Announcer:
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY.
>> AND THE DOCTORS
TOLD ME,
YOU'LL HAVE TO LEARN
TO MANAGE THESE CONDITIONS
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
BECAUSE THERE IS NO CURE.
Announcer: ON THE OUTSIDE,
JENNIFER CROW SEEMED
TO HAVE EVERYTHING.
BUT HER SEEMINGLY PERFECT LIFE
WAS A PERFECT LIE
THAT CAME CRASHING DOWN
IN A MAJOR HEALTH AND
EMOTIONAL CRISIS.
>> I THOUGHT THE PERFECT CHRISTIAN WAS THIS PERSONALITY
TYPE IN A BOX.
Announcer: PERFECT LIES
-- NEXT!
♪
James: IT IS A JOY TO SHARE
THIS TIME WITH YOU AND
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING IT
WITH US.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.
BETTY, SEVERAL WEEKS BACK
I SAT DOWN WITH MARK CROW,
WHO IS PASTOR OF VICTORY
CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
I THINK THEY HAVE SATELLITE
CHURCHES IN EDMOND AND
IN SEVERAL AREAS RIGHT THERE,
MAYBE IN NORMAN.
IT'S BEEN QUITE
AN EFFECTIVE OUTREACH.
AND WE HAD A TREMENDOUS TIME
JUST FELLOWSHIPPING.
JENNIFER, HIS WIFE WAS WITH US
AND SHE ACTUALLY JUST LISTENED
TO MARK AND ME TALK
ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT WHEN WE LEFT JENNIFER
HANDED ME HER BOOK LIKE
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, OR
THE PUBLISHER WILL SEND THEM
TO US BECAUSE THEY SAY,
"EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME
AND BE ON LIFE TODAY."
THEY WANT TO BE WITH BETTY.
THEY WANT TO MEET BETTY
AND TALK TO BETTY.
THE SAME REASON A LOT OF YOU
WATCH, I KNOW THAT.
THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME.
BUT AS I READ, I ACTUALLY
BEGAN TO SCAN THROUGH IT AND
IT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART
BECAUSE JENNIFER SANG
WITH ORAL ROBERTS AND
TRAVELED WITH THE GROUP WHEN
SHE WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT,
AND YET, SHE REACHED A POINT
IN HER CHRISTIAN LIFE
AND WHAT WAS GOING ON
WAS INCREDIBLE -- ALL THAT
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
DEFIES IMAGINATION.
HOW ANYBODY CAN LIVE WITH IT
-- HOW THEY CAN HANDLE IT.
LOOK WHAT SHE SAID.
LOOK HOW SHE TITLED IT.
HERE SHE IS A CHRISTIAN
AND SHE IS TRAVELING WITH
ORAL ROBERTS AND THE SINGERS,
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
SEEING THEM ON TELEVISION
AND AS THEY TRAVEL,
PERFECT LIVES --
AND SHE SCRATCHED THROUGH IT
AND PUT LIES:
OVERCOMING NINE HIDDEN BELIEFS
THAT STAND BETWEEN YOU
AND A HEALTHY JOY-FILLED LIFE.
NINE BELIEFS -- THEY MUST
BE LIES THAT WE BELIEVE.
WELL, LET'S WELCOME
JENNIFER CROW TO LIFE TODAY.
LET'S TALK TO HER.
JENNIFER, I'M GLAD
YOU'RE HERE.
Jennifer: THANK YOU!
James: I COULDN'T BELIEVE --
I WAS SHOCKED, I WAS STUNNED
AT WHAT -- JUST TELL US AND
OUR VIEWERS WHAT IN THE WORLD
WERE YOU DIAGNOSED WITH?
WHAT WAS GOING ON?
Jennifer: I WAS A PASTOR'S
WIFE, MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN,
CHRISTIAN, BELIEVED
THE WORD OF GOD BUT
I CAME TO A POINT IN MY LIFE
WHERE I KEPT GETTING SICKER
AND SICKER.
James: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
PHYSICALLY?
Jennifer: PHYSICALLY ILL.
I WENT FROM HAVING
LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX
DISEASE, A GALLBLADDER
FULL OF GALLSTONES,
UTERUS FULL OF FIBROID TUMORS,
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME,
EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS,
HORMONES, (I WAS ONLY 40
YEARS OLD BUT I HAD HORMONES
ON THE LEVEL OF
AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN,)
INCREDIBLE PAIN
THROUGHOUT MY BODY.
