Announcer: NEXT,
NAVIGATING THE TANGLED MESS

IN A FAMILY
CALAMITY.

Beth: FAMILY CALAMITY
IS NEVER UNCOMPLICATED.

THERE ARE SO MANY
LAYERS TO IT;

IT IS SO MIXED-UP,
SO TANGLED UP.

IN EVERY FAMILY CALAMITY,
THE ROPE THAT IS HANGING

THE WHOLE FAMILY HAS COME
FROM MANY DIFFERENT STRANDS

GETTING TANGLED UP
IN A KNOT.

IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN
OVER ONE THING.

Announcer: FAMILY CALAMITY
AND RESTORATION --

NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

♪

James: I WISH ALL OF YOU
COULD SEE HOW NICE YOU LOOK

ON CAMERA.
YOU'RE JUST A GREAT

LOOKING AUDIENCE.
OH, HI! YOU ARE TOO!

SOME OF YOU SAYING,
"I'M GLAD YOU CAN'T SEE ME."

WELL, WE WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.

I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED

TO PRESENT
"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

EVERY WEDNESDAY BETH IS ON;
ONLY A FEW EXCEPTIONS

THROUGH THE YEAR.
WE MAY HAVE SOME SPECIAL

EMPHASIS AND MAYBE SOME SERIES
THAT SOMETIMES SHE MIGHT NOT

BE HERE BUT SHE IS OUR REGULAR,
AND SHE IS SO GIFTED

TO COMMUNICATE THE WORD OF GOD
AND TRUTH.

BETTY, WE HAVE A LOT OF WOMEN
WHO WATCH DURING

THE DAYTIME HOURS.
LIFE TODAY BEGINS AIRING

AT ABC FAMILY
EARLY IN THE MORNING,

THEN IT'S ON DISCOVERY;
THOSE ARE TWO NATIONAL SECULAR

NETWORKS AND THEN WE'RE ON
ALL THE INSPIRATIONAL NETWORKS

AND WE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN
'TIL 11:00 AT NIGHT,

FOR INSTANCE, CENTRAL TIME
ON DAYSTAR.

WE'RE ALSO ON DAYSTAR AT 7
IN THE MORNING;

ALL THE DIFFERENT NETWORKS
SO WE JUST KIND OF KEEP COMING.

BUT WE KNOW THAT DURING
THE DAYTIME HOURS A TREMENDOUS

PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
AND WE FOUND, OF COURSE,

JOYCE MEYER IS SO GIFTED
AT TEACHING AND BETH MOORE

IS SO GIFTED AND WE WERE
BLESSED TO HAVE BETH COME

AND TEACH ON WEDNESDAYS.
SO LADIES, THIS IS REALLY

A GIFT TO YOU, BUT
WE FOUND OUT MEN HAVE BECOME

BETH MOORE JUNKIES TOO.
THEY SAY, "WE WANT TO HEAR HER.

WE LIKE THAT!"
WHAT A BLESSING SHE IS.

HERE SHE IS, SHE IS TALKING
ABOUT FAMILY CALAMITY

AND RESTORATION.
HERE IS BETH MOORE.

Beth: NUMBER TWO IS THIS:

WOULD SOMEBODY AGREE WITH THAT?
THERE IS SO MANY LAYERS TO IT,

IT'S SO MIXED-UP,
SO TANGLED UP;

IN EVERY FAMILY CALAMITY,
THE ROPE THAT IS HANGING

THE WHOLE FAMILY
HAS COME FROM

MANY DIFFERENT STRANDS
GETTING TANGLED UP IN A KNOT.

IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN
OVER ONE THING.

A HOST OF THINGS COME TOGETHER
AND WHAT RESULTS

IS A SUCH A BIG KNOT
THAT ONLY GOD CAN UNRAVEL IT.

I STARTED THINKING
OF ALL THE THINGS WE GO THROUGH

WHEN WE'RE IN A FAMILY CALAMITY
THAT THERE'S THIS WHOLE

TANGLED UP ROPE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE DAVID SAGA

BETWEEN BLAME AND SHAME.
NOW BLAME ALWAYS POINTS

TO SOMEBODY ELSE;
LIKE IT'S THEIR FAULT

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US.
THERE IS BLAME.

