRONG.

I PUT IT DOWN THREE TIMES BUT
FINALLY I WAS JUST CURIOUS

AND PUT IT IN MY LAP, SORT OF
LIKE A SHOEBOX SIDEWAYS.

WHEN I LIFTED THE LAST PIECE
OF TAPE ON THAT

IT JUST EXPLODED IN MY LAP.
THAT WAS THE LAST THING

I COULD REMEMBER FOR
A FEW SECONDS.

I WAS SITTING AND THEN
THE NEXT THING I KNEW I WAS

STANDING AND I WAS SHAKING
LIKE I HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED.

I TALKED TO THE LORD, I SAID,
"LORD, AM I DYING?

IS THIS DEATH?"
AND AS SOON AS I SAID THAT,

I CAME TO MY SENSES
AND I LOOKED DOWN.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW
I GOT OUT OF MY CHAIR

AND MY CLOTHES WERE SMOLDERING
AND I RAN OUT OF THE ROOM

AND I ASKED FOR HELP.
I SAID, "A BOMB HAS EXPLODED

IN MY LAP."
OF COURSE, THEY TOOK CARE

OF ME; GOT ME TO THE HOSPITAL.
I DID HAVE SURGERY.

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR
13 DAYS BECAUSE I HAD A HOLE

IN MY LEG AND HOLES
IN MY ABDOMEN.

THE MIRACLE IS, THE WAY I HELD
THAT, THOSE TEN INCH NAILS,

THAT SHRAPNEL JUST SHREDDED
MY DESK AND THE WALL.

IT COULD HAVE SHREDDED MY BODY.
THE PARAMEDIC ON DUTY --

James: IT COULD HAVE PENETRATED
EVERY VITAL ORGAN HAD IT

JUST BEEN TURNED SLIGHTLY
AND THE LEATHER DRESS

HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH PROTECTING YOU.

Lisa: IT SURE DID.
AND THE PARAMEDICS TOLD MY DAD,

"SOMEBODY HAD TO BE
STANDING BETWEEN YOU

AND YOUR DAUGHTER BECAUSE
THERE IS NO WAY SHE COULD

HAVE ESCAPED THAT."
SO GOD DID SUCH A GREAT MIRACLE

FOR ME.
IT WENT ALL OVER HOUSTON

AND ALL OVER HEADLINE NEWS.
James: WELL, IT DID.

AND WE PRAYED FOR YOU.
WE WERE SHOCKED AND I THINK

ALL OF US IN MINISTRY PROBABLY
WENT ON GUARD WONDERING

WHAT'S COMING?
WHO IS IT THAT'S ANGRY

AT SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH?
YOU'RE MADE FOR MORE,

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?
YOU'RE MADE FOR MORE.

Lisa: I BELIEVE GOD MADE US
ON PURPOSE AND FOR A PURPOSE

AND HE HAS A DESTINY FOR US
TO FULFILL.

THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN WE ARE
IN OUR MOTHER'S WOMB

HE FORMED US AND EVERY DAY
IS WRITTEN FOR US IN HIS BOOK.

SO GOD HAS A BOOK
WRITTEN ABOUT US.

WE HAVE A PURPOSE
AND A DESTINY.

AND THESE TRIALS COME INTO
OUR LIFE AND SOMETIMES

THEY STOP US,
JUST IN OUR TRACKS,

WE GET STUCK IN AN EVENT.
James: YOU CAN GET STUCK

AT ALMOST AN AGE IN YOUR LIFE;
WHEN CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN

IT'S ALMOST LIKE PEOPLE
CAN'T GET OUT

OF THAT PARTICULAR PLACE.
Lisa: GOD MADE US FOR MORE

THAN JUST BEING STUCK.
HE MADE US TO FULFILL

OUR DESTINY.
HE HAS MORE TO DO INSIDE OF US

AND HE HAS MORE FOR US
TO OFFER TO PEOPLE AROUND US

BECAUSE HE NOT ONLY WANTS US
TO GET THROUGH,

HE WANTS US TO TURN AROUND AND
BE A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE.