I BEGAN HAVING PANIC ATTACKS
THAT MIGHT HAPPEN BEFORE
I WENT OUT ON STAGE
TO LEAD WORSHIP THAT
I COULDN'T CONTROL MYSELF,
AND I COULDN'T SETTLE DOWN
AND I COULDN'T LEAD WORSHIP.
James: ME BEING A PREACHER...
CAN I JUST INTERRUPT HERE
AND SAY PLEASE TELL ME
IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE YOU
WERE MARRIED TO A PREACHER.
DID THAT CONTRIBUTE
SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF --
Jennifer: YOU KNOW THERE IS
PRESSURE -- THERE IS PRESSURE
BUT IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE
IN THE MINISTRY.
WHAT I FOUND, PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD FEEL THE PRESSURE
OF THESE LIES, NO MATTER
WHAT SOCIOECONOMIC,
OR WHAT JOB --
James: YOU'RE SAYING WHAT WAS
GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE WAS
THE RESULT OF BELIEVING
THE WRONG THINGS
AND PUTTING ON A FRONT
TO TRY TO HIDE THEM?
Jennifer: I DIDN'T KNOW IT
AT FIRST BUT THAT'S WHAT
I CAME TO FIND OUT.
THE DOCTOR -- ONE DOCTOR
FINALLY SAID TO ME, "WELL,
I THINK YOU'RE DEPRESSED."
I SAID, "WELL, WOULDN'T YOU
BE DEPRESSED IF YOU HAD
ALL THESE AILMENTS?"
I HAD CHRONIC HOARSENESS.
BUT I SAID TO HIM --
James: AND YOU WERE A SINGER?
Jennifer: I WAS A SINGER.
I SAID TO HIM,
"BUT I'M NOT DEPRESSED...
I CAN'T BE DEPRESSED.
I'M A CHRISTIAN.
I'M BOUGHT BY THE BLOOD
OF JESUS CHRIST.
I HAVE A HUSBAND WHO LOVES ME.
MY KIDS ARE DOING WELL
IN SCHOOL.
I HAVE A HOUSE.
I HAVE A CONGREGATION
THAT LOVES ME."
I COULDN'T FIND A REASON
THAT I WAS DEPRESSED.
BUT I CAME TO FIND, JAMES,
THAT WHEN I HAD A COMPLETE,
PRETTY MUCH BREAK DOWN,
I HAD TO STOP LEADING WORSHIP,
I HAD TO STOP EVEN
ATTENDING CHURCH EXCEPT
FOR ONCE A WEEK.
I WAS GOING EVERYWHERE
WITH MARK, FIVE WORSHIP
EXPERIENCES PER WEEK,
AND I CAME TO A POINT WHERE
I COULDN'T FUNCTION.
AND THE CHURCH WAS SO SWEET
TO BRING FOOD TO OUR FAMILY
EVERY OTHER DAY.
BUT I HAD TO --
I COULDN'T FUNCTION.
AND THE DOCTORS TOLD ME,
"YOU'LL HAVE TO LEARN
TO MANAGE THESE CONDITIONS
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
BECAUSE THERE'S NO CURE.
IT'S JUST -- THEY'RE JUST
SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE
TO BE MANAGED."
Betty: WAS THERE SOMETHING
IN PARTICULAR THAT STARTED
THIS ONSLAUGHT OF EVERYTHING?
ANYTHING GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE
THAT REALLY JUST --
ALL THE SUDDEN ALL THESE
THINGS WERE HAPPENING TO YOU
AND ALL THESE ILLNESSES?
Jennifer: THE WAY I WAS,
BETTY, I WAS KIND OF
A PERFECTIONIST,
MISS GOODY TWO SHOES,
ALWAYS TRYING TO BE
THE PERFECT CHRISTIAN.
THE LARGER OUR CHURCH GOT,
THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES
THERE WAS FOR FAILURE
OR FOR DROPPING THE BALL.
I THINK AS THE CHURCH GREW,
I BEGAN TO JUST PUT MORE
AND MORE PRESSURE ON MYSELF.
I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
IF I SAW A LOAD OF DIRTY
CLOTHES ON THE FLOOR THAT
I HADN'T GOTTEN AROUND
TO WASHING, THE THOUGHT
WOULD COME INTO MY MIND
THAT I'M NOT A GOOD MOTHER
OR I'M NOT A GOOD HOUSEWIFE.
AND THIS WAS -- MULTIPLY THAT
BY THOUSANDS PER DAY,
JUST KIND OF BEATING
MYSELF UP INTERNALLY.
BUT HONESTLY, THESE WEREN'T
CONSCIOUS THOUGHTS.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME,
I WASN'T AWARE.
BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT
WHEN WE BECOME A CHRISTIAN,
OUR SPIRIT IS RENEWED BUT
MANY TIMES THERE ARE
WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS
"STRONGHOLDS" IN OUR MIND
THAT ARE ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED
BECAUSE OF THE WAY
WE'VE BEEN RAISED AND BECAUSE
OF JUST SIN, THE SIN NATURE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE
RAISED IN THE PERFECT HOME,
YOU STILL HAVE THINGS
IN YOUR MIND THAT ARE
NOT THINKING STRAIGHT.
James: ALL YOUR THOUGHTS
ARE NOT YOUR OWN;
THERE ARE THE FIERY DARTS
OF THE WICKED.
THEY'RE SUGGESTIONS FROM
THE ENEMY OR ACCUSATIONS
FROM THE ENEMY OR LIES
FROM THE ENEMY THAT LODGE.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM...
THEY TAKE ROOT;
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM FIERY,
AND THEY ARE TORMENTERS.
AND THEY BECOME A STRONGHOLD;
THEY HAVE A GRIP ON YOU.
NOW YOU TALK ABOUT OVERCOMING
THE HIDDEN BELIEFS,
THE LIES -- THE PERFECT LIES.
SOMEHOW THEY WERE PERFECT
ENOUGH THAT YOU BELIEVED THEM.
Jennifer: THEY HAVE JUST
A LITTLE TOUCH OF TRUTH
LIKE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
James: TELL US WHAT SOME
OF THEM WERE BECAUSE
YOU HAMMER IT HERE.
BY THE WAY, DID GETTING
TO KNOW THIS BREAK THE YOKE,
REVERSE THE TREND?
Jennifer: GETTING TO KNOW IT
WAS THE FIRST PART OF IT,
JAMES BUT THE SECOND PART
OF IT WAS LEARNING HOW
TO IDENTIFY THE PICTURES
THAT WERE LODGED IN MY BRAIN.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OUR BODIES
THINK IN THE FORM OF PICTURES.
JESUS KNEW THIS BECAUSE
HE SPOKE IN PARABLES.
IT IS SO EASY TO COMMUNICATE
A TRUTH IN A PICTURE.
SO WHAT I LEARNED HOW TO DO
WAS TO IDENTIFY THOSE FALSE
PICTURES THAT WERE BRINGING
PAIN AND STRESS INTO MY LIFE
AND TO ACTUALLY TAKE
FIVE MINUTES TO ASK MYSELF
WHAT'S THE TRUTH
OF THIS PICTURE?
AND HOW WOULD THE PICTURE
LOOK DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT
I'M REMEMBERING IF I SHINE
THE LIGHT OF TRUTH ON IT?
IF JESUS WERE IN THE PICTURE,
WHAT WOULD HIS RESPONSE BE?
WHAT WOULD HIS REACTION BE,
BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD?
James: WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT ARE THE LIES,
AND WHAT HAPPENED?
Jennifer: ONE OF THE LIES,
FOR EXAMPLE,
IS I'M NOT LOVABLE.
IF I DON'T MEASURE UP TO
THE EXPECTATIONS OF OTHERS,
I'M NOT ACCEPTABLE.
ANOTHER LIE, I'M NOT ABLE.
I'VE GOT TO PULL BACK BECAUSE
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
A LOT MORE QUALIFIED THAN ME,
AND SO I BETTER GET
IN THE SHADOWS BECAUSE
I'M NOT ABLE
OR I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
ANOTHER ONE IS I'M A TARGET;
FEELING THAT ALL AROUND ME
PEOPLE ARE OUT TO GET ME.
ALL OF THESE LIES COME FROM
LEGITIMATE THINGS THAT
MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO US
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THEM
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT WHEN
WE HAVE JESUS WHO IS WITH US
AND HE NEVER LEAVES US,
IT REALLY DOESN'T --
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
THIS DEFENSIVE POSTURE,
ALWAYS TRYING TO PROTECT
YOURSELF.
ANOTHER LIE WAS I'M DEPRIVED.
I'VE GOT TO HAVE
THAT NEXT BIG THING.
I'M NOT OKAY UNLESS I GET
THAT BOYFRIEND OR GET
THAT HUSBAND OR GET THAT CHILD
OR UNTIL MY CHILD GROWS UP
AND GOES TO SCHOOL
OR UNTIL I GET THAT JOB;
A SENSE OF FEELING DEPRIVED.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS,
WHEREAS THEY MAY SEEM TRUE
I FOUND ARE ABSOLUTELY
NOT TRUE.
