Announcer:
COMING UP, BETH MOORE EXPLORES
WHY PEOPLE ARE BEGGING.

Beth: THIS IS WHEN I WISH
I COULD SIT IN YOUR DEN

ACROSS YOUR COFFEE TABLE AND
WE COULD JUST LEAN IN AND SAY,

WHAT ARE YOU
BEGGING FOR?

BECAUSE I KNOW A FEW OF THE
THINGS I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR.

I WANT YOU TO THINK THROUGH
THAT MAYBE IT IS NOT OUTRIGHT

BUT IT IS JUST THIS
UNDERLYING THING THAT

WE MAY NOT EVEN BE CONSCIOUSLY
AWARE OF IN OUR OWN ACTIONS.

Announcer:
BEGGING FOR SOMETHING?
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!

♪

James: WHAT A JOY
TO COME INTO YOUR HOME.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.

BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY,
"WEDNESDAYS WITH BETH."

YOU KNOW WHAT BETH SAYS
ABOUT THIS LITTLE BOOK?
I'VE WRITTEN

SOME PRETTY BIG BOOKS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
WITH JAY RICHARDS, THIS IS

QUITE THE BOOK,
THIS IS THE BOOK
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT

AND YOU REALLY HAVE HOPE FOR
A NEW DIRECTION THAT TAKES US
FAR BEYOND ANY ELECTION

OR POLITICIAN BUT PRINCIPLE,
READ IT -- PLEASE READ IT.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY,

"I JUST WANT SOMETHING
INSPIRATIONAL AND SIMPLE."
WELL, HERE IT IS, BETTY,

THE GOD OF ALL CREATION.
AND LITTLE PRINCESS
IS RIGHT HERE ON THE COVER

CHASING A RABBIT.
OH MY, HOW THOSE LITTLE
SHORT LEGS WISH

SHE COULD CATCH IT.
AND YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF HER
IN HERE DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK

AND MANY OTHERS.
BETH MOORE SAYS, "I'M SO GLAD
JAMES WROTE THIS BOOK!"

THESE ARE LIFE LESSONS
WE LEARNED FROM PETS
AND WILDLIFE.

IF YOU CAN LEARN
FROM THE BIRDS,
JESUS SAID, YOU CAN.

YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE ANTS,
SOLOMON SAID YOU CAN.
THE BIBLE IS FILLED WITH

LESSONS THAT GOD WANTS US
TO LEARN FROM ALL WE SEE.
BY THE WAY, HE SAID

IN ROMANS ONE HE REVEALED
HIMSELF IN WHAT HE CREATED.
SO MANY PEOPLE LOVE PETS,

THEY LOVE THE WILDLIFE;
WHAT CAN WE LEARN?
YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS.

WE'RE SENDING IT, BETTY,
TO EVERYONE WHO HELPS US
DO SOMETHING ELSE SO WONDERFUL

AND THAT'S TO GIVE FOOD
TO THE HUNGRY, TO THE TRULY
DESPERATELY HUNGRY.

NOW BETH MOORE IS TALKING
IN HER TEACHING TODAY
AND THIS IS THE VERY FIRST PART

OF IT, SHE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW
WE ARE ALL LONGING, BEGGING,
PLEADING FOR SOMETHING.

EVEN OUR HURT CRIES OUT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED.
THEN A LITTLE LATER

YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY BLESS
SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO ENJOY BLESSING AND YOU'RE

GOING TO WANT TO GET
THE GOD OF ALL CREATION
AND A SPECIAL DEVOTIONAL BOOK,

A BIBLE DEVOTIONAL BOOK.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
HERE'S BETH.

BE BLESSED!

Beth: I'M A REALLY VISUAL
LEARNER AND I PRAY, I THINK
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU IF

YOU ALSO PICTURED THIS SCENE.
IN FACT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
NOT ONLY TO PICTURE IT,

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO TRY TO SMELL IT,
TO TRY TO FEEL IT,

AND TO JUST IMAGINE
BEING RIGHT IN THIS SCENE:

HMM MM MM.
SOMEBODY JUST SAY,
"HMM MM MM MM!"

SOMETIMES YOU'VE JUST GOT TO
HMM MM MM OVER THE WORD OF GOD.
NOW I'M A DETAIL PERSON.

