Announcer: COMING UP, INSPIRATIONAL AUTHOR
AND SPEAKER, CHRISTINE CAINE
ENCOURAGES US TO GET OUT
OF OUR COMFORT ZONES
AND MOVE PAST OUR PAST.
>> JESUS CHRIST CAME
TO REDEEM ME
FROM THAT PAIN
AND THAT BROKENNESS.
HE TOOK MY ABUSE.
HE TOOK MY SHAME.
HE TOOK MY GUILT.
HE TOOK MY PAIN.
AND HE DIED ON A CROSS
FOR ALL OF THAT.
HERE'S THE KICKER:
HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD
SO THAT I CAN HAVE
RESURRECTION LIFE.
Announcer:
MOVING PAST YOUR PAST
BY TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH --
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!
♪
James: Y'ALL ARE GREAT!
WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY.
I'M JAMES ROBISON,
MY WIFE BETTY, WELCOME
THIS WONDERFUL AUDIENCE
AND ALL OF YOU.
CHRISTINE CAINE IS ONE
OF THE GREATEST, MOST GIFTED,
ANOINTED COMMUNICATORS I KNOW.
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME
OF OUR NATIONAL LEADERS
AND OTHERS IN THE LAST DAYS
AS WE HAVE VISITED AND PRAYED
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
FOR US TO GET PAST THE PAST,
NOT BE HELD CAPTIVE
BY OUR OWN MISDEEDS,
OUR OWN MISTAKES,
OUR OWN PAIN,
OUR OWN PROBLEMS BUT
TO ACTUALLY PRESS ON BEYOND.
ONE OF THE WAYS PEOPLE ARE
HELD CAPTIVE OFTENTIMES
IS A ROOT OF BITTERNESS
AND A SPIRIT OF UNFORGIVENESS.
WHATEVER IT IS THAT HOLDS YOU
IN PRISON THAT HAS HAPPENED
BACK SOMETIME IN THE PAST
AS CHRISTINE WILL SHOW YOU,
YOU'VE GOT TO GET PAST
THE PAST.
I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOING
TO BE BLESSED.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE
THE CLOSING STORY SHE TELLS
BECAUSE I HOPE IT SENDS YOU
OUT TO BE WHAT JESUS
HAS LEFT US ALL HERE TO BE.
HERE IS CHRISTINE CAINE.
WELCOME CHRISTINE.
♪
Chris: WE WENT TO THE ZOO
AND I WENT TO THE LION CAGES
AND THIS IS WHAT WAS
FASCINATING TO ME.
THE LIONS WERE JUST DOCILE.
THEY WERE JUST SO TAME
AND DOMESTICATED.
AND THEY WERE IN THEIR CAGES
AND THEY'RE CAGED IN
AND THEY'RE TAME
AND DOMESTICATED.
AND I SAID TO MY HUSBAND,
I SAID, "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
TO MANY OF US IN THE CHURCH.
JESUS CREATED US
TO BE UNTAMED, TO BE WILD,
TO BE UNDOMESTICATED
FOR THE CAUSE OF THE KING
AND HIS KINGDOM,
AND WE GET INTO
THE CAGE OF RELIGION
AND WE START TO ASSUME
THIS CERTAIN PERSONA.
AND WE BECOME SAFE AND NICE
AND DOMESTICATED
AND WE'RE JUST WAITING
FOR THE RAPTURE,
JUST US FOUR AND NO MORE.
HURRY UP, JESUS!"
AND WE'RE JUST
KIND OF LIKE SITTING HERE.
AND JESUS GOES,
"I DID NOT GIVE MY LIFE
AND RISE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD
JUST SO THAT YOU CAN LIVE
A NICE, LITTLE, SAFE,
COMFORTABLE, COMPLACENT,
NINE-TO-FIVE, FOUR WEEKS IN
YOU'LL LEAD JUST A NICE
LITTLE ORDINARY LIFE.
I CALLED YOU TO LIVE
A FAITH ADVENTURE.
I INVITED YOU TO FOLLOW ME.
CHRISTINE, THAT DIDN'T STOP
WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED.
THAT DIDN'T STOP
WHEN YOU HAD CHILDREN.
I'VE CALLED YOU
ON A FAITH ADVENTURE.
AND IF WOULD CONTINUE
TO TAKE A RISK,
YOU COULD MOVE PAST YOUR PAST.
YOU DON'T NEED TO STOP
AT ANY ONE SEASON OF LIFE,
YOU COULD KEEP MOVING
THROUGH THE SEASONS,
YOU COULD KEEP FOLLOWING ME.
YOUR LATTER DAYS
CAN BE GREATER
THAN YOUR FORMER DAYS
AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME!"
THAT'S THE ADVENTURE
OF JESUS CHRIST
WHO CONTINUES TO CALL US ON!
I DON'T WANT --
I DON'T WANT TO BE
A BORING 50 YEAR OLD.
MY KID IS GOING TO BE IN
LIKE THIRD GRADE WHEN I'M 50.
I DON'T WANT TO BE --
I WANT TO BE SUPER GRANNY
FOR JESUS.
