Beth: YOU WANT TO SEE
A SPLIT PERSONALITY?
THIS IS US!
[Laughter]
MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES
RIGHT HERE
JUST ME AND MY OLD SELF
RIGHT HERE.
CAN YOU DECIDE WHO YOU -- WHO
DO YOU WANT TO BE? ANYBODY?
LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER AND SAY,
"WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?"
HONESTLY, JUST LOOK
AT YOUR HAIR!
[Laughter]
Announcer: BIBLE TEACHER, BETH MOORE NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!
♪
Randy: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD.
I AM RANDY ROBISON.
THIS IS MY LOVELY WIFE DEBBIE;
AND MY PARENTS ARE
TAKING A BREAK.
BUT I KNOW YOU ARE HERE
TO HEAR WHAT BETH HAS TO SAY
AS SHE CONTINUES THE TEACHING,
ENCASED IN GRACE.
LET ME TELL YOU,
IT'S A REAL GOOD MESSAGE
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR.
SO LET'S GO HEAR BETH AS
SHE CONTINUES HER TEACHING.
Beth: NOW LISTEN -- THIS IS
WHAT GOD BEGAN TO SHOW ME,
AND I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE
I'M A VERY VISUAL PERSON.
SO I HAVE TO KIND OF WORK
THINGS OUT SOMETIMES,
ACTING THEM OUT SO THAT I CAN
SEE SOME OF MY OWN BEHAVIOR,
AND THIS IS WHAT
I BEGAN TO NOTICE.
I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT HOW
OFTEN I HAVE CARRIED AROUND
MY OLD PERSON OF SIN.
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT?
I'M GOING TO LET THIS DUDE
RIGHT HERE, REPRESENT FOR US
OUR OLD PERSON.
THIS IS THE OLD --
IF I'M IN CHRIST,
THIS IS THE OLD DEAD ME.
I'M TO RECKON MYSELF DEAD
TO THIS PERSON THAT WAS
IN ALL THAT BONDAGE --
THAT WAS IN ALL
THAT SELF-DESTRUCTION.
I'M TO BE DEAD TO THAT.
LISTEN -- IF YOU'RE
LIKE THAT OLD PERSON, LOOK
HOW FREAKY YOUR HANDS ARE.
[Laughter]
DO YOU HONESTLY --
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT
FOR YOUR LIFE RIGHT HERE?
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU
CAN'T EVEN HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.
IF YOU'RE IN A LOT OF SHAME,
YOU CAN'T EVEN
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP.
THIS WAS ME.
I'VE REALIZED HOW MUCH OF MY
LIFE I'VE JUST WALKED AROUND
WITH THIS THING --
EVERYWHERE I GO.
I DON'T JUST TAKE MY NEW SELF,
I GO, "WHERE IS MY OLD SELF?
I'VE GOT TO TAKE IT."
AND I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT THIS WAS ME.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THERE IS
NOT POWER IN THE TESTIMONY,
THERE IS, I BELIEVE
IN A TESTIMONY.
NO, I DID MORE THAN BRING
MY TESTIMONY I BROUGHT
MY OLD SELF WITH ME.
AND I WAS ASHAMED OF IT,
AND SHOWED IT, AND BROUGHT IT
AND TESTIFIED ABOUT IT,
AND CARRIED IT AROUND WITH ME.
WE SIT IT NEXT TO US.
EVERYWHERE WE GO,
"CAN YOU SCOOT DOWN ONE
BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE
MY OLD PERSON WITH ME?"
[Laughter]
WE PUT OUR ARM AROUND IT.
WE PET IT.
WE'RE SO USED TO IT.
THIS IS COMPANY TO US.
THIS OLD DESTRUCTIVE PERSON
SO WE JUST TAKE IT.
WE DRIVE WITH IT IN THE CAR.
WE JUST DRIVE WITH IT
ABOUT 85 MILES AN HOUR.
WE DRIVE WITH
OUR OLD PERSON OF SIN.
OH, GOODNESS!
WE TAKE IT WITH US
TO EVERY FAMILY REUNION.
THIS BABY -- OH, YEAH!
BECAUSE ONCE I GET AROUND
THE PEOPLE THAT I ACTED
THAT WAY WITH ORIGINALLY,
OH, THIS JUST COMES RIGHT OUT
-- THIS JUST COMES RIGHT OUT.