James: OKAY, SO WHAT HAPPENED
AS YOU -- AND I KNOW
YOU AND I TALKED WITH BETTY
PRIVATELY WHILE WE WERE
HAVING A MEAL TOGETHER,
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE POWER OF MEDITATING
ON THE WORD OF GOD.
AND I FOUND THE WORD
RENEWS OUR MIND.
WE'RE WASHED IN THE WATER
OF THE WORD; HIS WORD
REALLY DOES CLEANSE US.
THERE IS POWER IN THE WORD
TO RENEW YOUR MIND;
TO BE TRANSFORMED BY
THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND.
SO YOU'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDITATION.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO GET YOU
OUT OF THIS DESPAIR
AND ALL OF THESE DIAGNOSES
OF TERRIBLE ILLNESSES
THAT WERE LEGITIMATE.
THEY WEREN'T SOMETHING
THAT YOU JUST WENT THROUGH
THE MOTION OF TRYING TO SAY
THIS IS A FACT --
IT WAS A FACT.
IT WAS EASY TO DIAGNOSE
BY THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
WHAT BEGAN THE BREAKTHROUGH?
Jennifer: I BEGAN WORKING
WITH SOMEONE WHO HELPED ME
TO LEARN HOW TO MEDITATE
ON THE TRUTH.
AND THE VERY FIRST THING
THAT I DID WAS, THEY SAID,
"PICTURE YOURSELF
AS UNCONDITIONALLY LOVED."
AT THAT POINT IN MY LIFE,
I DIDN'T FEEL THAT MY HUSBAND
LOVED ME, I DIDN'T FEEL
MY CHILDREN LOVED ME
UNCONDITIONALLY, I DIDN'T
FEEL MY PARENTS LOVED ME
UNCONDITIONALLY.
I WAS SO...
BY THAT TIME, SO DEPRESSED.
I FELT LIKE EVERYONE WAS
JUST TRYING TO GET
SOMETHING FROM ME.
SO WHAT I...
James: AND YOU DIDN'T FEEL
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE BY GOD?
Jennifer: HE WAS THE ONLY ONE.
AND SO I THOUGHT, WHO REALLY
DOES LOVE ME NO MATTER
WHAT I DO?
AND AS I WAS SITTING
IN MY BATHROBE, SICK,
NOT ABLE TO FUNCTION,
I PICTURED GOD THE FATHER
SITTING NEXT TO ME
ON THE COUCH WITH HIS ARM
AROUND ME.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
KIND OF SILLY --
James: NO, IT DOESN'T!
Jennifer: BUT THAT'S WHAT
I PICTURED.
James: HE LOVES THAT!
Jennifer: I PICTURED JESUS
CHRIST SITTING ON THIS SIDE
OF ME AND HE WAS HOLDING
MY HAND LIKE THIS.
I PICTURED THE HOLY SPIRIT --
YOU SAY, WHAT DOES
THE HOLY SPIRIT LOOK LIKE?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I PICTURED
HIM SITTING ON THE OTTOMAN
IN FRONT OF ME LOOKING AT ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WERE
SAYING TO ME?
THEY WERE SAYING, "JENNIFER!
IT'S SO NICE TO JUST
BE SITTING HERE WITH YOU."
AND THEY WEREN'T SAYING TO ME,
"GET UP. GET DRESSED.
GO CLAIM YOUR HEALING."
THEY WEREN'T SAYING TO ME,
"GO PERFORM..."
THEY WERE SAYING, "JENNIFER,
WE DON'T CARE IF YOU
SIT HERE FOREVER BECAUSE
WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY
SITTING HERE WITH YOU
BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU.
AND WE DON'T CARE IF YOU EVER
GET UP OFF THAT COUCH.
WE'RE NOT IN A HURRY.
WE LOVE YOU."
WHEN I EVEN THINK OF IT NOW,
I BEGAN TO RELAX,
I BEGAN TO FEEL PEACE.
James: I'M GOING TO TELL YOU,
THAT'S GOD, JENNIFER.
THAT ISN'T AN IMAGINATION --
THAT'S NOT SELF HYPNOSIS,
THAT'S JUST WHO HE IS.
Betty: AND HE WANTS US TO SIT
AND LISTEN, AND GIVE HIM TIME
TO TELL US HOW MUCH
HE LOVES US.
Jennifer: HE'S NOT THE ONE
TELLING US, "YOU'VE GOT
TO MEASURE UP."
Betty: NO!