I WANT MY KIDS TO GO,
"MUM, TAKE A CHILL PILL!
I'M SO EMBARRASSED."
I WANT TO BE ON FIRE BECAUSE
I THINK THE MORE WE KNOW HIM,
THE MORE WE WALK INTO
OUR FUTURE WITH HIM,
THEN YOU AND I SHOULD BE
READY FOR GREATER RISK
THAN EVER.
I REMEMBER
WHEN THE LORD SPOKE TO US
ABOUT STARTING
THE A-21 CAMPAIGN.
I HAD SEEN THE POSTERS
OF THE YOUNG WOMEN IN GREECE
AND THESSALONIKI AND CHILDREN
AND I SAW THESE POSTERS
OF ALL THESE MISSING KIDS
AND I WENT ON TO FIND OUT THAT
THEY WERE THE ALLEGED VICTIMS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
I WAS IN MY EARLY 40S,
ALREADY HAD A GLOBAL MINISTRY
AND I WAS NOT LOOKING
FOR ANYTHING NEW TO DO.
I WAS ALREADY MAXED OUT,
I'D JUST HAD MY SECOND CHILD.
I THINK I DESERVED AN AWARD
TO HAVE MY SECOND CHILD
IN MY EARLY 40S.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT,
IN ITSELF, IS GREAT.
AND THEN DROPS INTO MY HEART,
"CHRISTINE, I WANT YOU
TO START THIS."
AND ALL I SAW ORIGINALLY
WAS ALL MY OWN LIMITATIONS.
GOD, HOW CAN I DO THIS?
AND WE START WITH OUR "BUTS."
BUT GOD, I CAN'T DO THIS.
BUT GOD, I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA.
DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR
AUSTRALIA IS FROM GREECE?
AND I CAN JUST IMAGINE
GOD SAYING, "GABRIEL,
CAN YOU BRING ME A G.P.S?
I DON'T QUITE KNOW.
I'M TRYING TO WORK THIS OUT.
ANYONE GOT A MAP BOOK?
I'M LOST.
GEOGRAPHY I FAILED
IN GOD SCHOOL."
[Laughter]
YOU START WITH
ALL YOUR "BUTS."
BUT GOD I CAN'T.
BUT GOD I'M A WOMAN.
GOD'S IN HEAVEN
GOING I HAD NO IDEA!
ANYONE KNOW? PETER?
DID YOU KNOW SHE IS A CHICK?
OH, WOW!
BUT, BUT, BUT...
YOU KNOW WHAT I SERIOUSLY
BELIEVE WE NEED
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST?
WE NEED A SERIOUS BUTECTOMY.
[Laughter]
YOU CAN GO OPEN
THE MEDICAL JOURNAL, I'M
SURE IT IS LISTED IN THERE.
GOOGLE BUTECTOMY ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THIS SCREEN.
WE NEED TO GET OUR BIG BUTS
OUT OF THE WAY
BECAUSE IT IS NOT ABOUT
WHAT I CANNOT DO
IT IS ABOUT WHO HE IS
AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO
IN AND THROUGH MY LIFE.
IT IS NOT ABOUT
MY LIMITATIONS.
IT IS ABOUT
GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE.
AND AT SOME POINT,
YOUR PAST ISN'T JUST
THE NEGATIVE STUFF
THAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU.
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN
WALKING WITH THE LORD
BUT THE TRUTH IS,
YOU DIDN'T TAKE A STEP INTO
YOUR FUTURE WITH THE LORD,
YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN ONE
FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
YOUR LIFE'S GREAT, YOU'RE
GOING TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK,
YOU'RE READING YOUR BIBLE,
YOU'RE PAYING YOUR TITHE,
YOU'RE EVEN WATCHING ME ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SCREEN
BUT YOU'VE NOT TAKEN A RISK.
YOU'VE NOT STEPPED INTO THE
FUTURE THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU.
YOU HAVEN'T OBEYED
THE LAST FIVE THINGS
HE'S TOLD YOU TO DO
BECAUSE YOU'RE STUCK
IN WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
YOU'RE STILL STUCK
IN THE PAST.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING
TO GET PAST THAT PAST,
AND IF YOU'RE GOING
TO GET PAST GOOD
TO GO TO GOD'S GREAT,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO TAKE SOME RISKS.
SOME RISKS WHERE PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO LOOK AT YOU
AND THINK YOU ARE WEIRD!
I DON'T THINK
ANYONE'S CALLED ME NORMAL
FOR 25 YEARS.
I TAKE THAT AS
THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT;
I DON'T WANT TO BE NORMAL.
NORMALITY IS HIGHLY OVERRATED.
I'M TELLING YOU,
IT IS HIGHLY OVERRATED.
SO MANY OF US
SPEND SO MUCH TIME
WORRYING ABOUT
WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY
NOT THINKING ANYTHING AND
DON'T CARE ABOUT US ANYWAY.
AND WE CARE MORE
ABOUT MAN'S OPINION
THAN WE DO GOD'S OPINION.