James: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I THINK MANY PEOPLE MIGHT

BE SURPRISED ABOUT,
BUT YOU SHARE IT QUITE OPENLY

IN THE BOOK, AND BY THE WAY,
THIS IS A TREASURE.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SHARE
MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED,

YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T
KNOW THAT.

Lisa: I SAY OFTEN THAT
THIS WAS A LITERAL BOMB IN

MY LIFE BUT PEOPLE HAVE BOMBS
GOING OFF IN THEIR LIFE

ALL THE TIME: A DIVORCE,
LOSS OF A LOVED ONE,

LOSING A CHILD.
AND SO THERE ARE BOMBS

IN OUR LIFE THAT WE ALL HAVE
TO DEAL WITH.

WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY 20s,
I MARRIED A MINISTER,

THOUGHT I'D BE MARRIED FOREVER
AND JUST EXCITED ABOUT

THE MINISTRY.
BUT YOU KNOW HE SORT

OF DECEIVED ME.
HE SENT ME HOME AND HE SENT ME

DIVORCE PAPERS IN THE MAIL.
IT REALLY DEVASTATED ME.

I WAS EMBARRASSED,
I WAS ASHAMED.

I HAD A WONDERFUL WEDDING AND
HAD TO GO BACK HOME DEFEATED,

LIVING IN MY OLD CHILDHOOD
BEDROOM.

BUT I FOUND THAT DURING
THAT TIME AFTER I LIVED

IN SELF PITY FOR A FEW WEEKS
AND CRIED MY EYES OUT,

I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WASN'T WORTH LIVING

IN SELF PITY.
AND JUST BECAUSE I HAD GONE

THROUGH THIS TRAGIC EVENT
DIDN'T MEAN THAT MY LIFE

WAS OVER.
AND THAT I JUST HAD TO REALIZE

THAT GOD STILL HAD
A PLAN FOR ME.

IN THOSE FEW WEEKS I THOUGHT,
MY LIFE IS OVER.

IT LOOKS HOPELESS.
I'LL NEVER GET INTO

THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

THAT'S JUST HOPELESS THINKING
FROM SATAN OUR ENEMY.

James: YEAH, NONE OF THAT
IS TRUE.

Lisa: THE FACT IS THAT
GOD STILL HAS A PLAN

AND HE KNOWS HOW TO GET YOU
THROUGH THAT TRAGEDY

AND HE CAN HEAL YOU --
HE HEALED MY BROKEN HEART.

THAT SCRIPTURE BECAME SO REAL.
I CRIED OUT TO GOD AND I SAID,

"GOD, I WANT TO GO FORWARD
BUT HOW DO I GO FORWARD WHEN

I'M FULL OF HURT?
BUT YOUR WORD SAYS

YOU HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED
AND YOU BIND UP OUR WOUNDS."

AND I SAID, "GOD, I'VE GOT
TO HAVE YOU DO THAT FOR ME."

THE NIGHT I PRAYED THAT,
NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED BUT

THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I GOT UP
AND I WALKED OUTSIDE,

I'LL NEVER FORGET IT,
IT'S LIKE GOD JUST TOUCHED ME

AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I FELT
HIS PRESENCE AND THAT HEAVINESS

AND THAT OPPRESSION LIFTED OFF
OF ME AND HE LITERALLY HEALED

MY BROKEN HEART.
IT WAS LIKE HE DID SURGERY

IN ME AND THERE WAS A CHANGE,
THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE

AND I WENT ON WITH MY LIFE
AND I BEGAN...

James: THERE IS SOMEBODY
WATCHING RIGHT NOW LISA

THAT SAYS, "OKAY, WHAT EXACTLY
HAPPENED INSIDE OF YOUR HEART

THAT CAUSED THAT LIFTING?
DID YOU JUST SAY SOMETHING?

DID YOU THINK SOMETHING?"
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW,

IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN SAY
OR DO OR JUST GRASP THAT

THAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME?
Lisa: I SIMPLY GOT ON MY FACE

BEFORE THE LORD THE NIGHT
BEFORE IN A HOTEL AND SAID,

"GOD, I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.
I WANT TO GO ON.

I NEED YOUR HELP."
THAT'S ALL I SAID.

James: DID YOU BELIEVE
HE WAS ABLE TO HELP?

