>> THIS WOMAN
WAS BROKEN,
YET SHE
TOUCHED HIM.
GOD DOES WONDERFUL THINGS
WITH BROKEN PIECES.
HE DOES WONDERFUL THINGS
WITH BROKEN PEOPLE
BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF GOD
IS ALWAYS GREATER
THAN THE BROKENNESS
OF MAN.
SO REGARDLESS OF
HOW BROKEN YOU MAY BE,
YOU CAN STILL
TOUCH GOD.
Announcer: COMING UP,
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
HISPANIC CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE,
SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ
DESCRIBES THE HOPE HE HAS
FOR THIS GENERATION
AND THE NEXT.
♪
James: OH, BOY! I'M SO GLAD
TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU.
I'M JAMES ROBISON
AND THIS IS BETTY.
WE WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.
SAMMY RODRIGUEZ
IS BACK WITH US.
SAMMY IS OVER
40,000 HISPANIC CHURCHES,
AND A WONDERFUL EVANGELICAL
HISPANIC ORGANIZATION
OF CHURCHES HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
HE'S ALSO BEEN PART
OF SEEING THE HISPANIC
AND LATINO CHURCHES ALL OVER
THE WORLD COME TOGETHER.
AND I MAY NOT BE USING EXACTLY
THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY,
HE MAY WANT TO CLARIFY
EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS, BUT
GOD IS DOING SOMETHING GREAT
TO BRING TOGETHER HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES
AROUND THE WORLD TO,
AS SAMMY PUTS IT,
TO REALLY SEEK
THE LAMB'S AGENDA,
NOT SOMEBODY'S POLITICAL
PARTISAN POSITION
BUT REALLY SEEK
WHAT IS BEST FOR EVERYONE.
BECAUSE IF THE LORD
IS OUR SHEPHERD HE KNOWS HOW
TO LEAD US TO GREEN PASTURES,
NOT DRY BARREN DESERTS.
HE KNOWS HOW TO LEAD US
BESIDE STILL WATERS
THAT HE CAN STILL
EVEN IN THE MIDST
OF A TERRIBLY TROUBLING STORM.
HE CAN DO THAT.
HE HAS THAT POWER TO SAY,
"PEACE BE STILL."
HE WILL PREPARE A TABLE
BEFORE US IN THE PRESENCE
OF ACCUSERS AND ENEMIES
AND SKEPTICS.
AND SURELY GOODNESS
AND MERCY FOLLOWS US
ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE
BECAUSE THE LORD IS IN FACT
OUR SHEPHERD, NOT PHARAOH,
NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
NOT SOME POWER,
NOT SOME MONARCHY
BUT THE LORD.
NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CHOOSE OUR FUTURE.
SAMMY REALLY DOES BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF
DOING SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL.
AND IF WE WILL JUST YIELD
OUR LIVES TO THE POWER OF GOD,
WE ARE GOING TO BEHOLD
HIS GLORY, MANIFEST THROUGH US
IN THIS DAY AND WE CAN
ACTUALLY SEE WHAT HE PROMISES.
"WHEN MY PEOPLE,
CALLED BY MY NAME
HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY,
SEEK MY FACE,
TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS --
WHICH IS INDIFFERENCE TO,
NOT JUST REBELLION
BUT LACK OF COMPASSION --
I WILL WHAT?
I WILL HEAL THE LAND
AND OUR LAND NEEDS HEALING.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
WOULD YOU WELCOME
SAMMY RODRIGUEZ TO LIFE TODAY?
SAMMY, GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUDDY!
Sammy: THANK YOU.
James: A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK THAT WE HAVE
JUST LOST THE DAY,
LOST A GENERATION.
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE
ARE PEOPLE COMING UP,
THEY DON'T SEE THE TRUTH,
DON'T KNOW TRUTH,
THERE IS NO HOPE
AND THEY'VE GIVEN UP.
AND TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE
JUST KIND OF CHECKED OUT,
WAITING TO GET OUT OF HERE
AND THEY NO LONGER LIVE
AS SALT AND LIGHT,
AND THEY'VE LITERALLY
KIND OF ABANDONED
THEIR DIVINE ASSIGNMENT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY,
"WELL, IT'S HOPELESS."
INSTEAD OF SEEING THE
BLESSED HOPE AS CHRIST IN US,
THE HOPE OF HIS GLORY
AND HIS WILL BEING DONE,
THEY JUST THINK HE'S GOT
TO COME GET US OUT OF HERE.
I DON'T SEE THE PEOPLE THAT,
THE BRIDE THAT HE
WOULD WANT TO COME,
THAT LOOKS LIKE HIM DOING
WHAT HE LEFT US HERE TO DO.
I FEEL LIKE HE HAS A DREAM
THAT WE BECOME WHAT
HE COMMISSIONED US TO BE.
Sammy: AGREED.
