Announcer:
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TEACHER,
BETH MOORE EXPLAINS
HOW SOMETIMES WE REFUSE
TO DO WHAT HEALING REQUIRES.
Beth: WE ALL NEED
ALL MANNER OF HEALING;
SO MUCH HEALING OF HEART,
SO MUCH HEALING OF MIND,
HEALING OF RELATIONSHIPS,
HEALING TO COME
TO ALL MANNER OF BROKENNESS
IN OUR LIVES.
BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE WANT
TO SAY TO HIM,
"THIS IS NOT HOW
I WANT IT TO COME?"
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James: THANK YOU!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.
I'M JAMES ROBISON;
BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED TO
HAVE WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD.
AND BETH MOORE IS TEACHING
"CLAIMIN' NAAMAN."
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
THAT SHE MAKES POINTS
EVERY TIME SHE TEACHES
THAT APPLY TO US.
IT IS ONE THING, BETTY
TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING,
TEACH ABOUT SOMETHING,
EVEN PREACH ABOUT SOMETHING
AND NEVER REALLY APPLY IT.
WELL, BETH APPLIES IT
EFFECTIVELY AND SHE USES
ILLUSTRATIONS THAT REALLY
BRING IT TO LIFE NOT ONLY
IN THE BIBLICAL SETTING
BUT IN OUR SETTING
WHERE WE ARE.
SO WOULD YOU WELCOME
BETH MOORE?
HERE SHE IS.
♪
Beth: SECOND KINGS,
CHAPTER FIVE VERSE ONE:
THAT OUGHT TO MEAN
SOMETHING TO YOU BY NOW --
IT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME --
AND IN HIGH FAVOR --
WORDS IN HEBREW THAT MEANS
TO LIFT UP HIS FACE --
-- BUT WOULD YOU PLEASE
TELL ME WHAT HE WAS?
HE WAS A LEPER.
SO WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED
IN OUR PRESENT SERIES THAT
WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
IS THIS IN CASE
YOU'RE JUMPING IN WITH US,
WE ARE ALL CONNECTING
WITH THAT TWO-PART SENTENCE
BECAUSE THERE IS SOME THINGS
REALLY GOING WELL IN OUR LIVES
THAT WE NEED TO BRING
TO THE MIX AND THEN THERE
ARE SOME OTHER THINGS, THAT
SECOND HALF OF THE SENTENCE
OF OUR BIOGRAPHY THAT WE
HAVE TO OWN UP TO ALL MANNER
OF INFIRMITY, MALADY,
THAT WHICH MAKES US THINK,
IF I COULD JUST GET RID
OF THIS ONE THING --
THIS BIG THING,
I COULD BE SO PROUD OF MYSELF.
AND WE'RE SEEING
WHAT GOD WILL DO
WHEN WE JUST BRING HIM
OUR WEAKNESS, THAT HE
CANNOT WORK WITH OUR PRIDE.
BUT HE CAN INDEED
WORK WITH OUR WEAKNESS;
HE CAN INDEED
WORK WITH OUR INFIRMITY,
AND I WANT YOU
TO SEE THAT WITH ME
IN THE SCRIPTURES TODAY.
SO WE GOT TO THE PLACE
WHERE HE NOW HAS BEEN TOLD
THAT HE HAS TO GO
TO THE MAN OF GOD,
THE PROPHET ELISHA.
JUMP DOWN THE PAGE WITH ME
AND HIT AT ABOUT...
I'M GOING TO SAY VERSE EIGHT
AND I'M GOING TO READ
TO VERSE 14:
REMEMBER, HE HAD FIRST GONE
TO THE KING MISUNDERSTANDING
WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE VESSEL
GOD WAS GOING TO USE
FOR HIS CLEANSING,
AND HIS HEALING.
HE THOUGHT IT'S GOT
TO BE THE KING.
KINGS THOUGHT THAT OTHER KINGS
WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT
HAD THAT KIND OF AUTHORITY.
