>> MOST CHRISTIANS
DON'T TAKE ANY RISKS
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THE PURPOSE OF THEIR LIFE
IS TO ARRIVE
AT DEATH SAFELY.
Announcer: NEXT, TEACHER
AND SPEAKER CHRISTINE CAINE
SHOWS HOW GOD
RESCUED HER
FROM CHILDHOOD ABUSE
AND OTHER CHALLENGES
TO GO ON A MISSION
OF ADVENTURE.
>> SO WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT
THE FATHER'S BUSINESS
AND YOU'RE ABOUT MISSION
AND THE KINGDOM,
THERE'S JUST A SENSE
OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY
THAT I, WHO HAVE BEEN
RESCUED BY JESUS,
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO RESCUE OTHERS.
Announcer: DARING TO DO
WHAT GOD CALLS YOU TO DO -- NEXT!
♪
Betty: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
I'M BETTY ROBISON
AND THIS IS JAMES.
YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME!
James: I'M SORRY!
ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
OUT HERE.
Betty: I WASN'T THROUGH.
James: I'M SO SORRY.
THEY JUST HAVE
THE GLORY OF GOD ON THEM.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE HEARD
OUR GUEST, CHRISTINE CAINE.
SHE IS FROM AUSTRALIA
BUT SHE'S BEEN SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME HERE.
SHE'S GONE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT'S AMAZING
THAT WHEREVER SHE GOES,
THE GLORY OF GOD JUST SETTLES
AND IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
SOME OF YOU HEARD CHRISTINE;
YOU LIKE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY
AND YOU APPRECIATE HER?
[Cheers & applause]
WELL, WELCOME CHRISTINE.
CHRISTINE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Christine: HI, JAMES.
HI, BETTY. HOW ARE YOU?
James: SAY AUSTRALIA FOR ME.
Christine: AUSTRALIA.
James: AUSTRALIA.
DO I SAY IT FUNNY?
Christine: YOU SAY "AWESOME"
MORE FUNNY.
[Laughter]
James: DO YOU THINK
BECAUSE WE NOTICE YOUR ACCENT,
AND AUSTRALIANS,
AND WE LIKE IT.
WE REALLY LIKE IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T
LIKE IT, WE NOTICE IT.
IS MY ACCENT, IS IT
JUST EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE?
Christine: JAMES,
THERE IS THE AMERICAN ACCENT
AND THEN THERE IS THE TEXAN,
THE NATION OF TEXAN, AND YOU
HAVE A DISTINCT ONE ANYWAY.
[Laughter]
AND SO Y'ALL --
I'VE LEARNED TO SAY Y'ALL.
James: WHY DO THE AUSTRALIAN,
I'VE NEVER SAID IT
EXACTLY RIGHT --
NONE OF OUR ENGLISH
IS EXACTLY RIGHT --
BUT WHY IS IT
THAT THE PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA,
SO OBVIOUSLY -- I WISH
I COULD GIVE YOU A BIG HUG,
ALL OF YOU --
WHY DO THEY LOVE ME AND BETTY
IN THE WAY THEY EXPRESS IT AND
THEY SEEM TO LIKE WHAT WE DO,
AND THEY SEEM TO LIKE
WHAT WE REPRESENT.
WHAT IS THAT?
Christine: THERE IS NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT, DOWN UNDER,
AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT
WATCH YOUR SHOW LOVE YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE AUTHENTIC
AND AUSTRALIANS ARE
JUST REAL DEAL PEOPLE.
WE DON'T LIKE A LOT
OF FLUFF AND BUBBLE.
YOU JUST TELL IT LIKE IT IS
AND PEOPLE LIKE BOTTOM LINES
IN AUSTRALIA
AND YOU'RE THE REAL DEAL
AND THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE.
James: NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT US
BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW,
I THINK WE'VE BEEN DIGGING
A VERY DEEP DITCH.
I THINK IT IS BEYOND
JUST THE DEBT.
I THINK WE'RE MAKING
SOME VERY UNBIBLICAL, EVEN
ANTI FOUNDING PRINCIPLES --
DECISIONS, KIND OF
AN UPSIDE DOWN WORLDVIEW.
DO YOU AGREE WHEN YOU
LOOK IN AND YOU SEE US
AND YOU SEE US IN NEED
OF A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?
Christine: A DEFINITE
AWAKENING.
I'M JUST THINKING,
WHEN I FIRST BECAME
A CHRISTIAN 25 YEARS AGO,
I REMEMBER WHAT AN INFLUENCE
THE AMERICAN CHURCH HAD
ON US AUSTRALIAN BELIEVERS.
OUR HERITAGE WAS
A GROUP OF CONVICTS,
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
WE KIND OF GOT SAVED.
THE LORD BEGAN TO
REALLY MOVE IN OUR NATION
AND I'M FROM A CHURCH
IN AUSTRALIA,
THE HILLSONG CHURCH,
THE LORD'S JUST REALLY,
REALLY BLESSED THAT MOVEMENT.
AND AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
AND THE AMERICAN CHURCH
HAS BEEN SO FOUNDATIONAL
IN HELPING US TO GROW
AND BECOME THE MEN
AND WOMEN OF GOD THAT WE ARE.