BUT THEN THERE IS SHAME.
WELL, I THINK

I PROBABLY DID THIS OR THAT.
MAYBE IT IS ALL MY FAULT.

SO WE GO BACK AND FORTH.
WE'RE JUST IN THIS DIZZYING,

FLIP-FLOP IN-BETWEEN,
YOU DID IT! NO, I DID IT!

YOU DID IT! NO, I DID IT!
YOU CAUSED IT.

WELL, MAYBE I CAUSED IT.
MAYBE I CAUSED IT.

AND ALL THE COMPLEXITIES
OF GOING BACK AND FORTH

BETWEEN THAT BLAME AND SHAME.
AND I THOUGHT --

WE'VE ALL HEARD THIS --
BUT IS IT ANY TRUER

THAN IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE
OF FAMILY CALAMITY,

WHAT A FINE LINE THERE IS
BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE?

WHAT A MIGHTY FINE LINE
THERE IS BETWEEN THE TWO.

I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU THAT
THERE IS NO ONE IN YOUR LIFE

YOU ARE MORE CAPABLE OF HATING
THAN SOMEONE

YOU HAVE GREATLY LOVED
BECAUSE THAT EMOTION IS SO BIG

AND YOU SEE IT
WITH ABSALOM AND AMNON --

THEY WERE BROTHERS; THEY
PROBABLY HUNG OUT TOGETHER.

ONE REASON WHY HE WAS ABLE
TO HATE HIM SO MUCH IS BECAUSE

HE'D HAD SUCH CAPACITY TO LOVE.
IT IS STRANGE IN THE PASSAGES

ABOUT AMNON TOWARD HIS SISTER.
IT SAID THAT HE JUST LOVED HER.

HE COULD NOT GET ENOUGH
OF THINKING ABOUT HER.

HE THOUGHT ABOUT HER
ALL THE TIME.

HE JUST LOVED HER!
THEN IT SAYS HE HATED HER. WHY?

BECAUSE THERE IS
A MIGHTY FINE LINE

BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE;
ALL THE COMPLEXITY

THAT IS INVOLVED.
THE COMPLICATED NATURE

OF FAMILY CALAMITY.
THAT'S WHY IT TAKES GOD --

HE CAN SEE INTO THE
SECRET PLACES OF OUR HEARTS.

HE CAN UNDERSTAND THINGS
WE CAN'T EVEN SORT OUT.

HE REALLY DOES KNOW
WHERE IT BEGAN.

HE REALLY DOES KNOW THE PAIN
THAT IS IN UNDER THE SIN.

THE MERCY THAT IS NEEDED TO
TREAT WHAT WAS AT THE ORIGIN,

THE BROKEN PLACE,
THE FISSURE IN THE LIFE,

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS.

NOW THIS CAN BE ON EITHER SIDE.
IN OTHER WORDS,

YOU MAY FEEL LIKE
YOUR FAMILY CALAMITY,

AND I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT YOUR FAMILY OF ORIGIN

BECAUSE VERY OFTEN,
WE CAN GO 25 YEARS AND

WE'VE NEVER REALLY HEALED UP
FROM SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED

IN OUR CHILDHOOD.
WE THINK, I JUST TRY TO NOT

THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE BUT THAT
JUST MEANS WE'RE GETTING A MORE

AND MORE CALLOUSED HEART,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE

AN OLD HATRED.
REMEMBER, THAT OLD HATRED

IS CHEATING US OF THE LOVE
FOR OUR PRESENT LOVED ONES

THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH IT.

THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN COME UP
WITH A RATIONAL THOUGHT PROCESS

THAT WOULD EXCUSE THE FACT
THAT OUR HATRED

IS NOT HURTING ANYONE.
OH YES, IT IS!

OH YES, IT IS!
AND A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,
THE CALAMITY OF IT,

THE COMPLICATION OF IT,
IT VERY OFTEN

INVOLVES CONSEQUENCES.
IT MAY BE CONSEQUENCES

TO YOUR ACTIONS;
IT MAY BE THAT I'M THE ONE

THAT CAUSED THIS CALAMITY.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME,

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER
OF CALAMITIES

AND IT IS JUST LIKE
WHICH ONE DID I CAUSE?

