Announcer: NEXT!
BETH MOORE CHALLENGES US
TO GET PREPARED FOR
THE COMING JOURNEY WITH GOD.
Beth: I WROTE A POST GOING,
"I'M SICK TO DEATH
OF TELLING HIM
WHERE I WANT IT TO GO.
I'M JUST GOING
WHERE GOD IS GOING --
I'M GOING WHERE GOD IS GOING-- I'M GOING WHERE GOD IS GOING.
WELL, THE NEXT MORNING
I WAS PUTTING ON MY MASCARA
AT MY MIRROR
AND I SAT THE MASCARA WAND
DOWN ON THE COUNTER
AND I TURNED AROUND AND SAID,
"WHERE ARE WE GOING?"
[Laughter]
Announcer: LOOKING AHEAD
AT THE OBSTACLES IN OUR PATH
SO THAT WE WILL BE READY
TO CONQUER THEM
AND KEEP MOVING
FORWARD.
♪
James: WELL, I WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED
TO HAVE YOU BE A PART OF THIS
INCREDIBLE CROWD OF PEOPLE,
SOME 4,000 WHO CAME;
ACTUALLY OVER 5,000 REGISTERED
FROM ALMOST EVERY STATE,
MANY FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
PART OF THAT CROWD
BUT YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE A PART
OF THE AWAKEN NOW CONFERENCE.
THEN, THE GOOD NEWS IS, BETTY,
YOU CAN HAVE EVERY SPEAKER,
EVERY ONE OF THESE GIFTED
TEACHERS AND COMMUNICATORS
TEACHING UNDER
THE ANOINTING OF GOD
SOMETHING THAT THE CHURCH
AND THE WHOLE EARTH
NEEDS TO HEAR,
AMERICA NEEDS TO HEAR.
YOU CAN GET THE MESSAGES
ON TRANSCRIPT
AND HEAR THESE GREAT SPEAKERS.
I PROMISE YOU,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE INSPIRED
AND BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU
GETTING THE DVD'S, CD'S.
AND NOW HERE IS,
UNDER THE ANOINTING OF GOD,
BETH MOORE!
♪
Beth: NO ONE IN THIS ROOM
IS IN AS SEVERE A DROUGHT
THAN THE ONE WHO CANNOT
REMEMBER THE LAST TIME
YOU CRIED A TEAR
FOR A BROKEN WORLD.
THAT'S DROUGHT.
WHAT IF WE GOT COURAGE ENOUGH
TO GO, "BRING BACK MY TEARS
FOR THE LOST.
BRING BACK MY TEARS
FOR THE CAPTIVES,
THOSE IMPRISONED,
THOSE DYING ON PLANET EARTH.
BRING BACK MY PASSION
FOR WHAT YOU, JESUS,
ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT."
AS WE CRY OUT FOR A DOWNPOUR
AND I'M GOING
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,
I BELIEVE IT'S COMING.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THE TRUTH IS WE ARE THIRSTY.
AND IF THE ONLY THING
WE HAVE TO DO, JAMES,
AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND,
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO DO
IS JUST GO, "I'M THIRSTY.
I'M POOR AND NEEDY, LORD,
AND I'M JUST CRYING OUT.
I'M JUST CRYING OUT."
HE SAYS IF YOU DO THAT,
I'LL POUR IT OUT
ON A THIRSTY LAND.
BUT A LAND THAT SAYS
WE'RE JUST LIKE
PLENTY WET HERE,
YOU'D JUST SCARE US
HALF TO DEATH.
WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING NEW,
JUST AS LONG AS YOU DO
WHAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE,
WE'RE GOOD WITH IT.
BUT YOU KNOW
HOW WE ARE HERE. AMEN?
[Laughter]
I'M JUST TIRED
OF SAYING THAT TO HIM.
I'M GOING WITH HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I MEAN JUST VERY RECENTLY,
RATHER, I JUST WROTE A POST
JUST GOING, "I'M SICK TO DEATH
OF TELLING HIM
WHERE I WANTED OF TO GO.
I'M JUST GOING
WHERE GOD IS GOING.