NOW IT IS VERY INTERESTING,
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
I'VE BEEN SPENDING MORE
AND MORE TIME HERE.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT
I'M SEEING IN AMERICA THAT
I WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED
I WOULD EVER SEE
IN MY LIFETIME --
LIKE NEVER
WOULD I HAVE BELIEVED IT.
IN FACT, THERE'S BEEN
A BIT OF A SHIFT.
I THINK THAT PERHAPS WHAT'S
HAPPENED IS A LOT OF BELIEVERS
TENDED TO FALL ASLEEP AND
FORGOT THE URGENCY OF THE
MISSION WE'RE ABOUT AND WE --.
I DO A LOT OF WORK ALL AROUND
THE WORLD AND I KIND OF
FEEL LIKE SAYING, "HEY,
AMERICAN CHURCH, WE NEED YOU.
WE NEED YOU TO WAKE UP
AND STEP UP TO THE PLATE
AND TAKE YOUR PLACE
IN THE KINGDOM SO THAT
TOGETHER WE CAN ADVANCE
THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
James: SO DOES THAT MEAN WHEN
YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY,
DEMOCRACY, THAT IS
A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC,
MEANING THAT WE HAVE
A CONSTITUTION; WE'RE GOVERNED
BY CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,
WHICH IS THE SAFEST WAY TO
AS OUR FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD IT
TO KEEP EVIL PEOPLE
WHO HAVE EVIL TENDENCIES
UNDER CONTROL
WITHOUT PUTTING A MONARCH
OR A DICTATOR... BUT THE LAW.
AND WE HAVE THAT AND AS
WE'VE DRIFTED AWAY FROM THAT
IS AS THOUGH CHRISTIANS
HAVE REFUSED TO ASSUME
THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF EVEN PARTICIPATING.
SINCE THEY HAVE DRAGGED
IN THE POLITICAL ARENA
SO MANY OF THE MORAL ISSUES,
EVERYTHING FROM MARRIAGE
TO BEHAVIOR, TO EDUCATION,
TO PRAYER, TO FAITH,
TO WHAT THE CHURCH MUST
AND CAN'T DO;
ALL OF THESE THINGS
HAVE NOW BEEN IMPOSED
AND CHRISTIANS HAVE JUST --
DON'T DO ANYTHING
WITH POLITICS
SO THEY KIND OF STAYED OUT.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE PEOPLE
SUDDENLY HAVE A DECISION
TO MAKE IN OUR COMMUNITY
WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE PEDOPHILES
PLAYING RANDOMLY IN OUR PARK
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO VOTE ON IT.
IT'S AS THOUGH THEY WOULD SAY,
"OH, THAT'S POLITICAL,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE."
IT'S ACTUALLY THAT
PREPOSTEROUS BECAUSE
PEOPLE WOULDN'T SAY THAT
OR LIKE SAY, "WE'RE GOING
TO NOW VIOLATE THE SPEED ZONES
IN OUR SCHOOL ZONES
AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THEM
AT 50 MILES AN HOUR
AT SCHOOL TIME.
IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE
CHURCH STAY OUT OF IT."
THEY DON'T HAVE TO OBEY
THE LAW OR THEY DON'T HAVE
TO KEEP THE RULES,
THEY CAN DO WHATEVER
THEY WANT TO DO,
AND THE CHURCH JUST KEEPS
GOING TO CHURCH AND SINGING
WHILE WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS
THAT THE CHURCH IS NOT EVEN
INVOLVED IN BECAUSE THEY SAID,
"STAY OUT OF IT."
TO ME THIS SOUNDS FOOLISH.
Christine: OF COURSE,
IT IS FOOLISH
AND BECAUSE WE'RE PEOPLE,
WE'RE PART OF SOCIETY.
AND THE ONLY WAY THAT
A NATION CAN BECOME SO DARK --
I KNOW A WHILE AGO
I WAS LISTENING TO A PROGRAM
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT
AND THE LIGHT BEING COVERED.
WELL, DARKNESS ONLY PREVAILS
IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT.
AND I THINK WHEN JESUS TOLD US
-- HE ACTUALLY PRAYED,
"FATHER, I DO NOT PRAY THAT
YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD
BUT THAT YOU KEEP THEM
FROM THE EVIL ONE.
THEY'RE NOT OF THE WORLD
JUST AS I'M NOT OF THE WORLD.
SANCTIFY THEM BY YOUR WORD,
YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.
AS YOU SENT ME, I SEND THEM."
I DON'T ACTUALLY SEE
ANY PRECEPT IN THE BIBLE
FOR CHRISTIANS TO ABDICATE
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
IN THEIR WORLD.
IN FACT, WE OUGHT TO BE
THAT SALT AND LIGHT THAT
YOU TALKED ABOUT PERMEATING
EVERY SPHERE OF SOCIETY
INCLUDING POLITICS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE
A CHRISTIAN EVER THOUGHT
WE SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED
IN THE VERY FABRIC
OF OUR SOCIETY.
