>> BECAUSE THERE'S A TEST AND
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

THE GREAT THING IS IF YOU PASS
THE TEST YOU'RE BLESSED.

Announcer: COMING UP,
PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS IS JOINED
BY HIS WIFE DEBBIE.

>> EVERY WOMAN NEEDS
TO KNOW HER VALUE AND
WHO SHE IS IN GOD.

Announcer: THE BLESSED WOMAN
AND THE KEYS TO EXPERIENCING

THE TRUE MEANING
OF BEING BLESSED -- NEXT!

>> IF GOD'S FIRST,
EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE
CAN COME INTO ORDER.

♪

Betty: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.

I'M BETTY ROBISON AND THIS
IS JAMES, AND WE HAVE
SOME REALLY SPECIAL...

James: WHO'S OUR GUESTS?
Betty: WELL, FIRST OF ALL
THEY'RE SOME OF OUR DEAREST

FRIENDS BUT THEY'RE ALSO
OUR PASTOR AND HIS WIFE,
ROBERT AND DEBBIE MORRIS.

James: WOULD YOU WELCOME
ROBERT MORRIS AND HIS WIFE
DEBBIE TO LIFE TODAY?

WOULD YOU GIVE THEM
A BIG WELCOME?
[Applause]

YOU'VE BEEN DOING
THIS LIFE TODAY TELEVISION
SINCE WE STARTED THE FORMAT

LIKE THIS.
I KNOW IT'S GETTING 16 YEARS
AND YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY

ONE OF THE GREATEST GUESTS
WE'VE EVER HAD.
I DON'T KNOW

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU.
[Laughter]
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ROBERT.

ROBERT IS PASTOR OF
GATEWAY CHURCH, WHICH IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST CHURCHES

IN AMERICA EVEN THOUGH
IT'S ONLY 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD
AND IT IS IMPACTING THE CHURCH

ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND THAT
IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,

IT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE
IT'S THE DESIRE NOT ONLY OF GOD
FOR US TO BE THAT KIND

OF A LIGHT AND INSPIRATION
BUT IT IS ALSO THE DESIRE
OF THIS PASTOR.

HE WANTS TO SEE YOU BLESSED,
TO SEE EVERY CHURCH BLESSED.
IT IS NOT LIKE GATEWAY CHURCH

IN SOUTHLAKE,
WHERE HE IS THE PASTOR,
IS IN COMPETITION WITH

ANY OTHER CHURCH.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
HE FOCUSES THE PRAYERS

AND ATTENTION OF OUR CHURCH
ON ALL THE OTHER CHURCHES
IN THE COMMUNITY.

HE DOESN'T EVEN CHECK
THEIR PEDIGREE,
HE DOESN'T CHECK WHICH

SECTARIAN VIEW THEY HAVE,
HE JUST LOVES THEM --
AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND PEOPLE ARE BEING BLESSED
BY THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,

HIS CONVICTION AND THE DESIRE
OF HIS HEART, WHICH I BELIEVE
WAS THE HEART'S DESIRE OF GOD

IN ROBERT, LED HIM TO BEGIN
PREACHING AND TEACHING
THE BLESSED LIFE.

HE ACTUALLY STARTED IT
AND SHARED IT, I GUESS OPENLY
REALLY THE FIRST TIME IN

A PUBLIC VENUE ON LIFE TODAY
AND THEN TOOK IT TO
THE CONGREGATION

AND THEN HAS TAUGHT IT AGAIN.
I THINK YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING
TO ACTUALLY TEACH

THE BLESSED LIFE PERIODICALLY,
MAYBE EVERY FEW YEARS
YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK

AND JUST NOT ONLY SHOW THINGS
YOU'VE LEARNED THAT PERHAPS
GIVE YOU AN EVEN GREATER

UNDERSTANDING BUT YOU JUST
BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE TO GRASP THIS;

RIGHT?
Robert: VERY MUCH SO.
I DO TEACH THE CONGREGATION

EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS
AND EVERY TIME I DO WE HAVE
SUCH INCREDIBLE TESTIMONIES

THAT COME BACK BECAUSE
IT IS MUCH, MUCH MORE.
WE DEAL WITH FINANCES

BUT JESUS SAID,
"WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS,
THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO."

WHEN WE UNDERSTAND TO STEWARD
AND TO BE GENEROUS
WITH OUR TREASURE,

IT AFFECTS OUR HEART,
IT AFFECTS EVERY AREA
OF OUR LIVES.

AND EVERY TIME I TEACH ON THIS,
THE TESTIMONIES
AND THE PEOPLE'S LIVES...

THE FREEDOM THAT COMES,
IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
James: AND IT IS CONTAGIOUS.

WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE BLESSED
AND YOU WATCH THE JOY
THEY EXPERIENCE WHEN

THEY BLESS OTHERS AND SINCE
ALL OF US REALLY WOULD LIKE
TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING --

IF YOUR HEART'S BEATING,
IF YOU CAN BREATHE,
SURELY YOU WANT PEOPLE

TO HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN
JUST MEAGER FARE OR TOUGH TIMES
OR BE IN ABJECT POVERTY

AND A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS;
YOU CARE JUST LIKE YOU WOULD
WANT TO SAVE A DROWNING CHILD.

WHEN YOU WATCH PEOPLE
ALLEVIATE SUFFERING
AND DO IT WITH JOY AND

NOTICE PEOPLE AND TOUCH THEM
WITH THE LOVE OF GOD,
THAT'S WHAT ROBERT TEACHES.

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING
ELSE THAT HAS HAPPENED.
DEBBIE, HIS WIFE WHO IS

A PART OF THIS, THIS WHOLE
JOURNEY THEY'RE ON,
THAT THEY'RE JUST TEACHING

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND WE WANT TO PASS IT ON
TO YOU AND YOU REALLY NEED

TO GET THE TEACHING SERIES,
AUDIO, VIDEO, AND GET THE BOOK
-- WELL, THE BLESSED WOMAN.

WHAT DEBBIE DOES IS
SHE TELLS YOU HER JOURNEY.
AND BETTY, THIS IS SO NEAT;

SHE TELLS YOU HER JOURNEY
IN BLESSING AND WHAT
THEY DID TOGETHER LIKE

THEY DECIDED THEY'RE GIVING
THEIR HOUSE AWAY.
WHOA! WAIT A MINUTE!

WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?
WELL, BECAUSE GOD LED THEM TO.
YOU SAY, "THAT DOESN'T

SOUND SMART."
IT WAS REAL SMART WHEN
GOD LEADS YOU TO DO SOMETHING

AND YOU DO IT, WHETHER YOU
UNDERSTAND IT OR NOT
IT WILL MAKE GREAT SENSE,

IT WON'T BE STUPID,
IT WILL BE ONE OF
THE WISEST THINGS YOU DID.

WELL, LET HER TELL YOU.
THEN DEBBIE GOES IN THE BOOK
AND SHOWS YOU WHAT

SHE LEARNED FROM THE WOMEN
IN THE BIBLE ABOUT LIVING
A BLESSED LIFE.

DEBBIE, ALL THE WOMEN
WE'VE TALKED TO AND BETTY,
I'VE GLANCED THROUGH IT.

I DIDN'T TRY TO BE
THE BLESSED WOMAN.
[Laughter]

Betty: ONE THING I THOUGHT
WAS SO IMPORTANT TOO
IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING

YOU TALK ABOUT FINDING
YOUR PLACE IN THE MINISTRY
THAT GOD'S CALLED YOU INTO

BECAUSE YOU AND I ARE SIMILAR
IN OUR PERSONALITIES
AND IN OUR SITUATIONS

AS MINISTER'S WIVES.
BECAUSE I WAS PERFECTLY
AT HOME STAYING AT HOME

AND NOT REALLY ENTERING IN.
BUT YOU'RE NOW A PASTOR'S WIFE
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL

THE WAY GOD SHOWED YOU
YOUR PLACE ALONGSIDE ROBERT.
Debbie: GOD IS SO GOOD

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT
THE WOMEN IN THE BIBLE,
THEY BECAME MY FRIENDS.

I KNEW BETTY FROM A DISTANCE
BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE
I COULD CALL HER AND SAY,

"HEY, WILL YOU MENTOR ME?"
SO THE HOLY SPIRIT USED WOMEN
IN THE BIBLE TO TEACH ME

IN SOME REALLY TOUGH PLACES.
AND I TRIED TO BE VERY
VULNERABLE ABOUT SOME

OF THOSE TOUGH PLACES
AND TELL WHAT I WAS THINKING,
LIKE FINDING MY PLACE.

EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW
HER VALUE AND WHO SHE IS
IN GOD.

SO TO ME, SOMETIMES THE BIBLE
IS PRESENTED AS A MAN'S BOOK.
WE KNOW DAVID,

WE KNOW KING SAUL,
WE KNOW THE APOSTLES BUT
THE WOMEN IN THE BIBLE

SOMETIMES ARE JUST
KIND OF OVERLOOKED.
THEY'RE THE ADDITIONAL

CHARACTERS IN THE STORY.
BUT I BELIEVE GOD LOVES
HIS GIRLS AND HE DELIGHTS

IN SHOWING UP FOR THEM
AND HE PROVES HIMSELF STRONG
ON THEIR BEHALF ALL THE TIME.

James: I THINK YOU'RE
THE GREATEST INFLUENCE --
I'VE SAID IT SCORES OF TIMES

BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT
VERY FIRMLY --
APART FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT,

THE GREATEST SOURCE
OF INFLUENCE AND INSPIRATION
ON PLANET EARTH ARE WOMEN.