AND WHEN WE, AS WOMEN OF GOD,
GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE CARE
MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD THINKS
THAN WE CARE ABOUT
WHAT MAN THINKS
THEN I'M TELLING YOU,
WE'RE GOING TO STEP
INTO THE DESTINY
THAT GOD HAS FOR US.
OTHER PEOPLE,
THE OPINIONS OF GIRLFRIENDS,
THE OPINIONS OF FAMILY
AND FRIENDS,
WE'VE GOT TO COME TO
A PLACE WHERE WE SAY, "GOD,
I'M READY TO TAKE A RISK.
I'M READY TO DO WHAT
YOU'VE CALLED ME TO DO
AND I'M READY TO BE WHAT
YOU'VE CALLED ME TO BE."
YOU KNOW THE TRUTH IS,
IF GOD CAN DO IT FOR ME,
GOD CAN DO IT FOR ANYONE.
IF GOD CAN TAKE
AN UNNAMED, UNWANTED,
ABUSED, ADOPTED GIRL
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A STATISTIC,
I'M SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE
WATCHING THIS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN
AND YOU'RE THINKING,
"MAN, CHRIS,
IF YOU JUST KNEW MY LIFE!
IF YOU JUST KNEW MY LIFE!"
THE TRUTH IS, I'VE BEEN
THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE,
AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS
TO BE BOUND
AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS
TO BE FREE
AND I KNOW WHICH I PREFER.
AND HE WHOM THE SON SETS FREE
SHALL BE FREE INDEED.
YOU CAN STEP INTO THE DESTINY
AND THE PURPOSE AND THE LIFE
THAT JESUS CHRIST CAME TO
GIVE YOU BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE
WILLING TO TAKE SOME RISKS
AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING
TO LOOK FOOLISH.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE
PAST THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE,
BOTH THE GOOD
AND THE BAD PAST,
THEN YOU HAVE GOT TO BE
PREPARED TO LOOK FOOLISH.
I LOVE THE SCRIPTURE
IN FIRST CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER ONE VERSE 27:
EXHIBIT A, AS I READ THIS,
I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS --
IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE GOD
TO SHOW OFF THROUGH
SOME LITTLE UNNAMED,
UNWANTED CHICK FROM
THE BACKSIDE OF THE DESERT
AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERYONE IS GOING LOOK AT HER
AND THINK IT'S GOT TO BE ME
BECAUSE IT'S NOT HER;
THAT'S FOR SURE."
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERY TIME YOU THINK YOU
CAN'T, YOU JUST HAVE
TO KNOW THAT HE CAN.
AND THAT IT IS JUST LIKE HIM
TO WEAVE TOGETHER
ALL THE CHALLENGE OF YOUR PAST
SO THAT HE CAN USE IT TO
GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE A FUTURE.
BUT ARE YOU WILLING
TO LOOK LIKE A FOOL?
AND REALLY, WHAT I WANT
TO READ TO YOU IS THIS LIST
BECAUSE FROM GENESIS TO
REVELATION IN THE SCRIPTURE,
IT'S ONLY PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN WILLING
TO LOOK LIKE FOOLS
THAT HAVE DONE ANYTHING
SIGNIFICANT FOR GOD.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH
NOAH LOOKED WHEN HE WAS
BUILDING AN ARK IN A DESERT?
CAN YOU IMAGINE
EVERYONE SAYING,
"NOAH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"I'M BUILDING AN ARK."
"WHAT'S AN ARK?"
"I DON'T KNOW,
BUT I KNOW RAIN IS COMING."
"WHAT'S RAIN?"
"I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE."
"OH, SO YOU'RE BUILDING
I DON'T KNOW
FOR I DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
AWESOME!"
[Laughter]
I FEEL LIKE THAT
MOST DAYS OF MY LIFE.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING,
CHRISTINE?"
47, TWO KIDS, TRAVELING --
"I DON'T KNOW REALLY;
HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE.
AS SOON AS I KNOW
I'LL LET YOU KNOW."
CAN YOU IMAGINE MOSES
HOW FOOLISH HE LOOKED
WITH HIS LITTLE STICK?
"WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO WITH THAT, MOE?"
[Laughter]
"SEE THAT RED SEA?
YEP, YEP.
ME AND THE STICK, RED SEA."
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW FOOLISH HE LOOKED?
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW FOOLISH SARAH LOOKED
IN THE MATERNITY DEPARTMENT
AT WAL-MART?
[Laughter]
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SARAH?"
"BUYING SOME BABY CLOTHES."
"REALLY?"
"YEAH, YEAH. IT'S IN THERE."
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH --
MOST OF US,
WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO SAY,
"I'M PREGNANT
WITH A DREAM OF GOD
BECAUSE I'M TOO OLD,
I'M IN MY 50s,
I'M IN MY 60s,
I'M IN MY 70s."
AND WE THINK EVERYONE
WILL LAUGH AT US
BECAUSE WE ARE PREGNANT
WITH A GOD DREAM
AT THAT STAGE.