I'M GOING WHERE GOD IS GOING.
I'M GOING WHERE GOD IS GOING."
WELL, THE NEXT MORNING
I WAS PUTTING ON MY MASCARA
AT MY MIRROR AND I SET
THE MASCARA WAND DOWN
ON THE COUNTER
AND I JUST TURNED AROUND
AND I SAID,
"WHERE ARE WE GOING?"
[Laughter]
"BECAUSE I WANT TO GO
WHERE YOU'RE GOING;
IF YOU COULD TELL ME
WHERE WE'RE GOING."
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT YOU BUT I'M ALWAYS --
FAITH IS SUCH A BLAST TO ME.
I LOVE THE ADVENTURE OF IT
BUT I ALWAYS LOVE IT BEST
IN RETROSPECT.
LOOKING BACK I GO, NOW THAT --
THAT WAS AN EXCITING TIME!
I LOVED THAT!
THERE YOU'RE
JUST KIND OF GOING...
BECAUSE SUDDENLY
IT IS NOT CONCRETE,
IT IS LIKE WATER
UNDER YOUR FEET.
WATER! WATER!
SO YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
WE JUST WANT TO GO WITH YOU,
LORD.
I BELIEVE THAT GOD PLACED IT
ON MY HEART TO TELL YOU
THAT AS IT COMES, AND IT WILL
IF WE'LL OWN OUR THIRST,
IT WILL, IF WE'LL BE WILLING
TO STOP TELLING HIM
WHAT IT HAS TO LOOK LIKE,
IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING.
BUT WE MUST BE PREPARED
IN ADVANCE FOR SCOFFERS.
I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN.
WE MUST BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE
FOR SCOFFERS.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK
AT ONE ANOTHER AND SAY,
"BE PREPARED FOR SCOFFERS."
[Audience repeats]
AND HERE'S THE THING.
THE UNBELIEVING WORLD SCOFFING
IS NOT GOING TO BOTHER US
THAT MUCH.
WE'RE USED TO THEM
THINKING THAT WE ARE IDIOTS.
CAN WE JUST OWN THAT ONE?
WE'RE USED TO IT.
OF COURSE, THEY THINK THAT.
WE'VE GOT THAT ONE DOWN.
THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING
TO BOTHER US SO MUCH.
WHAT'S GOING TO BOTHER US,
AND I BELIEVE GOD IS SAYING,
"GET PREPARED FOR IT
SO YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE
IT IS COMING"
SO WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN
YOU'RE NOT ALL DISTURBED
AND ALL ROCKED BY IT
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO COME
FROM SOME IN OUR OWN
CHRISTIAN REALM --
OUR OWN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE
THAT ARE HONESTLY GOING
TO WANT TO DEBATE
AND ARGUE WITH US
ABOUT AWAKENING AND DOWNPOURS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE?
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY,
THAT'S NOT THE WAY
IT SHOULD LOOK.
YOU KNOW WHAT, DUDE?
I'M JUST ASKING YOU,
ARE YOU THIRSTY?
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
I CAN'T THINK OF THE WAY
TO THE SEMANTICS
TO GET IT LIKE YOU WANT IT.
BUT I WILL SAY TO YOU,
I'M JUST THIRSTY
AND I'M HUNGRY.
BUT THERE WILL BE SCOFFERS
AND THEY WILL BE
THE FAR BIGGER THREAT,
THE ONE WITHIN OUR OWN
BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
OUR OWN FAMILY OF GOD --
FAR, FAR MORE DEMORALIZING.
AND YES, IT WILL COME
FROM BULLIES, AND YES,
IT WILL COME FROM
THE MEAN-SPIRITED.
I WANT TO TELL YOU,
I'VE LEARNED SO MANY THINGS.
I COULD HAVE SPENT
THE WHOLE EVENING
ON WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
FROM THESE TWO PEOPLE
BUT THEY HAVE LIVED SOMETHING.
THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME SOMETHING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
AND I'VE WATCHED THEM LIVE IT.