AND HE'S COMING BACK
FOR A GLORIOUS CHURCH.
GOD PLACED A WORD IN MY HEART
REGARDING OUR CURRENT MALAISE;
THE CURRENT SPIRITUAL STATE
OF THE UNION
AND WHAT IT REQUIRES TO SEE
THIS GREAT NEW AWAKENING.
IT IS FROM MARK CHAPTER FIVE.
IT IS A VERY POWERFUL STORY,
EVERYONE IS PRIVY
TO THE STORY.
WELL, NOT EVERYONE BUT MANY --
WELL, NOT EVEN MANY.
A GOOD NUMBER!
James: IT IS THE WOMAN
WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD
THAT NEEDED A TOUCH.
SHE HAD TO PRESS THROUGH
THE CROWD TO TOUCH HIM.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
Sammy: WELL, LET ME USE
THE STORY REAL QUICK.
I'LL BREAK IT DOWN SIMPLY AND
I'M GOING TO BE ACCELERATED
BECAUSE I HAD A COUPLE
OF CARAMEL MACCHIATOS
AND IT IS WORKING ON ME
RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SEE HOW IT LANDS.
AND I'M HISPANIC TOO --
SO YOU COMBINE THAT,
SALSA AND CARAMEL MACCHIATOS.
[Laughter]
SO JESUS ARRIVES
AT THE SHORELINE.
JAIRUS IS WAITING FOR HIM
AND TELLS HIM,
"MY DAUGHTER IS DYING.
WOULD YOU COME AND TOUCH HER
AND MAKE HER WHOLE?"
ANOTHER VERSION READS,
"WOULD YOU HEAL HER?
WOULD YOU SAVE HER?"
JESUS ACQUIESCES;
HE SURRENDERS AND SAYS,
"YES, I WILL."
SO JESUS IS ON HIS WAY
TO HEAL A LITTLE GIRL.
ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
WITHOUT RECEIVING
ANY INVITATION TO THE PARTY,
THIS WOMAN WHO HAS AN ISSUE
OF BLOOD -- BY THE WAY,
THE LITTLE GIRL
WAS 12 YEARS OF AGE.
THIS WOMAN SUFFERED FROM
THIS ISSUE FOR 12 YEARS.
WAS IT A COINK-ADINK?
[Laughter]
THIS WOMAN APPROACHES HIM
FROM BEHIND.
HE'S NOT EVEN LOOKING HER WAY.
SHE TOUCHES THE HEM
OF HIS GARMENT, HIS CLOAK.
[Snaps fingers]
SHE'S HEALED.
James: AND BY THE WAY, SHE
HAD BEEN TO MANY PHYSICIANS
-- ALL THE EFFORTS.
Sammy: SHE HAD TO BREAK
THROUGH A PROCESS THERE
BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL,
SHE HAD TO BREAK THROUGH
HER PAST, 12 YEARS;
HER PRESENT, SHE WAS BROKE;
AND HER PERSPECTIVE FUTURE
THINGS WERE GETTING WORSE.
James: DIM!
Sammy: SO THAT'S WHERE
WE LEARNED THAT SOMETIMES
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH
IN ORDER TO GET TO.
AS CHRIST FOLLOWERS
THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THINGS
IN ORDER TO GET
TO BETTER THINGS.
WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND FULLY
WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT
BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
THIS WOMAN HAD TO BREAK
THROUGH HER INTERNAL CROWD
AND THROUGH THE EXTERNAL
CROWD -- THE CROWD THAT
LITERALLY SURROUNDED JESUS.
SO WE UNDERSTAND.
WE GO THROUGH TO GET TO.
BIBLICALLY SPEAKING,
I CAN ASSURE THE AUDIENCE
THAT IF YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH SOMETHING
AND YOU'RE IN CHRIST,
YOU WILL GET TO
WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED YOU.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT?
-- BECAUSE JOSEPH
DID GO THROUGH THE PIT
TO GET TO THE PALACE.
AND THE HEBREW CHILDREN
DID GO THROUGH THE DESERT
TO GET TO THE PROMISED LAND.
AND JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS
AND THE EMPTY TOMB
FOR YOU AND I TO GET TO...
SO WE GO THROUGH BUT JOSEPH
DID NOT STAY IN THE PIT,
DANIEL DID NOT STAY
IN THE LION'S DEN, JONAH
DID NOT STAY IN THE WHALE,
JESUS DID NOT STAY
IN THE TOMB,
AND YOU AND I ARE NOT
GOING TO STAY EITHER,
IN WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO EVERYTHING THAT GOD
HAS PROMISED TO US
IN JESUS' NAME.
James: BECAUSE
WE'VE SET OUR HANDS.
Sammy: ABSOLUTELY!
SO SHE GOES THROUGH
AND SHE TOUCHES.
AGAIN, HE'S NOT EVEN
LOOKING HER WAY.