Lisa: I DID.
AND EVEN THOUGH NOTHING

HAPPENED RIGHT THEN,
BUT THAT'S THE WAY

IT IS SO MANY TIMES.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

James: IT IS NOT A FEELING
NECESSARILY.

Lisa: IT'S NOT A FEELING.
BUT WHEN I STEPPED OUT,

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST THAT GOD CHOSE THAT

MOMENT TO ANSWER MY PRAYER.
AND IT WAS A LITERAL LIFTING,

I THINK A DEPRESSION LEFT
FROM ME, THAT BROKENNESS INSIDE

OF ME LEFT AND I FELT LIKE
I CAN BREATHE AGAIN.

I FELT A LITERAL
TOUCH FROM GOD.

IT WAS POWERFUL.
Betty: IT CAN BE A QUICK FIX

BECAUSE WE LIKE QUICK FIXES
BUT MOST OF THE TIME,

ISN'T IT MORE OF A WALK?
IT IS A JOURNEY BECAUSE

I FOUND IN MY OWN LIFE
AS I LOOK BACK, I'D HAVE MISSED

SO MUCH IF I HADN'T WAITED ON
HIM TO HELP ME TAKE EACH STEP

IN COMING OUT, AND AS YOU SAID,
"GETTING UNSTUCK."

Lisa: YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE THAT'S A BETTER ANSWER

TO YOUR PRAYER.
THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IT WAS FOR WEEKS OF ME JUST
TALKING TO THE LORD,

WALKING OUT THE WORD OF GOD
SAYING, "GOD, I KNOW YOU HAVE

A GREAT PLAN FOR MY LIFE
EVEN THOUGH MY LIFE

LOOKS LIKE A MESS RIGHT NOW."
I KEPT GOING TO CHURCH.

I KEPT JUST FILLING MYSELF
WITH THE WORD OF GOD,

EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T WANT TO,
I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO --

I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GETTING UP
IN THE MORNING.

AT NIGHT I COULDN'T SLEEP.
I WAS JUST DEPRESSED.

BUT I JUST KEPT DOING
WHAT I KNEW TO DO.

THEN I JUST CRIED OUT TO GOD
AND ASKED HIM TO HEAL ME.

HE DID AND SO IT WASN'T
JUST AN OVERNIGHT THING.

IT IS JUST STICKING
WITH THE LORD, JUST STICKING

WITH THE LORD.
DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON HIM

BECAUSE HE IS GOING
TO BRING YOU THROUGH.

James: I HAD A WONDERFUL
FRIEND, YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN HIM,

JOHN WIMBER WHO SAID
"THE JOURNEY IS THE GOAL."

YOU JUST SAID IT,
"WE FINISHED THE COURSE."

I WAS OUT AT EAGLE MOUNTAIN
CHURCH AND SOME OF THE PASTORS

WERE HERE TONIGHT IN OUR TAPING
AND I HEARD JESSE DUPLANTIS

SAY, "WHEN THEY SET OUT
ON THE COURSE," WHEN PAUL SAID,

"I FINISHED MY COURSE,"
YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW

WHERE THAT COURSE IS GOING.
YOU JUST KNOW WHO IS LEADING

YOU AND WHO IS TAKING YOU.
JUST GO WITH HIM AND TRUST HIM.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE
REALLY, I THINK OPENED,

I WOULD SAY HEARTS AND EYES
BY BEING SO OPEN AND HONEST

ABOUT YOUR OWN JOURNEY,
SAYING, "I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL

I HAD ONE MORE CHAPTER."
EVEN THOUGH YOU SAW THOSE

POINTS WHERE YOU SAY, "OKAY,
I FAILED AND I NEEDED LOVE"

BUT I BELIEVE YOU HAD OBSERVED
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO FELT

LIKE THEY HAD FAILED
AND THEY WERE HOPELESS THAT

YOU HAD TO WRITE THAT CHAPTER.
I THINK THE WHOLE BOOK --

THIS IS SO GOOD.
YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH HER.

YOU CAN TELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I BELIEVE SHE LOVES THE LORD.