BECAUSE IF I KNOW PEOPLE
KNEW MY OLD SHAMEFUL SELF
THAT IT JUST BRINGS IT
OUT IN ME AGAIN.
HONESTLY, I'LL SEE THEM.
I CAN SEE THAT
THEY'RE STILL THINKING,
"YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL."
SO YOU KNOW WHAT I ACT LIKE?
I HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL!
IS ANYBODY GETTING THIS
WITH ME?
I'VE DONE IT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
CARRIED -- DO YOU CARRY AROUND
YOUR OLD DEAD SELF?
-- BECAUSE THIS IS IT
-- THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
WE TAKE IT
TO ALL OUR HOLIDAYS.
THIS SPENDS EVERY
CHRISTMAS WITH US --
EVERY THANKSGIVING WITH US --
EVERY FAMILY HOLIDAY.
GOODNESS KNOWS WE TAKE IT
TO OUR TEN-YEAR REUNIONS
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO USED TO IT
-- THIS IS ALL THEY SAW.
GOD FORBID THAT THEY'D SEE
THE NEW ME BECAUSE THIS IS
MY OLD GROUP SO I'VE
GOT TO TAKE THE OLD ME.
HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE
WE DO WITH IT,
LIKE THROW IT AT OUR SPOUSES.
[Laughter]
LIKE WHEN I'M MAD,
I MEAN THIS PERSON,
I PULL THIS PERSON OUT.
AND THIS IS -- THAT'S THE
PERSON I'M GOING TO THROW.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I DO?
IF YOU'LL JUST FORGIVE ME
I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO
KIND OF PULL -- BECAUSE
YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I DO?
I MAKE SOMEBODY ELSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR MY
OLD DEAD SELF.
OH, YES!
"YOU CARRY IT BECAUSE,
MOM, YOU'RE WHY I HAVE
THIS OLD DEAD SELF."
[Laughter]
I NEED A DAD.
"DAD, HERE YOU GO BECAUSE
YOU'RE WHY I'M LIKE I AM."
AM I? ANYBODY?
AM I TALKING ABOUT
ANYBODY BUT ME?
I'LL PUT IT IN
SOMEBODY ELSE'S LAP --
ANYTHING JUST CARRY IT AROUND,
CARRY IT AROUND.
I MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW
THIS IS WHAT YOU DID TO ME.
THIS IS WHAT YOU DID TO ME.
WE JUST CARRY IT ON OUR BACKS
EVERYWHERE WE GO
JUST LIKE THIS,
JUST SHOW UP JUST LIKE THIS
AT THE FRONT DOOR,
SOMEBODY OPENS THE DOOR,
HERE WE ARE.
HERE'S ME,
HERE'S THE BOTH OF US.
THIS IS -- LISTEN --
YOU WANT TO SEE A SPLIT
PERSONALITY THIS IS US!
[Laughter]
MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES
RIGHT HERE -- JUST ME
AND MY OLD SELF RIGHT HERE.
CAN YOU DECIDE WHO YOU WANT --
WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?
ANYBODY? JUST LOOK
AT ONE ANOTHER AND SAY,
"WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?"
[Audience repeats]
HONESTLY, IS THIS...
LOOK AT YOUR HAIR!
[Laughter]
YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY
WANT TO BE THIS.
YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY...
AND LOOK!
THIS DUDE NEEDS SELF-TANNER.
SOMETHING! SOMETHING!
OKAY, I'VE GOT TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THIS --
THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
WE'RE JUST LIKE THIS THING,
IT WILL BE JUST ABOUT TO DIE
-- JUST ABOUT TO DIE
AND WE FREAK OUT.
BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT
KNOW OURSELVES LIKE THIS.
WE MIGHT NOT KNOW
OURSELVES VICTORIOUSLY.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO?
WE'LL JUST START --
[Giving C.P.R.]
YEP! WE'RE JUST GOING
TO GIVE THAT THING C.P.R.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
NOBODY -- EVERYBODY WITH ME?
NOBODY IS PLAYING GOD
MORE DRAMATICALLY THAN PEOPLE
TRYING TO RESURRECT THE DEAD.
YOUR OLD SELF IS DEAD.
THAT SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
PART OF YOU IS DEAD.
IT IS OVER! IT IS FINISHED!