WHICH ONE DID THEY CAUSE?
IT OFTEN INVOLVES CONSEQUENCES.

IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEONE MIGHT
HAVE MADE A POOR DECISION.

NOW THERE REALLY IS
JUST VICTIMIZATION;

THINGS JUST HAPPEN THAT HAVE NO
BEARING ON CONSEQUENCES AT ALL.

BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS ONE

IS WHAT MAKES IT SO COMPLEX.
WHAT IF SOMEBODY'S DECISION

OR SOMEBODY'S DECISIONS
HELP BRING ABOUT

THAT KIND OF COMPLICATION
AND THAT KIND OF CALAMITY?

NOTHING IS MORE COMPLICATED
THAN THAT.

NOW I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND
WHO JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY

AND MY GOOD FRIEND
IS 55 YEARS OLD.

HER MOTHER ACKNOWLEDGED
HER BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR FOR --

STAY WITH ME HERE --
THE VERY FIRST TIME.

SOMEHOW BECAUSE THAT BABY
WAS CONCEIVED

OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE
AND THE FRIEND WAS NOT TOLD

WHO THE FATHER WAS,
THAT MOM HAD ASSOCIATED

SO MUCH SHAME WITH IT THAT
SHE JUST COULD'NT BRING HERSELF

TO CELEBRATE THAT DAY.
NOW I PROMISE YOU,

BECAUSE THIS IS SOMEONE
I LOVE DEARLY,

THIS LIFE IS WORTH CELEBRATING!
THIS LIFE

IS WORTH CELEBRATING!
BUT I TELL YOU,

THINGS IN OUR FAMILY CAN GET
SO MESSED UP AND SOMEBODY ON

THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SCREEN
UNDERSTANDS THIS KIND OF PAIN.

WHY CAN'T YOU CELEBRATE ME?
WHY CAN'T YOU?

WHY CAN'T THIS HAVE BEEN
A GOOD DAY INSTEAD

OF A REMINDER, SOMEHOW,
OF WHAT YOU'RE ASHAMED OF?

WHY CAN'T WE MOVE ON
AND RECEIVE GOD'S RESTORATION?

I WANT SOMEBODY
TO HEAR THIS TODAY.

LET GOD REDEEM THAT DAY.
THE WORST DAY OF YOUR LIFE,

GOD CAN REDEEM THAT DAY.
HE CAN GO BACK,

PICK THAT THING UP AND BRING
SUCH A TRANSFORMATION,

SUCH REDEMPTION
FROM WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH

THAT THE DEVIL WILL BE SORRY
HE EVER MESSED WITH YOU!

WHY CAN'T HE REDEEM IT?
WHY CAN'T HE REDEEM IT?

I LOVE FOR THE ENEMY
TO HAVE TO THINK

THAT THE FIRST TIME
HE TEMPTED MY PERPETRATOR TO

COME AGAINST ME AND ABUSE ME,
I LOVE TO REMIND HIM,

THAT NEEDS TO BE
YOUR WORST MEMORY BECAUSE

YOU STARTED SOMETHING THAT DAY
THAT DID NOT TURN OUT WELL

FOR YOU.
IS ANYBODY STEPPING IN THIS

WITH ME?
ANYBODY AT ALL?

ARE WE JUST GOING TO LET HIM
GET AWAY WITH IT?

OR AT SOME POINT DO WE STAND UP
AND GO, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING

OF A POWERFUL LIFE!
BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY

TO RENDER ME POWERLESS,
MY GOD CAME TO ME AND SAID,

"MY POWER WILL BE MADE PERFECT
IN YOUR WEAKNESS.

I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN DO.
I WILL DEFY EVERY SINGLE ODD."

I LOVE SECOND CORINTHIANS 6:2
THAT SAYS, "NOW IS THE TIME

OF GOD'S FAVOR.
NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION."

LET HIM REDEEM THAT DAY.
LET HIM REDEEM IT.