I BELIEVE LISA WOULD LOVE ME
AND HELP ME, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT SHE IS TRYING
TO DO BECAUSE SHE CAN'T SIT

AND TALK TO ALL OF US.
SHE HAS GOT US RIGHT NOW

WHERE WE CAN LISTEN,
BUT SHE'S WRITTEN SOMETHING

ABOUT THIS JOURNEY THAT WOULD
BE A REAL BIG HELP TO YOU.

FATHER, I JUST PRAY FOR
BROKEN HEARTS, FOR PEOPLE WHO

FEEL LIKE THEY'RE STUCK,
LORD, FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD

A SEPARATION, A DIVORCE.
IT'S LIKE A DEATH;

SOMETIMES THEY FEEL DEATH
WOULD BE MORE EASY TO BEAR.

LORD, WOULD YOU LIFT THAT LOAD?
WOULD YOU HEAL THE HURT

AND THE BROKEN HEART?
AND WOULD YOU SHOW THEM

THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE
AND HELP THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY,

IN JESUS' NAME.
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PRAY

WITH YOU, THERE'S THE NUMBER.
IT'S PAID FOR BY LOVE.

YOU CALL AND YOU'LL FIND
SOMEONE ANXIOUS TO SHARE

WITH YOU.
THEY WILL BEAR YOUR BURDEN;

THEY WILL TAKE IT
TO THE LORD WITH YOU.

THE BOOK IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.
DO YOU HAVE A WEB SITE

IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE?

Lisa: YES, LISACOMES.COM.
James: THERE IT IS.

YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.
YOU MAY WANT TO SAY,

"YOU KNOW WHAT?
DOES SHE GO ANYWHERE AND SPEAK,

OUT, SOME PLACES?
AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT

GOD IS LEADING HER TO DO.
GET THE BOOK.

WOULD YOU JUST SAY THANKS TO
LISA FOR BLESSING US SO MUCH?

Lisa: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
James: YOUR FAMILY IS

A BLESSING.
YOU GIVE OUR REGARDS

TO THE ENTIRE CHURCH FAMILY
AT LAKEWOOD AND KNOW THAT

WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
YOUR DAD BLESSED ME AND BETTY;

I THINK IT WASN'T TOO LONG
BEFORE HE LEFT US.

HE CALLED AND HE SAID, "JAMES,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I AM..."

AND JOHN OSTEEN WAS,
"I'M A MISSION PASTOR.

I'VE GOT A HEART FOR MISSIONS."
HE SAID, "YOU AND BETTY HAVE

BROUGHT THE MISSION FIELDS
OF THE WORLD INTO OUR HOMES

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU."
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST

ENCOURAGING CALLS I EVER GOT.
BECAUSE SEE, THE THING THAT

GOT US IN MISSIONS WAS
WE WENT AND WE SAW IT.

WE NOT ONLY SAW
THEIR COMPASSION, LISA,

WE NOT ONLY SAW THEIR LOVE,
AND WE NOT ONLY SAW THE NEED,

WE SAW THE IMPACT
AND THE TRANSFORMING POWER

OF LOVE RELEASED WHEN
YOU'RE NOT EMPTY-HANDED.

MISSIONARIES' HEARTS WERE FULL
BUT OFTEN THEY HAD

SO LITTLE TO OFFER,
AND YOU HAVE ENABLED THEM.

THANK YOU.
THE MISSIONARIES TELL US

YOU'RE THE GREATEST CHRISTIANS
ON THE EARTH.

I TELL THEM WE TELL YOU
THE MISSIONARIES ARE.

THEY SAY, "THE ONES
THAT ENABLE US!"

WOULD YOU HELP US RESCUE
PRECIOUS CHILDREN THAT

ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN INTO
THE SEX TRADE AS PRISONERS?

BUILD A CENTER,
RESCUE THEIR LIVES?

WOULD YOU HELP US DO THAT?
I WANT YOU TO WATCH CLOSELY,

BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO REACH OUT AND SAY,

I'M GOING TO PUT
LOVE IN ACTION.

I'M GOING TO ENABLE THOSE
MISSIONARIES AND I'M GOING

TO SEE LIVES CHANGED."
THAT'S WHAT WE DO TOGETHER.

WATCH CLOSELY.