IT WAS FINISHED THE MOMENT
CHRIST SAID THOSE WORDS
FROM THE CROSS AND GAVE UP
HIS LIFE, "IT IS FINISHED!
IT IS FINISHED!'
[Cheers & applause]
LISTEN -- WE JUST --
THE HEART MASSAGE
WE GIVE THIS THING, Y'ALL,
BECAUSE WE JUST STILL HAVE
SO MUCH CHERISHED SIN,
SO MUCH SYMPATHY FOR SOME
OF THE OLD PLACES OF DEFEAT
WE'VE HAD AND WHAT WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND IS THIS PERSON
RIGHT HERE WOULD HAVE
KILLED US AND SENT US TO HELL.
I NEED SOMEBODY
TO DEAL WITH ME ON THIS.
BECAUSE THIS RIGHT HERE WE'VE
GOT ALL THIS SYMPATHY FOR AND
WE KEEP WANTING TO BRING BACK
AND CARRY WITH US EVERYWHERE,
THAT RIGHT THERE WAS GOING
TO SEND YOU TO HELL.
THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD COMING.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS YOUR
MURDERER AND CHRIST HAS PUT IT
TO DEATH BECAUSE IT WAS GOING
TO PUT YOU TO DEATH.
AND I'M ALIVE IN CHRIST.
AND I AM THIS ME --
I AM NOT THIS ME ANY LONGER.
AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE
GOT THAT IN YOUR HEAD,
IF WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH
IN OUR PRESENT SERIES IS TO
GET THE MENTALITY OF WHAT
WE'RE DOING WHEN WE KEEP
CARRYING AROUND THAT OLD SELF,
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO GET
SOME FREEDOM BECAUSE THIS
IS THE PICTURE, THIS IS
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE --
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
WITH EVERYBODY WE'RE
SHOWING UP WITH OUR
OLD DEAD SELF TO GREET --
CONSTANT, CONSTANT C.P.R.
TO THE VERY SIDE OF US
THAT NEARLY KILLED US.
WE ARE TRYING
TO RESUSCITATE A MURDERER.
THE OLD US IS ANY PART THAT
WAS DOMINATED BY SIN WHETHER
THAT'S BITTERNESS, ANGER,
ANY AREA OF SEXUAL ADDICTION,
ANYTHING THAT HAS HELD US.
THAT -- THAT LIFE
DOMINATED BY SIN,
THAT IS UNDER THE OLD SELF.
TO GET THIS MENTALITY ALL
THE WAY DOWN IN OUR BELIEF
SYSTEM WHERE IT DOESN'T POP
OUT ON OCCASION BUT WE LIVE
OUT OF IT WOULD CHANGE
EVERYTHING FOR US.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IMPACT IT
WOULD HAVE ON THE PEOPLE IN
OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
IF THEY SAW US LIVING IN
THE TRUE FREEDOM OF CHRIST?
IF WE EVER COULD GET IT
THROUGH OUR HEADS HOW MUCH HE
LOVES US SO THAT WE COULD LOVE
OTHERS WITH THAT SAME LOVE
WITH WHICH WE HAVE BEEN LOVED;
THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
HAVE COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE
OUT OF THE COMPASSION THAT
CHRIST HAS GIVEN TO US --
WHEN THIS STARTS HAPPENING,
THERE IS SUCH A RIPPLE EFFECT
OF WITNESS AND POWER --
PEOPLE ARE DRAWN IRRESISTIBLY
TO JESUS CHRIST.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
I MADE A COUPLE OF POINTS
TOGETHER AND WE'VE GOT
A FOURTH ONE TO STACK ON IT.
AND THE FOURTH ONE IS THIS:
NEED A SCRIPTURE FOR THAT?
YOU WRITE DOWN ROMANS 6:6
SOMEWHERE BESIDE IT.
WE'RE ENSLAVED TO SIN
TO THE DEGREE THAT WE BELIEVE
THAT OLD PERSON IS STILL US
AND IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT!
I WANT SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE
TO SAY TO YOUR OLD SELF,
"WHO NAMED YOU LAZARUS?"
AMEN? "WHO CALLED YOU LAZARUS?
I'M NOT CALLING YOU BACK
FROM THE DEAD.
YOU GET IN THE TOMB
AND YOU STAY IN THE TOMB."