AND YET SO OFTEN TRAGICALLY
THEY'RE OVERLOOKED,
AND THEY'RE NOT EXALTED

AND LIFTED UP BY THEIR HUSBANDS
AND THAT IS ONE THE BIGGEST
MISTAKES IN ALL THE WORLD.

BUT I THINK WHAT YOU JUST
POINTED OUT,
WHEN A WOMAN CAN FIND...

AND REALLY, PAUL SAID A LOT
ABOUT WOMEN MENTORING WOMEN
AND INSPIRING --

YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THAT.
YOU HAVE THE PINK IMPACT
FOR WOMEN, WHICH IS SO AWESOME.

AND IF YOU CAN GET IN,
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DO IT.
THEY MAY HAVE TO DO

A DOUBLE IMPACT AND
PUT ANOTHER BUILDING UP.
BUT THESE WOMEN'S CONFERENCES

AT GATEWAY ARE JUST FABULOUS.
BUT WHAT YOU SAW
IN THESE WOMEN YOU FOUND

TO BE SUCH AN INSPIRATION
AND SUCH AN ENCOURAGEMENT
AND YOU PUT IT IN HERE

AND IT REALLY FITS WITH WHAT
YOU HEARD ROBERT TEACHING
AND THEN WHAT THE TWO OF YOU

LIVE TOGETHER ABOUT BLESSING
AND PUTTING GOD FIRST
IN YOUR FINANCES

AND WATCHING HOW HE MANAGES
AND MULTIPLIES, NOT JUST SAY,
MONETARY OR MATERIAL GAIN

OR MAYBE SOMETHING GOES
REALLY WELL.
I KNOW FOR INSTANCE, WHEN

YOU WROTE THE BLESSED LIFE
YOU GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD TOLD YOU

IT WAS A GOOD THING,
IT WAS GOING TO GO WELL.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY

THE FIRST THING YOU DID
THAT REALLY SOLD,
AND THE TWO OF YOU DECIDED

TO GIVE ALL THE MONEY
FROM THE BLESSED LIFE
AWAY TO BLESS AND THAT WAS

A VERY BIG DECISION.
YOU DID THAT TO BLESS OTHERS.
AND AS YOU ALL HAVE DONE THIS,

YOU COULD SAY, "WELL, YES,
WE'VE BEEN BLESSED" BUT TO ME,
I HEAR THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL

BEING, "YES, WE'VE BEEN
BLESSED, WE JUST KEEP
BLESSING MORE PEOPLE."

IT'S LIKE GOD SAW HE COULD
TRUST US WITH HIS BLESSING
AND THE BLESSING OF GOD ON US

WILL BE THE BLESSING OF GOD
ON OTHERS.
ISN'T THAT BASICALLY WHAT

YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE
SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF?
Robert: ABSOLUTELY!

AND THE REASON WE GAVE
THE PROCEEDS OF
THE BLESSED LIFE, THE BOOK AWAY

IS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE
IN GIVING THE FIRST TO GOD.
BUT I REALLY DIDN'T THINK

ABOUT IT WITH THE BOOK.
I WROTE THE BOOK BECAUSE
YOU ASKED ME TO.

YOU ASKED ME TO COME
ON LIFE TODAY AND TEACH
ABOUT GIVING BECAUSE IT WAS

A GIVE TO GIVE MESSAGE,
NOT A GIVE TO GET.
YOU MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO,

NONE OF US WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
LIVE IN POVERTY.
IN THE SAME WAY, THERE IS

A PROSPERITY MESSAGE THAT
IS BEING PREACHED,
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND

THERE'S ALSO A POVERTY MESSAGE
THAT'S BEING PREACHED THAT
IF YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY

BE GODLY YOU HAVE
TO LIVE IN POVERTY.
BUT HOW COULD YOU HELP

SOMEONE IF YOU'RE LIVING
IN POVERTY?
James: THEY CAN'T.

Robert: SO THERE'S NOT
THE EXTREME OF THE POVERTY
MESSAGE OR THE EXTREME

OF THE PROSPERITY.
James: ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
LIVE IN A MONASTERY

AND TOOK THE OATH OF POVERTY,
THEY'RE THE MOST LOOKED AFTER
AND KEPT PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.

THINK ABOUT THAT.
STOP AND THINK
ABOUT THAT PLEASE.

[Laughter]
YOU DON'T HELP ANYBODY UNLESS
YOU HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL.

BUT THE WHEREWITHAL,
AS YOU POINT OUT IN
THE BLESSED LIFE,

IS NOT ALWAYS MONEY.
OFTENTIMES, IT INCLUDES
PRIMARILY FOR MANY YOUR TIME,

YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS,
YOUR INTEREST, YOUR CONCERN,
YOUR COMPASSION AND EXPRESSION.