NOW GET THIS.
THIS IS AN OLDER WOMAN NOW.
JESUS IS ON ROUTE
TO HEAL WHOM?
James: A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
Sammy: A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL --
THIS WOMAN FROM
THE OLDER GENERATION
TOUCHES JESUS WHEN HE'S
NOT EVEN LOOKING HER WAY.
SHE TOUCHES JESUS
AND SHE'S HEALED.
HERE'S WHAT THE LORD
PLACED IN MY HEART.
WE ARE ONE TOUCH AWAY
FROM AN AWAKENING
THAT WILL HEAL OUR GENERATION
SO JESUS WILL SAVE
THE NEXT GENERATION.
WHEN OUR GENERATION
TOUCHES GOD, GOD WILL
SAVE THE NEXT GENERATION.
WE'VE BEEN YELLING OUT
AND SCREAMING, "GOD,
WILL OUR CHILDREN BE SAVED?
WILL AMERICA BE SAVED?
WILL THESE NATIONS BE SAVED?
IS THERE HOPE?"
AND WE'RE CRYING OUT,
"GOD, PLEASE SAVE THE NEXT"
WHEN WE HAVE TO STAND UP
AND WE HAVE TO TOUCH HIM.
THE MOMENT WE TOUCH GOD
THE MOMENT WE BREAK
THROUGH OUR CROWDS,
THE MOMENT WE BREAK THROUGH
OUR RELIGIOUS PARADIGMS,
AND OUR MYOPIA
AND OUR RELATIVISM,
AND OUR COMFORTABILITY,
OUR COMPLACENCY,
THE MOMENT WE BREAK THROUGH
OUR CROWD AND WE TOUCH HIM
HE WILL SAVE
THE NEXT GENERATION.
I AM CONVINCED
THAT WE ARE IN
A MARK CHAPTER FIVE SEASON.
I BELIEVE
WE ARE ONE TOUCH AWAY
FROM OUR GENERATION
BEING HEALED
AND THE NEXT GENERATION
BEING SAVED
BY THE POWER OF GOD.
James: I REALLY
BELIEVE THAT TOO
WITH ALL MY HEART!
Sammy: THE THING FROM
A THEOLOGICAL AND EXEGETICAL
EXPOSITORY STANDPOINT,
THE OLDER GENERATION
TOUCHED JESUS, SHE TOUCHED
JESUS BECAUSE SHE COULD.
THE YOUNGER GENERATION
WAS DYING.
JESUS TOUCHED THE GIRL,
THE LITTLE GIRL
DID NOT TOUCH JESUS,
JESUS TOUCHED THE GIRL.
THIS GENERATION THAT'S
EMERGING HAS NO CONTEXT
OF A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
I MENTION DAVID AND GOLIATH,
THEY THINK IT IS ROCK BAND.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA --
THERE IS NO CONTEXT
OF A BIBLICAL FRAMEWORK,
EVEN IN MY GENERATION.
THERE IS NO CONTEXT.
THIS IS THE M.T.V.,
INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK,
YOUTUBE, TWITTER GENERATION.
SO IT'S ALL SOCIAL MEDIA,
IT IS ALL COMMUNITY,
IT'S ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS.
IT'S ALL RELATIVISTIC;
IT IS ALL DO YOUR OWN THING.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GOD,
MANY WAYS TO HEAVEN --
IF THERE IS A GOD.
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER;
IT'S ABOUT THE FEEL GOOD
MOMENT OF THE NOW.
AS LONG AS YOU FEEL GOOD,
THAT'S ALL SYMMETRIC.
SO THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TOUCH GOD.
SO IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE
JESUS TOUCHING THE NEXT --
BUT OUR GENERATION
CAN STILL TOUCH
BECAUSE WE KNOW TRUTH --
WE KNOW TRUTH.
SO IT REQUIRES THIS.
THE MOMENT SHE TOUCHED HIM,
SHE WAS HEALED.
HE TURNED AROUND
AND SHE SPOKE TRUTH.
"WHO TOUCHED ME?"
SHE COULD HAVE EASILY
RAN AWAY WITH THE HEALING
BUT SHE, "I TOUCHED YOU."
"YOUR FAITH
HAS MADE YOU WHOLE."
THAT'S WHY THE MOMENT THAT WE
BREAK THROUGH AND TOUCH HIM,
WE EXPERIENCE
THAT HEALING POWER,
TO EXPERIENCE A TURNAROUND
THAT WILL ENABLE US
TO SPEAK TRUTH WITH LOVE.
I'M BELIEVING
THAT THE REASON WHY,
YOU ASKED BEFORE,
THE REASON WHY
IS NOT THAT WE'RE AFRAID,
IS THAT WE NEED TO BE HEALED.
THERE IS SO MUCH SPIRITUAL
BLEEDING GOING ON.
WE'VE BEEN WOUNDED BY SO MUCH.
