>> THE WORLD AND THE CHURCH
ALIKE WANT TO KNOW,
CAN GOD USE THIS SUFFERING
THAT HE'S TAKEN ME THROUGH?
IS HE EVEN THERE?
WHY WOULD HE DO THIS?
Announcer: JAY FOUND HIS WIFE
KATHERINE UNCONSCIOUS
FROM A MASSIVE
BRAIN STEM STROKE.
MIRACULOUSLY SHE SURVIVED
AND NOW SHARES HER MESSAGE
HOPE HEALS.
>> YOU HAVE THIS SENSE,
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR HOPE
HAS HEALED YOUR SOUL,
THE MOST BROKEN PLACE
THEN YOU'RE LESS ATTACHED
TO THE OUTCOMES OF
THE HERE AND NOW.
♪
Betty: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US ON LIFE TODAY!
I'M BETTY AND THIS IS JAMES.
James: I'M TELLING YOU WHAT.
WE KNOW HEARTACHE.
I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW,
A LOT OF TIMES YOU LOOK AT US,
"Y'ALL ARE JUST SO HAPPY.
EVERYTHING IS JUST PERFECT."
WELL, SHE LIVES WITH ME
SO EVERYTHING IS NOT PERFECT.
BUT I'M A FATHERLESS KID,
GREW UP WITHOUT A HOME,
AND HAD A LOT OF HURT.
WE LOST A CHILD.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HEARTACHE
AND WE FACE SOME CHALLENGES.
WE SPEND OUR LIFE TRYING
TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF PEOPLE
LIKE YOU AND MANY WHO WATCH,
AND THE HURTING
AROUND THE WORLD AND
WE FIND GREAT JOY
IN BECOMING A COMFORT
AND A SOURCE OF HELP.
THIS YOUNG LADY
AND HER HUSBAND, ABSOLUTELY,
THE TWO OF THEM,
TWO EXPRESSIONS OF MIRACLE
POWER AS CLEARLY AS ANYTHING
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY MORE
THAN 50 YEARS OF MINISTRY.
THE NAME OF THEIR BOOK
IS CALLED HOPE HEALS:
A TRUE STORY OF OVERWHELMING
LOSS AND AN OVERCOMING LOVE,
KATHERINE AND JAY WOLF.
WE HAD THEM
JUST OVER A YEAR AGO.
SHE WAS NOT TOO FAR FROM
HAVING A CHILD THAT
SOME WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE.
SHE DID AND BABY IS WELL.
AND SHE'S BACK.
WOULD YOU WELCOME BACK
TO LIFE TODAY
KATHERINE AND JAY WOLF?
PLEASE, WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU.
Katherine: THANK YOU!
WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE.
James: WE REALLY LIKE Y'ALL.
Katherine: WE REALLY
LIKE Y'ALL!
James: ANY TIME YOU'RE
COMING THROUGH THE AREA,
SAVE US A LITTLE AIRLINE FARE
OR SOMETHING, BUT YOU KNOW
YOU'RE COMING THIS WAY,
CALL BRUCE AND SAY, "HEY,
WE'RE COMING BACK THROUGH."
AND WE'LL BRING YOU IN
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE YOU'LL
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.
Katherine: OKAY! LET'S DO!
James: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW'S THE BABY?
Katherine: WELL,
HE'S DOING GREAT.
WE HAD A BABY ALMOST NINE
MONTHS AGO.
JOHN NESTOR WOLF,
OUR MIRACLE BABY NAMED FOR
MY NEURO-SURGEON,
NESTOR GONZALEZ WHO SAVED
MY LIFE EIGHT YEARS AGO.
James: BY THE WAY,
SHE TALKS LOUD.
SHE HAD A STROKE
AND SO SHE HAS TO.
SHE HAS TO TO PROJECT,
IS HOW SHE DOES IT.
SO SHE'S NOT TRYING
TO BE A LOUD BLONDE.
[Laughter]
THIS GIRL IS SO FULL OF GOD
BUT THIS IS HOW SHE PROJECTS.
NOW ME, I'M JUST --
YOU KNOW ME.
Betty: YOU'RE JUST LOUD.
[Laughter]
James: IT'S REALLY THE TRUTH.