THE MORE THEY COULD TELL US
ABOUT THE INTRICATE DETAILS
OF THE SCENE,

THE BETTER I'D LIKE IT.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD ON.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHERE HIS LEGS,
BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER

BEEN STOOD UPON, WERE THEY
DISFIGURED AND BENT UP?
WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE?

WHAT DID HE SOUND LIKE?
I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO KNOW
ALL THOSE THINGS.

BUT NOTICE IN WHAT WE ARE TOLD,
WE ARE MISSING THE BIGGEST,
MOST IMPORTANT DETAIL OF ALL,

WE ARE NOT TOLD HIS NAME
IN THIS SCENE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU

BUT I NEED TO KNOW THE NAME.
WE'VE GOT PETER AND JOHN
BUT WHAT IS THIS GUY'S NAME?

I THINK ONE REASON WHY THAT'S
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING IS
BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US

CAN BECOME THE BEGGAR
IN THE SCENE.
THERE IS PETER AND JOHN

BUT THEN THE BEGGAR IS UNNAMED.
SO TODAY,
AS I SEARCH THESE SCRIPTURES,

AND AS I PREPARED FOR YOU
AND PRAYED OVER THIS MESSAGE,
TODAY, THAT BEGGAR IS ME.

TODAY I WONDER IF YOU WOULD
LET THAT BEGGAR BE YOU?
BECAUSE WE'VE COME TO SEE

OURSELVES IN HIM FIRST BEFORE
WE LOOK AT PETER AND JOHN
AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD

FOUR POINTS TOGETHER.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS THIS:

WOULD YOU JOT THAT DOWN?
ANYBODY AGREE WITH THAT?
CAN YOU THINK,

IF WE PAUSED A MINUTE.
THIS IS ONE I WISH
WE COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT.

THIS IS ONE I WISH
I COULD SIT IN YOUR DEN,
ACROSS FROM YOUR COFFEE TABLE

AND WE COULD JUST LEAN IN
AND SAY, "WHAT ARE YOU
BEGGING FOR?"

BECAUSE I KNOW A FEW OF THE
THINGS I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR.
I WANT YOU TO THINK THROUGH,

MAYBE IT IS NOT OUTRIGHT
BUT IT IS JUST
THIS UNDERLYING THING

THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN BE
CONSCIOUSLY AWARE OF
IN OUR OWN ACTIONS.

MAYBE WE ARE BEGGING FOR
ATTENTION WITH OUR DEPRESSION.
MAYBE WE'RE BEGGING FOR

SOMETHING THROUGH OUR ANGER.
MAYBE WE'RE BEGGING
FOR SOMETHING

THROUGH OUR IMMORALITY.
DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
BECAUSE I LOOK BACK OVER

SOME OF THE MOST
FOOLISH THINGS I'VE DONE
IN THE COURSE OF MY LIFE

AND I THINK TO MYSELF,
I WAS NOT EVEN HAVING FUN!
I WONDER IF ANYBODY CAN RELATE

WITH ME ON THAT?
THAT SOME OF
THE STUPIDEST THINGS

I'VE EVER DONE,
I DID NOT ENJOY DOING.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE

THAT I LEARNED GROWING UP
THAT NOT EVERYBODY
IN A PIT OF SIN

IS HAVING A GREAT TIME.
I COULD NOT EVEN FATHOM WHY
I DID THE THINGS THAT I DID.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT
THERE WERE NOT PLENTY OF TIMES
WHEN I WAS FULL ON INTO IT

WITH ALL OF MY FLESHLY DESIRES
BUT I'M JUST SAYING
THERE WERE MANY, MANY TIMES

THAT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT
I WAS DOING
AND WHY I KEPT MAKING

THE SAME DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT I WAS BEGGING

FOR SOMETHING,
BECAUSE WE'RE ALL BEGGING
FOR SOMETHING.

WE'VE ALL BEEN WHAT THE WORD
OF GOD WOULD CALL,
"POOR IN SPIRIT."

SOME OF US HAVE BEEN
BEGGING FOR SOMETHING
BY ACTING OUT IN SUCH A WAY

THAT WE ALMOST SEEM LIKE
WE HAVE LOST OUR MINDS
TO OUR LOVED ONES.

MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A LOVED ONE
COMPLETELY WIGGED OUT,
AND I'M TELLING YOU,

THAT PERSON IS BEGGING
FOR SOMETHING.
IF WE COULD JUST LOCK

INTO WHAT IS IT
THAT THEY'RE REALLY WANTING?
WHAT ARE THEY CRYING OUT FOR?

I WANT YOU TO SEE VERSE TWO:

IT SAYS, "LAME," LITERALLY
IN THE GREEK,
LAME FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB.

SO THIS HAD BEEN INNATE.
IT HAD BEEN SOMETHING HE HAD
LIVED WITH ALL OF HIS LIFE.

FOR SOME OF US THE REASON
WHY WE CAN'T ALWAYS IDENTIFY
WHAT WE'RE BEGGING FOR

IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BEGGING
FOR IT ALL OUR LIVES.
WHAT IS IT?

COULD YOU TRY TO DEFINE
WHAT IS IT YOU KEEP
AND WHATEVER ACTION

AND WHATEVER STRIVING
AND WHATEVER MOANING
AND GROANING

AND URGING AND YEARNING,
WHAT IS IT YOU KEEP
BEGGING FOR?

SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T BEG PEOPLE
FOR WHAT YOU REALLY NEED
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES

THEY JUST CAN'T GIVE IT --
THEY JUST CANNOT GIVE IT.
HAVE YOU EVER BEGGED FOR LOVE

FROM SOMEBODY THAT WAS JUST
TOO EMOTIONALLY HANDICAPPED
TO THROW THEIR ARMS AROUND YOU

AND TELL YOU HOW VALUABLE
YOU ARE TO THEM?
SOME PEOPLE ARE AS LAME OF LIMB

IN WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO YOU
EMOTIONALLY AS THIS MAN WAS
IN THE SCENE OF ACTS THREE.

I THINK IT IS SO INTERESTING
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
THAT HE'S ASKING FOR ALMS.

HE IS ASKING,
OF COURSE, FOR MONEY.
NOTICE THAT WHAT

HE REALLY NEEDS IS NEW LEGS,
BUT HE'S ASKING FOR ALMS.
WOULDN'T YOU AGREE THAT

THAT'S HOW WE DO?
BECAUSE HONESTLY,
THEY COULDN'T GIVE HIM --

HE KNEW ALREADY
IT WOULD DO HIM NO GOOD
TO SIT THERE AND GO,

"I NEED SOME LEGS!"
I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS QUOTE
FROM A NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY

BECAUSE I KEEP THINKING
ABOUT IT.
IT SAYS, AND I'M QUOTING NOW,

"ALMS, ALMS! HE BEGGED
LIKE A STUCK PHONOGRAPH RECORD
AS HE WOULD HAVE UTTERED

HUNDREDS OF TIMES A DAY."
SO HE WOULD BE CARRIED
EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND HE WAS CARRIED
TO THIS PARTICULAR PLACE
BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF

THE PILLARS OF JUDAISM THAT
THEY WOULD STUDY THE TORAH,
(THERE WERE 3 MAIN PILLARS,)

THE TORAH, WORSHIP,
AND THEN GIVING.
AND SO REFLECTIVE

OF WHAT THIS MINISTRY IS ABOUT.
IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE WAY
OF SERVING GOD,

AND WE DO THAT THROUGH WORSHIP,
WE DO IT THROUGH THE STUDY
OF THE WORD OF GOD,

AND THE WAYS OF GOD
AND WE DO IT THROUGH GIVING.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ALL ABOUT

AS WELL.
SO HE WOULD BE BROUGHT THERE
BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE

IN THE MINDSET TO GIVE TO HIM
IN THAT PLACE IF HE WOULD SIT
RIGHT THERE AT THAT DOOR.

BUT HE HAD TO ASK THEM FOR ALMS
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOING
TO GIVE HIM A NEW SET OF LEGS.

IMAGINE HE WOULD HAVE SAID,
"LEGS! LEGS! LEGS! LEGS!"
AND NO ONE COULD COME ALONG

AND GIVE HIM LEGS.
SO IT WAS, "ALMS! ALMS."
I WANT YOU TO WRITE DOWN

POINT NUMBER TWO --
SOMEBODY TELL ME
WHAT POINT NUMBER ONE WAS?

I DARE YOU TODAY TO ASK JESUS
TO IDENTIFY TO YOU
WHAT YOU'RE BEGGING FOR.