EVEN TO A GREAT DEGREE,
NOT JUST BY RELATIVISM
AND DECADENCE AND AN
ANTI-CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW,
THERE ARE MANY WOUNDED
EVEN BY RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES.
THERE ARE MANY WOUNDED PEOPLE
IN THE CHURCH -- WOUNDED!
TRAUMATICALLY WOUNDED!
AND THEY'RE SO WOUNDED
THEY NO LONGER HAVE
THE WHEREWITHAL
OR THE FORTITUDE
OR THE DESIRE
TO BREAK THROUGH ANYTHING.
THEREFORE THE ESCAPE IS THE
MENTALITY ARISES AND IT IS
"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE."
WHY? "BECAUSE I'M TIRED!
I'M WOUNDED, I'M BLEEDING,
I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY.
I DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE
IN MY LIFE TO BREAK THROUGH."
AND GOD IS SAYING, "ONE TOUCH!
IF YOU JUST TOUCH ME.
EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS
I'M NOT LOOKING YOUR WAY,
IF YOU TOUCH ME
I WILL TURN THINGS AROUND.
THERE WILL BE HEALING."
TRUTH WILL BE SPOKEN,
ELEVATED WITH LOVE
AND THE NEXT GENERATION
WILL BE SAVED.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
JESUS -- YOU KNOW WHAT
JESUS CALLED HER?
WHAT DID JESUS CALL HER?
James: DAUGHTER.
Sammy: HE CALLED HER
"DAUGHTER."
James: SHE WAS
"A CERTAIN WOMAN"
AND THEN BECAME A "DAUGHTER."
Sammy: HE CALLED HER
"DAUGHTER" BUT HE WAS
ON HIS WAY TO HEAL WHOM?
James: -- A DAUGHTER.
SEE HER FUTURE WAS SECURE.
SHE WAS A CHILD OF GOD.
SHE WAS JUST A WOMAN
IN THE CROWD BUT JESUS SAID,
"YOU'RE A DAUGHTER NOW;
YOU'RE A CHILD OF THE KING."
THIS IS THE THING THAT
I REALLY WISH YOU COULD HEAR.
SAMMY DOESN'T HAVE
ANY ZEAL OR ANY FIRE.
WE JUST HAVE TO PRAY.
LISTEN TO ME,
THIS IS THE THING.
I WANT TO SEE THE CHURCH
BECOME WHAT JESUS PRAYED FOR.
WITH ALL MY HEART
I WANT TO SEE THAT,
AND I WANT TO SEE HIS GLORY
MANIFEST ALL OVER THE EARTH;
AN AWAKENING THAT CAUSES US
TO WANT TO STAND ON
THE UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION.
THAT'S MY PRAYER --
THAT'S MY HOPE.
SAMMY, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY TODAY,
NOT JUST TO SEE
OUR PRAYERS ANSWERED,
BUT AS I SAY MANY TIMES
TO ALL THE VIEWERS
ON LIFE TODAY, IF YOU WANT
YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED,
ASK GOD TO MAKE YOU AN ANSWER
TO SOMEONE ELSE'S PRAYER.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN PRAYING
FOR AN AWAKENING
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE
THE WISDOM AND INSIGHT TO SEE
THAT AN AWAKENING IS COMING
WHEN YOU SEE A YOUNG PREACHER
SO FULL OF THE ZEAL OF GOD
WHO WANTS, AS HE WRITES,
NOT THE ELEPHANT'S AGENDA
OR THE DONKEY'S AGENDA
OR ANYBODY ELSE'S AGENDA
BUT THE LAMB'S AGENDA.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT DOES THE LAMB WANT?
WHAT DOES JESUS WANT?
WHAT DID JESUS PRAY FOR?
WHAT'S HIS DREAM?
WHAT DOES THE FATHER WANT?
WHY COULDN'T WE SEE
THE FATHER'S DREAM
FULFILLED IN OUR DAY?
WHY COULDN'T WE
SEE PEOPLE LOVE GOD
AND LOVE THEIR NEIGHBOR?
WHY COULDN'T WE SEE PEOPLE
LOOK NOT AT MIRRORS
LIKE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT
BUT LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOWS?
DON'T JUST LOOK
AT THEIR OWN INTEREST
BUT LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOWS
AND SEE THE NEEDS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT POPE FRANCIS
WHEN THEY GAVE THEIR SPEECHES
TO LET THE CARDINALS AND
THE CATHOLIC LEADERS DECIDE
WHO MIGHT BE THE NEXT POPE,
THEY GAVE A SPEECH AND WHEN
FRANCIS GAVE HIS SPEECH
HE REFERENCED --
AND THIS IS SO POWERFUL!
DON'T MISS THIS!
DON'T GET IN A DISCUSSION OF,
"WELL, WE DON'T AGREE WITH
CATHOLICS AND WE DON'T..."