CELEBRATE THE WORK
YOUR GOD HAS DONE.

ACKNOWLEDGE HOW
HE HAS REDEEMED YOU.

CHAPTER 12 OF HEBREWS,
STARTING AT ABOUT THE POINT

OF VERSE FIVE
ALL THE WAY TO VERSE 13

TALK ABOUT THE CHASTISEMENT
OR THE DISCIPLINE OF GOD.

THE DISCIPLINE OF GOD
THAT WHEN WE HAVE --

WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH
SOME KIND OF SUFFERING,

A LOT OF SUFFERING HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH CONSEQUENCES

BUT A LOT OF MY PAIN IN LIFE
HAS COME FROM VERY POOR

DECISIONS IN MY PAST.
CAN I RELATE WITH ANYBODY?

SO I'M CONSTANTLY
TRANSFERRING THAT

INTO THE NEXT SITUATION.
THIS IS ALL COMING

FROM CONSEQUENCES.
LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING

THAT HAPPENS HERE
IN THE WONDERS OF GOD'S LOVE.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU,
WHEN YOU AND I REALIZE

WE'RE GOING THROUGH
A DISCIPLINARY PROCESS

WITH GOD, DIVINE DISCIPLINE,
LET ME SHOW YOU

WHAT HAPPENS HERE:

EVERYBODY SAY LATER ON.
Audience: LATER ON!

Beth: SAY IT AGAIN PLEASE.
Audience: LATER ON!

Beth: LISTEN CAREFULLY --
WHEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH

A TIME OF CONSEQUENCES,
WE'VE GOT TO JUST

CAST OURSELVES BEFORE GOD
BECAUSE HE TRANSFORMS

OUR CONSEQUENCES INTO SOMETHING
HE JUST CALLS

"DIVINE DISCIPLINE."
AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO...

FIRST OF ALL, TEND TO THINK
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING WORSE

THAN JUST SUBJECTING MYSELF
TO THE DISCIPLINE OF GOD.

OH YES, YOU CAN!
DAVID HIMSELF SAID, "I'D RATHER

BE AT THE MERCY OF GOD ANY DAY
THAN AT THE MERCY OF MAN."

-- BECAUSE OUR GOD
ONLY DISCIPLINES US

IN SUCH A WAY
THAT WILL BRING HEALING.

THE GOAL OF EVERY SINGLE
CHASTISEMENT OF GOD IS SO THAT

THE LAME WOULD NOT BE DISABLED
BUT WOULD BE HEALED.

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

-- DISABLED!
WE'RE PARALYZED FROM THEM.

OR WE'RE AT THE VERY LEAST
HANDICAPPED FROM THEM.

HE SAID,
"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

IF YOU WILL JUST BEND
YOUR KNEE BEFORE ME AND IF YOU

WILL JUST LET ME LOVE YOU AND
LET ME BRING HEALING TO YOU,

I WILL PUT YOU
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

WE REALLY CAN FIND
SOME RESTORATION.

MARRIAGES REALLY CAN BE
PUT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

FAMILIES REALLY CAN
COME THROUGH DISASTERS

AND HAVE GOD BRING
SUCH A FULL REDEMPTION

THAT LIKE SHADRACH,
MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO,

WE'VE COME THROUGH THE FIRE AND
WE DON'T EVEN SMELL LIKE SMOKE!

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE
TO SIT ACROSS THE TABLE

AND MINISTER TO SOMEONE
AND SAY -- WHEN THEY SAY,

"YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH."

YOU GO, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU

WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH."
THEN LOOK AT YOU AND GO,

"NEVER... IN MY WILDEST DREAMS
WOULD I HAVE EXPECTED THAT

OUT OF YOU. NEVER!"
BECAUSE YOU SEE

WE CAME THROUGH THE FIRE
BUT WE NO LONGER SMELL

LIKE SMOKE.
WE NEED HEALING.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH
THE ONE THING GOD

CANNOT HEAL YOU FROM.
GOD CAN BRING HEALING

AFTER TOTAL CALAMITY.
AND NOT EVERY FAMILY CALAMITY

HAS TO END UP
IN COMPLETE DESTRUCTION

BUT I PROMISE YOU,
THAT IS THE WILL OF SATAN

FOR YOUR FAMILY --
THAT IS THE WILL OF SATAN.