NO, IT WAS THE PROPHET ELISHA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT HE WENT DOWN AND WE'RE
GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
BACK UP TO THE FIRST PART
OF THE PASSAGE BECAUSE
WHAT HAPPENS HERE, TO ME,
IS SO INCREDIBLY INTRIGUING
BECAUSE HE HAS SENT --
NOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MAN,
THE COMMANDER OF THE KING
OF SYRIA'S ARMY.
SO HE GOES --
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN
IN OUR PREVIOUS SERIES,
HE'S GOT ALL THESE SHEKELS,
HE'S GOT ALL OF THESE CHANGE
OF CLOTHES.
HE IS PREPARED TO PAY
IN BIG WAYS FOR WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR HIM.
MAKE A TRADE HERE.
HE GOES AND IT SAYS...
HE GOES TO HIS HOUSE,
NAAMAN, IN VERSE NINE,
CAME WITH HIS HORSES
AND CHARIOTS.
SO THIS IS A PARADE,
PULLING UP TO ELISHA,
THE MAN OF GOD'S HOUSE.
AND ELISHA SENT A MESSENGER
-- IS ANYONE TRACKING
WITH ME HERE?
HOW EMBARRASSING IS THIS?
HE DOESN'T COME TO THE DOOR.
HE SENDS A MESSENGER TO HIM
AND HE SAYS THROUGH
THE MESSENGER:
AND I MEAN NAAMAN WAS
ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS.
WHY WOULD HE LEAVE ME
STANDING AT THIS DOOR?
AM I NOT MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THIS?
AND YOU SEE, IT IS SUCH
INTERESTING VERBIAGE HERE
THAT IS USED BECAUSE HE SAYS
-- AND I LOVE VERSE 11.
IT MAY BE MY VERY FAVORITE
PART OF IT WHEN IT SAYS,
HE WANTED SOME POMP
AND CIRCUMSTANCE.
HE WANTED SOME ACTION.
HE WANTED HIM
TO USE HIS HANDS.
HE WANTED IT TO BE DRAMATIC
BECAUSE HE WAS DRAMATIC.
HE WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING
THAT ALL OF THEM
WOULD REMEMBER FOREVER.
INSTEAD IT IS LIKE
"GO OVER TO THE JORDAN,"
WHICH THEY WOULD CONSIDER
TO BE MUDDY WATERS --
"GO OVER TO THE JORDAN AND
JUST DIP IN IT SEVEN TIMES
AND YOU'LL BE GOOD TO GO."
I MEAN HE IS BESIDE HIMSELF
AND TURNS TO WALK AWAY.
I WONDER WHO CAN RELATE
TO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
HAS ANYBODY EVER
FELT LIKE THIS?
I JUST WANT YOU
TO PICTURE THIS,
LIKE IT WAS ON A BOARD
OVER MY HEAD: THIS IS NOT
THE WAY I WANT MY HEALING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH ME,
LORD -- WE ALL NEED
ALL MANNER OF HEALING.
SO MUCH HEALING OF HEART --
SO MUCH HEALING OF MIND --
HEALING OF RELATIONSHIPS --
HEALING TO COME TO ALL MANNER
OF BROKENNESS IN OUR LIVES
BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE
WANT TO SAY TO HIM,
"THIS IS NOT HOW
I WANT IT TO COME!"
AND I REFUSE
TO HEAL LIKE THIS.
I WONDER IF ONE REASON WHY
WE STAY ON THIS SIDE
OF THAT ACT OF WHOLENESS
THAT GOD IS MORE THAN
WILLING TO DO IN OUR LIVES,
IS BECAUSE WE DON'T
LIKE THE PACKAGE
IT'S GOING TO COME IN;
THAT IS NOT HOW
IT IS GOING TO BE.
WE'VE MADE THREE POINTS
TOGETHER SO FAR IN THE
FIRST HALF OF OUR SERIES.
IN HOPES THAT
SOMEONE'S JOINING US,
I WANT TO REPEAT TO YOU
WHAT THEY ARE.
NUMBER ONE:
WE SAW THAT GREATNESS --
HE IS A GREAT MAN
TO HIS MASTER, NAAMAN IS.
THAT'S WHAT HE FELT,
MISFIT BECAUSE
OF HIS INFIRMITY.
THAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER FOUR
AS WE CLIMB INTO THIS
PORTION OF THE CHAPTER,
AND THIS IS IT:
THIS I KNOW
BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD,
THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL
IN SCRIPTURE.
GOD WANTS TO,
AND IS FULLY WILLING AND ABLE
TO HEAL YOUR HEART,
TO HEAL YOUR MIND,
AND IF BOTH PARTIES
ARE WILLING TO HEAL
ALL MANNER OF RELATIONSHIP.
NOW WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW
WHAT HE IS DOING IN AN AREA
OF PHYSICAL HEALING.
GOD VERY MUCH HEALS
IN OUR DAY.
BUT HE HAS ALSO GOT
ANOTHER AGENDA GOING
IN THAT HE IS AFTER THE WORK
OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH
THE WORK OF THE HEART.
SO WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW
EXACTLY HOW HE IS GOING TO
RESPOND LONG TERM THERE
BUT YOU CAN WELL KNOW
IN THE SCRIPTURE ANY TIME
YOU NEED IT, IF YOU'RE
WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES,
YOU CAN HAVE A HEART
THAT IS HEALED,
YOU CAN HAVE A MIND
THAT IS HEALED,
YOU CAN HAVE ALL SORTS
OF RELATIONSHIPS
THAT ARE MADE WHOLE.
YOU CAN BE MADE CLEAN
BUT WILL YOU, WILL I,
DO WHAT IT TAKES?
LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER AND SAY,
"ARE YOU DOING
WHAT IT TAKES?"
[Audience repeats]
ARE YOU DOING WHAT IT TAKES?
THAT IS A CONFRONTATIONAL
KIND OF QUESTION.
HE BECAME --
I WONDER IF ANYBODY ELSE
CAN RELATE TO THIS
BECAUSE I'M ALL OVER THIS ONE.
I'M CLAIMIN' NAAMAN
ON THIS ONE.
HE BECAME THE OBSTACLE
TO HIS OWN HEALING.
ANYBODY?
ANYBODY DECIDED LIKE
I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS NOW.
THIS IS GOING TO BE
THE WAY IT IS GOING TO BE.
MY MIND IS GOING
TO STAY IN THIS STATE.
MY HEART IS GOING TO STAY
IN THIS STATE
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M JUST LIKE OVER IT NOW.
SOMEBODY ELSE IS JUST LIKE,
"NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GO
TO THAT MUCH TROUBLE."
AND ONE REASON
WHY WE DON'T DO WHAT IT
WOULD TAKE IS BECAUSE
LIKE IT SEEMS RIGHT HERE,
IT JUST SEEMS RIDICULOUS --
IT IS BENEATH US.
WE WANT AN EPIPHANY HEALING.
ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
-- AN EPIPHANY.
WE WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
IN OUR LIVES THAT PEOPLE
COULD WRITE ABOUT.
AM I TELLING THE TRUTH?
[Laughter]
WE WANT IT TO BE BIG.
WE HAVE GOT SELF IMPORTANCE.
INDISPENSABILITY
INVOLVED HERE.
WE ARE TOO SOPHISTICATED
AND TOO SMART TO HEAL.
IS THIS GETTING
INTO ANYBODY'S BUSINESS?
ANYBODY JUST TOO
SOPHISTICATED TO HEAL?
-- TOO GOOD FOR CRUDE MEANS.
I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY
ABOUT ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS
BACK AT LIVING PROOF.
HER NAME IS EVANGELINE
AND I'M ABSOLUTELY NUTS
ABOUT HER.
SHE IS FROM NEW ORLEANS.
SHE WAS MY PRIZE
OUT OF THE DISASTER KATRINA.
IT CAUSED HER TO MOVE
INTO THE HOUSTON AREA AND
WE GOT HER AT LIVING PROOF.
AND YOU TALK ABOUT A MIGHTY
WOMAN OF VALOR -- THE WOMAN
HAS GOT THE SPIRIT ON HER.
SHE CAN PRAY THE HEAVENS DOWN
ALL OVER YOU.