AND I THINK SO MANY TIMES,
I KNOW IT WAS FOR ME,
THAT I GREW UP THINKING I HAD
TO DO THE TALKING WHEN IT WAS
-- I DIDN'T WANT TO PRAY
IN FRONT OF ANYBODY ELSE
BECAUSE I WAS SO AFRAID THAT
I WASN'T GOING TO USE
THE RIGHT WORDS
OR PRAY THE RIGHT WAY.
THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD SAY,
"OH, MY GOODNESS!
WHAT A TERRIBLE PRAYERER
SHE IS!"
[Laughter]
BUT WHEN I REALIZED
THAT WHEN I'M AT THAT TIME
OF MEDITATION, OR WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO CALL IT,
BEING ALONE WITH GOD,
I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
ALL THOSE WORDS
BECAUSE HE IS GOD.
AND HE IS SAYING, "JUST SIT
AT MY FEET AND LET ME
TELL YOU ABOUT YOU.
AND LET ME TELL YOU
HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU."
WHEN I REALIZED THAT,
I THOUGHT, I DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS.
IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL SITTING
AT HIS FEET AND ALLOWING
THAT REST AND THAT PEACE
TO COME JUST FROM BEING
IN HIS PRESENCE.
Jennifer: YES AND HE LOVES YOU
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE,
THE WAY HE MADE YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
LIKE JAMES.
AND FOR ALL OF MY LIFE,
I FELT THAT I HAD
TO MEASURE UP TO THIS ONE
OR THAT ONE OR TO THAT ONE.
I THOUGHT THE PERFECT
CHRISTIAN WAS THIS
PERSONALITY TYPE IN A BOX.
I'M NOT THAT WAY.
I'M MORE INTROVERTED.
I'M MORE...
MY CHILDREN CALL ME ECCENTRIC.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WHAT GOD SAID TO ME
THROUGHOUT THIS HEALING
PROCESS WAS, "JENNIFER,
I MADE YOU AND I'M JUST CRAZY
ABOUT YOU THE WAY YOU ARE.
YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE QUIRKS
AND YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE
IDIOSYNCRASIES BUT I THINK
THEY'RE ADORABLE!"
AND I'M TELLING YOU
AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PRACTICING
FIVE MINUTES AT A TIME,
SITTING QUIETLY ON PURPOSE
THREE TO FIVE TIMES A DAY
BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING
ELSE I WAS SO SICK,
I BEGAN FEELING SUCH A PEACE
AND JOY, YOU GUYS, THAT
I DIDN'T CARE IF I GOT HEALED.
I WAS LIKE, "OH, MY WORD!
I FEEL SO WONDERFUL THAT
I DON'T CARE IF I EVER GET RID
OF THE PAIN BECAUSE
I FEEL SO MUCH PEACE."
AND IT WAS ABOUT SIX WEEKS
AFTER THAT THAT I WAS LAYING
IN MY BED AFTER JUST HAVING
A QUIET TIME OF MEDITATION
THAT I FELT A HEAT
GO FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD
ALL THE WAY TO ABOUT
HALF WAY DOWN.
AND I FELL ASLEEP
AND I SLEPT FOR THE FIRST TIME
FOR SIX HOURS STRAIGHT --
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS.
THE NEXT NIGHT I SLEPT
FOR SEVEN HOURS STRAIGHT --
THAT WAS UNHEARD OF FOR ME.
IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS LATER
THAT I HAD ONE MORE
PANIC ATTACK AND THAT
WAS OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO.
I'VE NOT BEEN ON ANY
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION
AND HAD NO MORE PANIC ATTACKS.
[Applause]
James: I LOVE THAT!
THANK GOD! THANK GOD!
I'M TELLING YOU WHAT,
NOW LISTEN TO ME,
THIS IS GREAT.
SHE JUST REALLY INSPIRES YOU.
JENNIFER, I'VE GOT TO TELL
EVERYBODY THAT GOD TELLS
THIS GRUBBY OLD CODGER,
YOU KNOW I'M AN OLD --
I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY IT,
I'M AN OLD GUY.
"YOU'RE NOT AN OLD GUY, DAD!
QUIT SAYING IT."
MY KIDS, MY GRANDKIDS SAY,
"DON'T SAY IT, PAPAW!
YOU'RE NOT OLD!"
ALL RIGHT. WHATEVER!
GOD TELLS ME ALL THE TIME
HOW CRAZY -- HE TELLS ME
I'M A HOOT.
HE SAYS, "I GET A KICK
OUT OF YOU, MAN!"