YOU WANT TO TURN
THAT THING AROUND

WHERE YOU COME OUT
OF A CALAMITY.

YOU WANT TO REVERSE THAT ORDER
WHERE GOD BRINGS US

OUT OF A CALAMITY
AND THEN WE SIT BEFORE HIM

AND GO, WHO AM I,
AND WHO IS MY FAMILY, LORD,

THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US
THIS FAR?

I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY
AS WE CLOSE

THIS PART OF OUR SERIES.
I HAVE A SIBLING

THAT I HAVE LOVED DEARLY
ALL OF MY ENTIRE LIFE

THAT HAS LIVED A STORY
THAT REALLY IS HERS TO TELL

AND IT WILL JUST BE SHOCKING
AND THRILLING

WHEN SHE GETS A FORMAT
TO TELL IT PUBLICLY.

BUT SHE HAD --
I'M WATCHING HER BE RESTORED

AFTER A TEN YEAR DROP OUT
FROM LIFE,

HAVING LOST EVERYTHING
OVER THE POWER OF AN ADDICTION.

I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS BEFORE THAT,
OUR VIEWERS,

THAT IT WAS MY FAMILY'S THING!
WE'RE JUST RIDDLED

WITH ADDICTION.
WE'RE VERY ADDICTIVE

PERSONALITIES.
I'VE SAID SO OFTEN,

ALL YOU'D HAVE TO DO IS
WATCH ME DRINK A CUP OF COFFEE

AND HOW I STARE INTO IT
BEFORE I DRINK IT TO KNOW

THAT I HAVE A HUGE CAPACITY
FOR ADDICTION,

AND THIS IS ONE OF MY DEAR
LOVED ONES WHO HONESTLY

DROPPED OUT OF LIFE.
AND I'M WATCHING HER,

LITTLE BY LITTLE,
SEEING FAMILY MOMENTS

OF RESTORATION COME.
THERE WAS A DIVORCE.

THERE WAS BEING OUT
OF HER CHILDREN'S LIVES

FOR A MATTER OF YEARS.
BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE

GOD IS PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER
BECAUSE SHE IS JUST CELEBRATING

A YEAR AND A MONTH OF SOBRIETY
AND WALKING IN THE POWER

AND FREEDOM OF CHRIST.
AND SHE GIVES HIM ALL CREDIT!

ALL CREDIT!
HER SONS ARE SLOWLY

BEING RESTORED TO HER.
MY OTHER SIBLING GOT WITH HER

NOT TOO LONG AGO AND HE SAID --
WHEN WE WERE ALL

GETTING TOGETHER -- HE SAID,
"I FELT COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE

WITH OUR SISTER
BUT I WASN'T SURE

WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE
WITH THE KIDS BEING THERE

AND WOULD IT BE AWKWARD?"
HE SAID, "BETH,

THE MOMENT I SAT DOWN
HER OLDEST SON, OUR NEPHEW

SAID TO HIS UNCLE, 'HEY,
WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT MY MOTHER?' "
I TOLD MY SISTER SOMETHING,

I'VE TOLD THIS --
KEITH AND I HAVE TALKED

ABOUT THIS MANY, MANY TIMES.
DON'T WE WISH

WE'D ALWAYS DONE IT RIGHT?
WOULDN'T IT BE SOMETHING?

AND WOULDN'T WE BE
PROUD OF OURSELVES?

WOULDN'T WE?
WE DON'T JUST WANT SELF-ESTEEM,

WE WANT TO BE PROUD
OF OURSELVES!

WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL?
BUT THAT'S JUST NOT

THE WAY LIFE IS.
LIFE IS HARD,

AND THE DEVIL COMES TO KILL,
TO STEAL, AND TO DESTROY.

I PROMISE YOU,
HE MEANT TO DESTROY YOU.

THE FACT THAT HE HAS NOT
IS THE WONDER OF GOD ALONE!

