>> SOMETHING WAS MISSING
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS

BUT I WAS RECOGNIZING --
I WAS REALIZING THAT SUCCESS, INFLUENCE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS,

THEY WEREN'T GIVING ME
WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

Announcer: AFTER ACHIEVING
THE AMERICAN DREAM OF
SUCCESS AND WEALTH,

FOUNDER OF NOT OF THIS WORLD
CHRISTIAN CLOTHING,

AURELIO BARRETO, ENCOUNTERED
GOD'S TRANSFORMING LOVE.

>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE!
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT,

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT
GOD LOVED ME THAT MUCH!

♪

James: YOU'RE A GREAT
AUDIENCE! THANK YOU ALL.
I KNOW YOU ARE TOO.

I WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY, AS YOU MAY KNOW,

IF YOU HEARD ME SHARING
IN ANOTHER PROGRAM,
HAS ASKED FOR JUST

A LITTLE DOWN TIME.
FROM THE TIME WE LOST
OUR DAUGHTER, ROBIN,

AFTER CHRISTMAS IN A LENGTHY
BATTLE TO CANCER, SHE SAID
WE'VE NOT STOPPED, REALLY,

BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS
REACHING OUT TO THE ENTIRE
FAMILY OF GOD AND TO PEOPLE

ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SHE SAID, "COULD I JUST
HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS

TO JUST, REALLY,
ME AND JESUS, ALONE?"
AND I SAID, "HONEY,

CERTAINLY."
AND I ASKED OUR SON RANDY
IF HE WOULD JOIN ME.

RANDY, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT FUN
TO TAKE MOM'S PLACE.

Randy: I COULD NEVER
TAKE HER PLACE.
[Laughter]

James: BUT YOU HAVE DONE
A GREAT JOB IN OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH

AND INTERVIEWING MANY OF
OUR GUESTS THAT WE HAVE ON.
HE DOES A GREAT JOB.

YOU CAN WATCH THAT
ON LIFE TODAY, ON OUR WEBSITE,
LIFETODAY.ORG.

WE HAVE A GUEST THAT RANDY
ACTUALLY MET AND ACTUALLY
KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

AND HAS READ THE BOOK.
I JUST GOT THE BOOK BUT
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WHOSE FAMILY WERE IMMIGRANTS
FROM CUBA.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAME IN

UNDER THE GREATEST CONDITIONS
BUT THEY LEFT HORRIFIC
CONDITIONS TO PURSUE

THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
BECAME A REALITY TO HIM

AND YET HE WAS STILL EMPTY.
RANDY IS A LITTLE BIT
BETTER AT SAYING

THE SPANISH PRONUNCIATION
BETTER THAN I DO, BECAUSE
YOU TOOK SPANISH AND I DID

TOO, BUT I DIDN'T LEARN
NEAR AS MUCH AS YOU.
I DIDN'T GET IT LIKE YOU DID.

TELL US OUR GUEST'S NAME
WHO WROTE THIS INCREDIBLE
BOOK, NOT OF THIS WORLD.

INTRODUCE OUR GUEST.
Randy: THIS IS AURELIO
BARRETO.

DID I DO WELL?
Aurelio: AURELIO BARRETO.
Randy: AURELIO, THERE YOU GO!

[Laughter]
James: WOULD YOU WELCOME
AURELIO TO LIFE TODAY?

James: HE'S PRETTY GOOD,
THOUGH, ISN'T HE?
HE'S BETTER THAN ME

BECAUSE YOU HEARD ME
AND YOU WERE GRACIOUS
AND KIND AND YOU WERE SO FULL

OF THE SPIRIT THAT
YOU JUST SMILED AT ME.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT

WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU.
NOW THIS TITLE,
NOT OF THIS WORLD,

AND THE LOGO IS APPEARING
ON AUTOMOBILES,
IT'S APPEARING ON T-SHIRTS.

YOU'VE GOT IT ON YOUR JACKET,
YOU'VE GOT IT
ON THE SHIRT TOO.

NOT OF THIS WORLD, JESUS,
LORD AND SAVIOR.
AND THIS IS PART OF

WHAT YOUR COMPANY DOES,
IS PRODUCE THESE PRODUCTS
THAT I WOULD SAY

ARE A WITNESS PRODUCT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING

TO DO?
SO, NOT OF THIS WORLD,
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

Aurelio: NOT OF THIS WORLD
CAME FROM MY WIFE
AND I DRIVING ONE DAY.