I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME THING
BECAUSE IT WILL BE
AN EYE-OPENER.

NOW, WE UNDERSTAND
WHAT THIS GUY IS DOING
BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO HAVE MONEY

BECAUSE HE CAN'T MAKE
HIS OWN LIVING.
SO WE GET THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS
TOO FAR IN THE METAPHOR
BUT I DO WANT YOU TO SEE

HOW WE DO THE SAME THING;
HOW WE TWIST IT UP
IN OUR THINKING.

THEN, INSTEAD OF ASKING
FOR WHAT WE REALLY NEED
WE ASK FOR SOMETHING TO SUPPORT

OUR INFIRMITY
OR OUR BROKENNESS.
DOES ANYBODY GET THAT WITH ME?

INSTEAD OF ASKING
FOR THE THING,
WE STILL KEEP TRYING TO SOMEHOW

HAVE A MAINTENANCE PLAN
FOR OUR BROKENNESS
AND ALL OUR INFIRMITY.

SO WE FIND OURSELVES BEGGING
FOR THE LESSER THING
WE REALLY, REALLY NEED.

SOMETIMES WHAT WE'RE BEGGING
FOR IS NOT WHAT WE NEED MOST.
WHAT'S SO INTERESTING HERE

IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THIS MAN WOULD HAVE BEEN
BEGGING FOR THAT HE WOULD NOT

HAVE PERHAPS EVEN KNOWN
UNTIL IT HAPPENED FOR HIM
AND HE GETS UP AND HE LEAPS

AND HE PRAISES
AND HE'S ECSTATIC
BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF GOD

IS THAT HE HAS BEEN SITTING AT
THIS GATE ALL THIS TIME BECAUSE
HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO GO IN.

HE IS BEGGING FOR ACCEPTANCE.
AT THE HEART OF ALL OF IT,
HE WAS BORN WITH AN INFIRMITY

THAT MADE HIM UNACCEPTABLE
IN THE TEMPLE PLAZA.
HE COULD ONLY STAY AT THE GATE;

HE COULD GO NO FURTHER.
IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK THAT UP
IT'S LEVITICUS 21:17-20

THAT SAYS
BECAUSE OF HIS INFIRMITY,
HE WAS DENIED ACCESS.

SO JUST IMAGINE THAT.
IMAGINE THE BITTERNESS OF
I HAVE BEEN BORN WITH SOMETHING

-- I'VE BEEN MADE THIS WAY,
OUTSIDE MY OWN CONTROL,
AND IT MAKES ME OUTSIDE

A SOCIAL OUTCAST.
THINK WHAT THAT WOULD BE
FOR YOU.

I'M THINKING WHAT IT WOULD BE
FOR ME.
BUT YOU KNOW THIS IS THE TRUTH,

THAT MOST OF US FEEL TOO MARRED
AND DISFIGURED TO REALLY BE
A PART OF CORPORATE WORSHIP.

I'M SURE I HAVE TOLD IT BEFORE
TO YOU AT TIMES WHEN I'VE
SHARED MY TESTIMONY WITH YOU

THAT I CAN REMEMBER BEING SIX
AND SEVEN YEARS OLD
AND SITTING OUT IN THE PEW

AT CHURCH LOOKING AROUND
AND WISHING I WAS AS GOOD
AS SOME OF THE OTHER GIRLS.

I'M JUST ASKING YOU,
HOW MUCH SIN COULD THE CHILD
HAVE FALLEN INTO?

I MEAN, REALLY?
BUT I'D ALREADY BEEN
A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ABUSE

AND HAD BEEN SINCE WHAT HAD
TO HAVE BEEN TODDLERHOOD,
BECAUSE BY THE TIME

I HAVE ANY MEMORY WHATSOEVER
IT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED
AND BEGUN HAPPENING.

SO I HAD THIS MINDSET
THAT I WAS ABLE, EVEN AS
A SIX OR SEVEN YEAR OLD,

TO SIT IN THE CONGREGATION,
LOOK AROUND AND
NOT FEEL WORTHY TO BE THERE.