Katherine: YOU ARE RIGHT.
I USED TO REALLY WANT TO BE
VERY GENTLE AND SOFT-SPOKEN,
HAVE A QUIET SWEET SPIRIT.
I JUST REALIZED NO, THE LORD
CAN USE MY BOLDNESS,
MY LOUDNESS.
HE'S NOT ONLY IN IT
FOR THIS KIND OF GAL.
HE MADE US ALL AND IT CAN
ALL BE CHANNELED FOR JESUS
REGARDLESS OF WHAT FLAVOR.
[Laughter]
James: YOU HAD QUITE
A SET BACK;
WAS IT EIGHT YEARS AGO?
WHAT HAPPENED?
Katherine: ALMOST EIGHT.
RIGHT JAY?
Jay: YOU TELL IT.
James: HE SAID TO US,
"I WANT HER SHARING."
BY THE WAY, GET A CLOSE-UP
OF JAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT THE GLORY OF GOD
IS ON THIS GUY.
Katherine: I AGREE!
James: AND REALLY IT IS.
IT IS THE COUNTENANCE
OF CHRIST. IT REALLY IS.
I'VE TOLD BEN CARSON,
"BEN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRAY
FOR THAT GENTLE KIND SWEET
CALM SPIRIT ALL THE TIME."
I CAN HONESTLY SAY WHEN
I LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE YOU
I SAY, "LORD, I JUST WANT --
I WANT THAT!"
SO YOUR LOVE FOR HER,
YOUR UNSHAKABLE SUPPORT IS
JUST INCREDIBLE INSPIRATION.
YOU SAID YOU WANTED HER
TO TALK.
WHAT HAPPENED EIGHT YEARS AGO?
Katherine: ALMOST EIGHT
YEARS AGO, IT WILL BE EIGHT
IN A WHILE.
AND I HAD A MASSIVE
BRAIN STEM STROKE BASICALLY,
OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE NOWHERE.
I WAS 26 YEARS OLD,
PERFECTLY HEALTHY.
DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A GENERAL
DOCTOR AND FELT FUNNY,
COLLAPSED; ENDED UP HAVING
A MASSIVE BRAIN STEM STROKE,
NEARLY DYING.
AND THEN HAD 16 HOURS
OF MICRO BRAIN SURGERY
TO SURVIVE; THEN SPENT
40 DAYS IN I.C.U.;
ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MONTHS
IN A DIFFERENT PART OF
THE HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER
TWO YEARS IN REHAB HOSPITALS.
ALL TOTAL, IT WAS OVER
A TWO AND A HALF YEAR ORDEAL
BEFORE I WAS ABLE
TO MOVE HOME AGAIN.
DURING THAT SAME TIME
MY BABY, WHO WAS SIX MONTHS
OLD WHEN I HAD THIS STROKE
WAS GROWING AND BECAME
A TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD
BY THE TIME I BECAME
FULLY ABLE TO REENGAGE HIM.
James: HOW LONG BEFORE
YOU COULD TALK?
Katherine: BEFORE
I COULD TALK?
-- ALMOST SIX MONTHS REALLY.
AND BEFORE I COULD EAT AGAIN
11 MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS
-- BUT WHO IS COUNTING?
[Laughter]
James: AND YOU HAD
BIRTHDAY CAKE TONIGHT.
YOU JUST SAID, "I HAVE
TO EAT LITTLE BITTY PIECES."
Katherine: THAT'S RIGHT!
EXACTLY.
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT.
CELEBRATED A BIRTHDAY,
I'M 34 AND I'M ABLE
TO EAT BIRTHDAY CAKE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY DON'T WAIT
TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE
AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL
ENJOY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT
THAT GOD'S GIVEN TO YOU
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PROMISED
ANOTHER MINUTE.
SO MIGHT AS WELL EAT
THE GOOD STUFF FIRST,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU EVER
GO WITHOUT IT FOR ANY PERIOD
OF TIME AT ALL.
[Laughter]
SKIP RIGHT TO THE SUGAR!
James: KATHERINE,
YOU'RE JUST A JOY.
THAT'S WHY I WANT YOU TO TALK.
THAT'S WHY HE'S SO HAPPY.
Jay: THAT'S RIGHT!
I JUST LISTEN.