BUT BEFORE THAT WE HAD BEEN
PRAYING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,
I HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR

A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER
COMING TO THE LORD.
I WANTED GOD TO USE ME,

WHATEVER GIFTS AND TALENTS
HE HAD GIVEN ME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

I STARTED TO REALIZE
IS HOW THE PEOPLE NEEDED
TO BE BOLDER ABOUT JESUS

BECAUSE I LEARNED ABOUT JESUS
WHEN I WAS 38 YEARS OLD.
I BEGAN TO JUST RECOGNIZE

THAT PEOPLE NEED THE LORD
LIKE I NEEDED THE LORD.
IT'S A GREAT WITNESS

WHEN PEOPLE PUT T-SHIRTS
THAT SAY JESUS ON THEM,
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS

OF PEOPLE READ IT.
James: ALL RIGHT, I WANT
TO HEAR YOUR STORY BECAUSE

I KNOW OUR VIEWERS,
I FEEL LIKE, WILL BE MIGHTILY
BLESSED AND INSPIRED.

YOU CAME HERE, YOUR FAMILY,
FROM CUBA; YOU KNOW
THE DEVASTATION THERE.

BY THE WAY, I LOVE
THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING

IN THE WORLD IF I COULD
GO PUT MY ARMS AROUND
THE CUBAN PEOPLE AS A NATION,

ALL OF THEM, AND SEE
GOD'S ARMS AROUND
THAT ENTIRE NATION.

WE LOVE YOU AND WE CARE
ABOUT YOU VERY, VERY DEEPLY.
I'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO TALK

TO FIDEL CASTRO FOR YEARS.
HE'S NEVER LET ME SIT DOWN
WITH HIM, I WOULD STILL

LOVE TO, IF YOU CAN GET
THAT MESSAGE TO HIM,
FIDEL, MR. CASTRO, PRESIDENT.

I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT A WONDERFUL PERSON.
ALL RIGHT, YOU CAME HERE

AND YOU PURSUED, ULTIMATELY,
THE AMERICAN DREAM.
I WANT YOU -- YOU KIND OF

CAPSULE THE STORY,
THAT IS REALLY GRAPHICALLY
TOLD HERE IN THIS

INCREDIBLE BOOK.
WOULD YOU JUST TELL US
WHAT HAPPENED?

Aurelio: WELL, WE CAME
IN THE PURSUIT OF
THE AMERICAN DREAM.

I WAS BORN IN 1959,
AND IN 1967 WE GOT OUR VISAS.
WE CAME AND BECAME AMERICANS

AND I REMEMBER GROWING UP
AS A LITTLE KID,
MY DAD WOULD TELL ME

MANY, MANY TIMES,
"THIS IS AMERICA,
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

YOU WILL BE SOMEBODY."
AND FOR ME, LIKE ANYBODY,
I WANTED TO BELONG.

I WANTED TO BE ACCEPTED
AND I REMEMBER HITTING
A WALL ABOUT AGE 18,

WHEN I WAS REALIZING
THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING,
BUT I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW

WHAT WAS MISSING.
WE LIVED ABOUT FOUR AND
A HALF MILES FROM THE BEACH.

WE KNEW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE BEACH PEOPLE
AND THE BLUE COLLAR WORKER

IN THE TOWN WHERE I LIVED AT,
HAWTHORNE.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,

IF I COULD BE LIKE THEM,
IF I COULD MAKE
A MILLION DOLLARS,

THEN I'LL BE SOMEBODY,
THEN PEOPLE WILL LIKE ME.
THEY'LL ACCEPT ME.

FOR ME, EARLY ON, I BEGAN
IN BUSINESS AT AGE 21,
STARTED AN EGO

VENDING MACHINE,
A VENDING MACHINE BUSINESS.
AT AGE 27 I STARTED

ANOTHER COMPANY.
THE IGLOO SHAPED DOG HOUSE.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN

THESE IGLOO SHAPED
DOG HOUSES BEFORE?
James: THAT WAS YOURS?

Aurelio: THAT WAS ME.
James: DID YOU ULTIMATELY
SELL THAT COMPANY?

Aurelio: YES.
James: AND YOU SOLD IT
FOR A SUBSTANTIAL SUM?

Aurelio: SUBSTANTIAL.
I WAS 30 YEARS OLD.
I HAD CROSSED THE FINISH LINE,

SO TO SPEAK.
I HAD MILLIONS IN THE BANK
AND BY THE TIME I WAS 37

I HAD MORE OF THOSE.
I SELL THE BUSINESS.
I'M 37 YEARS OLD.