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I FEEL THAT LOVE WHEN
I KNOW I'M IN A MESS.
I KNOW EVERYTHING I'M DOING
IS NOT EXACTLY RIGHT.
MY ATTITUDE MAY NOT BE RIGHT
ABOUT SOMETHING, I MAY NOT
BE TALKING RIGHT TO BETTY,
AND GOD SAYS, "I REALLY
DON'T LIKE THE WAY
YOU'RE TALKING TO HER,
THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING
TO YOUR BRIDE.
I TOLD YOU HOW TO LOVE HER."
BUT HE IS STILL LOVING ME
AND HE WANTS TO HELP ME.
HE ISN'T ANXIOUS TO BEAT UP
ON ME, HE WANTS TO LOVE ME.
I HEAR WHAT YOU WERE SAYING
A MOMENT AGO, OVER AND OVER
AND OVER, "I JUST LIKE YOU.
I LIKE BEING WITH YOU.
I LIKE YOU TO BE WITH ME.
I LIKE YOU TO GET IN MY LAP.
LET ME HOLD YOU."
THIS IS REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT.
ALL THOSE DIAGNOSED DISEASES,
ALL THOSE AILMENTS,
EIGHT YEARS --
ISN'T IT WONDERFUL?
I CAN TELL YOU'VE GOT PEACE.
YOU HAD PEACE SITTING THERE
WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MARK,
YOUR HUSBAND AND WE WERE
JUST GOING AT IT.
BUT YOU WERE SITTING
OVER THERE JUST LISTENING,
THE SAME WAY BETTY WOULD
HAVE BEEN LISTENING.
BUT YOU HAD PEACE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR GIVING ME THE BOOK
SO I COULD SEE YOUR STORY
AND WANT YOU TO COME AND SHARE
WITH OUR VIEWERS BECAUSE
I'M TELLING YOU, THERE IS
A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE,
IF NOT THE VAST MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE THAT I SEE,
AND I SPEAK TO, WHEREVER I AM,
IN AN AUDITORIUM, COLISEUM,
OR A CHURCH, AND PEOPLE
ON TELEVISION,
I KNOW YOU DON'T FEEL LOVED,
YOU DO NOT FEEL IMPORTANT.
IF YOU COULD ONLY KNOW
YOU'RE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
-- YOU'RE THE PEARL
OF GREAT PRICE TO GOD.
HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
FATHER, I PRAY EVERYBODY
LISTENING RIGHT NOW
WILL HEAR YOU, NOT ME,
TELLING THEM HOW MUCH
YOU LOVE THEM, AND HOW
YOU WANT TO BLESS THEM;
IN JESUS' NAME.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS...
NOW DON'T MISS THIS!
HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU BUT
HE WANTS TO BLESS OTHERS
THROUGH YOU.
YOU SEE, THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO NEED TO HEAR WHAT
GOD THINKS ABOUT THEM,
EXPRESSED BY SOMEBODY
WHO CAN EXPRESS THE LOVE
OF GOD TO THEM,
CAN SHARE WITH THEM
WHAT GOD FEELS ABOUT THEM --
DEMONSTRATE IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, HOLY SPIRIT
POWER IN HUMAN FLESH
BEHAVING LIKE JESUS
TOWARD OTHERS.
BETTY, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE
A CHANCE TO DO ALL THE TIME
IN THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE.
WE GET TO GIVE LOVE,
NOT IN WORD ONLY,
BUT IN ACTION, IN DEED.
WE GET TO DEMONSTRATE
THE LOVE OF GOD.
WE SHOW IT TO THEM BEFORE
WE TELL THEM ABOUT IT.
WE LET THEM SEE IT.
SEEING IS SO OFTEN BELIEVING.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER
THAN WORDS.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT
A VERY OBVIOUS NEED THAT
WE DON'T HOPE WE CAN MEET,
WE CAN MEET IT.
YOU CAN HELP MEET IT.
YOU REALLY CAN.
YOU CAN BE THE MIRACLE
IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO WANT TO BE.
JUST WATCH THIS AND SAY,
"GOD, HOW CAN
I MAKE A DIFFERENCE?"
AND YOU'LL SEE.
[Sound of water]
>> WATER,
WATER EVERYWHERE...
BUT NOT A DROP
TO DRINK.
THAT WELL-KNOWN LINE
FROM THE POEM
IS ABOUT
A MARINER AT SEA.
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
WRITTEN FOR THIS VILLAGE.
IT'S NOT
THE AVAILABILITY
OF WATER,
IT IS
THE CONDITION.