James: YOU'RE LIVING
WITH A MIRACLE!
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU FEEL?
Jay: ABSOLUTELY!
I THINK WE ALL LIVE OUT
LIKE IT SAYS IN CORINTHIANS
THE DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION
OF CHRIST IN OUR BODIES
AND YET, LITERALLY,
I'M LIVING OUT THIS PICTURE
OF NEW LIFE EVERY DAY.
IT GIVES YOU JOY.
IT'S PROFOUND.
IT'S A MESS TOO.
IT'S NOT ONE NOTE,
THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
James: A LOT OF GUYS WOULD
SAY, "THIS IS TOO BIG
OF A CHALLENGE."
NOTHING IN YOU LEAVING
THAT I SEE, JAY.
IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WHAT I SEE IS THAT YOU NOT
ONLY LOVE THIS GIRL
YOU LOVE THE LORD THAT
MANIFESTS THROUGH HER,
BUT YOU JUST LOVE THE LORD.
THE LOVE OF THE LORD
IS IN YOU, WHICH IS THE KIND
OF LOVE THAT IS LONG SUFFERING
AND THAT ENDURES
AND THAT NEVER LEAVES.
IT'S JUST THERE.
IT'S ALL OVER YOU.
DO YOU SEE IT IN HIM
LIKE WE DO?
Katherine: ABSOLUTELY!
AND IT IS SO CLEAR
IN SO MANY SCRIPTURES.
SECOND CORINTHIANS FOUR
THAT TALKS ABOUT
"WE ARE HARD PRESSED
ON ALL SIDES BUT NOT CRUSHED,
PERPLEXED BUT NOT IN DESPAIR,
PERSECUTED BUT NOT ABANDONED,
STRUCK DOWN BUT
NOT DESTROYED."
THEN IT GOES ON AS
HE'S REFERENCING TO SAY
THAT "WE ALWAYS CARRY IN
OUR BODIES THE DEATH OF JESUS
SO THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS
MIGHT BE REVEALED
IN OUR BODIES."
I LOVE THAT PASSAGE THAT
THIS PICTURE OF WHAT
WE ARE MANIFESTING AND
LIVING OUT EVERY DAY,
THAT ACTUALLY WE'RE ALL
LIVING OUT ON THE INSIDE
OF OUR BODIES --
ALL THE BROKENNESS AND
THESE ISSUES IS A PICTURE
OF THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE IN JESUS
THAT IS BROKEN DOWN
BUT NOT EVER DESTROYED.
Betty: AND THAT IS THE HOPE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN
HOPE HEALS.
James: WHEN YOU SAY HOPE HEALS
TELL US WHAT YOU WANT US
TO GET OUT OF THAT.
Katherine: I SHOULD LET YOU
TELL IT AND I'LL TELL TOO.
Jay: I THINK, WE ALL
HAVE WOUNDS.
A LOT OF OURS ARE
ON THE OUTSIDE.
WE HAVE PLENTY ON THE
INSIDE TOO BUT WE ALL SHARE
THAT WOUNDEDNESS IN OUR LIVES
AND SO THE QUESTION BECOMES
HOW CAN WE GET HEALED?
I THINK THAT QUESTION
REVERBERATED SO PERSONALLY
IN OUR LIVES.
WE JUST REALIZE IT WAS
A MESSAGE WE ALL LONG FOR.
THE WORLD AND THE CHURCH ALIKE
WANT TO KNOW CAN GOD USE
THIS SUFFERING THAT
HE'S TAKEN ME THROUGH?
IS HE EVEN THERE?
WHY WOULD HE DO THIS?
ALL THESE QUESTIONS RESOUND
WHEN WE GO THROUGH
PAINFUL THINGS IN OUR LIFE.
GOD CALLS US INTO
REDEFINING EVERYTHING
IN OUR LIFE, REDEFINING IT
IN A PERSON, AND THAT PERSON
IS JESUS CHRIST.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOPE
HEALING WE'RE NOT TALKING
ABOUT HUMAN SPIRIT,
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
THIS RESILIENCE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOPE
THAT WE'RE ANCHORED IN.
JESUS HAS GONE BEFORE US
BEYOND THE VEIL.