NOW WHAT IN THE WORLD IS UP
WITH THAT?
BUT IN THOSE DAYS, NOBODY --

NOBODY TALKED ABOUT IT --
NOBODY!
IT WAS THE --

IT WAS THE FORBIDDEN SUBJECT
TO BRING UP AND NO TELLING
HOW PREVALENT IT WAS,

EVEN IN THAT VERY CONGREGATION.
WE FEEL MARRED,
WE FEEL DISFIGURED,

WE FEEL LIKE
WE'RE NOT ACCEPTABLE
IF PEOPLE REALLY KNEW

WHAT WAS INSIDE OF US,
REALLY KNEW WHERE WE HAD BEEN.
IT'S SUCH A REPETITIVE THEME

IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
THAT SOMEONE WHO FORMERLY
WOULD HAVE BEEN

FORBIDDEN ENTRANCE
AND UNACCEPTABLE IS SUDDENLY
INVITED INTO THE PEOPLE OF GOD.

YOU SEE IT ALL THROUGH ACTS.
THE GENTILES ARE RECEIVED AND
THEY RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.

WE SEE WOMEN THAT ARE CALLED
INTO PLACES OF SERVICE.
WE SEE THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH --

NONE OF THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN
ACCEPTABLE UNDER THE OLD ORDER.
BUT CHRIST COMES ALONG

AND HE CHANGES EVERYTHING
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
AT THE HEART OF EVERY ONE OF US

IS POVERTY OF SPIRIT
AND WE ARE ALL
BEGGING FOR JESUS.

WE ARE ALL --
MAKE NO MISTAKE --
BEGGING FOR JESUS.

I WANT YOU TO GLANCE AHEAD
JUST A MOMENT TO
THE VERY MIDDLE OF ACTS 4,

IN VERSE 22 BECAUSE
I WANT YOU TO SEE WHERE
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM

AND THEY TELL US HOW LONG
HE'S BEEN IN THIS CONDITION.
I WANT YOU TO SEE IT WITH ME.

IT'S BEEN FROM THE WOMB
AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 22:

MORE THAN 40 YEARS OLD!
40 SOMETHING
HAD HAD IT ALL HIS LIFE,

I WANT TO JUST BRING YOU
TO THIS PART OF THE PAGE
AND ASK YOU, "HAVE ANY OF YOU

BEEN DEALING WITH SOMETHING,
THE VERY SAME THING YOU FEEL
MARRED AND DISFIGURED OVER,

FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE?"
WHERE YOU DO NOT KNOW LIFE
ASIDE FROM IT?

MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPENED
SO EARLY ON
THAT IT HAS DICTATED

THE WAY YOU THINK,
SO DICTATED THE WAY YOU ACT
AND THE WAY YOU DO RELATIONSHIP

THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW LIFE
ANY OTHER WAY;
THAT THERE WOULD BE

NO CONCEPTION IN YOUR MIND
THAT YOU COULD BE DIFFERENT.
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

THINGS WE COULD SAY TODAY
IN BIBLE STUDY
IS THAT JESUS CHRIST

CHANGES LIVES --
JESUS CHRIST CHANGES LIVES!
SOMEONE CAN BE SET

IN THEIR WAYS 40-PLUS YEARS
AND JESUS CAN COME ALONG
AND COMPLETELY UNEARTH

WITHIN THAT PERSON
SOMEBODY TOTALLY NEW.
LET US NEVER LOSE HOPE OF THAT!

Beth: I COME WITH
SUCH GRATITUDE TO GOD

FOR JAMES
AND BETTY ROBISON.

THEY ARE SUCH
TREMENDOUS PEOPLE OF GOD

AND I NOT ONLY LOVE THEM
AND HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT

FOR WHAT THEY BRING
TO THE BODY OF CHRIST,

I ALSO GET A HUGE KICK OUT
OF THEM AND LOVE THEM DEARLY.

SO I'M SO GRATEFUL.

KEITH AND I BOTH LOVE THE
PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH THEM.

I WANT TO
TELL YOU SOMETHING,

ON WEDNESDAYS WE GET
THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS THE OUTREACH
THAT WE DO ON WEDNESDAYS

BUT SOMEBODY ELSE
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

DOESN'T EVEN HAVE
CLEAN WATER TO DRINK.

THEY CAN'T EVEN GET
THEIR MINDS WRAPPED AROUND

WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY BECAUSE
THEY ARE TRYING TO STAY ALIVE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT

AND THERE ARE
OUTREACHES OF LIFE

THAT ARE MEETING
THOSE KINDS OF NEEDS.