WOULD YOU STOP IT!
IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
WOULD YOU STOP IT!
WE KNOW WE DON'T AGREE.
YOU WANT TO KNOW TRUTH?
NONE OF US ARE RIGHT
IN ALL THE WAYS WE THINK
WE ARE RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT MORE TO LEARN
THAN WE EVER THOUGHT
WE HAD TO LEARN.
LET'S BE GOOD STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
THIS IS POWERFUL!
HE SAID, "WE'VE SEEN
THE IMAGE OF JESUS
KNOCKING AT THE DOOR,"
OF THE CHURCH PERHAPS
OR OF THE HUMAN HEART.
BUT HE SAID, "YOU KNOW
WHAT I THINK I SEE?"
THIS IS BEFORE HE WAS POPE,
"I THINK I SEE JESUS
KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
OF THE CHURCH
FROM THE INSIDE SAYING,
'LET ME GO OUT THERE
AND EVANGELIZE, REACH.'"
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IF
WE WHO CLAIM TO KNOW CHRIST
WOULD BECOME THE WITNESSES
FOR CHRIST AND THE LIGHT THAT
REVEALS NOT ONLY THE ERROR
BUT THE RADIANT WAY
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
NOT SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,
NOT SMUG RELIGION
WHERE YOU LOOK DOWN AT OTHERS
BUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT LOVES BEYOND ALL WALLS
AND ALL BARRIERS,
AND LIFTS PEOPLE UP
INTO THE VERY ARMS OF GOD.
I WANT TO SEE THE CHURCH
PUT THE ARMS OF GOD,
A LOVING GOD AROUND
A BROKEN, HURTING WORLD
AND HOLD THEM CLOSE.
I WANT TO SEE THAT IN MY DAY.
Sammy: I COME IN AGREEMENT
AND BELIEVE THAT WE WILL
SEE IT IN OUR LIFETIME.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
AND TO GENTLY CONCLUDE
THE NARRATIVE THAT I SHARED,
THIS WOMAN WAS BROKEN,
YET SHE TOUCHED HIM.
GOD DOES WONDERFUL THINGS
WITH BROKEN PIECES.
HE DOES WONDERFUL THINGS
WITH BROKEN PEOPLE
BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF GOD
IS ALWAYS GREATER
THAN THE BROKENNESS OF MAN.
SO REGARDLESS
OF HOW BROKEN YOU MAY BE,
YOU CAN STILL TOUCH GOD.
AND THEN GOD WILL TOUCH --
BY THE WAY, THEY TOLD JESUS --
THE WOMAN IS HEALED,
AND THEY TOLD HIM,
"DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME GOING
TO THE LITTLE GIRL'S HOUSE.
SHE'S DEAD."
JESUS RESPONDS, WHICH
SHOULD BE OUR RESPONSE --
THAT'S WHY I DON'T DRINK
THE KOOL-AID!
THE RESPONSE WAS,
"SHE'S NOT DEAD.
SHE'S SLEEPING."
I SPEAK THAT OVER THIS
GENERATION THAT'S EMERGING.
EVERYONE HAS JUST
LAID THEM OUT;
THE OBITUARY HAS BEEN WRITTEN.
THAT GENERATION IS DEAD;
THAT SHIP ALREADY SAILED.
NO, NO, NO, NO!
THEY'RE NOT DEAD!
THEY'RE SLEEPING
AND I BELIEVE,
IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
THEY'RE ABOUT TO WAKE UP.
James: I DO TOO!
THE WHOLE CHURCH,
FROM EVERY SECTARIAN DIVIDE,
EVERY GROUP, EVERY
DENOMINATION, EVERY RACE,
EVERY NATIONALITY,
AND BECOME ONE IN CHRIST.
FATHER, I PRAY IT
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS
FOR HIS GLORY.
NOW HERE'S THE KEY.
WE ARE HIS BODY;
EACH OF US MEMBERS,
EACH MEMBER IMPORTANT.
WOULD YOU YIELD YOUR PART
OF HIS BODY TO CONNECT
WITH THE OTHER PART?
THIS PART WITH THIS PART,
SO THE HAND OF GOD
CAN WORK EFFECTIVELY
WHEN SUBMITTED TO THE HEAD --
THE HEAD, CHRIST, STANDING
ON THE UNSHAKABLE FOUNDATION,
YOUR FEET EVEN SHOD
WITH THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.
DOES THIS WORLD NOT NEED
A GOSPEL OF PEACE?
DO WE NOT NEED GOOD NEWS?
DO YOU BELIEVE
WE HAVE IN CHRIST
THE ANSWER THE WORLD NEEDS?
DO YOU BELIEVE NOW IS THE TIME
FOR THE CHURCH
TO ARISE AND SHINE
WITH THE GLORY OF GOD ON US
JUST LIKE GOD TOLD ISRAEL?