WE ARE ANCHORED IN THE FUTURE
THAT HAS NOT YET HAPPENED.
SO WE SEE THESE STORMS
AROUND US AND YET WE CAN
HAVE THIS PEACE THAT'S
TRANSCENDENT BECAUSE
WE ARE FOUNDED,
WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THAT IS HOPE THAT REALLY
ALLOWS US TO TAKE THAT
NEXT STEP OF REALLY HEALING,
OF BEING AWARE OF OUR LOSSES
AND WOUNDS AND GRIEVING THOSE
BUT KNOWING THAT THOSE ARE NOT
THE END OF OUR STORY.
Katherine: WHAT IS SO POWERFUL
ABOUT THIS NOTION OF HOPE
HEALING YOU IS THERE IS
SO MUCH LESS ATTACHMENT
TO THE HERE AND NOW
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
MY PERSONAL MYOPIC VIEW OF
"THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER,
THIS IS THE WORST THING EVER."
YOU HAVE THIS SENSE
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR HOPE
HAS HEALED YOUR SOUL,
THE MOST BROKEN PLACE,
THEN YOU'RE LESS ATTACHED
TO THE OUTCOMES
OF THE HERE AND NOW.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK
AT YOUR SITUATION AND SAY,
"MY SOUL IS HEALED.
JESUS HAS HEALED MY SOUL."
SO I MAY NOT GET MY PHYSICAL
HEALING ON EARTH
AND I DON'T PUT GOD IN A BOX.
I MAY BE HEALED IN 30 YEARS
OR 60 YEARS OR IN HEAVEN
ONE DAY, IT IS A LITTLE
IRRELEVANT WHEN BECAUSE
THE BROKEN THING WAS MY HEART
WHEN THIS HAPPENED
AT 26 YEARS OLD.
BUT WHAT HEALED WAS
THAT PLACE, THAT FEELING,
THAT HURT SOUL, THE NEED
OF GOD TO COME IN AND SAY,
"NO, I'M MAKING THIS OKAY.
IN FACT, MUCH BETTER THAN
JUST OKAY.
I'M MAKING THIS
LIKE YOUR CALL.
THIS IS YOUR MINISTRY.
THIS IS THE BEAUTY I'M USING.
I'M TAKING THE WORST THING
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO YOU,
KATHERINE AND JAY,
AND I'M MAKING IT BEAUTIFUL."
IT'S THE STORY OF JOSEPH
IN THE BIBLE.
WHAT SATAN INTENDS FOR EVIL,
GOD USES FOR TREMENDOUS GOOD
AND ULTIMATELY, FOR US
TO STEWARD FOR HIS GLORY.
WE HAVE THIS AMAZING
OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS
HORRIBLE THING THAT HAPPENS
AND LEVERAGE IT
FOR THE KINGDOM.
AND WHAT COULD BE BETTER
THAN THAT?
James: NOTHING!
IF EVERYBODY WOULD JUST
REALIZE THAT.
I WANT YOU TO...
LISTEN.
IF YOU WANTED THIS COUPLE
IN YOUR AREA AND I'LL JUST
GO AHEAD AND SAY IT,
MAYBE YOUR CHURCH.
BUT MAYBE YOU WOULD THINK
BEYOND EVEN JUST YOUR CHURCH
AND JUST THINK, HIS CHURCH.
AND WHAT THIS COUPLE COULD
BRING, YOU MIGHT SAY,
"I WONDER IF TWO OR THREE
OF US COULD GET TOGETHER?"
OR "MAYBE OUR AUDITORIUM
IS REALLY SUITED FOR THIS
AND WE'LL INVITE
SOME OTHER CHURCHES."
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT
THE CHURCH TO BE PART --
WE'RE PART OF THE CHURCH
IN OUR CHURCH --
AND WE WANT TO SHARE IT.
IF THEY WANTED YOU
TO COME SHARE, WOULD YOU LIKE
A ONE-TIME MEETING
OR LIKE A DAY OR AN EVENING
AND A MORNING?
WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU?
Katherine: JAMES,
WE LIKE IT ALL!