Jeanne: IF YOUR CHILD
SCOOPED THIS UP AND
WENT TO TAKE A DRINK,
HOW FAST WOULD YOU
KNOCK IT FROM THEIR HANDS?
>> IT LITERALLY
IS POISON.
BUT IT'S A POISON THESE PEOPLE
ARE FORCED TO DRINK EVERY DAY.
AND EACH TIME THEY DO,
THEIR LIVES ARE SHORTENED.
THOSE AFFECTED MOST
ARE THE CHILDREN.
THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS
ARE WEAKENED,
FIGHTING A BATTLE
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT.
BUT WE'RE ENCOURAGED
BECAUSE WE KNOW
WHAT'S POSSIBLE
WITH YOUR HELP.
YES, WE TOO SEE WATER,
WATER EVERYWHERE
BUT WHAT
OUR EYES SEE
IS WATER THAT WILL
SAVE THEIR LIVES.
AND THIS WATER
USUALLY OPENS THE DOOR
FOR THE WATER WHICH WILL
LEAVE THEM THIRSTING NO MORE.
♪
♪
James: BOY, I WANT YOU TO
LOOK AT THAT LITTLE CHILD.
BETTY, ALL OF THOSE IMAGES
REALLY CAPTURED ME BUT
I WANTED THEM TO BACK UP AND
LET US SEE THAT LITTLE CHILD.
THAT'S A PRECIOUS...
A PRECIOUS LITTLE BOY.
HE'S DESPERATE.
HE'S DESPERATE FOR WATER.
TO PUT IT IN THE MOST
ABSOLUTE TERMS,
HE IS DESPERATE FOR LIFE,
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHANCE.
AND THAT LITTLE FELLA
WITH ALL THAT DILIGENCE
IS DRINKING SLOW DEATH --
ULTIMATELY PAINFUL DEATH
THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DRINK.
I NOTICED THAT CHILD BUT NOT
BEFORE GOD NOTICED THE CHILD.
AND THEN THE MISSIONARIES...
PRECIOUS MISSIONARIES,
THEY NOTICED THE CHILD,
AND THEN THEY CALLED OUR
ATTENTION TO THE CHILD.
I'M CALLING YOUR ATTENTION
TO THE CHILD.
AND I PROMISE YOU,
I KNOW WHAT GOD IS SAYING,
"DID YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL?
WILL YOU BE
THE EXPRESSION OF MY LOVE?
WOULD YOU PUT MY HANDS OUT?
WOULD YOU GIVE THAT CHILD
A CUP OF CLEAN WATER?"
AND JESUS SAID,
"I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU WILL,
YOU WON'T LOSE YOUR REWARD."
LET HIM DEFINE WHAT THAT IS.
DON'T START SPECULATING
ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT GET
IF YOU GIVE A CHILD A CHANCE.
JUST KNOW THAT JESUS SAID,
"YOU GIVE A CUP OF WATER
IN MY NAME."
HOW ABOUT A WELL OF WATER?
HOW ABOUT HOPE
AND AN OPPORTUNITY?
THAT'S WHAT WE DO TOGETHER.
WE GIVE WELLS.
WE ARE COMMITTED
WITH YOUR HELP,
GOD'S GRACE DISPLAYED
AND EXPRESSED THROUGH YOU,
WE'RE COMMITTED TO DRILL
500 WELLS IN 12 COUNTRIES.
WOULD YOU DRILL ONE OF THEM
IF YOU CAN?
COULD YOU GIVE $4800
OR PART OF IT --
$1200 OR $2400 AND PRAY
FOR OTHERS TO MATCH YOURS?
WOULD YOU HELP US GIVE WATER
TO 30 PEOPLE?
-- THAT'S $144.
$48 WILL GIVE TEN PEOPLE --
LITERALLY, TEN PEOPLE WATER
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
WOULD YOU DO IT?
ALL OF OUR VIEWERS, JOINED IN,
BETTY, CAN SOLVE THAT CRISIS.
WATER EVERYWHERE
BUT IT IS CONTAMINATED.
WE CAN GIVE THEM CLEAN WATER.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK
TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES AND
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER.
WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER
AND TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK?
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,
MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US
AND TELL US YOU'RE MAILING IT.
FATHER, I PRAY
EVERYBODY WATCHING WILL
NOTICE THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN
THE WAY YOU DO AND THAT
WE WILL BE THE ANSWER TO
THEIR PRAYERS AND THEIR CRY;
IN JESUS' NAME.
PLEASE GO TO THE PHONE.