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
WE'RE JUST LIKE --
OUR OLD SELF IS IN THE TOMB
THERE AND WE JUST KEEP
ROLLING AWAY THAT STONE --
ROLLING AWAY THAT STONE --
ROLLING AWAY.
WHO CALLED US GOD?
BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING
TO RESURRECT SOMEONE
THAT IS DEAD.
THE NEW US HAS VICTORY, LOVE,
HUMILITY BECAUSE SHE OR HE
KNOWS HE DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
UNMERITED FAVOR, THIS IS WHERE
THE FREEDOM COMES -- THIS
IS WHERE THE FREEDOM COMES!
SO I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU,
WHEN THIS MESSAGE FIRST BEGAN
TO WORK ITSELF UP IN ME,
I THREW OUT THIS SCRIPTURE,
ROMANS 6:6: RECKONING OUR
OLD SELVES AS DEAD
SO THAT WE WOULD NO LONGER
BE ENSLAVED TO SIN.
I PITCHED IT OUT ON THE BLOG.
AND SO I SAID, "OKAY, FRIENDS,
THIS IS WHAT
I WANT YOU TO DO."
I LAID OUT THE CONCEPT,
"THIS IS WHAT ROMANS SAYS
ABOUT US, OUR OLD SELF IS DEAD
AND WE ARE TO RECKON
OURSELVES AS DEAD.
WE ARE TO THINK CONSCIOUSLY
THAT THAT OLD SELF IS DEAD
AND I AM NOW ALIVE AND NEW
IN CHRIST, LIVING OUT OF THE
WHOLE NEW MENTALITY AND
A WHOLE NEW BELIEF SYSTEM."
SO I SAID, "WHAT I WANT Y'ALL
TO DO, IS I WANT YOU
TO WRITE YOUR OWN OBITUARY
FOR YOUR OLD SELF."
SO GENTLEMEN, I'M SO MAD,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING ANY --
I ONLY HAVE SOME THAT I WROTE
DOWN THAT THE WOMEN WROTE
BUT A MAN COULD HAVE WRITTEN
ANY ONE OF THESE.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME
OF YOU GUYS RETURN BACK WITH
SOME OF YOUR OWN OBITUARIES
ABOUT YOUR OLD SELF.
BECAUSE DO YOU RECKON IT DEAD?
ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU COULD
WRITE AN OBITUARY ABOUT IT?
THIS WAS HOW THIS ONE DIED.
I WANT YOU TO JUST LISTEN
TO A FEW OF THEM BECAUSE
I FOUND THEM SO FASCINATING.
THIS IS ONE BY THE NAME OF
KAYLA: IN WHAT WAS ONE OF
THE LEAST LIKELY AND MOST
UNEXPECTED EVENTS CONCEIVABLE,
FORMER KAYLA PASSED AWAY
ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2010.
IN MEETING HER ABRUPT END,
DEATH SWALLOWED HER
COMPLETELY; NOT EVEN A REMNANT
OF HER REMAINS TO LOOK UPON.
BUT BEFORE YOU ARE TEMPTED TO
GRIEVE THE END OF THAT LIFE,
I MUST EXPLAIN THAT THE
FORMER KAYLA WAS WROUGHT
WITH MISERY AND DESPAIR
ALL THE DAYS OF HER LIFE.
A SLAVE TO SELF HARM, SHE
AWOKE EACH MORNING WITH THE
UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT THAT
HER HEART WAS STILL BEATING.
SHE WAS CLOTHED IN LONELINESS
AND SHAME, A VICTIM OF ABUSE,
AND A STAUNCH ATHEIST
SINCE CHILDHOOD.
THERE WAS NO LIGHT IN HER.
NO SPARK OF JOY OR LOVE
OR PEACE; PLAGUED WITH
THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE
YEAR AFTER YEAR, WEARING
A MASK OF I'M REALLY OKAY,
JUST STARTING TO SLIP
WHEN SHE FINALLY
MET HER UNEXPECTED END.
AFTER TURNING TO DRUGS,
ALCOHOL, ANY FORM OF SELF HARM
AVAILABLE, SHE FINALLY
DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO LET GO
AND LEAVE THIS EARTH.
BUT MERE WEEKS BEFORE SHE
COULD TAKE HER ETERNITY
INTO HER OWN HANDS,
SOMEONE INFINITELY GREATER
AND MORE VALUABLE
AND PERFECT IN LOVE DECIDED
TO STRIP HER OF HER IDENTITY.