BUT SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY
OF NINE NATURAL BORN
ALL FROM THE SAME TWO PARENTS,
NINE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
THESE ARE TWO PARENTS
WHO HAD TEN KIDS.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO
PICTURE THIS LARGE, LARGE,
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION
CATHOLIC FAMILY.
I UNDERSTAND SO MUCH OF THAT.
MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY,
THAT IS THEIR BACKGROUND,
HIS PARENTS.
SO I GET HER IN SO MANY WAYS.
SO THIS WAS HER BACKGROUND,
STEEPED IN IT,
WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS;
THIS IS WHAT THEY KNEW.
WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD
SHE WAS HIT BY A MOTORCYCLE
AND DRAGGED BY IT
SOME 100 FEET --
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY
THE DISTANCE BUT YOU
CAN IMAGINE THE INJURIES.
THEY THOUGHT
IT HAD KILLED HER.
AND WHAT HAPPENED OUT OF THAT
IS THAT SHE, BECAUSE SHE
HIT HER HEAD SO VIOLENTLY,
IT CAUSED FROM THAT
VERY EARLY AGE,
IT CAUSED EVANGELINE
TO HAVE ALL MANNER OF SEIZURE.
SHE HAD ALL SORTS OF
LEARNING DISABILITIES
AND DIFFICULTIES.
SHE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE
WITH HER READING AND WRITING
AND THEY TRIED EVERYTHING.
THESE ARE LOVING,
LOVING PARENTS --
A GOOD LOVING FAMILY.
THEY DID JUST WHATEVER
THEY COULD DO;
DOCTOR TO DOCTOR TO DOCTOR.
AND THEY WERE WITH HER IN
HER HOMEWORK, AFTER SCHOOL,
JUST GETTING HER TUTORING,
JUST WHATEVER THEY COULD DO
TO JUST HELP HER UNDERSTAND
WHAT SHE WAS READING
AND WRITING.
THIS IS A BRILLIANT PERSON
BUT HAD TRULY PUT
DISABILITIES UPON HER THAT
SHE HAD NOT BEEN BORN WITH.
SO THEY WERE AT THEIR WITS END
BECAUSE SHE WAS
SUFFERING FROM IT;
SHE WAS SUFFERING IN SCHOOL.
ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN
IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION
WHERE YOU LOOKED AROUND YOU
AND YOU FELT LIKE YOU COULD
NOT KEEP UP WITH EVERYONE,
A DARLING,
DARLING YOUNG WOMAN,
JUST -- IT WAS VERY,
VERY HARD FOR HER.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW
HER MOTHER FELT.
LISTEN, YOUR MOTHER
NOT ONLY FEELS IT FOR YOU
BUT WITH YOU, IN THERE, AND
JUST GRIEVING OVER ANYTHING
THAT AFFECTS YOU.
SO THIS WAS THE CASE.
SO YEARS PASS AND SHE AT
THIS POINT IS A 20 YEAR OLD
AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN WITH HER
ALL ALONG, LOVED HER SO MUCH,
TRIED EVERYTHING,
AND SHE'S COMING ALONG,
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL
BUT IS DOING EVERYTHING
THE HARD WAY.
AND SO SHE'S GONE NOW
15 SOLID YEARS AND
IT'S BEEN GREAT DIFFICULTY
AND HER MOTHER COMES TO HER,
THIS GOOD CATHOLIC MOM
AND SAYS TO HER, "WELL,
THERE IS A MAN COMING TO TOWN
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY
THAT HE CAN HEAL."
AND SHE SAID THIS TO HER,
I LOVE THIS,
"WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOSE?
WHY NOT?"
SO EVANGELINE WAS LIKE,
"LET'S GO. LET'S GO."
SO THEY WENT.
THEY WENT.
AND THERE WAS A LOT
OF HAND WAVING AND ALL.
BUT NOTHING COMPLETELY
DRAMATIC HAPPENED
TO EVANGELINE THERE
EXCEPT THAT --
SOMEBODY STAY WITH ME HERE --
FAITH WAS BORN THAT DAY.