GO GET YOUR CARD.
GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG.
GO ONLINE AND MAKE THE GIFT
GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
TOUCH THOSE FAMILIES
WITH WATER; WATER FOR LIFE --
AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM
ABOUT THE WATER OF LIFE.
Announcer: EVERY DAY
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
ARE FORCED TO MAKE
A DREADFUL CHOICE,
DRINK FILTHY POLLUTED WATER FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE
OR DIE
FROM THIRST.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE
FACED WITH THIS DECISION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
THERE IS A SOLUTION!
MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE
IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING
AND VIABLE
DEMONSTRATIONS
OF GOD'S LOVE IN
THE WORLD TODAY.
SUFFERING
CAN END
BECAUSE CLEAN WATER
CHANGES EVERYTHING!
WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY,
WE CAN ESTABLISH AND DRILL
500 NEW WATER WELLS
FOR REMOTE VILLAGES
IN OVER 12 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
YOUR GIFT
OF $24
WILL HELP PROVIDE CLEAN
WATER FOR FIVE PEOPLE.
A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP
PROVIDE FOR TEN PEOPLE.
$72 WILL IMPACT
15 PEOPLE.
AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE
FRESH CLEAN DISEASE-FREE WATER
FOR 30 PEOPLE
FOR A LIFETIME!
WITH YOUR GIFT
BE SURE TO REQUEST
BETH MOORE'S
BLESSED MORNINGS
& RESTFUL NIGHTS,
A BEAUTIFUL NEW
DAILY DEVOTIONAL
TO BEGIN AND END YOUR DAY
IN GOD'S PRESENCE.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE,
YOU MAY REQUEST
MORNING AND EVENING:
I WILL PRAISE YOU,
A TWO CD COLLECTION
OF 20 INSTRUMENTAL HYMNS
AND THE COMPANION BOOK
THAT SHARES THE STORIES
BEHIND EACH HYMN.
ALSO, PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1200
TO HELP PROVIDE WATER
FOR 250 PEOPLE
OR A GIFT OF $4800 TO HELP SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL!
AND BE SURE TO REQUEST
THE LIMITED EDITION
50th ANNIVERSARY
BRONZE SCULPTURE,
LIVING WATER
BY ARTIST
ROBERT SUMMERS.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: BOY, I JUST THANK GOD
FOR YOU, FOR YOUR HELP.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
FOR ANY GIFT, BLESSED MORNINGS
& RESTFUL NIGHTS, GREAT
DEVOTIONS FOR THE MORNING
AND EVENING WITH BETH MOORE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE
JENNIFER'S BOOK, PERFECT LIES,
HOW THE ENEMY OPERATES
-- GREAT STUFF!
WE WOULD BE SO HAPPY
TO SEND IT TO YOU.
AND YOU MAY WANT TO VISIT
THEIR CHURCH, VICTORY CHURCH
IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA,
SEVERAL CAMPUSES.
AND WE JUST SAY THANKS
TO ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING US.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT ON
OUR WEB SITE, LIFETODAY.ORG,
IF YOU WANT SOME HELP
WITH MANAGING THE RESOURCES
GOD'S GIVEN YOU, GO TO
OUR ESTATE PLANNING SERVICES.
WE WILL SEND YOU SOMETHING
THAT WILL HELP YOU
GET THINGS IN ORDER.
IF YOU'RE BETTY'S AGE, MY AGE,
GETTING A LITTLE OLDER
LIKE WE ARE, BEEN MARRIED
50 YEARS VERY SOON,
YOU CAN DO SOME THINGS
TO HELP THE FAMILY.
YOU CAN ALSO DO SOME THINGS
FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD
THAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW
THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL
AND MEANINGFUL TO YOU
AS WELL AS TO ALL THE LIVES
YOU'LL TOUCH.
ON LIFETODAY.ORG,
CHECK THAT OUT.
WE WANT TO THANK JENNIFER
FOR BEING WITH US.
WOULD YOU JOIN US IN JUST
SAYING THANKS TO JENNIFER?
GOD BLESS YOU.
BLESS MARK.
BLESS VICTORY CHURCH!
THANKS FOR COMING
TO BE WITH US.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
MEDITATE IN HIS WORD.
HE'LL RENEW YOUR MIND,
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.
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Announcer: IF YOU'RE IN
THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA,
COME BE A PART
OF THE LIFE TODAY
STUDIO AUDIENCE.
CALL OR E-MAIL TODAY
TO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS.
YOU'LL BE INSPIRED
AND ENTERTAINED!