IN THE COURSE OF MERE HOURS,
FORMER KAYLA
WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED.
THE NEW KAYLA, THE DAUGHTER
OF A KING, FULLY LOVED AND
FORGIVEN, FREE TO LOVE
HER GOD, HERSELF AND OTHERS,
STANDS TRANSFORMED IN THE
PLACE OF THAT OLD LIFE:
A NEW MIND, A NEW HEART,
AN ENTIRELY NEW PURPOSE NOW
STAND IN TRIUMPH AS A RESULT
OF JESUS ULTIMATE SIN
CONQUERING DEATH
AND RESURRECTION.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
HOW ABOUT THAT?
OH, I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT!
CAN Y'ALL STAND TWO MORE?
BECAUSE I'M KIND OF PICKING
THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT
SOME DIFFERENCES TO THEM.
THE EDWARDS FAMILY IS PLEASED
TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING
OF OLDER SISTER SUSIE.
[Laughter]
SHE WAS A STRANGER
AND A FOREIGNER
WHO SOMEHOW THOUGHT SHE WAS
SO MUCH BETTER THAN OTHERS.
PARTICULARLY THOSE DIRTY
SINNERS WHO SMOKED AND DRANK
AND CAVORTED ALL NIGHT,
EVEN THOUGH SHE HERSELF
HAD MANY SECRET SINS.
BUT HER OUTWARD SINS WERE
THE WORST: JUDGMENTAL ATTITUDE
AND CRITICAL SPIRIT --
POOR THING!
SHE WAS TOTALLY BLIND!
BUT SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD SEE.
SHE WAS MISERABLY LAME BUT
SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD WALK.
SHE WAS A DESPICABLE SINNER
WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS GOOD.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE REALLY
IS NO REMORSE AT HER PASSING.
NO ONE MISSES A PHARISEE.
AND SHE WAS THAT
IF EVER THERE WAS ONE.
ONE MORE; I LOVE THIS ONE
BECAUSE I KNOW THE WOMAN THAT
WROTE THIS STORY AND I'D HEARD
HER TELL IT PERSONALLY SO IT'S
JUMPED OFF THE PAGE AT ME.
I THINK YOU'LL BE BLESSED:
THE CHURCH SERVICE
TOOK AN UNUSUAL
TURN THAT HOT SUNDAY MORNING
IN 1985 WHEN THE WORSHIP
PASTOR'S WIFE DIED.
[Laughter]
SHE LEFT THE CHOIR LOFT
IN FULL BLOOM
LOOKING THE SAME AS ALWAYS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE SERVICE
THE WOMAN THE CHURCH
ONCE KNEW WAS GONE FOREVER!
WHAT COULDN'T BE SEEN BY
THE EYES OF THE CONGREGATION
OR EVEN THE TENDER EYES
OF HER OWN HUSBAND WAS
THE HEART OF A HYPOCRITE --
A HEART OF PRIDE.
AFTER YEARS OF BEING
A PASTOR'S WIFE AND
FAITHFUL CHURCH MEMBER,
AND OF COURSE,
THE EVER PRESENT A.G.G.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THAT WAS --
ALWAYS GOOD GIRL.
I WAS SO FAR FROM
ALWAYS GOOD GIRL
I DIDN'T EVEN GET A.G.G.
[Laughter]
SHE FINALLY DIED THAT MORNING.
SHE HAD BEEN BATTLING
MULTIPLE SYMPTOMS FOR QUITE
SOME TIME BUT CHOSE TO IGNORE
THEM WITH HER GOOD WORKS.
HER DEATH THAT DAY COULDN'T
BE LIMITED TO ONE CAUSE.
SHE GOES ON TO DESCRIBE HER
A LITTLE FURTHER BUT HERE'S
THE ENDING: HER FORMER LIFE
OF RELIGION WAS REPLACED
WITH REDEMPTION.
THE CHURCH WAS SHOCKED!
MANY CHOSE NOT TO BELIEVE
SHE HAD DIED.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE LINE:
SOME EVEN EXPRESSED THAT
SHE NEVER EVEN LOOKED SICK!
[Laughter]
BUT HER DEATH WAS VERY REAL.
ALTHOUGH SHE WAS A YOUNG
WOMAN, SHE WAS SICK INDEED.
IS THAT SO POWERFUL?