AND OVER TIME,
IT IS THE ODDEST THING
BECAUSE SHE LOOKS BACK AT
IT NOW AND SHE SAID,
"YOU KNOW I DID NOT GET
A DRAMATIC DAY AND NIGHT,
BOOM, IT WAS OVER!
ALL HAD BEEN RESTORED."
BUT SHE SAID,
"I HAD THE BEGINNING
TO MY HEALING THAT DAY."
SHE SAID,
"I BEGAN HAVING BREAKTHROUGH
AFTER BREAKTHROUGH
AFTER BREAKTHROUGH."
LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY
BECAUSE HER FAMILY DID
NOT EVEN BELIEVE IN THAT.
AND IT IS WHAT GOD USED.
NOW LISTEN, THIS IS WHY
I'M HOPING THAT SOMEONE
IS GOING TO HANG WITH ME
FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES HERE
SO I MAKE THIS REALLY CLEAR.
IF YOU JUST HEARD FROM ME
THAT THE WAY YOU NEED
TO GET YOUR HEALING
IS THAT YOU NEED TO GO
TO A FAITH HEALING SERVICE
OF SOME KIND
THEN YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ME.
WHAT I AM SAYING TODAY IS
DO WHAT GOD TELLS YOU TO DO,
AS LONG AS IT IS CONGRUENT
WITH THE SCRIPTURES,
HE WILL NEVER WORK
CONTRARY TO HIS WORD.
BUT WHAT I AM TELLING YOU
IS THIS, FOR MANY OF US,
WE ARE TOO PREJUDICE TO HEAL
BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A --
WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED
HOW HEALING CAN LOOK AND
HOW IT IS NOT GOING TO LOOK.
HOW WE WILL RECEIVE
OUR HEALING
AND HOW WE ARE NOT GOING
TO RECEIVE OUR HEALING
AND WE DECIDE WE'RE TOO GOOD
FOR THAT KIND OF HEALING.
WHAT IF WE GOT OVER
OUR PREJUDICES
BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT IS IN PLAY WITH NAAMAN.
HE'S GOING, "IF I'M GOING TO
DIP IN A RIVER, I PROMISE YOU,
IT IS GOING TO BE
MY OWN RIVER.
IT IS NOT GOING
TO BE YOUR RIVER.
I'M GOING TO GO DIP
IN MY OWN RIVERS."
WHAT IS THAT? PREJUDICE.
WE'RE BETTER THAN YOU.
I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN THAT.
I'M NOT DOING IT
BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
WHAT IF, TO A PENTECOSTAL,
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE
A SOUND WORD
FROM A PRESBYTERIAN?
WHAT IF GOD HAD A PLACED UPON
A PRESBYTERIAN WOMAN'S HEART
WHAT SHE BELIEVED
GOD WAS REALLY SAYING
ABOUT A JOURNEY
TO THAT WOMAN'S HEALING
OR THAT MAN'S HEALING?
BUT "NO, I'M A PENTECOSTAL.
I'M NOT TAKING A WORD
FROM A PRESBYTERIAN."
AND HERE WE GO,
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ALL
OUR CAMPS.
AND GOD FORBID
THAT THEY WOULD EVER
BLEND IN TOGETHER.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING
ABOUT MONDAY, TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAY,
AND FRIDAY ON LIFE TODAY IS
THAT IT ALL BLENDS TOGETHER --
IT ALL BLENDS TOGETHER.
WHAT IF WE GOT OVER ALL OF
OUR DENOMINATIONAL PREJUDICES,
WE SET THEM DOWN
AND JUST SAID TO JESUS,
"HOW DO YOU WANT THIS THING
TO COME DOWN?
James: OH, BOY!
BETH, YOU'RE TOUCHING ON
SACRED COWS, ON PEOPLE'S
LITTLE ZONE THAT THEY CALL
THEIR LITTLE TRIBAL SITUATION,
TOO OFTEN IT'S SOMETHING
COVERED THAT HIDES THE LIGHT.
I THINK YOU'VE MADE
YOUR POINTS WELL.