SAMMY, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
SAMMY, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US
THE LAMB'S AGENDA;
I WOULD LOVE TO SEND
THE BOOK TO YOU.
IT IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.
YOU CAN GET IT ONLINE.
I'LL TELL WHAT I'LL DO.
I'D LIKE TO SEND IT TO YOU
JUST AS A GIFT.
SAMMY... WOULD YOU JUST
SAY THANKS TO SAMMY
WHERE HE CAN JUST HEAR IT?
WE APPRECIATE YOU, BUDDY,
FOR BEING YIELDED TO GOD.
WE ARE BROTHERS IN CHRIST.
IT IS A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US.
BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT
TO ASK YOU TO DO.
I WANT TO ASK YOU
AS I REFERENCED A MOMENT AGO,
I WANT TO ASK YOU
TO HELP PUT GOD'S ARMS
AROUND A HURTING WORLD.
I WANT YOU TO REACH OUT
AND RESCUE PRECIOUS CHILDREN
AND LITTLE GIRLS
THAT HAVE BEEN PROMISED
A BRIGHT FUTURE
AND THEIR IMPOVERISHED FAMILY
BOUGHT THE LIE OF HOPE
AND A FUTURE AND SECURITY,
AND THEY LET THEIR LITTLE GIRL
BE TAKEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY.
LISTEN TO OUR SON, RANDY.
AS RANDY STEPPED
INTO A SITUATION...
BETTY, RANDY TOLD ME
YESTERDAY, HE SAID,
"YOU MAY NOT NOTICE"
BUT HE SAID, "I NOTICED
THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE
IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW
THAT HAD SOME METAL ROOFING.
NONE OTHERS DID.
AND EVEN AFTER I HAD TALKED
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE,
I FOUND OUT ONE OF THE THINGS
THE PREDATORS DID
FOR THAT FAMILY IS SAID,
'LOOK HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU
A GOOD ROOF.'"
AND THEY TOOK THEIR GIRL.
THEY WERE THAT CRAFTY.
THAT'S THE WAY
THE ENEMY OPERATES.
I THINK SOMETIMES
THAT'S WHAT UNCLE SAM SAYS
IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
"WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU!
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU!"
NO, THEY'RE GOING
TO TAKE US ALL IN BONDAGE
BY MAKING FALSE PROMISES
AND FALSE HOPE.
BECAUSE WE ARE OUR
BROTHER'S KEEPER, WE DO
NEED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE DON'T HAND IT OFF
TO PHARAOH.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
CRAFTINESS TAKES
PEOPLE CAPTIVE.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
LISTEN TO RANDY
TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL
AND WE CAN CHANGE IT FOR THEM
BY JOINING TOGETHER
LIKE THE CHURCH.
WATCH CLOSELY.
Randy: I'M HERE AT A VERY
REMOTE PART OF CAMBODIA.
THERE IS NOTHING AROUND HERE EXCEPT FOR A FEW SHACKS.
THERE IS JUST NOT MUCH HERE
AND YET STILL,
A HUMAN TRAFFICKER CAME
THROUGH HERE MANY MONTHS AGO
AND PROMISED THIS YOUNG
LADY'S SISTER A BETTER LIFE
AND SOME THINGS --
LURED HER AWAY.
THEY HAVEN'T
HEARD FROM HER.
SHE, AS FAR AS
THEY KNOW, IS GONE.
THEY HAVE
HER PICTURE
AND THEY HAVE A PRAYER
THAT SHE WILL COME BACK,
A HOPE THAT THEY
WILL SEE HER AGAIN.
SHE'S VERY LIKELY
BEING FORCED TO DO THINGS
THAT NO GIRL
SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO
IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT FIT
FOR HUMAN LIVING.
THIS IS THE
REALITY HERE
AND IN PLACES
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHY
RESCUE LIFE IS CRITICAL.
WE MUST FIRST REACH
INTO PLACES LIKE THIS
WITH EDUCATION
SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
WHEN THESE PREDATORS
COME THROUGH.
WE MUST RESCUE
THE GIRLS THAT WE CAN
AND GET THEM OUT
OF THE SEX TRADE,
AND WE MUST
RESTORE THEM.
WE MUST GIVE THEM
A HOPE AND A FUTURE.
WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN DO IT
ON A LARGER SCALE
BUT WE HAVE TO
HAVE YOUR HELP.
I PRAY THAT YOU
WILL HELP US
AS WE TRY TO HELP
SO MANY GIRLS.
WE HAVE TO STOP THIS
ABUSE; IT IS NOT RIGHT.
YOU CAN
DO SOMETHING.
JOIN WITH US
AS WE RESCUE LIFE.