THE REASON I WANTED TO STICK
THAT ONE IN HERE IS BECAUSE
LISTEN, SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY,
"I LOVE THIS!
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH THIS PERSON."
AND YOU'RE GOING, "LISTEN,
THAT PERSON IS KILLING ME.
KILLING ME!
YOU LIKE THIS PERSON
BECAUSE THIS PERSON
IS ENSLAVED TO YOU."
ANYBODY?
THIS IS A VERY CONVENIENT
PERSON FOR YOU BECAUSE THIS
PERSON RIGHT HERE WILL LET
YOU ABUSE AND MISUSE THEM
TO THE LAST MINUTE.
NO WONDER YOU LIKE THE OLD ME.
YOU CAN MANIPULATE THE OLD ME.
I WANT TO BE FREE --
FREE TO LOVE YOU!
FREE TO REALLY LOVE YOU.
I WANT TO BE FREE.
PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU,
"THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH THAT --
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT"
WHILE YOU'RE JUST LIKE
DYING IN IT -- DYING IN IT!
YOU'LL TRY TO TELL SOMEBODY
IN A REALLY PERSONAL MOMENT
OF TRUTH THAT YOU'VE GOT
A DRINKING PROBLEM AND THEY
WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU DON'T.
YOU'LL JUST BE GOING,
"NO, I THINK I DO."
BY THE TIME
SOMEBODY IS CONFESSING
A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM
ARE WE REALLY GOING
TO TALK THEM OUT OF IT?
KILLING US.
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE SICK
BUT WE KNEW -- WE KNEW.
Randy: WHAT A WONDERFUL
WORD ABOUT THE GRACE OF GOD
AND HOW IT CAN BE SHOWN
IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE LEARN
TO RECEIVE HIS GRACE.
I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE
WHO EXEMPLIFIES HIS GRACE.
I THINK SHE'S GOING TO
INSPIRE YOU AS MUCH AS BETH
HAS BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
WILL YOU WATCH AS
WE INTRODUCE SOMEONE TO YOU,
A YOUNG GIRL NAMED MONICA?
PLEASE WATCH THIS.
>> OVER THE YEARS MONICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN SPECIAL ED.
HER SPEECH HAS
ALWAYS IMPROVED
BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG
WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE
WOULD EVER SAY HER NAME.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF SHE'D EVER LEARN TO WRITE HER NAME.
THIS IS WHO MONICA
HAS ALWAYS BEEN
SINCE SHE WAS
A SMALL CHILD.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST
TIME WE STEPPED OUT
AND LET HER
BE HERSELF.
SHE HAS WATCHED LIFE TODAY
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
BUT FOR SOME REASON WHEN SHE
SAW THIS MISSION PROJECT,
SHE WAS REALLY
CAPTIVATED.
>> SHE TOLD ME,
"PASTOR DAVID,
I WANT TO DO THIS
FOR THE CHILDREN."
SHE WAS JUST BUBBLING OVER
WITH EXCITEMENT, WITH JOY.
THE MORNING THAT MONICA
GOT UP ON THE STAGE
AND ASKED
THE CHURCH FAMILY
FOR HELP
WAS JUST AN AWESOME
FEELING FOR ME.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
SHE STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS
ENTIRE CHURCH OF 300 PEOPLE
AND MADE
THAT SAME PLEA
TO HELP THE CHILDREN
HAVE SHOES.
>> FOR MONICA
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT
HOW MUCH MONEY
SHE HAD RAISED.
I DON'T THINK SHE
UNDERSTOOD THAT PART.
SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY CHILDREN WERE GETTING SHOES.
>> AND IT WAS AMAZING
THE RESPONSE.
EVERY SUNDAY, SHE WOULD
STAND IN OUR COMMONS AREA
WITH HER BASKET
AND PEOPLE
WOULD COME BY
AND JUST
FILL IT UP.
AND BELIEVE YOU ME,
MONICA EMBODIES
THAT KINGDOM OF GOD.
SHE MADE THIS CHURCH
COME ALIVE FOR MISSIONS.
>> SHE HAD COLLECTED
A TOTAL OF $6,000.
>> YEAH, I DID!
>> YOU DID!