I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW,
I HOPE YOU GOT IT, BECAUSE
GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO US
THROUGH DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
DIFFERENT PARTS OF HIS BODY
HAVE SOMETHING TO COMMUNICATE
TO THE REST OF THE BODY.
SOMETIMES THIS PART
WILL TELL THE WHOLE BODY
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
AND THIS PART DIDN'T
NECESSARILY FEEL IT
BUT IT NEEDED TO HEAR IT
FROM THIS PART BECAUSE
WE NEEDED THIS ONE
TO TAKE CARE OF IT --
MAYBE YOU'RE BLEEDING.
WE REALLY NEED ONE ANOTHER
FAR MORE THAN
WE'VE EVER REALIZED.
A HOUSE DIVIDED DOESN'T STAND;
THE BODY OF CHRIST DIVIDED,
PEOPLE NOT TALKING,
MARRIAGES DON'T MAKE IT.
BY THE WAY, WE'VE JUST
CELEBRATED 51 YEARS.
HOW DO WE KEEP DOING THIS?
YOU WERE A MISS CHURCH LADY
AND WE WERE BAPTIST
AND SUDDENLY WE GOT STRETCHED
TO JUST TALK TO EVERYBODY
AND LOVE EVERYBODY
AND LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.
IT'S COMFORTABLE; ISN'T IT?
Betty: IT REALLY IS.
PART OF IT IS FIRST
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE LORD
AND THEN BEING DETERMINED
TO COMMUNICATE WITH
EACH OTHER AND WORK THROUGH
THOSE ROUGH ROADS AT TIMES.
NOW WE HAVE MORE OF
A SMOOTH ROAD; DON'T WE?
James: WELL, WE DO!
AND I THINK I'M SEEING
THE CHURCH HAVE MORE OF
A SMOOTH ROAD BY DOING WHAT
BETH IS TALKING ABOUT, AND
THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE WILLING
TO HEAR SOMEONE OUTSIDE
YOUR OWN IMMEDIATE CIRCLE.
LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING
THAT YOU, OUR VIEWERS,
HAVE INSPIRED US BECAUSE
OF YOUR LOVE TO CONTINUALLY
LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN
REACH OUT AND BRING LIGHT
INTO THE DARKEST PLACES
ON THE PLANET.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE
OF THE DARKEST PLACES
YOU'LL EVER SEE,
WHERE THE LIGHT WILL BE
AS APPRECIATED AS ANY PLACE
IT WILL EVER BE SHARED.
WATCH VERY CLOSELY.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
I DREAMT I'D BECOME.
THIS WAS NEVER
ONE OF THEM,
BUT IT IS
WHO I AM NOW.
THEY TELL ME
I DESERVE IT.
THEY SAY MY PARENTS
NEVER WANT TO SEE ME AGAIN.
I'M NEVER ALONE
HERE FOR LONG
BUT ALONE
IS ALL I FEEL.
I CAN'T
KEEP THEM OUT
BECAUSE MY DOOR LOCKS
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
I HEAR THEY'VE GOT
MY SISTER NOW.
SHE'S ABOUT THE AGE
THEY TOOK ME.
SHE'LL FETCH A GOOD PRICE
LIKE I DID.
AND OF COURSE, THEY SAY
WE'RE WORTHLESS ANYWAY.
THERE'S NO REASON
TO SMILE HERE
BUT I'M
FORCED TO.
I HATE
THIS PLACE
BUT IT'S LIKE WE WERE
MEANT FOR EACH OTHER,
FILTH
FOR FILTH.
IF I WAS WORTH ANYTHING,
WORTH ANYTHING AT ALL
SURELY SOMEONE WOULD
HAVE COME FOR ME.
AND THOUGH I'M ALL ALONE,
I KNOW THERE ARE MANY.
I'VE SEEN TOO MANY
COME AND DISAPPEAR.
MAYBE THEY'RE
THE LUCKY ONES.
James: OH, BOY,
SOMEBODY DID COME.
HIS NAME WAS JESUS
AND HE DIED
FOR EVERYONE OF THOSE GIRLS.
BUT BETTY, FOR THEM TO KNOW
THAT GOD CARES AND THAT
HE REACHES OUT TO THEM,
WE HAVE TO BE
THE EXPRESSION OF IT.