YOU KNOW
WE COULD HAVE DONE IT RIGHT

OR WE COULD JUST BE A MIRACLE.
SHE'S A MIRACLE!

I SAID, "YOU HAVE WON
YOUR CHILDREN'S RESPECT!"

I WANT SOMEBODY TO KNOW,
IT IS NOT TOO LATE!

NO MATTER
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH,

NO MATTER HOW SHAMED
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE --

IT IS NOT TOO LATE!
I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAY TUNED

TO THE WEEKS AHEAD OF US
AS WE SEE GOD

BRING US BACK DIGNITY
AFTER FAMILY SHAME.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK
ABOUT US...

ALL RIGHT.
BUT WE DO GET TO HAVE SOMETHING

TO DO WITH WHAT THEY THINK.
MAYBE THEY COULD THINK

WE'RE A WONDER!
MAYBE THEY COULD THINK

WE'RE A MIRACLE.

James: I REALLY HOPE
THE ANSWER IS:

I WANT A RELATIONSHIP.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT

TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP HERE,
LIKE FOR YOU AND ME TO HAVE

A LASTING RELATIONSHIP,
ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE RIGHT

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE

THOSE CALAMITIES,
THOSE TRAGEDIES,

THOSE CRISIS MOMENTS,
THOSE CHALLENGING TIMES,

AND I PRAY YOU WILL FIND
THE HEALING, THE RESTORATION

THROUGH EVERY CRISIS,
THROUGH EVERY CALAMITY.

FATHER, I PRAY THAT
FOR OUR VIEWERS.

THANK YOU FOR BETH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE,
YOUR FORGIVENESS

AND YOUR RESTORING POWER.
IN JESUS' NAME.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
PROBABLY REALLY GRIPS OUR HEART

AND TEARS AT OUR HEART
AS MUCH AS ANYTHING --

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S HARD
TO EVEN IMAGINE THAT PEOPLE,

BETTY, WILL TAKE CHILDREN
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT SEX

IS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE
THROUGH THE AGES.

IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT
HAS LED TO THE DOWNFALL

OF CIVILIZATIONS,
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT DRIVE,

WE UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY OF
WHAT GOD GAVE US THAT CAN BE

SO MISUSED AND BECOME
SO DESTRUCTIVE WHEN

IT IS INTENDED TO BE
SO CREATIVE AND BEAUTIFUL.

BUT THE THOUGHT
OF TAKING A CHILD

OR TAKING PEOPLE CAPTIVE
AND INTO BONDAGE AND SLAVERY,

INTO SEXUAL BONDAGE,
IT FLIES IN THE FACE

OF ALL COMMON SENSE.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A THOUGHT

TOO HORRIFIC TO IMAGINE BUT
IT DOES HAPPEN.

BUT HERE'S WHAT
YOU NEED TO KNOW.

WE CAN RESCUE --
RESCUE AND RESTORE LIVES.

RESCUE CHILDREN FROM IT,
KEEP THEM FROM EVER BEING TAKEN

INTO THAT BONDAGE
AND GET PEOPLE OUT

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO TOGETHER.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN

TO THIS STORY OF ONE
WHO WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE.

LISTEN TO HER STORY.

>> AS NIGHT FALLS
IN THIS INDIAN CITY,

THE CLAMORING SONGS AND SHADOWY
FIGURES OF MEN IN THE DARKNESS

CAUSE SUNITA TO BECOME
EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE.

IT IS A REMINDER OF THE TIMES
IN HER CHILDHOOD

WHEN EVERYTHING AROUND HER
WAS DARK AND DESPAIRING.

NOW SHE CAN HARDLY RAISE
HER HEAD BECAUSE OF THE SHAME

AND CRUSHING GUILT
SHE FEELS FROM HER PAST.

FORCED INTO THE SEX SLAVE TRADE
BY A MOTHER WHO CONSIDERED HER

A COMMODITY,
A WAY TO EARN MONEY,

SUNITA WAS HELPLESS
AND HAD NOWHERE TO TURN.