JAMES SAYS ALL THE TIME,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN PEOPLE HATE YOU,
JUST LOVE THEM.
YOU JUST KEEP LOVING THEM.
THE MORE THEY HATE YOU,
YOU JUST KEEP LOVING THEM --
JUST KEEP LOVING THEM.
GET IT IN YOUR MIND
THAT THEY CANNOT MAKE YOU
STOP LOVING THEM.
YOU JUST LOVE THEM
ALL THE MORE.
THEY HATE YOU, YOU LOVE THEM!
YOU LOVE THEM!"
BLESSED ARE YOU.
BLESSED ARE YOU.
WE'VE GOT TO BE READY.
WE'VE GOT TO BE READY.
WHAT GOD BEGAN TO SHOW ME
IS THAT IT WOULD NOT JUST COME
FROM THE MEAN-SPIRITED
IT WILL ALSO COME FROM PEOPLE
WHO ARE JUST GENUINELY
CONCERNED ABOUT US.
[Laughter]
NOT MEAN ABOUT IT.
JUST "MAN,
I HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN!"
[Laughter]
I'M SO GLAD
Y'ALL ARE LAUGHING.
I WANTED TO BE FUNNY
SO BAD TODAY.
[Cheers & applause]
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO,
"BLESS THEIR HEARTS!
THEY WERE REALLY BALANCED
FOR A WHILE."
WHAT IS BALANCED, EXACTLY?
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE
I'VE EVER MET ANYONE
LIKE FULLY --
ON FULL THROTTLE SPIRIT
EFFECTIVENESS AND ABUNDANCE
THAT I COULD WALK AWAY FROM
AND GO, "NOW THAT'S
A BALANCED PERSON."
MAYBE! IF YOU'RE HERE,
I'LL MEET YOU AFTERWARDS.
[Laughter]
WELL, JUST DON'T KNOW
WHERE WE'RE GETTING THAT,
THAT THAT'S THE BIG GOAL.
LET'S ALL BE BALANCED
IN JESUS' NAME.
LET'S ALL BE BALANCED!
[Laughter]
THEY'RE GOING TO
FEEL SORRY FOR US.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY,
"WHAT A SHAME! WHAT A SHAME!"
IN THAT EARLY DOWNPOUR
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH,
PAUL SAID:
THAT'S GOING TO BE US.
THE SCOFFERS, I BELIEVE
THAT GOD PUT ON MY HEART,
PLEASE TEST THE SPIRIT,
PRAY AND SEE IF THIS
IS CONFIRMED TO YOU IN PRAYER
AND IN THE STUDY
OF THE WORD.
I BELIEVE THAT HE
PLACED IT ON MY HEART
THAT THE SCOFFERS WILL HAVE
AN ALTERNATIVE ANSWER
FOR EVERYTHING;
AN ALTERNATIVE FOR EVERY
SINGLE THING WE SEE,
THERE WILL BE AN ALTERNATIVE.
THEY WILL NOT SEE IT
AS THE HAND OF GOD,
AN ALTERNATE ANSWER.
UNITY WILL BE
CALLED DEFECTION.
BROKENNESS WILL BE
CALLED INSTABILITY.
GRACE WILL BE
CALLED COMPROMISE.
AND THE GENUINELY PROPHETIC
WILL BE CALLED FALSE TEACHING.
YOU SEE IF THIS
DOES NOT HAPPEN.
AND BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS,
DEFECTION, INSTABILITY,
COMPROMISE,
AND FALSE TEACHING,
BECAUSE THOSE THINGS WILL
BE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN EFFECT,
YOU AND I, WHO ARE
BELIEVING GOD FOR A VIVID
DOWNPOUR OF HIS SPIRIT
AND RECOGNIZE IT AS IT COMES,
WE WILL HAVE TO BE
TAKING THE RISK OF BEING
LUMPED IN WITH THE ONES
THAT REALLY ARE DEFECTING,
UNSTABLE, COMPROMISING,
AND FALSE.
AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR US
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
TO BE MIXED-UP WITH THEM.
WE WILL WANT TO SAY
OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
"NO, OURS IS THE TRUE."