AND I THINK THE VERY MERE FACT
THAT WE'VE ABDICATED OUR
RESPONSIBILITY, THAT WE'VE
EQUATED THE BLESSED LIFE WITH
THE SAFE LIFE IS BASICALLY WHY
WE'VE ENDED UP WHERE WE ARE.
JESUS DIDN'T COME FROM HEAVEN
TO EARTH AND DIE ON A CROSS
AND RISE AGAIN
TO MAKE OUR LIVES SAFE;
HE CAME TO MAKE US DANGEROUS
TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS
AND THAT'S OUR JOB.
I GUESS IN A LOT OF WAYS,
THAT'S WHAT I TALKED ABOUT
IS WE SHOULD NOT FEAR
THE DARKNESS,
WE NEED TO GO AND DISPEL
THE DARKNESS
WITH THE LIFE AND THE LIGHT
AND THE TRUTH AND THE JUSTICE
AND THE MERCY OF JESUS
THAT LIVES ON THE INSIDE OF US
AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.
AND I THINK RUNNING AWAY
AND HIDING IS WHY
THE WORLD HAS ENDED UP
IN THE MESS THAT IT'S IN.
SO IT IS URGENT.
EPHESIANS CHAPTER FIVE
VERSE 14 THE SCRIPTURE SAYS:
AWAKE OH, SLEEPER.
AND I FEEL LIKE
IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP.
WE'VE BEEN PRESSING
THE SNOOZE BUTTON ON
THE ALARM CLOCK KIND OF GOING,
"NO, GOD, NOT YET.
I LIKE MY LIFE.
I WANT TO SNOOZE."
AND GOD'S SAYING,
"THERE IS NO MORE SNOOZE LEFT.
THE ALARM IS SOUNDING.
I NEED MY CHURCH TO AWAKE --."
I THINK WE ARE THE SLEEPING
GIANT AND IF WE JUST WOKE UP
AND WE GOT UP AND WE TOOK
ACTION WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND THE LOVE AND THE MERCY
AND THE GRACE OF GOD.
Betty: AND HE GAVE US
AN ARMOR TO PUT ON.
WHY WOULD HE
IF THERE WEREN'T GOING
TO BE SOME BATTLES IN LIFE?
Christine: I TOTALLY AGREE
WITH YOU AND I THINK
WHEN WE DON'T GET ABOUT
THE FATHER'S BUSINESS AND
DOING WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO
THEN WE JUST END UP SETTLING.
SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.
I SAY MOST CHRISTIANS
DON'T TAKE ANY RISKS
AND IT IS ALMOST LIKE
THE PURPOSE OF THEIR LIFE
IS TO ARRIVE AT DEATH SAFELY.
NOW I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
FALL INTO THAT COFFIN
AND GO, "OH, I GOT HERE.
I'M GOING TO DIE SAFELY."
WE'RE NOT CALLED TO LIVE SAFE,
WE'RE CALLED TO LIVE
A RECKLESS, GODLY,
DANGEROUS, ABANDONMENT --
I DON'T KNOW,
I'VE READ THE SCRIPTURE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING SAFE
ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
JAMES, YOU MIGHT BUT I DON'T
SEE ANYTHING SAFE ABOUT IT.
James: IT'S EXCITING THOUGH
BECAUSE IT IS AN ADVENTURE.
IT'S AN ADVENTURE THAT IS
SO EXCITING AND POTENTIALLY
PERILOUS BECAUSE OF
THE PITFALLS AND BECAUSE OF
THE ACTS OF THE ENEMY THAT
YOU NEED THE WATCH CARE OF
THE SHEPHERD THAT IS LEADING
YOU BESIDE STILL WATERS
INTO GREEN PASTURES,
WHO IS LOOKING AFTER YOU.
NOW YOU WROTE THE BOOK,
UNDAUNTED AND YOUR JOURNEY
HAS BEEN ONE THAT ONE COULD BE
PRESSED BACK, PRESSED DOWN.
BY THE WAY, CHRISTINE
CAN DELIVER THE GOODS.
SHE CANNOT DELIVER IT ALL
IN ONE SERVICE OR ONE PLACE
THAT SHE SHARES
OR TEACHES OR TESTIFIES,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT,
WHEN SHE DELIVERS THE GOODS
THAT GOD PUT IN HER HEART,
SHE CAN'T GET IT ALL OUT,
NOT IN ONE SETTING,
NOT EVEN IN SEVERAL DAYS.
BUT SHE HAS PUT MUCH OF THE
JOURNEY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT
IN THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK.
DO YOU SEE ALL OF
THESE LITTLE BLUE TABS?
I MEAN IT IS AWESOME.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I'M GOING TO HAVE A REALLY,
REALLY HARD TIME
NOT JUST GOING THROUGH HERE
AND READING THE CHAPTER TITLE.
I SAID, "CHRISTINE, I CAN
JUST READ THE CHAPTER TITLE
AND YOU'LL HIT SOMETHING.
THE PROBLEM IS, I'M AFRAID
YOU'LL HAVE TO EXPLAIN
THE WHOLE CHAPTER."
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
THE SCHINDLER'S LIST MOMENT.
I'M NOT WHO I THOUGHT I WAS.
SCAR TISSUE.
HEARTBREAK OR BREAKTHROUGH?