>> THROUGH ALL THIS
I NOW REALIZE
THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE
TO EXPRESS HERSELF
USING HER OWN VOICE
AND HER OWN WORDS;
NOT JUST TO ONE PERSON,
BUT NOW ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
DID I EVER THINK --
DID I EVER THINK SHE WOULD
BE ABLE TO DO THIS? NO!
BUT GOD DID.
HE KNEW!
SHE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT IT
AND SHE HAS DONE IT
AND SHE HAS CHANGED
SO MANY CHILDREN'S LIVES
JUST BECAUSE
OF HER PASSION
AND HER LOVE
TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
AND I JUST THINK
THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT WE ALL HAVE A PURPOSE.
NO MATTER HER MENTAL ABILITY
OR EDUCATION OR ANYTHING,
WE ALL HAVE A CALL AND WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
>> PLEASE HELP
THE CHILDREN.
Randy: WOW! WHAT A STORY.
MONICA SHOWS THAT ANYBODY
CAN DO SOMETHING THAT
IMPACTS THE LIVES OF OTHERS,
NOT JUST THOSE WE GIVE TO
BUT THOSE WHO WATCH US
SHARE GOD'S HEART.
REALLY, I KNOW IT IS EARLY
TO TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
I'M THE GUY THAT WAITS
UNTIL AFTER THANKSGIVING
TO PUT UP THE TREE BUT IN
ORDER TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN
THE GIFT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM
THIS YEAR WE HAVE
TO START PLANNING NOW.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL PARTNER
WITH US AS WE BEGIN TO
CELEBRATE THE GREATEST GIFT
EVER GIVEN IN JESUS CHRIST --
THAT'S WHAT CHRISTMAS
IS ALL ABOUT.
I WANT YOU TO PARTNER WITH US
AND GIVE THE SIMPLE GIFT
OF SHOES AND SMILES.
WHEN WE GIVE A CHILD
A NEW PAIR OF SHOES,
NOT ONLY DO WE GIVE THEM
SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM
MORE COMFORTABLE
AS THEY WALK AROUND --
A LOT OF THESE KIDS,
IT'S THE FIRST PAIR OF SHOES
THEY'VE EVER HAD.
SO IT IS A BIG DEAL TO THEM.
BUT WE ALSO HELP PROTECT THEM
FROM DISEASE SO WE HAVE
A PURPOSE IN THESE GIFTS.
IF YOU CAN GIVE A GIFT
OF $144 OR MORE
YOU WILL HELP PROVIDE SHOES
FOR 40 CHILDREN!
THAT'S A LOT.
WE WILL ALSO SEND YOU
THE WONDERFUL
CHRISTMAS SHOE ORNAMENTS
THAT YOU CAN HANG
ON YOUR TREE THIS YEAR.
IT'S A GREAT
CONVERSATION PIECE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY, VERY NICE
IN THE WAY THEY'RE DESIGNED
AND THE DIFFERENT COLORS.
IT'S A GREAT LITTLE PIECE
SO WE WANT TO REMIND YOU
OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND THANK YOU
FOR PARTNERING WITH US.
IF YOU CAN GIVE THAT GIFT
OF $1,000 OR MORE,
I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL DO IT.
YOU'LL BE PROVIDING
TWO SURGERIES
FOR THE CLEFT PALATES;
NOT ONLY PROVIDING THAT SMILE
BUT PROVIDING
THE ABILITY TO SMILE.
IT'S A BIG DEAL!
CHRISTMAS IS A BIG DEAL.
THE GIFT GOD GAVE TO US
IS A BIG DEAL.
AND YOU'RE PARTICIPATION
LIKE MONICA'S, IT'S A BIG DEAL
NOT JUST TO THE CHILDREN
WHO WILL RECEIVE THESE GIFTS
BUT I THINK TO GOD'S HEART.
HE WANTS US TO BE GIVERS.
HE WANTS US TO BE
GOOD STEWARDS OF WHAT
HE'S ENTRUSTED TO US AND
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY,
NOT JUST TO SHARE HIS LOVE,
NOT JUST TO MEET PRACTICAL
NEEDS BUT A GREAT WAY
TO PARTNER AND DEMONSTRATE
THE LOVE THAT HE HAS
DEMONSTRATED FOR US.
SO PLEASE, GO TO THE PHONE
RIGHT NOW, GO ONLINE,
MAKE THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN
AND KNOW THAT
WHEN YOU PARTNER FOR
CHRISTMAS SHOES AND SMILES,
YOU ARE HELPING TO CHANGE
THE LIVES OF CHILDREN
AROUND THE WORLD.