AFTER FOUR YEARS OF TORMENT
AND ABUSE BY OLDER MEN,

SUNITA, AS A TEENAGER RAN AWAY
AND MARRIED A YOUNG MAN

WHO SHE THOUGHT
SHE COULD TRUST.

BUT SHE FOUND HERSELF
ONCE AGAIN TRAPPED
IN THE SEX SLAVE TRADE

BY A HUSBAND WHO HAD DECEIVED
HER AND BECAME HER TRAFFICKER.

AFTER SEVERE BEATINGS
AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE,

SUNITA BECAME SO SICK SHE COULD
NOT SERVICE ANY MORE MEN.

ENRAGED BY THIS HER HUSBAND
THREW ALCOHOL ON HER
AND SET HER ON FIRE.

SUNITA SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS
FROM HER STOMACH

DOWN TO HER LEGS
AND SHE ALMOST DIED.

WHEN ASKED
HOW SHE NOW FEELS,

SUNITA SIMPLY REPLIES,
"I AM HAPPY TO BE ALIVE."

James: I JUST WANT TO CRY OUT
TO GOD, ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS

FOR HOW HIS BEAUTIFUL GIFT
HAS BEEN SO IDOLIZED,

AND NOT ONLY SUCH A DISTRACTION
BUT SO DESTRUCTIVE

TO RELATIONSHIPS AND TO LIVES.
GOD FORGIVE ALL THAT GOES ON.

IT IS SO HORRIBLE!
BUT LORD, GIVE US THE GRACE

TO HELP THESE PEOPLE
WHO ARE HELD CAPTIVE.

I'M PRAYING FOR ANYONE
THAT'S HELD CAPTIVE BY

THE DESIRE TO USE THESE
WHO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED

AND LITTLE CHILDREN.
WHAT A HORRIBLE BONDAGE!

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
TRAPPED BY THE ADDICTION.

WE CAN ONLY OFFER
THE DELIVERING POWER OF GOD

TO THESE PEOPLE AND WE DO
AND WE WILL.

BUT WE CAN FREE THESE SLAVES
THAT ARE HELD CAPTIVE BY JUST

MAKING A WAY OUT,
BY RESCUING THEM

AND RESTORING THEM
AND THAT'S WHAT

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO.
BETTY AND I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD

TO PARTICIPATING IN EVERY ONE
OF OUR OUTREACHES BECAUSE

WE BELIEVE SO STRONGLY IN WHAT
GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO.

HERE'S VERY SPECIFICALLY
WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO DO,

DIAL THE PHONE NUMBER.
IF YOU NEEDED SOMEONE TO PRAY

WITH YOU IT'S ALWAYS THERE.
SOMEONE WHO CARES

WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND WITH YOU
AND IT'S PAID FOR BY LOVE.

BUT WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER
TODAY AND SAY, "I WANT

TO RESCUE SOMEONE"?
IT TAKES $128 TO RESCUE

SOMEONE, THAT'S THE COST.
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES --

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES WITH
THE MISSION WORKERS

WE WORK WITH, THAT'S WHAT
IT TAKES OFTENTIMES TO

KEEP THEM IN A PLACE OF CARE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US
BUILD A LIFE CENTER IN NEPAL,

WHICH IS ONE OF THE AREAS
WHERE MORE ARE RECRUITED THAN

YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE OUT OF
THE IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN

AND TAKEN AS SLAVES.
WE WANT TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL

LIFE CENTER THERE.
AND IN MY OPINION,

IT'S A MEAGER COST OF $225,000
BECAUSE LABOR AND MATERIALS

ARE VERY INEXPENSIVE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE

TO IMPACT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF PRECIOUS CHILDREN,

CHANGE THEIR LIVES,
GIVE THEM A FUTURE.

$128 IS WHAT IT TAKES
TO RESCUE ONE PERSON.

WE NEED $225,000 TO BUILD
A LIFE CENTER.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PRAY
ABOUT GIVING $1,000 OR MORE

TOWARD THAT IF YOU CAN HELP
WITH THE LIFE CENTER.

WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
THE BEAUTIFUL BRONZE OF

"THE LION AND THE LAMB"
TO SAY THANK YOU.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT
YOUR GIFT WILL BE MATCHED.