Announcer: OUR MISSIONARY
PARTNERS IN NEPAL

ARE MOTIVATED BY LOVE
AS THEY SEEK TO REACH CHILDREN

WHO ARE AT RISK
OF BEING TRAFFICKED

INTO THE SEX SLAVE TRADE.

KNOWING THAT CHILDREN ARE LITERALLY TRAFFICKED EVERY DAY

MOTIVATES THEM
TO TRAVEL

INTO THE FAR REACHES
OF REMOTE MOUNTAIN AREAS

AND DOWN TO THE DEPTH
OF THE CITY SLUMS.

Giselle:
WE WORK TOGETHER HERE.

THIS IS DHRUBA AND WE COME OUT TO THESE SLUMS WITH OUR TEAM

AND TRY TO GO OUT
AND HELP ALL OF THESE CHILDREN

THAT RIGHT NOW ARE IN DANGER
OF BEING TRAFFICKED.

Announcer: THIS DAY WAS
NO EXCEPTION FOR OUR TEAM

AS THEY LEARNED
ABOUT A MOTHER NAMED SUMA
AND HER DAUGHTER SHEPA

WHO ARE IN A BATTLE TO SURVIVE, NOT ONLY GRINDING POVERTY

BUT THE DANGERS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.

Giselle: SUMA AND SHEPA
ARE JUST BARELY SURVIVING.

IT IS FREEZING HERE.

THEIR CONDITIONS
ARE SO HORRIBLE.

SUMA, THE MOTHER
IS FORCED TO SELL HERSELF.

SHE HAS BEEN SELLING
HERSELF EVERY NIGHT

TO TRAFFICKERS
IN THE SLUM AREA

JUST TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE SOMETHING TO EAT

FOR LITTLE
SHEPA.

THE TRAFFICKERS HAVE
ALREADY ASKED THE MOTHER

IF THEY COULD
TAKE HER.

AT ANY MOMENT,
THESE TRAFFICKERS
COULD COME THROUGH

AND STEAL SHEPA FROM HER
AND SHE'LL NEVER SEE HER AGAIN.

THIS MOTHER IS
CRYING OUT TO US
TO HELP HER,

TO TAKE HER LITTLE GIRL
AND PUT HER SOMEWHERE SAFE.

AND MY TERROR IS
THAT I'M GOING TO COME BACK

AND WALK THROUGH THAT SLUM
AND I'M GOING TO FIND SUMA

AND I'M NOT GOING
TO SEE SHEPA ANYMORE.

IF WE CAN JUST GO IN THERE AND
PROVIDE A SAFE HOME FOR HER,

WE WILL
SEE HER AGAIN.

James: BETTY, CAN YOU
IMAGINE A MOTHER SAYING,

"PLEASE COME TAKE MY CHILD
BECAUSE SOME PREDATOR

IS GOING TO GET MY CHILD?"
Betty: THE DESPERATION OF IT --

AND WHAT MOTHER WOULD WANT
THEIR CHILD TAKEN FROM THEM?

BUT SHE KNOWS THE DANGER AND
WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO HER, THAT

SHE WILL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER
AND PUT INTO THIS LIFESTYLE,

THAT THE POOR THING WILL
BE ABUSED AND MISTREATED

AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF,
AND NEVER HAVE A LIFE

THAT A CHILD SHOULD HAVE.
James: I'M JUST ASKING YOU

TO BE AN ANSWER TO
THE HEART CRY OF THAT MOTHER.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE
A LIFE CENTER, A HAVEN,

A SAFE SECURE PLACE IN NEPAL,
WHICH IS WHERE CHILDREN

ARE MOST VULNERABLE
BECAUSE OF POVERTY,

TO BE TAKEN AS A PRISONER,
TAKEN INTO INDIA AND USED

AS A SEX SLAVE ALL THEIR LIFE.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US

BUILD THAT LIFE CENTER.
WE NEED OVER $200,000.

THERE COULD BE 200 PEOPLE
WATCHING TODAY THAT WOULD SAY,

"I WILL GIVE $1,000."
LET ME TELL YOU SOME GOOD NEWS.

YOUR GIFT WILL ACTUALLY BE
MATCHED THAT YOU GIVE TODAY.