Announcer:
POVERTY IS A KILLER
AND BECAUSE OF IT
CHILDREN NEEDLESSLY SUFFER
NOT ONLY FOR A LACK
OF FOOD AND CLEAN WATER
BUT ALSO FROM A LACK OF
THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
SUCH AS
A HEALTHY SMILE
OR A SIMPLE
PAIR OF SHOES.
FOR MOST OF
THESE CHILDREN
THEY'VE NEVER OWNED
A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHILE THAT MAY SEEN MINOR IN
THE LIGHT OF ALL THEIR NEEDS,
WALKING IN
BARE FEET
PUTS THEM AT RISK OF
LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS
THAT COULD LEAD
TO CRIPPLING CONSEQUENCES,
DISEASE,
AND EVEN DEATH.
BY RESPONDING TODAY
YOU CAN HELP LIFE
IMMEDIATELY SECURE AND BEGIN SHIPPING CHRISTMAS SHOES
TO 200,000 CHILDREN
AROUND THE WORLD
JUST IN TIME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
YOUR GIFT OF $36 WILL HELP PROVIDE TEN PAIRS OF SHOES.
A GIFT OF $72 WILL
HELP PROVIDE 20 PAIR,
AND A GIFT OF $144
WILL HELP PROVIDE
40 PAIRS OF CHRISTMAS SHOES
FOR CHILDREN
IN NEED.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT,
BE SURE TO REQUEST
THIS BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED
RED ANTIQUED SHOE ORNAMENT,
A TREASURE TO PLACE ON YOUR
TREE EACH HOLIDAY SEASON.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE
YOU MAY REQUEST
A SPECIAL BOXED SET
OF LIFE'S CHRISTMAS SHOE ORNAMENTS FROM PAST YEARS.
FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER
A GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE
TO HELP PROVIDE
OVER 275 PAIRS OF SHOES
OR TWO CHILDREN
WITH CORRECTIVE
CLEFT PALATE SURGERIES.
AND YOU MAY REQUEST OUR COMMEMORATIVE GLASS SCULPTURE
"THE BLESSING."
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: BETTY, WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT ALL THESE
BEAUTIFUL FEET
AND THESE BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN?
Betty: I THINK THEY DESERVE
SOME PRETTY LITTLE SHOES
ON THEIR FEET;
DON'T YOU?
IT'S NOT JUST TO
GIVE THEM SHOES
-- IT IS TO BLESS THEM,
WE WANT TO BLESS THEM!
BUT THE SHOES HAVE A REAL
IMPORTANT USE TOO, JAMES.
THEY CAN PROTECT THEIR FEET
FROM GETTING CUTS AND BRUISES
AND ALSO
FROM DISEASE.
James: WE FOUND OUT THAT HOOKWORMS ACTUALLY GET
IN THE SKIN OF THEIR FEET
SOMETIMES WALKING IN DIRT
OR SAND AND THEN IT ACTUALLY
ENDS UP IN THEIR INTESTINES
AND IT CAN
BE DEADLY.
LET'S PUT SHOES ON ALL
THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN'S
BEAUTIFUL FEET!
IT WOULD JUST BE SUCH
A WONDERFUL GIFT TO MAKE
AT THIS TIME.
I HOPE YOU'LL DO
ALL YOU CAN.
JUST GIVE AS MANY PAIRS
AS YOU CAN TO BLESS
AS MANY CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES AS YOU CAN.
Randy: I HOPE YOU WILL DO
WHAT YOU CAN AND PLEASE
JOIN US TOMORROW ON LIFE TODAY
-- AND NEXT WEEK'S
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED OUT
MY BOOK RISE ABOVE,
IT IS AVAILABLE AT LIFE TODAY.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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OF YOUR NET WORTH,
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YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
BEFORE AND AFTER DEATH,
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TO PEACE OF MIND
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CONTACT LIFE PLANNING
SERVICES TODAY!
Announcer: BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
AND TEACHER, LYSA TERKEURST
TOMORROW ON
LIFE TODAY!
>> BUT SAYING YES
TO EVERYTHING WON'T MAKE YOU
WONDER WOMAN,
IT WILL MAKE YOU
A WORN OUT WOMAN.