MY WIFE AND I ARE
VACATIONING IN NEW ZEALAND
AND I HIT ROCK BOTTOM

BECAUSE THERE WAS
SOMETHING MISSING.
SOMETHING WAS MISSING AND

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
BUT I WAS RECOGNIZING,
I WAS REALIZING THAT SUCCESS,

INFLUENCE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
THEY WEREN'T GIVING ME
WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

I REMEMBER CRYING OUT TO GOD,
I WAS SAYING, "GOD,
IF THIS IS ALL YOU HAVE

I JUST WANT TO DIE."
MY WIFE AND I CAME BACK
FROM NEW ZEALAND

THREE MONTHS LATER
AND I'M HAVING LUNCH
WITH THIS PRINCIPAL,

RANDY THOMPSON, WHERE MY KIDS
ARE GOING TO SCHOOL,
A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

HE SHARED JESUS WITH ME.
JAMES, FOR ME, I WAS
38 YEARS OLD AND WHAT

I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU
RIGHT NOW IS THE FIRST
TIME IN LIFE WHERE

I HAVE HEARD THIS.
HE SAT ME DOWN AND HE SAID,
"AURELIO, THERE'S A BIG

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
YOU AND I."
AND I SAID, "WHAT'S THAT,

RANDY?"
HE SAID, "AS GOOD AS YOU ARE,
AND YOU DO ALL THESE

RIGHT THINGS,
GOD FORBID YOU DIED,
YOU'RE GOING TO GO

STRAIGHT TO HELL."
AND I MEAN, THIS GUY JUST,
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING

ABOUT, RANDY?"
AND HE SAID, "WITHOUT JESUS,
HELL IS WHERE YOU GO."

AND I SAID, "WHAT ABOUT YOU?"
AND HE GOES, "OH, I'M
GOING TO HEAVEN."

AND I ASKED HIM, "HOW DOES
A PERSON GET INTO HEAVEN?"
AND MY WHEELS STARTED

TURNING AND I THOUGHT,
MAYBE IT'S A DONATION.
MAYBE IT'S IF I CAN

DO THIS, CAN I BUY IT?
HONESTLY, I THOUGHT SURELY
I COULD WORK MY WAY INTO IT

AND HE LAUGHED AT ME.
HE SAID, "WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK YOU CAN BUY

YOUR SALVATION?"
HE SHARES THE GOSPEL WITH ME.
I RECEIVE CHRIST AND FOR ME,

AT AGE 38, IT WAS REALLY
THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE
WHERE I RECOGNIZED THAT

SOMEBODY REALLY LOVED ME,
AND THAT WAS JESUS.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN

MY 15th YEAR IN HELL,
HAD NOT THIS MAN GONE OUT
OF HIS WAY TO SHARE

THE GOSPEL WITH ME.
IT WAS MIND-BOGGLING,
AT AGE 38, TO KNOW THAT

ALL THIS WEIGHT AND
ALL THESE RESPONSIBILITIES
AND ALL THE STUFF I'D BEEN

CARRYING WAS LIFTED,
AND THIS JESUS DIED FOR ME.
James: AND YOU HAD ALL

THAT STUFF WHILE YOU HAD
ACCUMULATED ALL THE STUFF
THAT, "THE AMERICAN DREAM"

AND WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN THINK
IS REAL LIFE
PROVED INADEQUATE AND TOTALLY

MEANINGLESS, AS SOLOMON,
WHO HAD ALL THE WEALTH
IN THE WORLD,

SAID ALL IS VANITY
IF YOU MISS GOD AND HIS WILL.
AND YOU EXPERIENCED THAT.

SO THE AMERICAN DREAM
LEFT YOU EMPTY WHICH IS NOT
TO SAY THAT OPPORTUNITY

IS AN ABOMINATION, IT'S NOT.
IT'S WHEN YOU SUBSTITUTE
ANYTHING FOR THE ONLY ANSWER,

AND THAT'S A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD AND AS YOU PUT IT,
THROUGH CHRIST.

HE CHANGED YOUR LIFE.
SO, DID YOUR FOCUS CHANGE?
WHAT YOU WERE DOING AS FAR

AS YOUR BUSINESS EXPERTISE
AND YOUR ABILITY TO BE
CREATIVE, DID ALL THAT CHANGE?

THE FOCUS CHANGE?
Aurelio: YEAH, IT DID.
James: IT DIDN'T JUST MAKE YOU

A FAILURE ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
JUST COLLAPSE EVERYTHING
ABOUT YOU?