James: CAN YOU IMAGINE
AN IMPOVERISHED SITUATION
WHERE SOMEBODY COMES IN
AND VERY CRAFTILY
TELLS SOMEONE, "WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILD,
YOUR DAUGHTER AND WE'RE
GOING TO TEACH THEM
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING;
AND THEY'RE GOING TO EVEN
BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
BACK WITH YOU."
SOMETIMES THEY'LL COME IN
AND HAND A LITTLE YOUNG GIRL
A CELL PHONE AND SAY,
"SHE WILL BE ABLE
TO CALL YOU ANY TIME."
OF COURSE, SHE CAN'T BECAUSE
SHE'S TAKEN AS A SLAVE.
THIS MANIPULATION IS SO SAD
THAT OUR OWN APPETITES
CAN BECOME SO TOTALLY
CONTROLLING AND SO DEPRAVED
THAT WE HAVE NO REGARD
FOR ANYONE AND HURT THEM,
AND BE TRAPPED, AND NOT
EVEN SEEKING A WAY OUT,
BUT TAKING OTHERS
AND THEN EXPLOITING THEM.
BETTY, IT'S HAPPENING
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
YOU AND I HAVE WATCHED
LITTLE GIRLS
PARADING THEMSELVES,
OFFERING THEMSELVES AS THE
SPECIAL TO BE A LITTLE GIRL.
AND THESE TERRIBLY
DEPRAVED INDIVIDUALS
OR THOSE WHO ARE
PRISONERS THEMSELVES GO IN
AND EXPLOIT THESE CHILDREN.
AND THEN THE MARKETERS THAT
WANT TO USE THEM AND MARKET
THEM FOR THEIR OWN GAIN,
IT'S JUST --
IT'S GUT-WRENCHING.
BUT GOD'S LOVE HAS ENABLED US
THROUGH THESE INCREDIBLE
MISSIONARIES TO RESCUE THEM
AND TO GET MANY OF THE
CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING
EXPLOITED BY GOING IN
AND TEACHING THE FAMILIES
AND THEN ACTUALLY HELPING
THOSE CHILDREN ADVANCE.
AND THEN THOSE THAT HAVE
BEEN TRAPPED, TO GET THEM OUT
AND GIVE THEM A TRADE
AND LITERALLY RESTORE THEM,
WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT.
Betty: WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER
THEM HOPE, SOMETHING THAT THEY
DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE ANYMORE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE IT.
AND IN DESPERATION
THESE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THESE FAMILIES,
A LOT OF TIMES, WITH THESE
PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN
THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THEY'LL SAY,
"WE'LL GIVE THEM HOPE.
WE'LL SHOW THEM; WE'LL GET
THEM OUT OF THEIR SITUATIONS.
LET US TAKE CARE OF THEM."
LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE
UNTIL THEY'VE TRAPPED
THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN.
THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
WE CAN GIVE THEM
A PLACE TO GO.
WE CAN OFFER
REAL HOPE TO THEM
AND THAT'S IN JESUS CHRIST;
WE KNOW WHERE THAT HOPE
COMES FROM.
BUT LET'S DO THAT.
WOULD YOU JOIN WITH US,
AND LET'S REACH OUT
AND LET'S TOUCH THE LIVES
OF THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN
THAT DON'T SEE ANY HOPE
IN LIFE THEMSELVES?
James: WE PROVIDE
A SAFE HAVEN FOR THEM,
SAFE HOUSES IN SO MANY PLACES.
SOMETIMES WE'VE BUILT PLACES
WITH YOUR HELP.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU
TO HEAR BECAUSE THIS
IS REALLY KIND OF WHERE
THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
THIS IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY
PUT OUR HAND TO THE PLOW,
SO TO SPEAK.
IT COSTS AN AVERAGE OF $128
TO RESCUE A CHILD.
THAT'S WHAT THE MISSIONARIES
TELL US.
SOME WOULD SAY,
"I'D BE GLAD TO DO THAT."
SOME WOULD SAY,
"I CAN'T DO IT."
COULD YOU DO $64
AND PRAY SOMEONE JOINS YOU?
AND MANY OF YOU SAY, "JAMES,
THIS IS SUCH A HORRIBLE THING
AND GOD'S BLESSED ME,"
$1280 WILL HELP RESCUE 10.
WE HAD, BY THE MISSIONARIES'
REQUEST, SAID, "WE'LL DO
OUR BEST IN THESE BRIEF DAYS
TO HELP YOU RESCUE 6,000."
THAT WILL BE A TARGET GOAL
THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU,
PLEASE, TO HELP US WITH.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU
LISA BEVERE'S TEACHING SERIES,
SEE IT: FROM GOD'S
POINT OF VIEW.
IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
THIS IS A PHENOMENAL
TEACHING SERIES.
YOU CAN GET IT ON CD
OR YOU CAN GET IT ON DVD;
YOU CAN EVEN GET IT ON
A FLASH DRIVE,
HOWEVER YOU WANT IT.