LOVE AND FEAR.
I ONCE WAS LOST.
AWAKENED.
DIVINE INTERRUPTION.
AND FACING THE GIANTS.
CONCLUSION OF THE CHALLENGE.
THIS IS BASICALLY YOUR STORY.
I WANT EVERYONE TO GET IT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
WE'RE OFFERING A BOOK
THAT WE'VE WRITTEN
I THINK IS CRITICAL
BUT IF YOU HELP US DO
WHAT GOD'S PUT ON OUR HEART,
WE'LL GLADLY
SEND YOU THIS BOOK.
IT'S IN THE BOOKSTORES.
YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY
GO ONLINE AND ORDER IT.
I PRAY YOU'D RUN
TO THE BOOKSTORE AND GET IT.
BUT CHRISTINE,
TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT
WHY YOU FINALLY DECIDED
TO PUT IT DOWN IN PRINT.
Christine: I THINK --
IN LIGHT OF A LOT OF WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU JUST
CONTINUE TO SEE THE DARKNESS
PERVADING EVERYWHERE
AND I THOUGHT, WHERE ARE WE?
WE WHO HAVE BEEN
RESCUED BY JESUS,
WHAT ARE WE DAUNTED BY?
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH FEAR?
WHAT ARE WE SCARED OF?
I THINK BACK IN MY OWN LIFE
AND I CAME FROM A BACKGROUND
WHERE I'D BEEN LEFT
IN A HOSPITAL
UNNAMED AND UNWANTED
WHEN I WAS BORN.
AT 33, I FOUND OUT
THAT I HAD BEEN ADOPTED,
THAT BY BIRTH CERTIFICATE
DOESN'T HAVE A NAME ON IT.
IT HAS "CHILD'S NAME, UNNAMED,
NUMBER 2508" OF 1966.
SO I WAS JUST GIVEN A NUMBER
WITHOUT A NAME AND PRETTY MUCH
MOST WEEKS OF MY LIFE
FROM THE TIME I WAS THREE
'TIL ABOUT 15 OR 16,
I HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED
BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEN
SO THERE WAS A LOT
OF BROKENNESS,
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF REJECTION,
A LOT OF FEAR,
AND A LOT OF UNFORGIVENESS.
AND I'M A TROPHY
OF THE GRACE OF GOD,
A LIVING TESTIMONY LIKE ALL OF
US THAT JESUS CHRIST COMES IN
AND TRANSFORMS YOUR LIFE.
BUT NOT JUST SO THAT YOU
CAN SURVIVE AND THEN I DON'T
KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE JESUS HEALED
ME AND THEN IT STOPS AND
I'M WAITING TO GO TO HEAVEN.
I'VE GOT A JOB TO DO.
James: THAT SOUNDS
DISGUSTINGLY BORING TO ME.
AND YET THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE
LOOK LIKE SITTING IN CHURCHES
WHO ARE WAITING
FOR THE GREAT ESCAPE.
Christine: THAT'S
WHAT I'M THINKING!
AND THE WHOLE BOOK IS FOUND
IN EPHESIANS 2:10 THAT
WE'RE CHRIST'S WORKMANSHIP.
WE'RE CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS
FOR GOOD WORKS
THAT HE CREATED BEFOREHAND
THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM.
THE ENEMY'S CENTRAL ASSIGNMENT
IS TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY
MY LIFE AND SO MANY
OTHER LIVES BUT WE'RE PROOF
JESUS QUENCHED THAT AND
HE NOT ONLY FORGAVE MY PAST
BUT GAVE ME A BRAND NEW LIFE
AND A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE SO
I COULD FULFILL THE GOOD WORKS
GOD PUT ME ON THE EARTH TO DO.
SO WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT
THE FATHER'S BUSINESS AND
MISSION AND THE KINGDOM,
THERE'S A SENSE OF PURPOSE
AND DESTINY THAT I WHO HAVE
BEEN RESCUED BY JESUS
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO RESCUE OTHERS.
THEN THE BOOK IS, COME ON,
WHAT IS IT THAT DAUNTS US?
THE DISILLUSIONMENT,
THE FEARS, THE INSECURITIES,
THE APATHY, THE INDIFFERENCE,
WHAT IS IT THAT KEEPS US
AS CHRISTIANS FROM NOT DOING
THE ONE THING THAT JESUS LEFT
US HERE ON THE EARTH TO DO?
THERE ARE MANY THINGS
WE CAN DO AND THERE ARE
LOTS OF THINGS WE'LL STILL BE
DOING IN HEAVEN BUT THERE IS
ONE THING WE CANNOT DO
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ETERNITY,
WHICH IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN
DO NOW WHICH IS HELP TO SEEK
AND SAVE THAT WHICH IS LOST
AND TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD
AND BE THE LIGHT AND LIFE
AND HOPE AND SALT
AND TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST
TO A LOST AND BROKEN WORLD.
SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE
UNDAUNTED BY THE DARKNESS.
EITHER WE BELIEVE THAT
GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME
THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD
OR WE SHOULD ALL GIVE UP NOW.
I AM OLD SCHOOL ENOUGH
TO BELIEVE WE CAN DO THIS...