LISTEN, PEOPLE ARE NOT
CONVINCED BY US GOING,
"NO, WE'RE REALLY TRUE HERE --
WE'RE REALLY TRUE HERE."
THAT DOES NOT WORK.
THEY WON'T TAKE IT
BY OUR WORDS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO RISK BEING LUMPED
INTO SOMETHING
NOT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO ENDURE IN THAT
WHICH IS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AND THIS WILL BE
THE HARDEST PART,
IS THAT THE WEEDS WILL BE
AMONG THE WHEAT.
AND JUST EXACTLY AS JESUS
SAID IN MATTHEW 13:24-30:
TO PULL UP ALL THE WEEDS
AND CAST THEM OUT
WOULD RUN THE RISK
OF PULLING UP THE WHEAT.
SO YOU AND I HAVE GOT
TO BE PREPARED TO BE
MIXED-UP WITH THE FALSE AS
WE'RE TRYING TO BE THE TRUE.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO WANT
TO SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
"NO, THIS IS REALLY US."
AND IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD
BECAUSE THE ONLY TEST WILL BE
-- PLEASE STAY WITH ME HERE
-- THE ONLY TEST
WILL BE ENDURANCE.
WHAT ENDURES --
WHAT ENDURES --
WHAT ENDURES!
YOU AND I WILL HAVE
TO BE PATIENT
WHILE THE SPIRIT IS TESTED,
WHILE OUR TRIALS
ARE USED BY GOD --
PLEASE HEAR ME
WHEN I SAY THIS --
TO PROVE US GENUINE.
AT THE SAME TIME
WITH THE GREATEST OUTPOURING
OF GOD ON YOUR ENTIRE LIFE,
YOU WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY
BE ENTRUSTED WITH TRIALS
FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE
OF PROVING US GENUINE.
[Applause]
I'VE WATCHED MY GOOD FRIENDS
FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE
OF MORE FAITH THAN THEM.
I DON'T!
I DON'T!
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY --
JAMES WILL SAY THIS WITH ME,
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY
THAT PRAYS LIKE BETTY.
I DON'T!
I DON'T.
THEY KNEW GOD COULD PERFORM
A MIRACLE WITH THEIR DAUGHTER.
THEY'D SEEN HIM DO IT.
THEY'D SEEN HIM DO IT.
THEY'D SEEN HIM DO IT.
THEY KNOW HE IS MIRACULOUS,
THEY KNOW HE IS ABLE.
GOD CHOSE TO BRING ABOUT
A DIFFERENT TRIUMPH.
NOW HERE WE ARE AND
I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK
TODAY, JAMES AND BETTY,
HERE WE ARE
AFTER ALL THAT SUFFERING.
IT'S BEEN HARD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I KNEW
THAT THEIR BELOVED DAUGHTER
WAS DYING,
I JUST WEPT AND WEPT AND WEPT
BECAUSE I WAS WITH
MY DAUGHTER MELISSA
AT THE TIME AND I'D BEEN
ON THE PHONE WITH THEM
AND I TELL YOU,
BETTY AND I WERE TALKING
FOR A FEW MINUTES
AND WE WERE WEEPING
AND I COULD HEAR HER,
JAMES, WEEPING.
I HEARD GROANINGS.
I TOLD MY CO-WORKERS, I SAID,
"I MAY NEVER GET THAT SOUND
OUT OF MY EARS."
I TELL YOU
THESE PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED --
THEY'VE SUFFERED.
BUT I CANNOT HELP BUT THINK
THAT THIS IS PART OF WHAT
HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO THEM
TO BE PROVED GENUINE
IN A FRESH OUTPOURING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
YOU HAVE BEEN PROVEN GENUINE
THROUGH WHAT YOU HAVE ENDURED
AND IT'S BROKEN OUR HEARTS
TO WATCH YOUR BROKENNESS.
BUT YOU HAVE REMAINED
STEADFAST BEFORE THE LORD
AND YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL.
YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL.
[Applause]
HE, JAMES ROBISON,
HE IS GOING TO BRING THAT
BACK TO YOU IN SOULS.