THEN THE BOOK THAT SHE WROTE,
IT'S NOT HOW YOU LOOK,
IT IS WHAT YOU SEE
THAT ACTUALLY HELPED
INSPIRE THIS SERIES.
WE WANT TO SEND THAT TO YOU
TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR HELP.
PLEASE, DIAL THE NUMBER.
WOULD YOU DO THAT?
AND OTHERS ARE CALLING
TO GET HELP.
WOULD YOU CALL AND SAY,
"I WANT TO GIVE HELP."
AND MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT
YOU CAN.
USE YOUR BANKCARD
LIKE A CHECK.
YOU CAN WRITE A CHECK
AND MAKE IT TO LIFE
BUT CALL US AND TELL US
YOU'RE MAILING IT AND MAIL IT:
MAIL IT TO LIFE,
MAKE IT OUT TO LIFE.
IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE,
LIFETODAY.ORG YOU CAN MAKE
YOUR GIFT EVEN NOW ONLINE.
MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MAKING THE GIFT.
WE WANT TO MAKE
A DIVINE DEPOSIT IN YOUR LIFE;
NOT ONLY THROUGH
THE PROGRAMMING OF LIFE
BUT ALSO THROUGH THE
INCREDIBLE TEACHING SERIES
THAT LISA BEVERE DID
TO REALLY HELP YOU SEE IT
FROM GOD'S POINT OF VIEW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT.
Announcer:
HUMAN TRAFFICKING --
IT IS 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.
YOUR GIFT TODAY OF ONLY $128 WILL HELP RESCUE A CHILD
AND CHANGE
THEIR DESTINY FOREVER!
WITH GIFTS
OF $64 OR $32
WE WILL COMBINE YOUR
SUPPORT WITH OTHERS
TO HELP RESCUE
ONE MORE CHILD
FROM THE SHAME AND PAIN
OF THIS EXISTENCE.
TODAY WITH YOUR GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT,
WE'LL SEND YOU LISA BEVERE'S
POWERFUL NEW SERIES,
SEE IT,
ON AUDIO CD,
ALONG WITH HER
COMPANION BOOK,
IT'S NOT HOW YOU LOOK,
IT'S WHAT YOU SEE.
IN THIS NEW SERIES,
LISA EQUIPS YOU
TO SEE A NEW PERSPECTIVE
FOR YOUR LIFE,
ONE OF GREAT
POSSIBILITIES,
NOT LIMITED BY THE WORLD
BUT DEFINED BY GOD
WHO SEES YOUR FUTURE
AND CREATED YOU TO BE
A UNIQUE BLESSING
TO THOSE
AROUND YOU.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $128
TO HELP RESCUE A CHILD,
YOU MAY REQUEST
THE BOOK
ALONG WITH SEE IT
ON CD AND DVD
OR CHOOSE U.S.B. FLASH DRIVE, WHICH INCLUDES
ALL THE MESSAGES
IN BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO.
FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER
A GIFT OF $1280
TO HELP RESCUE
TEN CHILDREN
AND YOU MAY REQUEST
OUR 2014 COMMEMORATIVE
GLASS SCULPTURE,
"THE BLESSING."
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY.
James: I THINK YOU'VE SEEN
THE INCREDIBLE NEED, AND
I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO HELP
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO BLESS YOU
AND SEND YOU THE INCREDIBLE
TEACHING BY LISA BEVERE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE
SAMMY RODRIGUEZ'S BOOK,
THE LAMB'S AGENDA, WE'D BE
SO GLAD TO SEND IT TO YOU.
BOY, DO WE NEED TO KNOW
THE LAMB'S AGENDA.
I TOLD YOU A MOMENT AGO,
I'M REALLY, REALLY PRAYING
FOR HIS WILL TO BE DONE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT
WITH ALL MY HEART.
WE WANT TO BE
A BLESSING TO YOU.
SAMMY, THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO WALK TOGETHER
UNTIL THE GLORY OF JESUS COMES
AND THEN HE COMES IN GLORY
FOR THOSE WHO WALK
AND LIVE IN GLORY.
Sammy: WE'RE GOING
TO CHANGE THE WORLD!
James: THAT'S WHAT HE LEFT
US HERE -- THAT'S WHAT
HE LEFT US HERE TO DO.
NOT DRINK THE KOOL-AID --
CHANGE THE WORLD!
SAY THANKS TO SAMMY RODRIGUEZ.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WATCHING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR HELP.
BE A FAMILY!
-- A HEALTHY BODY
FOR THE HANDS OF GOD
AND PUT LOVING ARMS
AROUND A HURTING WORLD.
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Announcer: TOMORROW, INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER,
AUTHOR, AND BIBLE TEACHER,
LISA BEVERE PRESENTS SEE IT!
Lisa: AND I WAS LIKE,
GOD, I BECAME A CHRISTIAN!
AND NOW I'M FAT!