THAT WITH GOD
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
WHAT'S IMPOSSIBLE WITH MAN
IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD.
AND THE REASON I BELIEVE IT
IS BECAUSE IT HAPPENED FOR ME.
AND IF IT CAN HAPPEN FOR ME,
IT CAN HAPPEN
FOR MILLIONS OF OTHERS
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY
IN THE BOOK I TALK ABOUT
MY INVOLVEMENT WITH HELPING
TO RESCUE THE VICTIMS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
LIKE WE ARE AT LIFE TODAY,
AND WE'RE INVOLVED TOGETHER
TO DO THIS.
JESUS RESCUED ME AND
I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE
WHEN I WAS BEING ABUSED
WITH NO HOPE OF GETTING OUT,
OF THE TORMENT AND THE SCREAMS
GOING ON IN MY HEAD
WISHING THAT SOMEBODY COULD
GET ME OUT OF THIS MESS.
AND THERE ARE MILLIONS
THAT HAVE THAT CRY
AND THAT SCREAM
DAY IN AND DAY OUT
AND NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT.
I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT
I WOKE UP OUT OF MY SLEEP
AND I COULD HEAR THE SCREAMS
AFTER I'D SEEN THE POSTERS
AND REALIZED
THERE WERE 27 MILLION VICTIMS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
ON THE EARTH TODAY
AND I JUST SCREAMED,
"WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU!
WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU."
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY.
HOW CAN I,
AFTER WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH,
IGNORE THE PLIGHT
OF SO MUCH OF THE WORLD
THAT STILL LIVES IN DARKNESS
AND CALL MYSELF A BELIEVER?
I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T PUT THE TWO TOGETHER.
I CANNOT -- AND JESUS SAYS
ALL THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE,
REALLY, THE BOTTOM LINE,
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD.
DOES OUR FAITH WORK
OR DOESN'T IT?
AND THE PLACE IT WORKS
IS IN A DARK WORLD.
[Applause]
Betty: SOMETIMES I THINK
JUST AS YOU WERE SAYING,
I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER
WHERE WE CAME FROM
AND THAT MOMENT
WHEN WE FELT DESPERATE
AND WE THOUGHT,
"OH, GOD HELP ME!"
AND GOD USUALLY USES OTHER
CHILDREN OF HIS TO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHERE OUR OBLIGATION,
OUR RESPONSIBILITY COMES IN;
AND IT SHOULDN'T
BE AN OBLIGATION.
IT SHOULD BE, "OH,
I WANT TO TELL YOU
WHAT GOD DID FOR ME!"
James: IT'S
A JOYFUL ASSIGNMENT.
Betty: IT'S LIKE YOU CAN
HARDLY WAIT TO GET IT OUT.
Christine: I THINK
YOU'VE GOT TO
BECAUSE IT IS A PASSION.
ONCE GOD HAS SO RESCUED YOU,
IT IS A PASSION.
MOST CHRISTIANS HAVE
TURNED IT INTO A BORING
RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION.
WE THINK IT IS AN OBLIGATION
AND IT IS OPTIONAL,
AND IT'S NEITHER AN OBLIGATION
NOR IS IT OPTIONAL.
YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT
FROM PASSION.
NO ONE HAS TO MAKE YOU.
PEOPLE COME TO ME, "CHRIS,
YOU'RE ALWAYS FIRED UP."
I GO, "I WAS DYING; I KNOW
WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO --."
THEY GO, "YOU'RE JUST..."
AS IF SOMEHOW IT'S
A PERSONALITY PROFILE.
"CHRISTINE, THIS IS WHERE
YOU FIT ON THE DISK SURVEY.
THIS IS YOUR STRENGTH FINDER.
THIS IS YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE."
I'M LIKE WE WRITE BOOKS
SO WE CAN EXCUSE CHRISTIANS
FROM BEING CHRISTIANS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE SAVED
AND THIS IS CALLED
THE NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIFE,
I WAS ONCE LOST NOW I'M FOUND.
I WAS ONCE BROKEN
NOW I'M HEALED.
I WAS ONCE LIVING IN FEAR
BUT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME
A SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF LOVE,
POWER, AND A SOUND MIND
SO LET'S GO AND DO THE THING.
James: AND THE
NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIAN SAID,
"WE CAN'T HELP BUT SPEAK
THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN AND
HEARD BECAUSE THEY'D SEEN
AND HEARD SOMETHING.
MOST PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH
LIKE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN
OR HEARD ANYTHING
OF ANY INTEREST WORTH SHARING.
IT'S LIKE TELLING GRANDPARENTS
"DON'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT
YOUR GRANDCHILDREN." WHAT?
A PREACHER AT A CONVENTION
SAID TO HIS FRIENDS
AT A CONVENTION,
"HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT
MY GRANDCHILDREN?"
THEY SAID, "NO, AND WE
SURE DO APPRECIATE IT."
[Laughter]
YOU TALKED ABOUT
YOUR LITTLE DAUGHTER BEING
IN A BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
AND SHE BOUGHT A FLASHLIGHT.
TELL THAT.
THAT WAS A GREAT STORY.