SO I LOVE BEING PART
OF A MINISTRY THAT HAS
A BROAD RANGE PERSPECTIVE

ON THE GOSPEL
OF THE LIVING CHRIST.

SO THANK YOU
SO MUCH!

NOT ONLY FOR PARTICIPATING
ON WEDNESDAYS

BUT IN ALL
THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU!

James: OH, BETH, THANK YOU!
AREN'T YOU GRATEFUL?
AND AREN'T YOU GRATEFUL

THAT WHEN GOD REACHES OUT
SO LOVINGLY TO US
WE CAN REACH OUT TO OTHERS?

I WANT YOU TO SEE
VERY DISTINCTLY TWO CHOICES --
VERY CLEAR PICTURE.

ONE OF THEM IS REALITY
AS IT IS, ONE IS THE HOPE
THAT LOVE OFFERS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOVED
AND YOU'RE ABOUT
TO BE A BLESSING.

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James: BOY, I HOPE YOU SAW --
I HOPE YOU SAW CLEARLY
THE IMAGES.

BETTY, WE SAW CANS,
MOST OF THEM OVER THE YEARS,
FOR 25 YEARS, IN AREAS

WHERE WE HAD NOT YET BEEN TO
GET THE HEAT-RESISTANT BOWLS
THAT YOU THE VIEWER

LITERALLY INSISTED WE MAKE IT
A PART OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THEM

BURN THEIR HANDS.
MANY TIMES THE CONTAINERS
WOULD BE FAR WORSE THAN THIS.

THIS WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN A PRETTY NICE CONTAINER.
WHEN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE

IN THE BOWL THAT SAYS LOVE
AND THE FOOD IN IT
OR THE CHILD THAT IS STARVING

AND BARELY ABLE TO BREATHE
OR EVEN GASP FOR LIFE,
AND THEN YOU SEE LIFE.

AND TO KNOW THIS,
THAT ONCE WE STABILIZE
AND GET THEM ON THEIR FEET,

WE THEN BEGIN TO SHOW THEM
HOW TO GROW THEIR OWN CROPS.
BETTY, WE'VE LITERALLY

SEEN CHILDREN STARVING,
FAMILIES STARVING
WHERE WE TAUGHT THEM TO FARM,

TO BRING BACK
THE PORTUGUESE FARMS
IN MANY AREAS THAT HAD

BEEN ABANDONED YEARS AGO,
BRING THEM BACK
INTO PRODUCTIVITY

AND THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE STARVING
BEGIN TO FEED THOUSANDS

OF OTHER PEOPLE
WITH WHAT THEY DID.
WE BREAK THE CYCLE OF DEATH.

THIS IS WHAT LOVE DOES.
THIS IS WHAT PROGRAMS
THAT WORK DO.

OUR VIEWERS HAVE ALWAYS
ENJOYED HELPING US DO IT.
Betty: ABSOLUTELY,

AND YOU ARE THE DIFFERENCE --
YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
PLEASE JOIN WITH US FOR $30,

$50, OR $100 OR EVEN MORE,
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.
ASK GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE

YOU TO DO AND PLEASE HELP US.
James: THOSE NUMBERS
ARE SO SIMPLE

AND YET SO PROFOUND.
WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT A $30 GIFT

FEEDING THREE CHILDREN
FOR THE NEXT MONTHS,
$50 WILL FEED FIVE.

MANY OF YOU
HAVE A LARGE FAMILY.
IF YOU GO OUT TO EAT

IN A PUBLIC PLACE,
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THAT
FOR ONE MEAL.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEEDING
FIVE CHILDREN FOR MONTHS.
$100 -- AND I REALLY DO

OFTENTIMES, AND I DON'T
APOLOGIZE FOR THIS,

I WILL SAY AS DIRECTLY TO YOU
AS I CAN, IF THERE IS ANY WAY
THAT YOU CAN HELP US CARE

FOR TEN CHILDREN,
MAKE THE $100 GIFT.
IT IS A GIFT THAT JUST

KEEPS GIVING DAY AFTER DAY.
WE WILL TAKE CHILDREN
THAT ARE VERY NEAR DEATH,

WE'LL TAKE CHILDREN THAT
ARE TERRIBLY MALNOURISHED,
WE WILL STABILIZE THEIR DIET.