AND WE'RE NOT WILLING
TO LOOK FOOLISH
TO EVERYONE ELSE SO WE WON'T
TAKE THE RISK OF FAITH
IT REQUIRES TO GIVE BIRTH
TO THE DREAM THAT GOD HAS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH
THE ISRAELITES LOOKED
AS THEY MARCHED AROUND
THE WALLS OF JERICHO?
TOGA, SANDALS, A LITTLE SHOFAR
-- NO A.K.47s,
NO MISSILES, NO NOTHING.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"WALKING AROUND...
YEAH, YEAH.
SIX DAYS, SIX TIMES...
YEP, YEP.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHOUT,
AND THOSE 30-FOOT
IMPENETRABLE WALLS, YEP,
THEY'RE GOING TO COME DOWN."
BECAUSE THAT'S NORMALLY
THE BATTLE PLANS GOD GIVES US;
THEY'RE LIKE RIDICULOUS.
AND SO HOW FOOLISH WE LOOK.
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW FOOLISH DAVID LOOKED,
A LITTLE STICK,
A LITTLE GOLIATH,
NINE-FOOT GIANT,
FIVE LITTLE STONES, SLINGSHOT.
"WOW! KNOCK YOURSELF OUT!"
"WELL, I'M PLANNING
TO KNOCK HIM OUT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH
ESTHER LOOKED GOING TO A KING
WHEN SHE WASN'T SUMMONED?
CAN YOU IMAGINE
THOSE LEPERS WE TALKED ABOUT,
HOW FOOLISH THEY LOOKED
AS THEY SAID, "WE'RE
GOING TO GO IN TO SAMARIA."
THEY WOULD HAVE LOOKED
SO FOOLISH.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH
CALEB LOOKED AT 85?
"I'M NOT CASHING IN MY 501 K,
NO, NO! SEE, HEBRON?
THAT'S WHAT MOSES PROMISED ME.
I'M NOT GIVING UP UNTIL THEN.
I DON'T CARE
IF AN ENTIRE GENERATION DIED
IN THE WILDERNESS,
I DON'T CARE IF ANOTHER
GENERATION HAS GONE INTO
POSSESS THE PROMISED LAND.
I'M 85 AND I'M AS YOUNG NOW
AS I WAS THEN.
I WANT THAT MOUNTAIN."
NOW THAT LOOKS PRETTY FOOLISH
BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD
IS SAYING, "LET'S RETIRE."
WE DIDN'T COME TO EARTH
TO RETIRE; IN CASE YOU'RE
WONDERING ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE SCREEN, THIS IS NOT
YOUR RETIREMENT PROGRAM,
THAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN.
THIS IS WHERE WE COME
TO HELP EVERYONE
THAT DOESN'T KNOW JESUS HERE
COME TO HEAVEN WITH US;
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
WE DIDN'T COME TO EARTH
TO RETIRE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW FOOLISH THE WISE MEN
LOOKED ON THE CAMELS?
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?"
"A LITTLE STAR,
THERE'S A MESSIAH. AWESOME!"
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW FOOLISH PETER LOOKED
STEPPING OUT OF THE BOAT?
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH
THE WOMAN WITH THE
ISSUE OF BLOOD LOOKED
AS SHE REACHED AND GRABBED
THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT?
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH
PAUL AND SILAS LOOKED
IN PRISON AND THEY'RE
SINGING SHOUT TO THE LORD?
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH
THE LITTLE BOY'S LUNCH LOOKED
IN LIGHT OF 15,000 PEOPLE
THAT NEEDED TO BE FED!
CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOW FOOLISH MARY LOOKED
WHEN SHE TURNED UP
TO A GIRLFRIEND'S AND SAID,
"IT WAS AN ANGEL."
[Laughter]
"HEY JOE, I KNOW
WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE
AND YOU KNOW
WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE,
BUT IT WAS AN ANGEL."
ANYWAY... AND SO,
JESUS CHRIST CERTAINLY
LOOKED FOOLISH
TO A GENERATION
HANGING ON A CROSS,
MOCKED AND RIDICULED
AND SCORNED.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE
WILLING TO BE FOOLISH?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE
A RISK AND LOOK FOOLISH?
WELL, NOAH WAS SAVED
FROM THE FLOOD.
AND MOSES DID SEE
THE RED SEA PART.
AND SARAH DID GIVE BIRTH
TO ISAAC.
AND THE ISRAELITES
SAW THE WALLS OF JERICHO FALL.
AND DAVID DID BEHEAD GOLIATH.
AND ESTHER DID STOP
A JEWISH GENOCIDE.
AND THE LEPERS DID SEE
THE ASSYRIAN ARMY FLEE.
AND CALEB DID GET HEBRON.
AND THE WISE MEN
DID SEE THE MESSIAH.
AND PETER DID WALK ON WATER.
AND THE WOMAN
WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD
WAS HEALED.
AND PAUL AND SILAS
WERE FREED FROM PRISON.
AND THE LITTLE BOY'S LUNCH
FED 5,000.
AND MARY DID GIVE BIRTH
TO JESUS AND JESUS CHRIST
GOT OFF THAT CROSS AND
HE DEFEATED HELL AND DEATH
AND HE GAVE US THE LIFE
BEYOND OUR PAST.