Aurelio: I THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO TAKE ME TO ETHIOPIA
AND BECOME A MISSIONARY

OR SOMETHING,
AND I WAS SCARED TO DEATH
OF THAT.

[Laughter]
I STARTED TO PRAY
AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT

I WAS GOING TO BE A PASTOR,
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING
TO BE A MISSIONARY.

BUT THROUGH A COURSE
OF TWO YEARS OF PRAYING
AND PRAYING AND ASKING

THE LORD TO USE ME,
I STARTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
I WAS A BUSINESS PERSON,

AND ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER
AND GOD LED ME TO OPEN UP
THESE STORES IN MALLS.

WE'VE BEEN PREACHING
THE GOSPEL FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS
AND WE'VE MET PEOPLE

WHERE THEY'RE AT.
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY, PEOPLE
ARE STARVING FOR GOD'S WORD.

AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER
TONIGHT I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT THE WORD JESUS

IS A CODE,
AND THE GOSPEL IS A CODE,
AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S A TON OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE HURTING.
I MEAN I WAS HURTING.

I BATTLED DEPRESSION
AND SUICIDE MY ENTIRE LIFE
AND ALWAYS TRYING TO ACHIEVE

AND ALWAYS TRYING TO CLIMB,
CLIMB, CLIMB.
WHEN I CROSSED

THE FINISH LINE
THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
I WAS 38 YEARS OLD,

I WAS RETIRED
AND ON THE OUTSIDE I WAS...
LIKE MY HOUSE WAS IN ORDER

BUT INSIDE I WAS LIKE
DEAD MAN'S BONES.
Randy: LET ME ASK YOU,

AURELIO, I KNOW FROM
READING YOUR BOOK THAT
YOU HAD FINANCIAL STRUGGLES

BEFORE YOU MET JESUS CHRIST,
YOU HAD MARRIAGE STRUGGLES
BEFORE YOU MET JESUS CHRIST.

AFTER THAT TRANSFORMATION
IN YOUR LIFE, YOU STILL
HAD SOME FINANCIAL

DIFFICULTIES, YOU STILL HAD
SOME MARRIAGE DIFFICULTIES,
WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE

BEFORE AND AFTER?
Aurelio: THAT'S A REALLY
GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE

TRIALS ARE ALWAYS GOING
TO BE AROUND.
YOU'VE GOT TRIALS BEFORE,

TRIALS AFTER, BUT I WOULD DO
ANY DAY WITH JESUS
THAN WITHOUT.

I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
I SPENT 38 YEARS TRYING
TO DO IT BY MYSELF AND

ON THIS SIDE OF THE GOSPEL,
MY WIFE AND I, WE WERE
SEPARATED FOR TEN MONTHS

FOUR YEARS AGO.
WE HAD HAD A ROCKY MARRIAGE
BUT BEING THE MORAL GUY

I WAS,
I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING,
WE NEVER DID ANYTHING.

BUT WE WERE SEPARATED
FOR TEN MONTHS AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT THE LORD

TAUGHT ME WAS THAT PEGGY
BECAME THE ICING ON MY CAKE.
JESUS WAS MY CAKE

AND THE MORE I FED ON JESUS,
THE MORE JESUS FED ME
AND FILLED ME,

THEN OUT OF THAT ABUNDANCE
I WAS ABLE TO JUST LOOK
AT HER AND ACCEPT HER

JUST THE WAY SHE WAS.
AT ONE POINT I SAID, "LORD..."
I STARTED ASKING GOD

TO FORGIVE ME BECAUSE
IF SHE CHANGED NOT ONE THING,
DID I LOVE JESUS ENOUGH

TO LOVE HER UNCONDITIONALLY?
THEN I JUST STARTED...
HE'S JUST BEEN TOO GOOD TO ME.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. HE'S
TOO GOOD.
WHETHER IT'S RESTORING

A MARRIAGE, RESTORING
MY BUSINESS, RESTORING ME...
I DON'T DESERVE TO BE HERE

TALKING TO YOU GUYS BUT
THAT'S THE LORD THAT I KNOW.
HE'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

James: HE'S IN YOUR HEART,
IT'S JUST AS OBVIOUS
AS THE TEARS IN YOUR EYES

AND THE PATHOS IN YOUR VOICE.
I SENSE WITH YOUR COMPANY
-- WHAT DO YOU CALL

THE COMPANY?
WE'VE GOT NOT OF THIS WORLD.
WHAT'S THE COMPANY CALLED?

Aurelio: THAT'S THE
COMPANY, NOT OF THIS WORLD.
James: SO, YOU'RE ACTUALLY

CALLED TO LIVE NOT OF THIS
WORLD, A RELATIONSHIP
BEYOND THIS WORLD.