HE IS GOING TO BRING
THAT BACK TO YOU IN SOULS.
HE HAS HEARD YOUR CRY.
YOU HAVE ASKED HIM
OVER AND OVER
TO RETAIN A FRESH WORK --
TO ALWAYS RETURN
A FRESH WORK TO YOU
AND HE IS DOING IT.
I SAW IT TODAY.
I KNOW NOTHING GOING ON
RIGHT NOW ON THE CUTTING EDGE
THAT WAS MORE POWERFUL
THAN WHAT I WATCHED
THIS AFTERNOON.
I KNOW NOTHING!
YOU AND I ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO DO IT TOO.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE NEED NOT BE AFRAID
BECAUSE ON THIS EARTH
SUFFERING IS NOT JUST
FOR THOSE WHO ARE SAVED.
THIS PLANET IS HARD TO LIVE ON
BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT
WHILE WE'RE SEEING LIKE WILD,
WILD, WILD THINGS OF GOD,
THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY,
WE WILL ALSO BE
ENTRUSTED WITH TRIALS
THAT ARE PROVING US GENUINE.
YOU WONDER, WHY ARE YOU
DOING ALL THIS BUT THIS
IS NOT HAPPENING FOR ME?
WHY AM I GOING THROUGH
THIS SUFFERING?
WELL, TO SHOW THAT YOU
ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE WEEDS.
FLESH GETS BORED EASY,
THE SPIRIT ENDURES.
WE'LL KNOW IT IS OF THE FLESH
IF IT LASTS LIKE TEN MINUTES.
LIKE WE HAVE
A DOWNPOUR TONIGHT
AND WE ARE DRY TOMORROW.
SPIRIT ENDURES.
FLESH DRIES UP LIKE THIS.
WHATEVER WE DO,
WE MUST NOT TRY TO MANUFACTURE
A DOWNPOUR OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WHATEVER WE DO,
WE CANNOT SPEED GOD UP.
WHAT SCRIPTURE TELLS US TO DO
IS OWN OUR THIRST.
SAY, "OUR LAND IS DRY;
OUR LAND IS THIRSTY."
WE CANNOT HELP GOD
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
ALL WE CAN DO IS CRY OUT.
ANYBODY HAVE ONE OF
THOSE LITTLE NOISE MAKERS
WHERE YOU CAN SET IT
ON ANY SOUND YOU WANT TO?
YOU CAN DO IT LIKE A FAN
TO SLEEP WITH?
A LOT OF US WHO TRAVEL,
TRAVEL WITH THIS.
I'VE GOT ONE ON MY IPHONE.
I CAN PLAY ANY KIND
OF SOUND YOU CAN IMAGINE.
I CAN PLAY A STORM,
WIND, RAIN.
I CAN PLAY A HEAVY, HEAVY RAIN
AND I PLAY IT ALL NIGHT LONG,
SEVEN HOURS LONG,
THE SOUND OF RAIN
AND I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING
COMPLETELY DRY.
[Laughter]
WE CAN'T JUST GO
TO OUR CHURCHES
AND MAKE THE SOUND OF RAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO MANUFACTURE...
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
THE SOUND OF RAIN.
WE'RE GOING TO GET
A SOUND SYSTEM;
WE WILL STILL LEAVE DRY --
WE'LL STILL LEAVE DRY
BECAUSE IT CANNOT
BE MANUFACTURED.
WE CAN PLAY THE SOUND OF RAIN
ALL WE WANT IN OUR CHURCHES
AND NEVER GET WET.
ISAIAH 45, VERSE 8:
THIS IS GOD SPEAKING,
I LOVE THIS.
THIS IS GOD HIMSELF, THE LORD.
IT SAYS: THE LORD SAID --
IN THE VERY FIRST VERSE OF 45
IN ONE.
SO IT IS GOD TALKING:
WHAT IS IT WE'RE GOING TO DO?
WE'RE GOING TO ASK GOD, "GOD,
YOU SPEAK TO THE HEAVENS."
I LOVE THE N.E.T. BIBLE:
LET THE EARTH OPEN.