IT WILL BE DOUBLED.
WE'RE ASKING MANY OF YOU

TO HELP US RESCUE HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN

OUT OF THE SEX TRADE,
WOMEN OUT OF THE SEX TRADE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM
TO WORK WHERE THEY'RE MAKING

BEAUTIFUL NECKLACES
AND GIVING THEM A TRADE.

THEY ARE SO THANKFUL.
WE WANT TO SEND

ONE OF THESE NECKLACES TO YOU
IF YOU'LL MAKE A GIFT

TO HELP RESCUE SOMEONE,
TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO MAKE A GIFT OF $128 BECAUSE

THAT'S THE AVERAGE IT COSTS
TO RESCUE SOMEONE

OUT OF THE SEX TRADE;
THEN WE WANT TO BUILD

THE LIFE CENTER.
SO WE'VE GOT TWO GOALS:

RESCUE AS MANY AS WE CAN,
BUILD A LIFE CENTER WHERE

WE CAN HELP RESCUE
LITTLE CHILDREN

JUST LIKE THE ONE YOU HEARD
THE MOTHER TALKING ABOUT;

GIVE THEM A HOME,
GIVE THEM A SAFE HAVEN.

WOULD YOU HELP US DO THAT?
FATHER, I PRAY

EVERY PERSON WATCHING,
PLEASE, LORD,

TOUCH THEIR HEART TO MOVE.
MAY THEY BE MOVED

WITH YOUR COMPASSION
AND REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE

WITH YOUR LOVE.
IN JESUS' NAME.

YOUR GIFT WILL GIVE SOMEONE
A CHANCE.

WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AS YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER?

WOULD YOU MAKE A GIFT TO
HELP US BUILD THAT LIFE CENTER?

WOULD YOU MAKE A GIFT
TO HELP US RESCUE ONE OF THOSE

PRECIOUS PEOPLE OR CHILDREN,
ONE OF THOSE WOMEN?

YOUR GIFT WILL BE DOUBLED;
THAT MEANS A $64 GIFT WILL

REACH THE $128 THAT'S NEEDED.
WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE THE CALL?

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE

THAT I REALLY BELIEVE
EVERYTHING YOU CARE ABOUT,

THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT,
IS ADDRESSED WITH ANSWERS

AND DIRECTION FROM GOD.
I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT.

WE WANT TO SEND IT TO YOU
TO SAY THANK YOU.

ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET A COPY,
YOUR PASTORS, YOUR LEADERS,

YOUR CHURCH FAMILIES
AND YOUR FRIENDS.

WE'LL BE SENDING THE BEAUTIFUL
"LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL HELP
US BUILD THAT LIFE CENTER.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CALL.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE

LifeToday.org IF YOU'D LIKE
AND MAKE THE GIFT

GOD PUTS ON YOUR HEART.
THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

Announcer: HUMAN TRAFFICKING...
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE

BUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT
INNOCENT CHILDREN,
MANY VERY YOUNG

ARE BEING SOLD
AND FORCED INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY

AND EXPLOITED
IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE,

AND SOMEONE
MUST SAVE THEM!

WITH YOUR HELP TODAY
WE CAN REACH, RESCUE,

AND RESTORE THEIR HOPE
FOR A BETTER FUTURE

AND WE CAN ALSO BUILD
THE NEW HOPE LIFE CENTER
IN NEPAL,

WHICH WILL BE A SAFE HOUSE
FOR CHILDREN FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND NOW A MIRACLE OPPORTUNITY
OF $384,000 MATCHING GIFT

WITH A COST OF $128
TO RESCUE A CHILD,

THAT MEANS YOUR GIFT
OF $128 WILL BE MATCHED

TO HELP RESCUE
TWO CHILDREN.

AND $64 WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP RESCUE ONE MORE CHILD.

WITH YOUR GIFT
PLEASE REQUEST

INDIVISIBLE BY JAMES ROBISON
AND JAY RICHARDS,

A SOUL-STIRRING READ
FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN

WHO DESIRES TO RESTORE AMERICA TO THE VALUES

THAT FORMED
OUR STRONG FOUNDATION

BUILT ON FAITH,
FAMILY, AND FREEDOM.