I'M TELLING YOU!
THERE IS A LOT OF POWER
IN DARING TO LOOK FOOLISH.
I REFUSE TO ALLOW MY PAST
TO LIMIT MY FUTURE.
AND AS FOOLISH AS
I MIGHT LOOK TO THIS WORLD,
THEN I AM WILLING TO TAKE
A RISK OF FAITH TO SPEND
ALL OF THIS THING CALLED LIFE.
I DON'T WANT TO COME
TO THE END OF MY LIFE
AND DISCOVER
THAT I NEVER LIVED.
I DON'T WANT TO COME
TO THE END OF MY LIFE
AND STAND BEFORE JESUS
AND SAY, "WELL, I WAS ABUSED
AND I WAS HURT.
THAT'S WHY I NEVER DID WHAT
YOU PUT ME ON EARTH TO DO.
DURING MY VAPOR,
I ALLOWED ONE THING
TO STOP ME
FROM DOING EVERYTHING."
I WAS ABUSED FOR 12 YEARS,
BUT YOU KNOW,
AS I'M TALKING TO YOU TODAY,
AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS
ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE SCREEN,
THE TRUTH IS,
I HAVE NOT BEEN ABUSED...
WELL, I'M 47 NOW,
I WAS ABUSED FOR 12 YEARS.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABUSED
FOR 35 YEARS.
SO WHY WILL I ALLOW 12 YEARS
TO DICTATE MY ENTIRE LIFE
WHEN I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T
BEEN ABUSED FOR A WHOLE
LOT LONGER THAN I WAS ABUSED?
SOME OF YOU HAVE GOT STUCK
IN A MOMENT, A DIVORCE,
A PAIN, AN ABUSE,
A MOMENT IN TIME,
A TEACHER THAT SAID
YOU'RE DUMB, A TEACHER
THAT SAID YOU'RE STUPID,
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
TO YOU, AND THAT THING
WAS A SEASON OF YOUR LIFE
AND YOU'VE ALLOWED A SEASON
TO DEFINE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE
RATHER THAN UNDERSTANDING
THAT YOU KNOW WHAT?
JESUS CHRIST CAME
TO REDEEM ME FROM THAT PAIN
AND THAT BROKENNESS.
HE TOOK MY ABUSE,
HE TOOK MY SHAME,
HE TOOK MY GUILT,
HE TOOK MY PAIN
AND HE DIED ON A CROSS
FOR ALL OF THAT.
AND HERE'S THE KICKER!
HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD
SO THAT I CAN HAVE
RESURRECTION LIFE.
THAT SAME SPIRIT
THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST
FROM THE DEAD
LIVES ON THE INSIDE OF YOU
AND IT LIVES
ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
THAT SAME HOLY SPIRIT
EMPOWERS US TO MOVE
BEYOND OUR PAST INTO
THE FUTURE AND THE DESTINY
THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS FOR US,
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US LADIES
-- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.
MY LITTLE GIRL IS OBSESSED
WITH FLASHLIGHTS,
MY LITTLE SOFIA -- OBSESSED.
SHE ACTUALLY LOVES
LITTLE BARBIE FLASHLIGHTS.
I WAS PREACHING SOMEWHERE
AND THEN IT WAS ABOUT --
IT WAS VERY LATE AT NIGHT
AND THE ONLY PLACE
I COULD GET HER A FLASHLIGHT
WAS FROM WAL-MART.
AND US AUSTRALIANS,
WE LOVE WAL-MART.
IT IS LIKE
A TOURIST ATTRACTION.
WE GET OUR PHONES OUT
AND WE TWITTER TO THE WORLD,
"I'M IN WAL-MART"
AND ALL THE AMERICANS
ARE LIKE, "SO WHAT?"
AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
IS LIKE, "AWESOME!
TAKE PICTURES!"
AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S
THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD
THAT YOU CAN GO
3:00 IN THE MORNING
AND BUY BREAKFAST CEREAL
AND UNDERWEAR AND A GUN.
IT'S FANTASTIC!
IT'S ALL THERE!
AND SO MY LITTLE GIRL
WANTED A BARBIE FLASHLIGHT.
AND SHE ACTUALLY --
YOU KNOW BACK THEN,
IF I SAID TO HER, "SOPHIA,
IS JESUS IN YOUR HEART?"
SHE WOULD SAY, "NO, MOMMY.
DADDY SAID WE ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO HAVE BOYS.
SO BARBIE IS IN MY HEART
AND JESUS IS IN MY TUMMY."
SO WE WORKED ON THAT
THEOLOGICALLY BUT SHE
WANTED A BARBIE FLASHLIGHT.
SO I BOUGHT HER
A LITTLE FLASHLIGHT,
PUT THE BATTERIES IN
AND THEN I TURNED
TO THE CASHIER
SO THAT I COULD PAY FOR IT.
AND THEN MY LITTLE GIRL
WHO AT THE TIME WAS THREE,
SHE YELLS OUT TO ME.