I BELIEVE IT IS TALKING
ABOUT AN OPENNESS --
AN OPENNESS.
AND AS WE CRY OUT WITH
OUR HUNGER AND OUR THIRST,
I BELIEVE HE SAYS
THAT THE EARTH WILL BE OPEN,
PEOPLE WILL BE OPEN
TO SALVATION.
SO MANY MORE PEOPLE
ARE OPEN TO IT THAN WE THINK.
THEY'RE HAVING
A HARD TIME OUT THERE.
PEOPLE NEED JESUS!
THEY NEED JESUS!
LET'S STOP BEING ASHAMED
TO SAY, "I THINK I MAY KNOW
WHAT YOU MAY NEED.
BECAUSE I NEEDED HIM MYSELF,
HIS NAME IS JESUS.
James: WELL, I AM SO GLAD
THAT YOU, IF YOU DIDN'T GET
TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE
YOU ARE ATTENDING IT
RIGHT NOW.
MANY OF YOU WHO DID HAVE BEEN
SAYING FOR SOME TIME...
I MEAN WE HEARD
FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY,
"WHEN DO WE GET THE DVD'S;
BECAUSE WE
ORDERED THEM THERE."
AND OF COURSE, WE GOT THEM
ALL READY AND EDITED
AND PACKAGED BEAUTIFULLY
SO WE COULD GET THEM TO YOU.
BUT MANY OF YOU
WHO DID NOT GET TO GO
TO THE AWAKEN NOW CONFERENCE
ARE NOW GOING TO GET TO ATTEND
VIRTUALLY EVERY SESSION OF IT;
HEAR ALL THE TRULY
ANOINTED SPEAKERS.
AND IF YOU WILL MAKE A GIFT
TO HELP US DRILL WATER WELLS,
$100 OR MORE, WE'RE GOING
TO SEND YOU THE DVD'S, CD'S,
AND A TRANSCRIPT --
A WRITTEN TRANSCRIPT
OF THE MESSAGES.
I'M TELLING YOU,
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'LL WANT
TO SHARE WITH YOUR CHURCH.
I REALLY BELIEVE,
IF YOU WERE TO TAKE
SAMMY RODRIGUEZ'S MESSAGE,
WHICH IS REALLY, IN TOTAL,
ABOUT 20 MINUTES
AND THEN THE PRAYER THAT
I PRAY WITH HIM AT THE END,
IF THAT WAS PLAYED, BETTY,
IN EVERY CHURCH IN AMERICA,
I BELIEVE WE WOULD
EXPERIENCE AN AWAKENING.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
DR. TONY EVANS, WHAT A MESSAGE
-- GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE,
REALLY SPEAKING
AS A PASTOR, LEADER,
AS A STATESMAN TO THE NATION;
DR. BEN CARSON,
GIFTED NEUROSURGEON.
ALL OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS
THAT WERE THERE ARE
SO TRULY ANOINTED OF GOD.
YOU GET THESE MESSAGES.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN
ON SOMETHING THAT I KNOW
BEYOND ANY DOUBT
IS GOING TO GRAB YOUR HEART.
BETTY AND I HAVE FOUND
THE GREATEST JOY
IN BECOMING A HELPER,
A SERVANT TO PEOPLE WHO FEEL
LIKE NO ONE EVER NOTICED.
YOU MAY FEEL THAT WAY.
I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
FEEL LIKE NOBODY NOTICES ME.
BUT GOD DOES!
YOU ARE SO VITALLY IMPORTANT
IN HIS KINGDOM PURPOSE.
AND YOU'RE THE ONES THAT
CAN SHOW THE MOST OVERLOOKED,
FORGOTTEN PEOPLE ON THE PLANET
THAT GOD NOTICES,
GOD LOVES, AND GOD CARES.
AND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE
IS GOING TO INSPIRE YOU
TO TAKE THE MOST PROFOUND,
POSITIVE, TRANSFORMING
ACTION POSSIBLE;
YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOVED
BY LOVE.
WATCH VERY CLOSELY.
Announcer: FRIENDSHIP...