YOU TEACH THE BLESSED LIFE
AS NOT -- YOU SAID IN THE
LAST PROGRAM, "NOT A BLESSED

POCKETBOOK OR A BLESSED PURSE,
IT IS THE BLESSED LIFE"
BUT IT DEFINITELY

INCLUDES GIVING.
WE HAVE A REAL FINANCE
PROBLEM NOT ONLY IN

OUR NATION AND IN THE WORLD,
WE HAVE A FINANCE PROBLEM
AT HOME BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T

PUT THE OVERSEER IN CHARGE
OF LEADING US IN THE OVERSIGHT
OF EVERYTHING HE HAS

ENTRUSTED TO US.
Robert: IF GOD'S FIRST,
EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE

CAN COME INTO ORDER.
WHEN HE'S NOT FIRST,
EVERY AREA IS OUT OF ORDER.

HE HAS TO BE FIRST.
I'VE BEEN TEACHING THIS
FOR YEARS AND DEBBIE,

IN HER BOOK SAW A WOMAN --
AGAIN, BEFORE SHE EVER WROTE
THE BOOK, THESE WERE

LIFE LESSONS TO HER.
BUT SHE CAME TO ME ONE DAY
AND THERE WAS A WOMAN

THAT PUT GOD FIRST
AND SAW GOD'S PROVISION;
REMEMBER?

Debbie: YES, THE WIDOW
WITH ELIJAH.
ELIJAH TELLS HER TO USE

HER LAST RESOURCES
TO MAKE HIM BREAD.
SHE DOES.

SHE CARES FOR ELIJAH BUT
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S
A VERY SELFISH THING

ON ELIJAH'S PART BUT
IT'S REALLY NOT.
IT WAS SALVATION FOR HER

AND HER HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE
IF SHE HAD NOT DONE THAT,
SHE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN

GOD HEAL HER SON.
SOMETIMES I THINK WE LOOK
AT GIVING AS JUST A THING

THAT WE'RE BLESSING GOD BUT
GOD WANTS TO BLESS US BACK
WITH THIS.

IT'S JUST REALLY A NEAT THING.
James: ROBERT, YOU MAKE IT
SO CLEAR AND GOD HAS GIVEN YOU

SUCH A WONDERFUL GIFT
TO ILLUSTRATE AND APPLY
SO WE TAKE IT RIGHT HOME

WITH US, WE CAN PUT IT
RIGHT TO WORK.
THAT WHEN YOU TAKE WHAT

GOD HAS GIVEN YOU,
AND YOU ALLOW HIM TO DIRECT IT
AND TO BLESS PEOPLE,

HE IMMEDIATELY GIVES THEM
WISDOM AND OVERSIGHT
TO MAKE DECISIONS THEY COULDN'T

POSSIBLY HAVE MADE
WITHOUT THAT WISDOM
THAT COMES FROM ABOVE,

AND THE WISDOM THAT COMES
TO THOSE WHO HAVE YIELDED
THEMSELVES TO HIS OVERSIGHT

AND DIRECTION.
Robert: WHEN WE REALLY CATCH
GIVING AS A LIFESTYLE,

IT OPENS THE RIVER OF GOD.
I THINK WE LIMIT HOW WIDE
THAT RIVER FLOWS IN OUR LIVES,

HOW WIDE IT FLOWS IN
BY HOW WIDE IT FLOWS OUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY

WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT,
"IN THE SAME MEASURE
YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED

BACK TO YOU."
-- SO IF WE USE A SPOON
OR IF WE USE A CUP

OR IF WE USE A DUMP TRUCK.
BUT THE POINT IS,
WHEN WE GET GOD,

IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN
SIMPLY HIS RESOURCES,
IT IS HIS GUIDANCE,

HIS LOVE, HIS COMPASSION,
HIS HEALING POWER.
FOR DEBBIE AND ME, WE WERE

BOTH RAISED IN THE CHURCH
BUT I REALLY BECAME
VERY MATERIALISTIC.

I GOT VERY MUCH IN BONDAGE
TO AN IMMORAL LIFESTYLE
AND WHEN I LEARNED

ABOUT GIVING --.
James: AND THAT HAPPENS
TO CHRISTIANS.

IT HAPPENED TO ME
AS A CHRISTIAN.
WE WERE TWO DEFEATED PREACHERS

WHO REALLY WERE BROKEN
BY GOD AND CAME TO GOD
FOR HIM TO LIFT US UP

OUT OF A DITCH THAT
WE HELPED DIG AND PUT US
BACK ON SOLID GROUND.

Robert: WHAT HAPPENED FOR ME IS
WHEN I REALLY BEGAN
TO PUT GOD FIRST

IN MY FINANCES,
THESE OTHER AREAS OF MY LIFE
CAME INTO ORDER.

NOW WE HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED.
WE GAVE THE FIRST BOOK AWAY.
WHEN IT CAME TO

THE SECOND BOOK, I SAID,
"LORD, DO YOU WANT US
TO GIVE THESE ROYALTIES AWAY

AS WELL?"
HE SAID TO ME VERY CLEARLY,
"NO, I WANT YOU

TO STEWARD THEM."
AND GOD HAS BLESSED US
FINANCIALLY NOW.

AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY
IT'S NOT RIGHT TO BE
A PREACHER AND BE BLESSED

FINANCIALLY.
WE'RE SOME OF THE BIGGEST
GIVERS IN THE CHURCH

AND THAT'S A BLESSING FOR US.
WE CAN STEWARD GOD'S RESOURCES
TO DIFFERENT AREAS.

BUT THE POINT WAS WHEN
WE PUT GOD FIRST,
THESE OTHER AREAS OF MY LIFE

CAME INTO LINE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MY PAST
FAILURES -- DEBBIE, WE WERE

TALKING WITH A PASTOR
AND HIS WIFE A WHILE BACK
THAT HAD A FAILURE AS WELL

AND DEBBIE SAID, AND I'D NEVER
HEARD HER SAY THIS,
IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.

SHE SAID, "IT'S THE BEST THING
THAT EVER HAPPENED
IN OUR MARRIAGE."

NOW NOT MY FAILURE,
BUT WHAT GOD DID IN OUR LIFE
WHEN I RESPONDED

AND ALLOWED GOD TO DO
A HEALING IN MY HEART
BECAUSE THERE IS A HUMILITY,

A TRANSPARENCY, A COMPASSION
THAT I THINK I MINISTER IN NOW
THAT I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

THERE WAS A PRIDE AND ARROGANCE
AND WE KNOW PRIDE
GOES BEFORE A FALL.

James: I WANT TO JUST REALLY
IN THE MOST PERSONAL WAY,
OF COURSE ALL OF YOU THAT

ARE HERE AND MANY OF YOU
I KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW
YOUR STORIES, IN THE AUDIENCE

HERE, YOU'VE EXPERIENCED
THE IMPACT OF WHAT ROBERT
SHARES IN THE BLESSED LIFE.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU INDICATED,
"WE'RE PRAYING EVERYBODY WILL,
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE IT."

YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT.
THIS ISN'T A MESSAGE THAT
GOD GAVE ROBERT MORRIS

TO PREACH IN A COMMUNITY
SO THEY WOULD JUST BE
A BLESSED COMMUNITY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ROBERT
PREACHES THE BLESSED LIFE
IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS MADE UP

OF A POPULATION THAT
IF YOU WERE TO SURVEY
THE WHOLE WORLD THESE WOULD

BE THE MOST DIFFICULT PEOPLE
ON PLANET EARTH TO GET
TO RECEIVE THE MESSAGE

OF GENEROSITY, OF LOVE,
OF GIVING, AND OF CARING
OUTSIDE THEIR WORLD

AND IMPACTING EVERYBODY
ELSE'S WORLD -- THEY'D BE
THE LAST ONES TO HEAR IT.

AND YET THEY HAVE RUN TO THIS
LIKE PEOPLE RUNNING TO WATER
IN A DESERT,

LIKE PEOPLE RUNNING
FOR THE HEALING OF
AN INCURABLE DISEASE

OR BLIND EYES OPENED --
THEY HAVE RUN TO IT.
AND THEN THE RELEASE OF

THAT RIVER HAS GONE ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
IT'S LIKE ROBERT HAS SHARED,

THE CHURCH GAVE AWAY
$10 MILLION LAST YEAR
TO MISSION OUTREACHES.

THE PEOPLE DO THAT AND
MANY PEOPLE OF THEM DO THAT
ON THEIR OWN FAR BEYOND

EVEN WHAT THE CHURCH DOES
BECAUSE IT'S IN THEIR HEART.
THIS IS A TRANSFORMING MESSAGE.

IT IS THE BLESSED LIFE.
I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU.
THE NUMBER IS THERE.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST
MAKE NOTE OF IT.
SAY, "I'M GOING ON

LIFETODAY.ORG AND I'M GOING
TO GET THE BLESSED LIFE,
I WANT TO GET THE BOOK,

I WANT DEBBIE'S BOOK."
WHAT WE'RE DOING,
IF YOU WANT THE VIDEO SERIES

AND THE AUDIO TOGETHER,
YOU CAN SEE BOTH BOOKS,
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE

A LOVE GIFT TO HELP US
SHARE MISSION OUTREACHES
AROUND THE WORLD;

NOT ONLY THIS OUTREACH TO YOU
AND TO PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD BUT TO TOUCH

THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
BEEN TOTALLY OVERLOOKED.
IF YOU SAY, "WELL JAMES,

I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD
DO THAT BUT I REALLY WANT
THIS TRUTH."

WELL, ASK FOR IT IN THE CD'S.
MAKE A GIFT OF $50 OR MORE
AND WE'LL SEND THIS TO YOU.