SHE IS TURNING ON
THE FLASHLIGHT,
AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN
IN A WAL-MART,
YOU KNOW WITH ALL
THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING
YOU CAN'T SEE THE FLASHLIGHT
ONCE YOU TURN
THE FLASHLIGHT ON.
SO SHE TURNS IT ON --
SHE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T SEE
THE LIGHT SO SHE YELLS AT ME.
SHE GOES,
"MUMMY! CAN WE PLEASE
GO AND FIND SOME DARKNESS?"
AND WHEN SHE SAID
THAT I TURNED AROUND
AND I THOUGHT,
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES!
IF I PUT SOFIA IN A ROOM
AND LOCKED THAT BASEMENT
WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS
YOU WOULD HEAR THAT KID
FROM AUSTRALIA TO AMERICA.
BUT IF I GIVE THAT KID
A TINY BARBIE FLASHLIGHT,
THEN SHE NOT ONLY SHUTS
THAT BASEMENT DOOR,
SHE GOES AS DEEP AS SHE CAN,
LOOKING AS DEEP AS SHE CAN
FOR THE MOST DARKNESS
THAT SHE CAN BECAUSE
SHE KNOWS THAT DARKNESS
CANNOT TOUCH HER WHILE SHE
HAS THE LIGHT IN HER HAND.
IT IS NOT THE MAGNITUDE
OF THE DARKNESS AROUND HER
BUT THE POWER OF THE LIGHT
WITHIN HER HAND
THAT DISPELS THAT DARKNESS.
AND JESUS SAYS,
"YOU HAVE GOT THE SAME SPIRIT
THAT RAISED ME FROM THE DEAD
THAT LIVES
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
NOW TAKE THAT LIGHT,
DON'T LIVE SAFE.
GO OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE,
MOVE PAST YOUR PAST
AND STEP INTO A DARK
AND A DYING WORLD
AND ILLUMINATE THE DARKNESS
WITH THE LIGHT AND THE LIFE
AND THE HOPE
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST."
IN JESUS' NAME.
IN JESUS' NAME!
♪
James: NOW CHRISTINE,
I'VE TOLD THAT STORY
SO MANY TIMES.
BETTY, DON'T YOU LOVE IT.
A LITTLE CHILD HOLDING
A LITTLE LIGHT.
LET'S GO OUTSIDE
AND FIND THE DARKNESS.
Betty: THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
IS A LIGHT TO THE DARKNESS.
James: WE'VE BEEN LEFT HERE
ON DIVINE ASSIGNMENT
AND YOU DON'T ALLOW THE LIGHT
OF HIS LOVE AND HIS LIFE
AND HIS TRUTH TO BE COVERED
BY ANY FORM OF COMFORT
OR COMPROMISE
OR JUST CONTENTMENT.
WE WERE LEFT HERE
TO PIERCE THE DARKNESS.
NO NEED IN CURSING
THE DARKNESS, TALKING ABOUT
WHAT'S WRONG IF YOU HAVEN'T
LET THE LIGHT SHINE
WHERE YOU ARE AND
HAVEN'T BEEN PRAYING
FOR THE WITNESS OF THE CHURCH
TO BE A BRIGHT LIGHT
TO THE WHOLE NATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
YOU AS OUR VIEWERS HAVE DONE
SO BEAUTIFULLY AND
SO UNDENIABLY CHRIST-LIKE
IS THAT YOU HAVE REACHED OUT
IN LOVE AND YOU HAVE
TOUCHED PEOPLE WHO FELT
NO ONE CARED,
NO ONE UNDERSTOOD.
YOU HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME
THE ANSWER TO PEOPLE'S PRAYERS
THAT WERE SO DESPERATE
THAT THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS
ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
THAT KIND OF HEART CRY
AND YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW --
I LOVE THE WAY THIS CLOSES --
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO ASK
A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION
THAT YOU CAN GIVE
THE MOST POSITIVE, POWERFUL,
APPROPRIATE ANSWER TO.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT
TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY
BECAUSE WHAT CAN HAPPEN
IS VERY, VERY EXCITING
AND VERY REAL.
Announcer: IN AFRICA,
THE RAINY SEASON
IS OFTEN
ANYTHING BUT.
THIRSTY CROPS
BEGIN TO FAIL
AND THE FIRST VICTIMS
ARE THE CHILDREN.
Announcer:
PAULINA HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE.
NOT ENOUGH FOOD
FOR A SINGLE PERSON --
MUCH LESS
HER ENTIRE FAMILY.
AND HER DESPERATION DRAWS UP
THE GRIEF OF CHILDREN LOST
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS
SHE COULD FACE IT AGAIN.
Announcer:
HER FUTURE UNKNOWN,
PAULINA FIGHTS
HOPELESSNESS
AND PERSISTS IN PRAYER
THAT A MIRACLE WILL COME.
WILL YOU BE
THAT MIRACLE TODAY?
James: BETTY, WHEN YOU SEE
THAT PRECIOUS MOTHER
AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE BITTY
MEAGER AMOUNTS OF FOOD,
AND THERE SHE IS TRYING TO
SWEEP HER LITTLE DIRT FLOOR.