Christine: IT WAS ALSO BECAUSE
SOFIA WANTED A FLASHLIGHT.
YOU KNOW FOR AN AUSTRALIAN,
WHEN YOU WANT TO GO SHOPPING
IN AMERICA, THE PLACE
THAT WE LOVE IS WAL-MART.
IT'S LIKE THE BIGGEST
TOURIST ATTRACTION.
James: WE LIVE HERE
AND WE LIKE THAT PLACE.
Christine: BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T GO ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
AT 11:00 AT NIGHT
AND BUY A GUN
AND BREAKFAST CEREAL AND...
IT'S FANTASTIC!
YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYWHERE.
ONLY IN AMERICA,
GOD BLESS IT, WE LOVE IT.
SO WE WERE IN WAL-MART
AND I BOUGHT SOFIA
A TINY LITTLE FLASHLIGHT.
SHE WAS FLICKING IT ON
WHILE I WAS PAYING.
BECAUSE THERE WAS ALL
THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING
IN THE WAL-MART SHE WAS
TURNING HER FLASHLIGHT ON
BUT SHE COULDN'T SEE THE LIGHT
BECAUSE THERE WAS ALREADY
SO MUCH LIGHT.
THE MAGNITUDE AND
THE IMMENSITY OF THE LIGHT
THAT WAS ALREADY THERE
WAS DILUTING THAT LIGHT.
SO I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
AS I WAS PAYING,
SHE YELLS AT ME IN HER
LITTLE THREE-YEAR-OLD VOICE.
SHE WENT, "MUMMY,
CAN WE PLEASE GO
AND FIND SOME DARKNESS?"
I FROZE.
I TURNED AROUND
AND I LITERALLY OUT LOUD,
THE LADY MUST HAVE THOUGHT
I WAS JUST -- I DON'T KNOW.
I SAID TO HER,
"OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES."
I SAID TO MY THREE YEAR OLD,
I'M JUST LIKE
PROPHESYING OVER HER.
I SAID, "SOFIA.
YOU ARE SAYING MORE THAN
MOST CHRISTIANS UNDERSTAND
AT YOUR AGE."
WE WERE BORN FOR THE DARKNESS
BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS
IF YOU LOCK MY DAUGHTER
IN A BASEMENT
WITHOUT A FLASHLIGHT,
SHE IS SO FRIGHTENED
OF THE DARK.
SHE IS VERY, VERY FRIGHTENED
AND YOU COULD HEAR HER
SCREAMING FROM SYDNEY TO HERE.
BUT IF YOU GIVE HER
A TINY FLASHLIGHT, SHE WILL
LOCK THAT BASEMENT DOOR,
SHE'LL GO FURTHER DOWN LOOKING
FOR MORE AND MORE DARKNESS
BECAUSE SHE'S GOT
A REVELATION AT HER AGE,
IT IS NOT THE SIZE
OF THE DARKNESS AROUND YOU,
IT'S THE STRENGTH
OF THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU
THAT CAN DISPEL THAT DARKNESS.
[Applause]
James: THIS LITTLE LIGHT
OF MINE,
I'M GOING TO LET IT SHINE.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU,
HERE'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING.
WHEN YOU GO IN A CHURCH,
YOU'VE GOT WOMEN ALL OVER
THIS PLACE THAT SAID YOU JUST
TURNED THEM INSIDE OUT.
WHEN YOU GO IN A CHURCH
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
THEY ALL NOT ONLY
LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE,
THEY STAND TOGETHER AND LET
IT SHINE AND THEY BECOME
THE CITY SET ON A HILL.
JESUS SAID
IT CANNOT BE HIDDEN.
HERE'S WHAT
I'VE ADDED TO THIS.
BY THE WAY, THE LORD HAS GIVEN
ME PERMISSION TO ADD THIS.
I'M NOT ADDING TO THE BIBLE,
I'M GOING
TO SPEAK PROPHETICALLY.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK A WORD
OF LIFE THAT CANNOT BE HIDDEN,
THAT WILL NOT BE HIDDEN
AND MUST NOT BE HIDDEN.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
THAT'S WHO WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND THAT RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA
WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS
FOR WHO OUR LEADERS
ARE GOING TO BE
AND WHAT POLICIES
ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE
AND WHAT KIND OF BUDGETS
WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT
AND WHO'S GOING TO ASSUME
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT,
THAT'S BIG STUFF.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE
WHO UNDERSTAND TRUTH,
WHO ARE WHAT?
-- MORE THAN CONQUERORS.
HOW CAN YOU BE MORE
THAN A CONQUEROR IF YOU NEVER
EVEN WENT TO THE BATTLE,
YOU NEVER EVEN SHOWED UP?
IT WAS LIKE YOU DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW THERE WAS AN ENEMY.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S
A BATTLE, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.
WELL, WHY DID JESUS SAY
PUT THE ARMOR ON IF THERE
IS NO ENEMY AND NO BATTLE?
WHY DID HE SAY YOU'VE GOT AN
ADVERSARY LIKE A ROARING LION?
LET'S GO TO BATTLE.
LISTEN, WE CAN WIN.
YOU KNOW HOW WE WIN?