YOU'RE NOT BUYING IT --
BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU...
WE'RE ASKING YOU BECAUSE

IT'S THE BEST WAY WE CAN
START YOU INTO UNDERSTANDING
BLESSING IS TO SAY,

"LOOK, LET'S BLESS
SOMEBODY ELSE" BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT WE DO

AT LIFE OUTREACH, THAT'S WHAT
WE DO AT LIFE TODAY.
IT'S WHAT WE DO TOGETHER;

WE PUT ARMS AROUND A BROKEN
HURTING WORLD TOGETHER.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO

A CLIP FROM THE BLESSED LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO JUST LISTEN.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE

IF YOU GET THE VIDEO
AND THIS IS A POWERFUL,
POWERFUL POINT.

LISTEN TO IT.

Robert: LET ME GIVE YOU
A CLOSING ILLUSTRATION.
TAKE A FEW VOLUNTEERS HERE.

HOW ABOUT YOU?
WOULD YOU STAND UP?
SIR, WILL YOU STAND UP?

AND PASTOR BOBBY,
YOU WANT TO COME DOWN HERE?
WILL YOU GUYS DO A LINE

RIGHT HERE?
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT
-- FACING ME, IF YOU'LL GET

ON THAT END OVER THERE
AND YOU IN THE MIDDLE
AND THEN PASTOR BOBBY THERE.

THERE YOU GO!
LIKE THAT.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

CORY. BILLY. BOBBY.
CORY, BILLY, BOBBY --
GOT IT!

[Laughter]
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO AWAY

FOR A WHILE.
WHILE I'M GONE, I'M GOING
TO SEND YOU MEN SOME FUNDS

AND I WANT YOU TO CHANNEL
SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO MY WIFE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE

EACH OF YOU $10,000 A MONTH.
BILLY, DON'T GET EXCITED,
THIS IS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION.

[Laughter]
AND I WANT YOU TO GIVE MY WIFE
$1,000 A MONTH.

YOU CAN KEEP 90% OF IT.
I JUST NEED 10%.
OKAY?

SO AFTER A FEW MONTHS
I TALK TO DEBBIE AND I SAY,
"HEY, HOW IS THAT MONEY

COMING IN FROM
THOSE THREE GUYS?"
SHE SAYS, "WELL, CORY IS

SENDING $1,000 A MONTH,
EVERY MONTH, FIRST OF
THE MONTH IT'S THERE.

BILLY IS SENDING $2,000
A MONTH."
I SAY, "REALLY?

I WONDER WHY HE'S DOING THAT?
I ONLY ASKED HIM TO DO $1,000."
"I DON'T KNOW BUT

EVERY MONTH HE SENDS $2,000."
"WELL, THAT'S GREAT."
I SAY, "WHAT ABOUT BOBBY?"

SHE SAID, "WELL, WE NEED
TO TALK ABOUT BOBBY."
[Laughter]

I TOLD YOU I'D GET YOU BACK.
[Laughter]
I SAID, "WHAT'S BOBBY DOING?"

"WELL, THE FIRST MONTH
HE SENT $700,
THE SECOND MONTH $400,

AND THIS MONTH HE HASN'T
SENT ANYTHING AT ALL."
NOW YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS MY WIFE, AND I'M
THE ONE GIVING HIM THE MONEY.
AND HE CAN KEEP 90% OF IT.

I JUST WANTED 10%!
WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M GOING
TO DO TO BOBBY?

[Laughter]
THAT'S MY WIFE!
I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO,
I'M GOING TO CUT HIM OFF.
I'M NOT PROVIDING

FOR HIM ANYMORE.
I CAN'T TRUST HIM.
I ONLY NEEDED 10%.

I CAN'T TRUST HIM AT ALL.
ACTUALLY, HE'S STEALING
FROM ME.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE
I'M GOING TO DO.
I'M GOING TO TAKE HIS $10,000

AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT
TO BILLY BECAUSE
I CAN TRUST HIM.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
THESE THREE GUYS ARE
TELLING ME EVERY MONTH.

THEY'RE TELLING ME
HOW MUCH THEY LOVE ME.
THEY'RE TELLING ME

HOW TRUSTWORTHY THEY ARE.
THEY'RE ALSO TELLING ME
HOW MUCH THEY LOVE MY WIFE.

OKAY, YOU GUYS CAN
SIT BACK DOWN.
LET ME APPLY THIS ILLUSTRATION.

JESUS SAID,
"I'M GOING AWAY FOR A WHILE.
WHILE I'M GONE, I WANT YOU

TO TAKE CARE OF MY WIFE."
IS THE CHURCH THE BRIDE
OF CHRIST?

Audience: YES.
Robert: DO YOU REALIZE
HOW PERSONAL IT IS TO JESUS

WHEN YOU DON'T LOVE HIS WIFE?
DO YOU REALIZE HOW PERSONALLY
HE TAKES TITHING?