I CAN PROMISE YOU IF SHE
FOUND ANY MORSEL OF FOOD
SHE WOULD COLLECT IT.
BY THE WAY, THESE PEOPLE
WHO APPEAR TO BE SO POOR,
AND THEY ARE,
THEY ACTUALLY TRY TO KEEP
THEIR MEAGER THINGS NEAT.
THOSE ARE PRECIOUS MOTHERS.
WHEN YOU HEAR HER HEART CRY
WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR HEART
AS YOU LOOK OUT
AT OUR VIEWERS AND REALIZE
WE COULD FEED THOSE CHILDREN,
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT,
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN?
Betty: WE HAVE FED MANY
OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE'VE
ASKED YOU TO HELP US WITH --
AND WE COULDN'T DO IT
WITHOUT YOUR HELP --
TO FEED THESE CHILDREN.
THE MOTHERS,
IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
LOSING FIVE CHILDREN.
WE'VE LOST ONE AND
THAT HURTS BAD ENOUGH.
SO THE HEARTACHE
OF THAT MOTHER
HAS TO BE ENORMOUS.
SHE'S GOT CHILDREN LEFT
AS YOU COULD SEE AND
SHE DOESN'T WANT THEM TO DIE
LIKE THE OTHERS HAVE DIED.
SHE JUST NEEDS FOOD FOR THEM.
SHE HAS NOWHERE TO TURN.
SHE IS DOWN TO THAT
LITTLE BIT IN THAT CAN.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
BUT WE CAN REACH OUT
IN LOVE AND HOPE
AND HELP THESE MOTHERS
THAT ARE SO DESPERATE
FOR THEIR CHILDREN,
THEY JUST NEED FOOD.
IT IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION
TO THAT.
LET'S JOIN TOGETHER AND
LET'S GET THE FOOD TO THEM
FOR HER PRECIOUS BABIES!
James: AND IT IS SOMETHING
WE'VE BEEN DOING
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS
AND SAVING MILLIONS OF LIVES.
AND SHE REFERENCED
A LITTLE BOWL OF PORRIDGE
WE HAD ALREADY GOTTEN TO HER.
SO THERE WILL BE A FEEDING
AREA SET UP RIGHT THERE
FOR THAT LITTLE BABY
THAT YOU SAW,
PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILD.
WHEN I LOOK AT THEM,
I FEEL LIKE JESUS WANTS
TO PICK THEM UP
AND I THINK WE'RE HIS ARMS
TO PICK THEM UP.
I THINK WE'RE HIS HANDS.
I THINK WE EXPRESS THE LOVE
THAT'S IN HIS HEART.
THE MISSIONARIES ARE THERE.
THEY'VE PLANTED THEIR LIVES
IN THE MIDST OF PAIN
AND SUFFERING.
BUT THEY HAVE PLANTED THEIR
LIVES THERE BECAUSE THERE
IS HOPE THAT LOVE OFFERS.
THEY HAVE THAT HOPE
IN THEIR HEART, THEIR HANDS
ARE ANXIOUS TO HELP
BUT WE'RE THE ONES
THAT GIVE THE MISSIONARIES
AND RELIEF WORKERS
THE FOOD TO DISTRIBUTE,
THE CARE THAT THEY NEED
TO SET UP THE FEEDING LINES,
THE LITTLE HEAT-RESISTANT
BOWLS THAT OUR VIEWERS SAID
WE WANT THOSE CHILDREN
TO HAVE.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO DO RIGHT NOW AND WE COME
TO YOU JUST A FEW TIMES A YEAR
TO SAY WOULD YOU HELP US
TAKE CARE OF IT, THIS TIME
400,000 LITTLE CHILDREN LIKE
THE ONE YOU JUST SAW THERE
WITH THAT PRECIOUS MOTHER?
WOULD YOU HELP US?
LET ME TELL YOU
HOW WONDERFULLY
GOD ANSWERS PRAYER.
A GROUP OF OUR FRIENDS SAID
WE SO BELIEVE IN THIS
THAT YOU TELL THE VIEWERS
THAT IF THEY'LL HELP,
WE'RE GOING TO MATCH THE GIFT
THAT THEY GIVE TO REACH
50,000 OF THOSE CHILDREN.
SO IF YOU MAKE A GIFT
WE'LL MATCH IT, WHICH MEANS
THAT $30, $50, OR $100 WHICH
FEEDS THREE, FIVE OR TEN,
WELL, YOU MAKE ONE
OF THOSE GIFTS AND SUDDENLY,
THE $30 TAKES CARE OF SIX,
AND THE $50 TAKES CARE OF 10.
IT DOUBLES EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'RE DOING.
NOW YOU'RE NOT JUST CARING
FOR TEN WITH THAT $100 GIFT
BUT 20.
$1,000 DOESN'T JUST CARE
FOR 100 BUT NOW 200 --
$1, 000 GIFT WILL DO THAT.
IT WILL MULTIPLY IT
IMMEDIATELY.
SO WOULD YOU SIMPLY
DIAL THE NUMBER THERE?