Betty: TWO THINGS, SHE SAID
THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY HEART
AND SHE SAID,
"THIS IS WHO I AM"
AND "I MUST NOT BE
WORTH ANYTHING."
THAT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE,
PRECIOUS CHILDREN!
YOU ARE
THE BEAUTIFUL CREATION
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION
NOT BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO BE,
BUT YOU ARE WORTH
THE LORD'S SON, JESUS;
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.
I WANT US AS CHRISTIANS,
JAMES, TO HAVE
THE COMPASSION AND THE LOVE
AND THE DESIRE TO REACH OUT
TO THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN
THAT DON'T KNOW
THEY'RE WORTH ANYTHING.
BUT WE WANT TO SHOW THEM HOPE;
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SAFETY.
THEY DESERVE IT.
THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL HELP US.
I HOPE YOUR HEART'S
BEEN TOUCHED BY WHAT
YOU'VE JUST WATCHED.
James: REALLY AND TRULY,
THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE DOING
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
FIRST OF ALL,
THE MISSIONARIES
AND RELIEF WORKERS FOUND THEM.
THEY WERE SENT BY GOD
LIKE MESSENGERS OF GOD'S LOVE.
AND THEY FOUND OUT IN US
IN LIFE, LIFE TODAY,
A SOURCE OF LOVE
THAT SAYS WE WANT TO HELP YOU.
THE REASON THAT THEY KNOW THAT
IS BECAUSE OF YOU.
YOU SEE, BETTY AND I COULD
CARE LIKE THE MISSIONARIES,
VERY DEEPLY,
BUT WE WOULD BE SO LIMITED
IN WHAT WE COULD DO.
BUT TOGETHER,
WE CAN LITERALLY,
AS THE BODY OF CHRIST
PUT GOD'S ARMS
AROUND A HURTING PERSON
LIKE THOSE GIRLS
AND WE CAN, WITH YOUR HELP,
RESCUE THEM.
THE MISSIONARIES HAVE TOLD US
AND THIS HAS PROVEN TRUE
OVER THE YEARS,
TO SUPPORT THE OUTREACH,
TO RESCUE THEM,
TO RESTORE THEM,
TO BEGIN TO GIVE THEM
A NEW FUTURE,
TO HAVE A PLACE
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM,
IT WOULD COST AN AVERAGE
OF $128.
IS THAT AMAZING?
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
TO SET SOMEONE FREE.
WE'VE GOT CARING
FRIENDS LIKE YOU
WHO CONTACTED US AND SAID,
"WE SO BELIEVE
IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT
WE WILL MATCH WHAT'S GIVEN
TO RESCUE THOSE PRECIOUS GIRLS
AND SOMETIMES BOYS,
THAT ARE BEING HELD CAPTIVE."
$128 WILL BE DOUBLED;
WHERE YOU HELP ONE
BY MAKING THAT GIFT,
IT WILL NOW BE TWO.
OR IF YOU SAY, "JAMES,
I ACTUALLY COULDN'T DO
THE $128 GIFT
BUT I COULD GIVE $64."
WE'VE RESCUED ANOTHER ONE
BECAUSE SOMEONE
HAS MATCHED YOUR GIFT.
SO WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER
THIS LAST WEEK NOW
OF THE EMPHASIS
AND SAY, "YES, WE'LL BE
THE ANSWER TO THAT GIRL'S CRY.
WE'LL SHOW THEM SOMEBODY
DOES CARE -- GOD CARES
AND HE CARES THROUGH US."
WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,
USE IT LIKE A CHECK
OR GO ONLINE, LIFETODAY.ORG
AND MAKE THE GIFT?
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,
MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US
AND TELL US YOU'RE MAILING IT.
THEN REMEMBER THIS,
WE MUST BUILD A SAFE HOUSE
IN CAMBODIA.
THE SITUATION HAS REACHED
A STATE THERE THAT
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PLACE
FOR THEM TO STAY, TO COME,
TO GET THEM OUT --
NOT JUST A PLACE TO TRANSITION
BUT WE NEED A SAFE HOUSE.