[Laughter]
HERE'S WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT
OUR STORY, OUR BOOK,
OUR MINISTRY, OUR LIVES
IS THAT WE EMBODY WHAT
THE WORLD IS SO DESPERATE FOR,
WHICH IS THE REASON TO GET
OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING
AND SAY I CAN GO ON EVEN
WHEN LIFE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
SO AN AUDITORIUM, SURE!
INTERPERSONALLY, SURE!
A COFFEE DATE -- AWESOME!
WHATEVER --
Jay: ON THE INTERNET.
WE HAVE A BIG
DIGITAL MINISTRY.
IT'S BRILLIANT!
YOU CAN REACH OUT TO PEOPLE
HURTING ACROSS THE WORLD
SO EFFORTLESSLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
James: HOW WOULD
THEY CONTACT YOU?
GIVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.
Jay: OUR WEBSITE IS:
HOPEHEALS.COM.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BOOK
COMING OUT SO WE HAVE
HOPE HEALS BOOK.
James: THIS BOOK IS OUT NOW.
LISTEN TO ME.
GO ONLINE, GET THE BOOK.
I WANT YOU TO GET IT
BECAUSE IF YOU'LL JUST
GIVE A CUP OF WATER
IN A MINUTE AND SAY,
"I WANT THE BOOK,"
WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO
IS PRAY.
SOMEBODY NEEDS HOPE TO HEAL.
THINK ABOUT SOMEBODY NOW,
"I'M GOING TO GET IT ONLINE."
OR RUN TO THE BOOKSTORE
OR USE YOUR CAR; I DON'T CARE,
JUST GET THERE.
GET THE BOOK.
MAYBE GET ONE FOR SEVERAL
PEOPLE GOD PUTS ON YOUR HEART
AND GET IT TO THEM.
THIS IS MINISTRY!
BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING
TO OFFER THAT'S BETTER THAN
WHAT BETTY AND I GOT TO OFFER.
IT'S NOT BETTER IN THE SENSE
THAT WE ALL KNOW THE LORD
BUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH,
I MEAN THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
THIS IS THE GLORY AND GRACE
OF GOD IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE
A VERY DIFFICULT,
IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION BUT
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH GOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST BEAR IT
AND GRIND IT OUT
AND KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP
AND LET THE ROUGH END DRAG.
DOESN'T THAT SOUND
LIKE A HOOT? NO!
THAT'S LIKE A LOT
OF RELIGIOUS FOLKS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIFE.
SO GET THE BOOK.
BUT THERE'S THE ADDRESS.
INVITE THEM.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.
YOU PRAY ABOUT THE SETTING
YOU PUT THEM IN.
NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME.
WHEN THEY COME, YOU ASK GOD
TO LET YOU GIVE THEM
THE BIGGEST LOVE OFFERING
THEY'VE EVER GOTTEN
IN THEIR LIFE.
NO, I'M SERIOUS WITH YOU.
I'M AS SERIOUS AS I CAN BE.
I'M DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT THAT.
Katherine: YOU'RE SO SWEET!
James: I DON'T WANT ONE CHURCH
TO HAVE THEM AND SAY, "WELL,
THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU
AT THE NEXT PLACE."
AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED
THIS IS IT.
FATHER, GET THESE PEOPLE
LISTENING TO ME RIGHT NOW.
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS
A COUPLE YOU HAVE SENT,
FILLED WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
SO LET PEOPLE WATCHING SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT
INCREDIBLE MIRACLE OF GOD
AND I'M GOING TO SPREAD IT."
IN JESUS' NAME.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
GET THE BOOK.
Katherine: JAMES,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS.
MY MENTOR/HERO IN LIFE
IS JONI EARECKSON TADA
BUT I'M SURE YOU KNOW HER.
James: SHE WAS HERE
NOT LONG AGO.
Katherine: SO JONI WROTE
THE FORWARD FOR OUR BOOK.
YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.
AND IN IT SHE TALKS ABOUT
AND WRITES IN HER FORWARD
AND ENDORSED WHAT
SHE'S GIVEN US THAT
"IF YOU SUFFER IN THIS LIFE,"
WHICH THE IMPLICATION
IS THAT'S LIKELY EVERYONE,
"YOU NOW HAVE A GUIDE."
THAT'S WHAT SHE WROTE
IN OUR BOOK!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
"THAT YOU NOW HAVE A GUIDE."