THY KINGDOM COME, IN ME,
HEAVEN IN ME NOW,
LIVING OUT THE EXPRESSION

OF CHRIST IN MY LIFE.
AND YOU WANT, THOUGH,
WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING

AND YOUR BUSINESS,
TO INSPIRE PEOPLE
LIKE YOU SAID A WHILE AGO

AS IT WAS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS,
TO BE BOLD,
TO BOLDLY WITNESS FOR CHRIST,

TO BE FEARLESS IN THEIR FAITH
AND SHARE CHRIST.
DO YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN?

Aurelio: TO BE CLEARER.
I DON'T WANT TO GET TO HEAVEN
AND GOD TELL ME,

"YOU KNOW, AURELIO,
I SHOWED YOU THIS, I DID THIS
AND I DID THIS

AND WHAT DID YOU DO?
WERE YOU TOO BUSY?
DID YOU FORGET ME?"

PEOPLE WERE NOT CLEAR WITH ME,
BUT THIS MAN, HE WAS CLEAR.
THE PENALTY OF SIN IS HELL

BUT SALVATION AND FORGIVENESS
COMES THROUGH FAITH.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE

IN THE NAME OF JESUS
AND I SHALL BE SAVED.
MAN, IT HAPPENED TO ME!

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT GOD

LOVED ME THAT MUCH.
James: AND HE DOES.
RANDY, YOU WERE REALLY

BLESSED WHEN YOU ME AURELIO
AND YOU LIKED HIS BOOK.
WHAT DO YOU SENSE IN THIS GUY

THAT HAS CAUSED YOU TO HAVE
A DEEP SENSE OF APPRECIATION
AND ADMIRATION FOR HIM?

Randy: A GENUINENESS.
THIS IS A GUY, LIKE YOU SAY,
HAS LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM,

HE HAS ATTAINED
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
WE THINK OF AS BEING

THE AMERICAN DREAM BUT YET
HE REALIZED IT'S EMPTY
WITHOUT CHRIST.

ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT
TO POINT OUT IS THAT
WITH HIS CLOTHING LINE,

THAT'S WHAT FIRST DREW ME
TO HIM, TO HIS COMPANY
BECAUSE I'M THINKING

THESE ARE COOL CLOTHES.
I'M WEARING THEM WHEN
I'M WORKING WITH THE YOUTH

AT CHURCH AND STUFF,
AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
"COOL SHIRT!"

YOU KIND OF GOT THAT --
WHEN YOU CAME TO CHRIST AND
YOU STARTED A NEW BUSINESS,

YOUR CREATIVITY,
YOUR EXCELLENCE,
YOUR BUSINESS SAVVY,

IT DIDN'T GO AWAY.
IT WAS APPLIED IN A NEW WAY
AND FOR A NEW PURPOSE.

HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN
THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS
AS YOU GO ABOUT SHARING

THE GOSPEL THROUGH
YOUR BUSINESS?
Aurelio: IT'S A LOT

OF PRAYER.
I REALLY DEPEND ON HIS GRACE.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT

HIM BUT HE'S SO FAITHFUL
HE NEVER LETS ME DOWN.
HE REFUSES TO LET ME DOWN.

MANY TIMES I'M AT
THE ELEVENTH HOUR
AND I'M LIKE, "LORD,

WHERE ARE YOU?"
BUT HE ALWAYS COMES THROUGH.
HE'S A DEPENDABLE GOD.

WE PRAY FOR ALL THE DESIGNS,
WE PRAY FOR INSPIRATION,
WE PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT

TO LEAD US.
IT ISN'T US,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

I'M SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US,
IT'S ABOUT HIM.

James: IT'S NOT OF THIS WORLD.
HERE'S THE BOOK!
IT'S IN THE BOOKSTORES.

DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE,
WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO
AND FIND OUT WHAT ALL YOUR

PRODUCTS ARE AND SO FORTH?
WHERE WOULD THEY GO?
Aurelio: THE LETTER "C,"

THE NUMBER "2,"
AND THE NUMBER "8."
IT STANDS FOR

COLOSSIANS 2:8.COM.
James: DO Y'ALL APPRECIATE
THE INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY?