BY BEING AN ANSWER
TO THE PRAYER OF JESUS.
THAT'S HOW WE WIN.
WE BECOME ONE WITH THE FATHER
AND WE'RE PERFECTED
IN A SUPERNATURAL UNITY
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN SAMENESS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN
WE AGREE ON EVERYTHING.
BUT WE STOP FIGHTING
OVER THE ISSUES
THAT WILL NEVER BE SETTLED
IN THIS LIFETIME
AND WE STAND FIRM
ON THE ROCK-SOLID ABSOLUTES,
THE ROCK OF HEARING
AND DOING WHAT HE SAID.
THIS IS WHAT THIS GIRL
IS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
GET THIS BOOK.
I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THIS --
BY THE WAY, DO YOU APPRECIATE
CHRISTINE WRITING THE BOOK,
UNDAUNTED -- BEING UNDAUNTED?
CHALLENGING ALL OF US
TO BE UNDAUNTED.
THAT'S WHAT... WE'RE ONE.
IT'S LIKE SHE
AND BETH MOORE ARE ONE.
THEY HAVE -- CAN YOU IMAGINE
TURNING THESE TWO LOOSE?
I THINK THAT MIGHT PRETTY WELL
STRAIGHTEN AMERICA
AND AUSTRALIA OUT.
BY THE WAY,
SHE LOVED BEING AT HILLSONG.
SHE LOVED
THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE.
WE DO TOO.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
WANTING US TO COME DOWN THERE
AND WE'RE PRAYING ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU
AND WE KNOW YOU LOVE US
AND YOU LOVE OUR NATION.
ALL OVER THE WORLD,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU THE BOOK,
UNDAUNTED, IF YOU'LL DO
WHAT WE JUST REFERRED TO,
WHAT SHE REFERENCED
ABOUT THE SEXUAL ABUSE THAT
COULD HAVE DESTROYED HER LIFE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE TRAPPED AND
THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE
TO COME AND GET THEM OUT.
EVERY FEW MINUTES
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE
HOW MANY ARE BEING TAKEN
AND SOLD INTO THIS --
AS LITTLE CHILDREN!
IMAGINE -- I CAN'T EVEN
IMAGINE THE AWFULNESS
OF PREYING ON THEM.
AND YET, IF WE'RE
NOT CAREFUL IN AMERICA,
WE'RE GOING TO SOON BE ASKING
TO DECIDE WHETHER
IT IS NORMAL --
MAN/BOY RELATIONSHIPS,
CHILDREN RELATIONSHIPS --
GOD HAVE MERCY ON US!
IF THE CHURCH
DOESN'T BE A LIGHT,
IT'S GOING TO BE COMMONPLACE.
BUT WHEN WE SEE A NEED
AND WE CAN MEET IT,
LET'S JOIN HANDS AND HEARTS
AND DO IT.
WE HAVE FOUND OUR VIEWERS
ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHEN
YOU SHOW A LEGITIMATE NEED
AND A WAY TO ADDRESS IT
EFFECTIVELY, YOU WANT TO HELP.
WATCH THIS CLOSELY
BECAUSE YOU REALLY ARE
THE ANSWER TO THIS CHALLENGE.
>> NO TIME
TO DREAM.
>> NO ONE
TO CARE.
>> THE LUST
OF A STRANGER
IS ALL I KNOW.
>> ANOTHER DAY
I HAVE SURVIVED.
>> WHERE TO TURN?
>> WHO TO TRUST?
NO FUTURE.
>> NO HOPE.
>> NO THINKING
ABOUT TOMORROW.
>> OR DWELLING
IN THE PAST.
>> DO I LIVE
OR DO I DIE?
>> TEARS ARE
MY ONLY FRIEND.
>> NO TIME
TO DREAM.
>> NO TIME
TO DREAM.
>> NO TIME
TO DREAM.
>> NO ONE
TO CARE
>> NO ONE
TO CARE.
James: BOY!
SOLD INTO THE SEX TRADE.
MANY OF THESE CHILDREN
GET INTO IT
BECAUSE SOMEONE COMES,
SOME PREDATOR COMES
TO AN IMPOVERISHED FAMILY
AND SAYS, "WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE YOUR CHILD
AND WE'RE GOING TO TEACH THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM
A FUTURE."
SOMETIMES THEY GIVE
THE PARENTS SOMETHING
AS MEAGER
AND I'VE WATCHED THIS HAPPEN.
THEY'LL OFFER THEM
A PORTABLE RADIO,
A CASSETTE PLAYER,
SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T HAVE
AND THEY'D SAY, "NOW WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE THEM."
AND THEY BASICALLY
PUT THEM IN A PRISON.
THAT'S WHY WE BUILT
THE LIFE CENTERS
AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT
TO BUILD ONE NOW IN NEPAL.
BETTY, WE'VE HAD,
WHAT I ALWAYS CALL
A MIRACLE ANSWER TO PRAYER.
WE'VE HAD A GROUP
OF OUR FRIENDS SAY,
"WE WILL MATCH WHATEVER
THE PEOPLE GIVE THIS WEEK."