BECAUSE IT'S SUPPORTING
HIS WIFE.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT

YOU'RE TELLING JESUS
EVERY TIME YOU GET PAID.
YOU'RE TELLING HIM

HOW MUCH YOU THINK OF HIM.
YOU'RE TELLING HIM
HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIM.

YOU'RE TELLING HIM
HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIS WIFE.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE

THERE IS A TEST AND YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
THE GREAT THING IS

IF YOU PASS THE TEST
YOU'RE BLESSED.
IF YOU FAIL THE TEST

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE UNDER
A CURSE AND GOD DOESN'T
WANT YOU TO BE.

James: I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY QUESTION
YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED

AND THERE IS CERTAINLY
NO QUESTION
GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU.

YOU TALK ABOUT REAL BLESSING?
-- WHEN YOU BLESS OTHERS.
YOU MAY SAY, "JAMES, I DON'T

KNOW IF I CAN DO MUCH."
HEY, LITTLE IS MUCH
IN GOD'S SIGHT.

BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LEARN
WHAT IT IS TO OVERSEE
WHAT GOD'S TRUSTED TO YOU

AND GOD WHO LOVES TO BLESS
SEES SOMEONE
WHO DESIRES TO BLESS,

YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WONDER,
AM I GOING TO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO BLESS THEM?

IT WILL BE BEYOND MONEY.
IT MAY BE YOUR TIME,
IT MAY BE JUST LISTENING,

IT MAY BE A SHOULDER
FOR THEM TO LEAN ON,
IT MAY BE SOMEONE

TO WEEP WITH THEM
OR REJOICE WITH THEM.
GET THE BLESSED LIFE.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU
TO GET THE VIDEO SERIES.
WE'RE ASKING YOU

FOR A LOVE GIFT.
THIS COULD BE THE STARTING
OF A WAY OF BLESSING.

YOU SAY, "JAMES,
AT LIFE OUTREACH
YOU'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO HAVE

PROGRAMS LIKE THIS TO
HELP US AND WONDERFUL GUESTS
WHO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE US

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US
A CHANCE TO BLESS PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY EVER

NOTICED ALL OVER THE WORLD,
TO GIVE THEM SOME FRESH WATER
OR SOME FOOD

WHEN THEY'RE REALLY HUNGRY."
YES. SO YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR PERHAPS MORE,

YOU MAY SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOD'S BLESSED ME,
I CAN GIVE $1,000."

WELL, DO IT!
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
TO INVEST IT IN PEOPLE; WE'RE

GOING TO BLESS OTHERS WITH IT
SO YOU START RIGHT THERE.
BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU

TO SIMPLY CALL THE NUMBER,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD OR YOU
CAN GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG

AND MAKE YOUR GIFT THAT WAY
AND SAY, "I WANT TO HELP,
I WANT TO BLESS OTHERS.

BUT I WANT THE SERIES,
I WANT THE VIDEO,
I WANT ROBERT'S BOOK,

THE BLESSED LIFE."
AND IF YOU ASK
FOR THE VIDEO SERIES AND

MAKE A GIFT OF $100 OR MORE
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
ALSO THE AUDIO

AND WE'LL SEND YOU
THE BLESSED WOMAN --
AND THAT PICTURE

IS A WHOLE LOT PRETTIER
THAN THE ONE
THAT'S ON ROBERT'S BOOK --

AND YOU'LL GET
THE BLESSED WOMAN.
WHAT DEBBIE DOES IS

SHE TEACHES YOU WHAT
SHE LEARNED ABOUT BLESSING
AND BEING A BLESSING

FROM WOMEN IN THE BIBLE.
GREAT INSIGHTS,
AREN'T THEY, BETTY?

AND SO WE WANT YOU
TO ASK FOR THIS.
IF YOU SAY, "JAMES,

I CAN'T DO THAT
BUT I REALLY DO WANT THE AUDIO
AND I REALLY WANT THAT BOOK,"

THEN MAKE A SPECIAL LOVE GIFT
OF $50 OR MORE.
FATHER, I PRAY FOR

EVERYONE WATCHING RIGHT NOW
THAT THEY WILL BEGIN
EXPERIENCING THE BLESSING

BY SAYING, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO GET
THAT INSTRUCTION.

I'M GOING TO GET THE WISDOM
THAT COMES FROM ABOVE THROUGH
A SHEPHERD AND A PASTOR

THAT'S HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE.
BUT LORD, I'M GOING
TO BLESS SOMEBODY TODAY

AND I WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE
TO BLESS YOU GOD
AND BLESS OTHERS,

IN JESUS' NAME."
I HOPE YOU MAKE THAT CALL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR MAKING THE GIFT.
THIS COULD BE LIKE
RELEASING A RIVER -- A RIVER

OF LIFE, LIGHT, AND LOVE
ALL OVER YOUR COMMUNITY
AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MAKING THAT CALL.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE GIFT.