AS SOON AS THINGS
ARE STABILIZED WE THEN
PUT THOSE FEEDING PROGRAMS

INTO SCHOOLS
TO JUMP THE ATTENDANCE 70%,
ESPECIALLY AMONG GIRLS AND

IT IS AMAZING WHAT HAPPENS.
SO WE'RE REALLY PUTTING
SOMETHING IN PROCESS THAT

STARTS BY SAVING CHILDREN
THAT ARE DYING,
STABILIZING THOSE

THAT ARE MALNOURISHED
AND GIVING THEM
A VERY DEFINITE FUTURE.

WOULD YOU DIAL
THE NUMBER THERE?
WOULD YOU JOIN IN WHAT WE'VE

BEEN DOING THAT HAS SAVED
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF LIVES
AND GIVEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

A FUTURE?
WOULD YOU DO IT BY SAYING,
"OKAY, JAMES. I CAN HELP TEN.

HERE'S MY $100 GIFT."
"I CAN HELP FIVE, HERE'S $50."
"HERE'S $30 TO HELP THREE."

TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,
USE IT LIKE A CHECK.
PLEASE DIAL THE NUMBER

OR GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG
AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO GIVE

THE BEST GIFT I CAN."
IF YOU WOULD GIVE EXTRA MONEY
AND HELP US GIVE SOME BOWLS --

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE
ASKING YOU TO DO.
BY THE WAY,

I'M SENDING THE BOOK THAT...
THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED
FOR SO LONG BECAUSE

I'VE TOLD THE STORIES OF
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM OUR
LITTLE DACHSHUND, PRINCESS,

THE SPIRITUAL LESSONS
FROM GOD THROUGH A PET.
I'M TELLING YOU,

PEOPLE HAVE LEAPED AT THIS.
WE'RE SENDING IT FOR ANY GIFT
TO SAY THANK YOU.

BUT WE'RE SENDING IT
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL
HELP US FEED TEN CHILDREN

AND GIVE SOME BOWLS.
THE BEAUTIFUL SARAH YOUNG
JESUS CALLING BIBLE

WITH THOSE DEVOTIONALS,
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
PLEASE HELP US CARE

FOR TEN CHILDREN.
WE'VE GOT
"THE LION AND THE LAMB" BRONZE

WE'RE SENDING TO THOSE OF YOU
WHO CAN GIVE $1,000 GIFT.
FATHER, I PRAY

EVERY PERSON WATCHING
WOULD JUST DO WHAT THEY CAN
TO HELP US SAVE LIVES,

IN JESUS' NAME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MAKING THE CALL.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE GIFT
GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Announcer:
AT THIS VERY MOMENT

A CHILD IS DRAWING
HIS LAST BREATH

STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE
DUE TO A LACK OF FOOD.

SADLY, THIS IMPOVERISHED
CHILD IS NOT ALONE

AND WITHOUT OUR HELP MANY
LIKE HIM FACE DEATH AS WELL.

TODAY YOU CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

YOU CAN HELP
SAVE A LIFE.

LIFE'S MISSION FEEDING TEAMS
ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW

READY TO ANSWER
THE HUNGER CRIES

OF 400,000
SUFFERING CHILDREN

IN REMOTE AREAS
OF AFRICA.

WITH PREVIOUS
FOOD RESERVES GONE

AND PARTS OF AFRICA
FACING ITS WORSE FOOD SHORTAGE
IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES,

WE DESPERATELY
NEED TO REPLENISH
OUR SUPPLIES IMMEDIATELY.

YOUR LIFE-SAVING GIFT
OF $30, $50, OR $100

WILL HELP FEED
AND CARE FOR THREE,
FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN

FOR THREE
FULL MONTHS.

WITH YOUR GIFT,
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU

JAMES ROBISON NEWEST BOOK,
THE GOD OF ALL CREATION.

THROUGH HIS
PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS
OF ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE,

JAMES SHARES HEARTWARMING STORIES AND SPIRITUAL LESSONS

OF GOD'S LOVE
AND GRACE.

WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $125

TO HELP FEED
TEN CHILDREN,

YOU MAY REQUEST THE NEW
JESUS CALLING DEVOTIONAL BIBLE

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