I KNOW RANDY AND I HAVE
BEEN BLESSED TO LISTEN
AND I HOPE YOU'LL GET THE BOOK

AND GET THIS STORY
OF TRUE TRANSFORMATION.
LET ME JUST SAY THIS TO YOU:

YOU'RE NOT JUST KIND
OF LOOKING IN ON SOME
INTERESTING LIFE STORY

OF SOMEBODY'S JOURNEY.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY HEARING
THE TESTIMONY OF THE POWER

OF GOD TO CHANGE A LIFE,
TO LIFT US OUT OF THAT
SENSE OF EMPTINESS,

EVEN WHEN WE ACHIEVE WHAT
THE WORLD CALLS SUCCESS
AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE PURSUE.

YET, WHEN YOU GET IT...
YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE THINGS

BUT THEY DON'T REALLY SEEM
TO HAVE LIFE,
THEY JUST SEEM EMPTY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SITTING
IN CHURCH LOOK VERY EMPTY,
THEY DON'T LOOK HAPPY.

THEY LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY'RE
GETTING IS KILLING THEM
INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM LIFE.

THIS IS NOT HEALTHY.
IT'S JUST NOT GOOD.
THERE NEEDS TO BE

A TRANSFORMATION IN THE HEART
THAT LITERALLY IS
THE POWER OF GOD.

IF YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED
THAT, IF YOU WILL SIMPLY
ASK GOD THE FATHER TO BECOME

YOUR PERSONAL FATHER
AND RECEIVE THE GIFT
OF HIS SON JESUS, WHO GAVE

HIS LIFE FOR YOU, AND
WAS RAISED TO LIVE IN YOU
AND SENT THE POWER OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT TO INDWELL YOU.
IF YOU WILL ASK HIM
TO FORGIVE YOU,

HE WILL DO IT.
LIKE A CHILD, NO ONE COMES
TO GOD THAT DOESN'T COME

WITH A CHILDLIKE FAITH.
JUST ASK HIM, "GOD, BE MY GOD.
BE MY FATHER.

I RECEIVE THE GIFT
OF YOUR SON, JESUS,
AS MY SAVIOR, AS THE LORD

OF MY LIFE.
I WANT TO LEARN YOUR WAYS,
DO YOUR WILL.

I WANT THAT!
TEACH ME!"
HE HAS SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT

TO DO THAT!
IF YOU'VE PRAYED
AND ASKED GOD

I WOULD LOVE TO SEND YOU
A BOOK TITLED
KNOWING GOD AS FATHER.

I WROTE IT AS A SIMPLE
INTRODUCTORY BIBLE STUDY
TO SHOW YOU IN THE WORD OF GOD

WHO YOU ARE,
WHO THE FATHER IS SO YOU WILL
KNOW HIM AS FATHER.

I WILL HELP YOU GET STARTED.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR TESTIMONY.

I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH --
YOU KNOW I WEEP A LOT.
A BROKEN HEART IS

NOT SOMETHING TO BE
DISTURBED ABOUT.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE

DISTURBED THAT WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH COMPASSION
FOR PEOPLE.

OUR HEART SHOULD BE BROKEN
FOR THE THINGS GOD'S HEART
IS BROKEN OVER.

PAUL THE APOSTLE,
THE GREATEST EXAMPLE
OF CHRIST IN A MAN,

OR A MAN IN CHRIST,
PERHAPS THAT EVER LIVED.
HE SAID, "I WANT TO KNOW

THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRIST'S
SUFFERINGS.
WHAT HE FEELS FOR PEOPLE."

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU'LL
JUST OPEN YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW

AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK
AT THE PRECIOUS LITTLE FACES
THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE

WITH YOU AND I WANT YOU TO
TELL ME IF YOU WILL JOIN US
LOVING THEM.

TELL ME IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO LOVE THEM.
WATCH.

Announcer: HAVE YOU EVER
KNOWN HUNGER LIKE THIS?

HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN
SICKNESS LIKE THIS?

HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN
DESPERATION LIKE THIS?

THAT'S ALL
THEY HAVE KNOWN.

ONE THING WE KNOW IS
THEY ARE FIGHTING
FOR THEIR LIVES

BECAUSE OF
SEVERE MALNUTRITION.

NOW THAT YOU KNOW,
WILL YOU HELP

THE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
WHO ARE FIGHTING TO SURVIVE?