OR GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG
AND TAKE YOUR BANKCARD AND
MAKE THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN?
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR DOING THAT.
FATHER, I PRAY EVERY PERSON
THAT SAW THAT MOTHER
AND HEARD HER HEART CRY
WILL BECOME AN ANSWER
TO THE HEART CRY OF HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF MOTHERS
IN BEHALF OF THEIR
PRECIOUS CHILDREN;
IN JESUS' NAME.
LIFETODAY.ORG
OR DIAL THE NUMBER,
USE YOUR BANKCARD,
WOULD YOU PLEASE,
LIKE A CHECK?
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,
MAKE IT TO LIFE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GIVING.
BUT CALL US AND TELL US
WHAT YOU'RE SENDING.
THANK YOU FROM
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU IN BEHALF
OF THOSE MOTHERS AND
THOSE CHILDREN. THANK YOU.
Announcer: IN REMOTE
AND IMPOVERISHED AREAS
OF ANGOLA, AFRICA,
FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING,
CROPS HAVE FAILED.
THERE IS NO FOOD.
AND THOSE HIT THE HARDEST
ARE THE CHILDREN.
IN RESPONSE
TO THIS CRISIS,
LIFE OUTREACH HAS RECEIVED
A 50,000 CHILDREN CHALLENGE
THAT WITH YOUR HELP
WILL FEED AND MINISTER
TO 100,000 CHILDREN
OVER THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS.
WITH PREVIOUS
FOOD RESERVES GONE
AND ANGOLA FACING
A SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE
DUE TO CROP FAILURE,
THIS CHALLENGE COULD NOT
HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME
TO HELP REPLENISH SUPPLIES
FOR THE FEEDING PROGRAMS
TOUCHING THE LIVES
OF CHILDREN
ACROSS ANGOLA,
MOZAMBIQUE, AND SUDAN.
THE 50,000
CHILDREN CHALLENGE
MEANS MORE CHILDREN
CAN BE SAVED
AND YOUR GIFT WILL
HAVE A DOUBLE-IMPACT
HELPING TO FEED
TWICE AS MANY CHILDREN.
YOUR GIFT OF $30 TO HELP
FEED THREE CHILDREN
WILL NOW BE DOUBLED
TO HELP FEED SIX CHILDREN!
GIFTS OF $50 TO HELP
FEED FIVE CHILDREN
WILL BE DOUBLED
TO HELP SAVE TEN.
AND GIFTS OF $100
FOR 10 CHILDREN
WILL BE DOUBLED TO
HELP FEED AND CARE
FOR 20
CHILDREN.
WITH A GIFT OF
$1,000 OR MORE
YOU CAN DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT
TO HELP FEED 200 CHILDREN.
AND ALSO REQUEST
THE "MAJESTY" BRONZE
SCULPTURE
FEATURING
A BEAUTIFUL BUCK
IN REGAL STANCE
REFLECTING GOD'S PRESENCE
AND MAJESTY IN ALL THE EARTH!
PLEASE CALL
THE NUMBER SEEN HERE,
WRITE LIFE, OR GO ONLINE
TODAY TO LIFETODAY.ORG
AND MAKE YOUR LIFE-SAVING, DOUBLE-IMPACT GIFT TODAY!
James: THIS IS MAJESTIC.
ACTUALLY WHEN YOU SEE WILDLIFE
IT IS A BRONZE BY GOD
THAT ARTISTS TRY TO COPY.
THEY CAN'T QUITE CAPTURE IT.
BUT IT IS MAJESTIC.
AND THIS GIFT,
THIS BEAUTIFUL BRONZE
IS SENT TO THOSE OF YOU
WHO WILL HELP US GIVE THE FOOD
NECESSARY TO CARE FOR
100 CHILDREN FOR THE NEXT
MONTHS WITH A GIFT OF $1,000.
ONLY IN THIS INSTANCE
YOU'LL BE CARING FOR 200
-- IT WILL BE DOUBLED.
WHATEVER YOU DO RIGHT NOW
HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY OF SIMPLY
DOUBLING IN ITS IMPACT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING THE LOVE OF GOD.
THANK ALL OF YOU IN THE
AUDIENCE FOR BEING WITH US.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
TO WATCH LIFE TODAY!
AND VISIT THE STREAM
EVERY DAY -- STREAM.ORG.
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>> I JUST WANT A BANNER
THAT SAYS: PRAYER WORKS!
IT ACTUALLY GETS
THINGS DONE!
Announcer: TOMORROW, BEST-
SELLING AUTHOR JOHN ELDREDGE.
>> LIFE TODAY IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORTERS OF LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL.
YOUR GIFT WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF LIFE.
THE MINISTRY FEATURES
SPECIFIC OUTREACHES
AS EXAMPLES OF THE PROGRAMS
IT SUPPORTS AND CONDUCTS.
GIFTS ARE CONSIDERED
TO BE WITHOUT RESTRICTION
AS TO USE UNLESS EXPLICITLY
STIPULATED BY THE DONOR.
THE MINISTRY IS A MEMBER
OF THE E.C.F.A.