THOUGH IT CAN BE STATED
MANY WAYS.
THE IDEA IS ONE WHICH
IS UNIVERSALLY CELEBRATED:
A LOYAL COMPANION,
A TRUSTED ALLY,
A CHERISHED
PLAYMATE.
FOR THESE CHILDREN
BORN INTO CRIPPLING POVERTY,
THE COMFORT OF A BEST FRIEND
IS ALL THEY HAVE
TO LOOK FORWARD TO
EACH DAY.
AND ALTHOUGH TODAY
MAY BE SPENT FIGHTING
IMAGINARY FOES,
A VERY REAL ENEMY,
CONTAMINATED WATER
LOOMS OVER THE FRIENDS
THEY HOLD SO DEAR.
BECAUSE FOR THESE CHILDREN,
THE WATER THEY DRINK TODAY
MEANS ONE OF THEM
MIGHT NOT SEE TOMORROW.
IT'S A TRAGEDY TO THINK THAT
A FRIEND'S LIFE COULD BE TAKEN
BY THE WATER SELFLESSLY SHARED
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
BUT BY PROVIDING
THESE CHILDREN WITH FRESH
CLEAN DRINKING WATER
YOU CAN BE THE FRIEND THAT
HELPS TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.
James: I'M REALLY GRATEFUL
THAT GOD MOVES MY HEART.
SOMETIMES I THINK I FEEL
A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED
BECAUSE MY HEART IS TENDER
AND BECAUSE I WEEP.
BUT I GUESS I'M GRATEFUL.
I REMEMBER WHEN LAZARUS DIED
AND JESUS CAME
TO THE GRAVESIDE
AND EVERYONE WAS WEEPING.
THE QUESTION COMES UP,
WHY DID -- THAT BRIEF VERSE,
"JESUS WEPT," JUST TWO WORDS,
WHY WAS IT THERE?
WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT?
I THINK THE SIGNIFICANCE IS,
AND I REALLY BELIEVE IT IS
IMPORTANT TO GRASP THIS,
WAS NOT THAT HE WEPT
BUT WHY DID HE WEEP?
BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS
ABOUT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM;
HE WAS GOING
TO RAISE THE DEAD.
WHY DID HE WEEP?
BECAUSE THEY WERE WEEPING;
HE FELT THEIR BURDEN.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS
AND I BELIEVE
IT IS A SUPERNATURAL THING
THAT GOD DOES IN OUR LIVES.
I BELIEVE HE WILL GIVE US
COMPASSION, LIKE A MOTHER HAS
FOR A CHILD WITH FEVER;
YOU SUFFER WITH THEM.
I BELIEVE GOD LETS US FEEL
THE BROKEN HEART
OF MOTHERS, GRANDPARENTS,
FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE
FOR WHATEVER REASON
AND I BELIEVE
WE CAN FEEL THAT PAIN.
MANY OF YOU TOLD US, "WE FEEL,
AT LEAST TO SOME DEGREE,
WHAT YOU AND BETTY FELT
WHEN YOU LOST YOUR DAUGHTER,
ESPECIALLY AROUND HOLIDAYS,
CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR'S."
AND YOU REALLY MEANT THAT.
THAT LIFTED A HEAVY LOAD,
JUST THE FACT THAT YOU CARED.
NOW THINK ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU HAVE COMPASSION
AND YOU CARE,
AND YOU HAVE THE SOLUTION
TO THE PROBLEM, AND WE DO,
IT IS LITERALLY AS JESUS SAID,
JUST A CUP OF WATER
IN HIS NAME -- THAT'S
LITERALLY HOW WE GIVE IT.
WE SHOW THEM HIS LOVE.
WE SHOW THEM HE CARES
AND WE MEET THEIR NEED,
AND YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
BETTY AND I COULD WEEP AND
CARE WITH THE MISSIONARIES
BUT WE COULDN'T
DRILL WATER WELLS
IF YOU DIDN'T HELP US.
WE MIGHT DRILL ONE OR TWO
BUT WITH YOUR HELP
WE'VE GOING TO DRILL 500
IN TARGETED AREAS
IN 12 NATIONS.