WITH YOUR GIFT OF $128,
WHICH TODAY WILL HELP

RESCUE TWO CHILDREN,
YOU WILL RECEIVE A UNIQUE

AND BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE HANDCRAFTED BY WOMEN

WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY.

FINALLY, PLEASE PRAYERFULLY
CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000

WHICH WILL BE MATCHED TO $2,000
FOR THE NEW HOPE LIFE CENTER

AND YOU MAY REQUEST
THE BEAUTIFUL BRONZE SCULPTURE,

"THE LION
AND THE LAMB."

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

>> IF YOU WALK AROUND
THE STREETS OF INDIA

THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE
BUT YOU'LL VERY RARELY SEE
LITTLE GIRLS

BECAUSE BY THE TIME THEY REACH
TWO OR THREE, THEY'RE TAKEN

AND THEY'RE TRAFFICKED
INTO THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT.

I WAS TALKING TO SOME
OF THE LITTLE GIRLS BEFORE.

THEY TOLD ME THAT MEN THAT
SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME AS A CHILD

WERE ABUSING ME AND DOING
TERRIBLE THINGS TO ME.

THEY TOLD ME OF STORIES
OF GIRLS THEY KNEW IN THE AREA

THAT HAD BEEN
MURDERED THERE.

I WAS HORRIFIED WHEN I LEARNED
THAT OVER ONE MILLION CHILDREN

ARE TRAFFICKED
EVERY YEAR.

THAT'S TWO CHILDREN PER MINUTE
-- THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

WE CANNOT LIVE IN A WORLD
THAT TOLERATES THAT.

IT'S THERE BECAUSE
WE TOLERATE IT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO COME IN AND HELP.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO STAND IN THE GAP

AND STAND FOR
THESE DAUGHTERS.

THESE DAUGHTERS DON'T HAVE
FATHERS THAT STAND UP FOR THEM.

THEY DON'T HAVE MEN AND WOMEN
THAT STAND UP AND SAY,
"THIS IS WRONG."

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DO THAT.

PLEASE, IF YOU CAN,
RIGHT NOW GO TO YOUR PHONE

OR GO TO THE INTERNET AND MAKE
THE BEST DONATION THAT YOU CAN.

BY DOING THAT YOU WILL
BE SAVING THE LIVES OF GIRLS

ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO DON'T
STAND A CHANCE WITHOUT YOU.

James: I REALLY WOULD LIKE
TO SEND YOU "THE LION

AND THE LAMB" BRONZE.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU

HAVE HEARD ME TEASING.
I KNOW THIS DAY WILL COME,

BUT I'VE BEEN TEASING,
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ENOUGH

INSPIRATION TO JUST GET
THE ELEPHANT TO LIE DOWN

WITH THE DONKEY.
WOULDN'T THAT BE A NICE

INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT?
SOME DAY THIS WILL HAPPEN

AND WE'VE GOTTEN THE LAMB
AND THE LION OF

THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, JESUS.
WE WANT TO SEND THIS TO SAY

THANK YOU IF YOU'LL HELP US
BUILD THAT LIFE CENTER.

WE'RE SENDING INDIVISIBLE
FOR ANY GIFT

AND THE BEAUTIFUL NECKLACES
TO SAY THANK YOU.

THEN I WANT TO REMIND YOU
OF OUR BEAUTIFUL GUEST'S

WONDERFUL STORY,
YOU ARE MADE FOR MORE.

GOD MADE YOU FOR MORE
THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED.

GET THE BOOK.
PASS IT ON.

EXPERIENCE WHAT
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT.

JOIN US IN SAYING THANKS
TO LISA OSTEEN COMES

FOR BEING WITH US.
Lisa: LOVE Y'ALL SO MUCH

AND APPRECIATE YOU!
James: THANK ALL OF YOU

FOR GIVING US
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.

YOU ARE REALLY A BLESSING.

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Beth: I'M GOING TO STAND HERE UNTIL SOMEBODY GETS A WORD

BECAUSE I'M GOING
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,

MANY OF US HAVE BEEN DISABLED
BY OUR PAST ACTIONS.

Announcer:
BETH MOORE -- TOMORROW!