IN OTHER WORDS,
IT TAKES US $128 --
THIS IS WHAT ALL THE MISSION
AND RESCUE WORKERS TELL US --
TO RESCUE SOMEONE
OUT OF THE TRAFFICKING,
GET THEM ON THE ROAD
TO RECOVERY.
AND THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HELP US.
THIS IS CRITICAL.
I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU
WE NEED A SURGE OF SUPPORT.
SO IT TAKES $128.
IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT GIFT
THAT'S GOING TO BE MATCHED,
INSTEAD OF RESCUING ONE PERSON
LIKE THOSE WHO -- WHERE TWO
WENT OUT IN THE LAST MINUTE --
RESCUING THEM, YOU'LL BE
RESCUING TWO WITH A $128 GIFT.
A $64 GIFT IS MATCHED
AND YOU'VE RESCUED SOMEONE.
WE WANT TO COMPLETE
THE LIFE CENTER IN NEPAL.
THIS IS A HAVEN, NOT ONLY
WHERE PEOPLE WILL STAY
BUT WHERE THEY WILL COME
TO BE MINISTERED TO,
WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE
THEM COME OUT OF THAT LIFE
AND GO INTO A NEW LIFE.
AND ONE OF THE AREAS
WE TRAIN THEM IN IS
THEY'VE BEGUN TO MAKE
BEAUTIFUL NECKLACES LIKE THIS,
ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
THEN WITH $128 GIFT
WE'LL SEND YOU ONE
OF THE BEAUTIFUL NECKLACES.
COULD YOU GIVE $1,000
TOWARD THAT LIFE CENTER?
FATHER, I PRAY
EVERYONE WATCHING WILL GIVE.
I THANK YOU
FOR THE MATCHING GIFT.
IN JESUS' NAME.
WOULD YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER
AND TAKE YOUR BANKCARD?
BOY, YOU TALK ABOUT
A TICKET OUT OF HELL,
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROVIDING
RIGHT NOW, A HOME, A HAVEN,
TO GET A NEW FUTURE
WHERE THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO
BE CREATIVE AND DO SOMETHING.
AND WE'LL SEND YOU
AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE,
SOMETHING THEY DID.
AND WE ALSO -- AND THIS IS
A CRITICAL TIME FOR US TO PRAY
AND GOVERNOR HUCKABEE SAID,
"YOU READ THIS BOOK
AND THE SCRIPTURE VERSE
THAT SAYS 'MY PEOPLE PERISH
FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE'
WILL NO LONGER APPLY."
YOU THINK ABOUT THE
SUPERNATURAL MIRACLE OF GOD
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
WHO HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES,
ME, A PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL
WITH A CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHER,
JAY RICHARDS, AND BOTH
THE CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP,
IGNATIUS PRESS,
THE CATHOLIC PRESS, AND THE
EVANGELICAL FAITH WORDS PRESS
JOINED TOGETHER,
IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF,
AND PUBLISHED IT TOGETHER.
THIS IS, I BELIEVE,
WHAT JESUS PRAYED FOR.
WE WANT TO SEND THIS TO YOU.
IT'S LIKE A TEXTBOOK
OUT OF DARKNESS
SO YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO PRAY.
YOU'LL NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND
ELECTION DECISIONS
BUT THE DIRECTION
OUR NATION MUST GO AND WHY,
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO EXPLAIN IT GRACIOUSLY
AND LOVINGLY IN WISDOM.
WE SEND THIS.
WE'LL ALSO SEND
THE CHRISTIAN VOTE PINS
TO REMIND PEOPLE
OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
WOULD YOU RIGHT NOW
GO TO THE PHONE?
WOULD YOU GO ONLINE
AT LifeToday.org?
YOU CAN MAKE A GIFT THAT WAY.
MANY PEOPLE ARE
LED TO DO THAT NOW.
WHATEVER YOU GIVE,
IT'S GOING TO BE DOUBLED.
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."
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE!
James: I WANT TO
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
EXPRESS THANKS FOR
HELPING US DO SOMETHING
SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
ALSO I WANT TO MENTION THAT
WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU HELP US.
WE'RE SENDING THE BOOK,
INDIVISIBLE, BUT WE'LL ALSO
SEND CHRISTINE CAINE'S BOOK,
UNDAUNTED.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
INSPIRATION; WHAT A CHALLENGE.
WOULD YOU JOIN BETTY AND ME
IN SAYING A BIG THANK YOU?
SHE'S GOING TO BE BACK
WITH US ON ANOTHER PROGRAM
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE
A REALLY NEAT WEEK.
WOULD YOU SAY THANKS
TO CHRISTINE CAINE?
CHRISTINE, WE LOVE YOU!
Christine: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.
James: THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR WATCHING.
AUSTRALIAN FRIENDS,
I MAY NEVER SAY IT
ANY WAY BUT LIKE A TEXAN
BUT WE LOVE YOU!
GOD BLESS YOU! ALL OF YOU!
♪
♪
>> IF THIS IS TRUE
ABOUT YOUR GOD,
THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU
COME SOONER?
Announcer: TOMORROW, TEACHER
AND SPEAKER CHRISTINE CAINE
ENCOURAGES US
TO RESCUE THE SUFFERING.