I WAS VERY STRUCK THAT THOSE
WERE WORDS FROM JONI TADA.
SHE KNOWS A LITTLE SOMETHING
ABOUT SUFFERING
AND PERSONALLY RECOMMENDING IT
TO OTHER PEOPLE.
Jay: AND SHE'S BEEN
A GUIDE TO US TOO.
Katherine: EXACTLY! IT'S --
Jay: HELP IT FORWARD,
WE CALL IT.
IN SECOND CORINTHIANS ONE,
YOU GIVE THE COMFORT
YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN.
James: WELL, DO Y'ALL LOVE
THIS COUPLE?
[Applause]
I WANT EVERYBODY UP HERE
IN THE AUDIENCE AND RIGHT HERE
IN FRONT, I WANT EVERYBODY
IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WENT
TO SCHOOL WITH HER STAND UP.
OUT HERE, COME ON, STAND UP.
EVERYBODY THAT WENT TO SCHOOL
WITH HER STAND UP OUT HERE.
NOW YOU ALL WERE
SORORITY SISTERS RIGHT?
Katherine: YEAH! GO ZETA!
James: ISN'T THIS BEAUTIFUL?
[Laughter]
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.
AREN'T Y'ALL PROUD
OF WHAT SHE'S DOING?
WOULD YOU AGAIN SAY
THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS
INCREDIBLE GIFT FOR
THE HOPE THAT HEALS?
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU
THAT I WISH YOU COULD SIT
IN THE ROOM WITH THEM.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
FAMILY ROOM, WHEN THE LORD
LED BETTY AND ME TO SIT HERE
LIKE THIS, I WAS
IN STADIUMS AND COLISEUMS,
IT'S WHERE I LIVED.
I'M STANDING THERE
IN COWBOY STADIUM OF
THE 100,000 PEOPLE IN
A GREG LAURIE CRUSADE,
WHICH WE HELPED SUPPORT
AND PROMOTE, AND I'M STANDING
THERE AND EVERYBODY SAID,
"I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE
ALWAYS UP THERE
PREACHING, JAMES."
I SAID, "LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THERE IS NOT EVEN THIS MUCH
DESIRE TO WALK RIGHT UP THERE
BECAUSE GOD CALLED ME TO
THE FAMILY ROOM TO INVITE YOU
IN THE FAMILY ROOM
AND HELP YOU GET TO KNOW
THE FATHER."
WOULD YOU ALL AGREE
YOU HAVE SEEN THE FATHER'S
LOVE IN THIS COUPLE
RIGHT HERE?
HAVE YOU SEEN
GOD THE FATHER HERE?
SEE WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO MAKE
A HERO OUT OF PEOPLE TOO OFTEN
RATHER THAN THE FATHER
THAT'S THE ONE TO BE
GLORIFIED AND HONORED.
I'VE JUST SPENT MY LIFE
LOVING, BEING A SERVANT,
AND THIS PRECIOUS GIRL
SITTING BY ME AND WE LOVE YOU.
I WANT YOU TO GET THIS BOOK.
BUT HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU TO DO.
I WANT YOU TO OFFER HOPE
THAT HEALS AND PROVIDES
THE KIND OF MIRACLE THAT'S
EVEN GREATER THAN THE ONE
YOU SAY SHE MIGHT HAVE
HOPED FOR, THE ONE SHE SPENT
-- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE MIRACLE OF LIKE
ALMOST RAISING SOMEONE
FROM DEATH OR DISEASE
TO LIFE BECAUSE HEY,
THE CURE IS PERFECT.
IT'S NOT HOPE THAT IS NOT
ATTAINABLE AND THAT BRINGS
THE VERY HOPE THAT
YOU HAD TO REALITY.
IT'S GIVING LIFE BECAUSE
THE LOVE OF GOD.
I WANT YOU TO WATCH
AND SEE IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO BE THE MIRACLE NEEDED.
Announcer:
IT IS A KNOWN FACT
THAT A PERSON CAN
SURVIVE WITHOUT FOOD
FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME
IF THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO WATER.
BUT WITHOUT WATER
A PERSON MAY NOT LIVE
MORE THAN A WEEK.