Announcer: INTRODUCING
THE BLESSED LIFE,

AN EYE-OPENING SERIES
FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS
TO EXPERIENCE A RELEASE

OF GOD'S FINANCIAL
BLESSINGS AND REWARDS.

WHILE GREED
AND MATERIALISM

CHOKE OUT
THE TRUE SPIRIT
OF PROSPERITY,

THE BLESSED LIFE GIVES
BALANCE AND TRUE MEANING
TO SCRIPTURES

THAT HAVE OFTEN
BROUGHT CONFUSION

AND DIVISION
AMONG CHRISTIANS.

WITH SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS UNVEILS

THE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO EXPERIENCE THE BLESSED LIFE.

YOU'LL DISCOVER
THE POWERFUL LINK

BETWEEN YOUR FAITH
AND YOUR FINANCES

AND EXPERIENCE
THE FINANCIAL RESULTS

THAT ARE PROMISED
IN GOD'S WORD.

>> I WAS ON THE VERGE OF TERMINATION FROM MY JOB

AND GOD SPOKE CLEARLY TO ME
AND I KNEW THIS WAS IT.

THIS WAS THE TIME
I NEEDED TO COMMIT MYSELF

AND COMMIT MY ENTIRE LIFE
TO CHRIST.

>> I WOULD SAY
THE BLESSED LIFE,
THE PRINCIPLES

SIMPLY WORK BECAUSE
IT IS THE BIBLE, BASICALLY.

GOD'S WORD JUST TALKS
ABOUT WHEN YOU GIVE,

HE RELEASES RESOURCES TO YOU
TO GET THEM THROUGH YOU

AND NOTHING PUTS IT BETTER
THAN THE BLESSED LIFE.

THE BLESSED LIFE IS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK ONLY ON AUDIO CD

AND INCLUDES
ROBERT'S BOOK

WITH YOUR GIFT OF
JUST $50 OR MORE.

OR A GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE

FOR BOTH AUDIO
AND VIDEO SERIES
WITH BOOK.

AND AS A BONUS,
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
DEBBIE MORRIS'S BOOK,

THE BLESSED WOMAN.

AND REMEMBER, YOUR GIFT TODAY HELPS OFFER THE GOSPEL

IN WORD AND DEED
AROUND THE WORLD.

PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY.

James: I PRAY YOU CALL
THE NUMBER.
NOW YOU KNOW THAT IF

YOUR HEART'S BROKEN AND
YOU SAY, "I JUST NEED SOMEBODY
TO PRAY WITH ME," THAT CALL

IS PAID FOR BY SOMEBODY THAT
LOVES YOU; SO YOU CAN CALL.
I'M HOPING YOU'LL CALL TODAY

AND SAY, "I WANT
THE BLESSED LIFE BECAUSE
I WANT MY LIFE BLESSED."

AS A MATTER OF FACT,
IF YOU EVER CALL AND YOU GET
A BUSY, YOU SAY,

"GOD, THANK YOU.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE GETTING HELP.

BUT I'M GETTING THROUGH."
AND YOU KEEP CALLING
UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH

OR YOU GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG
AND SAY, "I WANT
THE BLESSED LIFE.

AND HERE'S MY GIFT
TO BLESS OTHERS,
AND I KNOW GOD'S GOING

TO BLESS ME."
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'VE GOT A STEWARDSHIP

PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO SAY,
"WHAT DO I DO WITH WHAT
GOD'S ENTRUSTED TO ME

AFTER I'M GONE?"
I WISH YOU COULD KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE

BY JUST HAVING
A LITTLE THOUGHTFULNESS
IN THEIR ESTATE PLANNING.

THERE IS THE WEB SITE.
WE'VE GOT --
THIS IS FOR YOU.

FOR YOUR FAMILY AND PEOPLE
YOU LOVE TO SHOW YOU HOW
YOU CAN BLESS YOUR FAMILY --

BY THE WAY, AND SAVE A LOT
OF MONEY FOR YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY SO YOU COULD

DO MORE FOR GOD.
THIS IS HELP.
AVAIL YOURSELF

OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS A GOOD WAY TO BE
A STEWARD OF WHAT

GOD'S ENTRUSTED TO YOU.
JOIN BETTY AND ME IN SAYING
THANKS TO ROBERT MORRIS,

PASTOR AT GATEWAY
AND HIS WIFE DEBBIE.
ROBERT, DEBBIE, BLESS YOU!

ROBERT'S GOING TO BE ON
THE REST OF THE WEEK
WITH GUESTS WHOSE LIVES

HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED BY
THE TRUTH OF THE BLESSED LIFE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

Announcer: TOMORROW,
A HIGHLY PAID EXECUTIVE

LIVED A STRESSED WORK
AND FAMILY LIFE

UNTIL HE SURRENDERED HIS FINANCES TO GOD

AND FOLLOWED THE TEACHING
OF PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS
AND THE BLESSED LIFE.