WHATEVER YOU GIVE WILL
BE MATCHED BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE

HAS SAID, "I BELIEVE SO MUCH
IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS

THAT WHATEVER SOMEONE DOES,
I'LL MATCH IT."

THAT MEANS EVEN $64
WILL BE MATCHED AND DOUBLED

TO BE $128.
SO AT WHATEVER LEVEL

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE, PLEASE,
DON'T THINK IT IS UNIMPORTANT.

WE ARE ASKING FOR LARGE GIFTS
FOR THE LIFE CENTER.

I'M PRAYING FATHER,
SOMEBODY WILL GIVE $10,000.

I JUST FEEL IMPRESSED
SOMEONE CAN DO THAT.

AND IT MAY BE THAT YOU COULD
GIVE SEVERAL THOUSAND

OR YOU COULD GIVE $1,000
BUT WE NEED THE $225,000.

WE'VE GOT A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME IN WHICH WE NEED

TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO BUILD
THE LIFE CENTER IN NEPAL.

THEN REMEMBER, $128,
YOU MAKE THAT GIFT,

YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE
RESCUING TWO.

IF YOU SAY, "JAMES, I CAN'T
DO THAT," $64

SOMEONE WILL MATCH IT
AND WE'VE RESCUED ANOTHER ONE

--WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.
USE YOUR BANKCARD, USE IT

LIKE A CHECK, THAT'S HOW
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE IT.

IF YOU DO WRITE A CHECK
MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US

AND TELL US YOU'RE MAILING IT.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE AT

LIFETODAY.ORG.
PLEASE, PLEASE PUT ARMS OF LOVE

AROUND THESE DESPERATELY NEEDY
CHILDREN AND THE WOMEN

THAT ARE ALREADY TRAPPED
AND WE CAN HELP THEM GET OUT

AND HAVE A NEW LIFE.
THESE WOMEN ARE BEING PUT

TO WORK MAKING BEAUTIFUL BEADS.
GISELLE, A FORMER FASHION MODEL

AND OUR PARTNER THERE,
HAS GIVEN THESE WOMEN

A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO WORK
AND GIVEN THEM SOMETHING TO DO

AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
ONE OF THESE TO SAY THANK YOU

IF YOU HELP US RESCUE
ONE OF THESE PRECIOUS LIVES,

ALONG WITH THE BOOK,
INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CALL.

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!

James: I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU
TO GET ONE OF THESE

BEAUTIFUL NECKLACES.
THEY WERE MADE, THE RESULT

OF LOVE, GIVING THESE PRECIOUS
WOMEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE

A LIVING BECAUSE THEY FOUND
A LIFE THROUGH THE LOVE

YOU SHARE IN THE RESCUE LIFE.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU

TO HELP US BUILD
THE LIFE CENTER IN NEPAL.

WE'RE SENDING "THE LAMB
AND THE LION" BRONZE --

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
BETTY AND I HAVE THIS

IN OUR HOME; WE TREASURE IT.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE

A GIFT OF $1,000.
WE NEED TO RAISE $225,000.

I REALLY SENSE THERE IS SOMEONE
WHO CAN GIVE SEVERAL THOUSAND

BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP.
THEN I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU

THAT FOR EVERY GIFT, WE'RE
SENDING THE BOOK, INDIVISIBLE.

THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU,
THE FAMILY OF GOD

AND TO THIS NATION AS A WAY
OUT OF THE WILDERNESS

AND BACK INTO THE BLESSINGS
OF OUR LORD.

PLEASE READ IT,
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET A COPY.

WE WANT YOU TO HAVE IT.
WE'RE SENDING IT WITH THANKS

FOR YOUR HELP TO RESCUE LIFE.
THANK ALL OF YOU

FOR BEING WITH US.
GOD BLESS YOU!

TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT
"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH"

AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO WATCH
LIFE TODAY EVERY DAY.

♪

♪

♪

Announcer: A VICTIM
OF SEXUAL TRAFFICKING

TELLS HER STORY
OF SURVIVAL TOMORROW.

>> IF I NEVER
GET OUT OF HERE,

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