IF YOU WILL HELP US,
SOME OF YOU CAN DRILL A WELL.
PLEASE DO -- $4800,
THAT'S THE AVERAGE COST.
SOME OF YOU COULD GIVE $2400
AND IMMEDIATELY PRAY,
"SOMEONE JOIN ME!"
WE'VE GOT A WELL.
SOME GIVE $1200.
THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY.
AND THEN THREE OTHERS STEP UP
AND WE'VE GOT A WELL.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR
SUPPORT COMES FROM PEOPLE
WHO GIVE GIFTS
OF $48 AND $144;
$48, 10 PEOPLE WATER
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE;
$144, 30 PEOPLE WATER
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
IF YOU MAKE A GIFT,
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU,
FOR ANY GIFT YOU MAKE,
THE CD'S OF THE
AWAKEN NOW CONFERENCE.
IF YOU MAKE A GIFT
OF OVER $100 WE'RE GOING
TO SEND YOU THE CD'S, DVD'S
AND THE TRANSCRIPT;
THE WRITTEN TRANSCRIPT
OF THE MESSAGES.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE
A TREASURE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE
BECAUSE YOU SHARED
THE TREASURE OF LIFE
THROUGH WATER FOR LIFE.
WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER
RIGHT NOW?
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
OR GO ONLINE,
LIFETODAY.ORG AND MAKE
THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN.
PLEASE DO IT!
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK
MAKE IT TO LIFE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GIVING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU
IN BEHALF OF EVERY
FAMILY MEMBER YOU HELP,
EVERY CHILD WHOSE LIFE
YOU SAVE AND TOUCH, IN BEHALF
OF ALL THE MISSIONARIES
FOR MAKING THAT CALL.
DON'T BE DISTRACTED.
GO TO THE PHONE OR GO ONLINE,
PLEASE RIGHT NOW,
AND MAKE THE GIFT
GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART.
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 5 PEOPLE.
A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP
PROVIDE FOR 10 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
THE AWAKEN NOW AUDIO SERIES,
A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME GATHERING
OF 23 ANOINTED SPEAKERS
PROCLAIMING
A POWERFUL MESSAGE
FOR EVERY BELIEVER
IN GOD'S KINGDOM.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE,
YOU MAY REQUEST AWAKEN NOW
ON BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO,
ALONG WITH
THE COMPANION BOOK CONTAINING
THE SPEAKER'S SERMONS
AND ENCOURAGING MESSAGES.
FINALLY, PLEASE PRAYERFULLY
CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,200
TO HELP PROVIDE WATER
FOR 250 PEOPLE
OR A GIFT OF $4,800 TO HELP
SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL.
AND BE SURE TO REQUEST
OUR NEW COMMEMORATIVE
SCULPTURED GLASS STATUE,
"THE BLESSING."
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: WELL, IT IS
NO EXAGGERATION TO TELL YOU
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED
BY EVERY SPEAKER AND TEACHER
IN THE AWAKEN NOW CONFERENCE.
THIS IS SOMETHING
YOU'LL WANT TO SHARE.
YOU WILL TREASURE IT AND YOU
WILL SHARE THIS TREASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
SHARE WATER FOR LIFE --
500 WELLS, THAT'S THE GOAL.
"THE BLESSING,"
THE GLASS SCULPTURE --
BEAUTIFUL!
YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT THE
DIFFERENT AREAS YOU PUT IT IN
HOW IT REFLECTS THE COLOR.
YOU AND I ARE AN EXPRESSION
OF HIS LIFE, HIS LIGHT,
HIS LOVE AND WE RELEASE
A RIVER OF LIVING WATER.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING A PART.
THANK YOU FOR
SHARING GOD'S HEART.
♪
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Announcer: TOMORROW,
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR,
SHERI ROSE SHEPHERD
SHARES OPENLY ABOUT
THE DEVASTATING COLLAPSE
OF HER FAMILY.
>> I WATCHED HOW GOD
DOES NOT WASTE PAIN.