James: I DO LOVE YOU.
YOUR LITTLE EMACIATED BODY
AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL

LITTLE FACE AND YOUR EYES
HAVE CAPTURED MY HEART.
I WANT TO BE A PART

OF LOVING YOU, NOT IN WORD
ONLY, BUT IN DEED.
YES, LITTLE ONES, I WISH YOU

COULD HEAR ME BUT I WOULD
RATHER YOU SEE A DEMONSTRATION
OF THE LOVE OF GOD

THAT BEATS IN MY HEART
IN YOUR BEHALF.
PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ME

ALL OVER THE WORLD,
I KNOW, I KNOW SOMEHOW
YOU WISH THAT YOU COULD

SAVE THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN.
ONE OF OUR STAFF HELD
ONE OF THOSE PRECIOUS

LITTLE ONES, PRAYED,
IT WAS THE LAST DAY
THAT LITTLE BABY LIVED.

YOU COULD SAY WE GOT THERE
TOO LATE, BUT IT WASN'T
BECAUSE THE MISSIONARIES

WEREN'T THERE, IT WASN'T
BECAUSE WE HADN'T SET UP
AND TRIED TO KEEP

ALL THE SUPPLIES GOING
TO A HOSPITAL, A CLINIC,
A MALNUTRITION CLINIC

BECAUSE WE HAVE.
BUT YOU SEE, THE FACT IS,
THE CHILDREN ARE COMING

THERE IN A STEADY FLOW
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE
DESPERATE CONDITIONS

IN THAT REGION IN PARTS
OF ANGOLA RIGHT NOW,
WHERE WE'VE BEEN HELPING

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS,
SAVING LIVES,
MILLIONS OF THEM.

THEY'VE GOT A SERIOUS DROUGHT,
AND THIS IS ALL
THEY HAVE TO LIVE ON.

THEY'RE NOT LAZY, THEY WORK,
THEY TRY TO MAKE A LIVING,
AND THEY DO THEIR BEST.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

WE CAN GIVE THEM LIFE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE ALL
WE HAVE TO DO IT, IT JUST

TAKES WHAT'S IN OUR HAND.
$30 WE CAN FEED THREE
OF THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
$50, WE CAN FEED FIVE.
$100, WE CAN FEED TEN.

AND MIRACULOUSLY, RIGHT NOW,
AND I TELL YOU IT IS,
IT'S AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.

SOMEONE, SEVERAL PEOPLE
HAVE PUT UP A CHALLENGE,
A MATCHING GIFT OF

A HALF-MILLION DOLLARS,
$500,000.
IF YOU'LL GIVE TODAY

IT WILL DOUBLE YOUR GIFT.
THEY SAY, "WE'LL DOUBLE
EVERYTHING THAT'S GIVEN."

BECAUSE HERE'S
THE DESPERATE SITUATION:
IT'S SO SERIOUS WE NEED TO

ADD ANOTHER 25,000 CHILDREN
IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE
THEIR LIVES, THAT ARE JUST

LIKE THOSE CHILDREN,
THEY ARE HEADED FOR
THAT CONDITION, THAT PLACE.

WOULD YOU HELP US
SAVE THEIR LIVES?
WOULD YOU PLEASE?

PLEASE, TODAY MAKE
THE LARGEST GIFT YOU CAN.
WOULD YOU REACH OUT

AND TRULY TOUCH SOMEONE
WITH THE LOVE OF GOD
BY DIALING RIGHT NOW

THAT LIFELINE IN THEIR BEHALF
AND USE YOUR BANKCARD
LIKE A CHECK?

YOU USE IT OFTENTIMES
FOR THINGS YOU COULD MISS
TO SAVE LIVES.

BUT TAKE THAT CARD,
USE IT LIKE A CHECK.
WRITE A CHECK,

MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US
AND TELL US YOU'RE PUTTING IT
IN THE MAIL.

OR GO ONLINE TO LIFETODAY.ORG
BUT MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT
YOU CAN.

IF YOU CAN GIVE $1000
THAT WILL ENABLE US TO SAVE
THE LIVES OF 100 CHILDREN,

BUT IT WILL BE DOUBLED,
IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED TODAY
TO $2000.

$5,000 TO $10,000.
I'M PRAYING, GOD, LET SOMEBODY
DO THAT BECAUSE

YOU'VE ENABLED THEM TO DO IT
AND YOU PUT IT IN THEIR HEART
TO HOLD THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN

IN ARMS OF LOVE.
WOULD YOU DO IT?
$30 IS NOT A SMALL GIFT

FOR THOSE THREE CHILDREN,
NOW SIX.
IT'S NOT SMALL, IT'S BIG,

IT'LL GIVE THEM LIFE.
THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN
GIVE, THE GIFT OF LIFE

AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM
ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD THAT
PROMPTED THOSE MISSIONARIES

TO BE THERE IN COMPASSION
EXPRESSIONS.
PLEASE MAKE THAT

LIFE-GIVING CALL RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE DO IT!
YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!