TO BUILD IT HERE IT WOULD COST
A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS:
THERE, RIGHT AT $350,000;
350 PEOPLE GIVING $1,000
AND WE WOULD HAVE IT.
THANK GOD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THAT.
THIS LAST WEEK,
LET'S FINISH THAT OUT;
WOULD YOU PLEASE?
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL GLASS SCULPTURE
TO SEND YOU.
IT'S CALLED "THE BLESSING."
WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR BEING A BLESSING.
AND THEN THE OTHER GIFTS
THAT WE HAVE ARE TO HELP YOU
GROW SPIRITUALLY
IN THE GRACE
AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MAKING THE CALL.
THANK YOU FOR GOING ONLINE.
PLEASE DO IT NOW.
DO IT PRAYERFULLY
AND COMPASSIONATELY.
AND I THANK YOU!
Announcer:
HUMAN TRAFFICKING --
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
BUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT
INNOCENT CHILDREN,
MANY VERY YOUNG,
ARE BEING SOLD AND
FORCED INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY
AND EXPLOITED
IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE.
AND SOMEONE
MUST SAVE THEM!
WITH YOUR HELP TODAY
WE CAN REACH, RESCUE,
AND RESTORE THEIR HOPE
FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
AND NOW A MIRACLE OPPORTUNITY
OF A MATCHING GRANT
MEANS YOUR GIFT OF $128
TO HELP RESCUE A CHILD
WILL BE MATCHED TO HELP
RESCUE TWO CHILDREN.
YOUR $64 GIFT WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP RESCUE ONE CHILD
FROM THE HORRORS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THIS YEAR,
WITH YOUR HELP,
WE ALSO HOPE TO BUILD
A SAFE HOUSE IN CAMBODIA
WHERE YOUNG RESCUED GIRLS
CAN FIND SAFETY, LOVING CARE,
AND DIRECTION
FOR A NEW LIFE.
THE COST OF THIS
SAFE HOUSE IS $345,000.
WITH YOUR GIFT,
PLEASE REQUEST
MY DAILY GIFT,
A BEAUTIFUL
NEW DEVOTIONAL
DESCRIBING THE GREAT
LOVE OF GOD,
WHO TREASURES YOU MORE
THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $128,
WHICH TODAY WILL HELP
RESCUE TWO CHILDREN,
YOU'LL RECEIVE
THE SIDE-BY-SIDE BIBLE,
WHICH INCLUDES
THE EASY-TO-READ
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
AND THE AMPLIFIED TEXT
WITH ITS ADDITIONAL WORDS
AND INSIGHTS.
FINALLY, PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1,000
TO HELP ESTABLISH
THE SAFE HOUSE IN CAMBODIA
AND YOU MAY REQUEST
OUR 2014 COMMEMORATIVE
GLASS SCULPTURE,
"THE BLESSING."
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE!
James: BETTY AND I SAY
THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU'RE DOING TO HELP US!
AND KNOWING THAT YOUR GIFT
WILL BE DOUBLED IS
A TREMENDOUS BLESSING.
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK
OF RESCUE LIFE FOR
THIS TIME OF EMPHASIS.
PLEASE DO ALL YOU CAN.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU
ABOUT "THE BLESSING,"
THE BEAUTIFUL GLASS SCULPTURE
AND ART PIECE.
I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO HELP US
BUILD THAT SAFE HOUSE.
WE NEED RIGHT AT $350,000.
IF YOU COULD GIVE $1,000
OR MORE TOWARD IT,
IT SURE WOULD MEAN A LOT.
BUT WE DO THANK YOU FOR
GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY
OF SHARING, AND I KNOW
YOU'VE ENJOYED BETH.
ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS
TO WATCH LIFE TODAY.
AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING HERE WITH US!
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Announcer:
TOMORROW ON LIFE TODAY!
FOUNDER OF PASSION
CONFERENCES, LOUIE GIGLIO
INSPIRES YOUNG PEOPLE
TO KNOW JESUS
AND LIVE FOR
HIS GLORY!