THEIR LIVES WILL BE SAVED.
THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE.

Announcer:
AT THIS VERY MOMENT
CHILDREN ARE DRAWING

WHAT COULD BE
THEIR LAST BREATH,

STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE
DUE TO SEVERE HUNGER.

YOU CAN HELP STOP
THE CYCLE OF DEATH.

YOU CAN HELP SAVE
A CHILD'S LIFE.

IN ADDITION
TO THE 400,000 CHILDREN

ALREADY IN OUR FEEDING PROGRAM THROUGHOUT AFRICA,

WE MUST
IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE

FOR AN ADDITIONAL
25,000 CHILDREN

IN THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS OF DROUGHT.

AS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER,
A GROUP OF LIFE'S FRIENDS

HAVE SET A $500,000
MATCHING CHALLENGE

FOR MISSION
FEEDING.

THIS MEANS YOUR GIFT TODAY
CAN HAVE A DOUBLE IMPACT!

$30 TO HELP FEED THREE
CHILDREN CAN BE DOUBLED

TO IMPACT
SIX CHILDREN!

$50 TO HELP FEED
FIVE CHILDREN

CAN BE DOUBLED
TO HELP SAVE 10 CHILDREN!

AND $100 FOR 10 CHILDREN
CAN BE DOUBLED

TO HELP FEED AND INTRODUCE
JESUS TO 20 CHILDREN!

AS A THANK YOU,
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU

A GOOD WORD
FOR A GREAT DAY,

A 365-DAY
DEVOTIONAL

PROVIDING A WORD
OF INSPIRATION AND PROMISE
FOR EACH NEW DAY.

WITH YOUR DOUBLE
IMPACT GIFT OF $100

TO HELP SAVE THE LIVES
OF 20 CHILDREN,

YOU MAY REQUEST
THE FAMILY READING BIBLE

TO HELP ENGAGE
YOUR CHILDREN

AND GRANDCHILDREN
IN GOD'S WORD.

FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER
A DOUBLE IMPACT GIFT OF $1,000

TO HELP SAVE THE LIVES
OF 200 CHILDREN,

AND YOU MAY
ALSO REQUEST

THE 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE,

"BROTHERLY LOVE."

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

James: I WANT TO JUST SAY
THANK YOU.
I REALLY PRAY IF THERE'S

ANY WAY YOU COULD HELP US
CARE FOR A HUNDRED
AND SEE THAT DOUBLED,

I PRAY YOU WILL.
RANDY IS THE FATHER
OF FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN

AND HAVING BEEN TO THE
MISSION FIELD MANY TIMES.
WHEN YOU SEE THOSE

LITTLE CHILDREN,
WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR HEART?
Randy: YOU KNOW, IF YOU

BROUGHT THOSE KIDS INTO
MY HOME, A BABY THAT LOOKED
LIKE THOSE BABIES,

A CHILD THAT WAS HUNGRY
LIKE THOSE KIDS, MY WIFE
WOULD RUN TO THE KITCHEN

TO GIVE THEM FOOD.
WELL, WE BRING THOSE KIDS
INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES

ALL THE TIME AND ALL WE ASK
IS THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN
TO BRING THEM SOME FOOD.

IT'S NOT HARD BUT
IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
James: IT DOES,

AND IT DOES WORK BECAUSE
IT'S LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS
WHEN IT'S EXPRESSED.

IF IT'S JUST DISCUSSED
IT CAN HAVE NO EFFECT.
WHEN IT'S DEMONSTRATED

IT'S TRANSFORMING.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED
TO AURELIO, HE WAS TRANSFORMED

WITH THE POWER OF GOD.
CAN'T YOU SEE
THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF GOD

IN THIS BUSINESSMAN'S LIFE?
AND AREN'T YOU GRATEFUL
FOR IT?

[Applause]
NOT OF THIS WORLD,
A GREAT BUSINESS.

THERE'S THE WEBSITE.
YOU CAN GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG
AND FIND OUT HOW TO GET

A HOLD OF HIM AND HIS PRODUCT.
WE HOPE YOU WILL DO IT.
AURELIO, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
AND ALL THAT YOUR DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR HELPING US SHARE LOVE
AND LIFE.

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>> I'D SIT IN MY QUIET TIME
AND I'D MOSTLY JUST
TAKE DOWN NOTES

BECAUSE I COULD NOT THINK
OF ANYTHING TO SAY!

Announcer: FROM CAST DOWN
TO ECSTATIC JOY, TOMORROW!