THE IRONY FOR
THESE MOTHERS IS
THEY CAN PROVIDE WATER
FOR THEIR FAMILIES
BUT IN SO DOING
HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS
OF ONE OR MORE
OF THEIR CHILDREN
TO A WATERBORNE
DISEASE.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY
DID NOT HAVE ACCESS
TO A CLEAN
WATER SOURCE.
Announcer:
WHAT A TRAGEDY
FOR MOTHERS WHO MUST
LIVE EACH DAY THINKING
WILL THIS BE THE DAY THAT
ONE OF MY OTHER CHILDREN
BECOMES SICK
AND DIES?
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DAY
COMES FAR TOO OFTEN
FOR MOTHERS IN
VILLAGES LIKE THESE
THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.
WITH YOUR HELP,
THIS YEAR
LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL
AND OUR PARTNERS
WILL REACH A MILESTONE
OF 5,000 COMPLETED WELLS.
OUR QUESTION NOW IS
CAN WE TOGETHER
PRESS FORWARD AND
PROVIDE MORE WATER WELLS
SO MOTHERS DON'T HAVE
TO LIVE IN FEAR
THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE DAY ANOTHER CHILD OF THEIRS DIES
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER.
James: WE HAVE FOCUSED
ON 15 NATIONS WHERE
THE SITUATION YOU SAW THERE
IS JUST EVIDENT,
UNDENIABLE REALITY.
WHAT YOU HEARD IN
THAT MOTHER'S PATHOS
AND HEARTACHE WAS A PRAYER,
A HEARTFELT DESIRE
THAT THIS TRAGIC OCCURRENCE
BE ENDED --
AND IT CAN BE WITH LOVE.
AND THE FACT
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US,
MANY OF YOU WHO ARE
WATCHING LIFE TODAY,
YOU AND I PRAYED THAT WE COULD
DRILL A WELL EVERY TIME
WE HAD THE EMPHASIS ON IT.
WHEN WE STARTED,
THE WELLS WERE $3600
AND THEN THE COSTS
WITH THE PETROLEUM INCREASE
AND OTHER THINGS
AROUND THE WORLD,
IT WENT UP
TO AN AVERAGE OF $4800.
IT COULD GO UP AGAIN
WITH PETROLEUM WHERE IT IS
AND THE COST OF FUEL,
IT LIKELY WON'T.
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
BUT WHEN IT WENT UP
WE WERE STILL ABLE TO DO IT.
THE THING THAT HAS BEEN
SO GRATIFYING TO US IS
THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID,
"WE MAKE IT A GOAL EVERY YEAR
TO DRILL A WELL."
AND THEN BELIEVE IT OR NOT
WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE SAY,
A FEW INDIVIDUAL CHURCHES EVEN
AND GROUPS, BUT WE'VE HAD
QUITE A FEW COUPLES
AND BUSINESS PEOPLE SAY,
"WE'RE GOING TO DRILL
A WELL A MONTH."
THAT'S ASTOUNDING!
BUT IT MEANS THAT THERE
IS SOMETHING IN YOUR HEART
THAT SAYS, "I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS."
WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE A WELL,
YOU'RE GIVING THEM WATER
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
WE TELL PEOPLE THAT $48
OF THE $4800
WILL GIVE TEN PEOPLE WATER
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE;
THAT'S HOW IT BREAKS OUT.
AND YOU GIVE $144,
30 PEOPLE WATER.
SO IF YOU GIVE A CUP OF WATER,
JESUS SAID,
YOU WON'T LOSE THE REWARD,
THE BLESSING
THAT I HAVE FOR YOU,
WHAT WOULD IT IMPLY
TO GIVE A WELL OF WATER?
WELL, I BELIEVE THAT IF
YOU'RE NOT GIVING TO GET,
YOU'RE GIVING TO GIVE
AND BLESS
THAT THE GREATEST BLESSING IS
WE JUST GAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE
ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS.
WE BECAME THE ANSWER
TO THEIR PRAYER.
WE BECAME THEIR MIRACLE!
-- THE EXPRESSION
OF GOD'S LOVE.
AND IT LASTS A LIFETIME!
IT IS THE GIFT
THAT JUST KEEPS GIVING.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RIGHT NOW
HELP US DRILL 500 MORE WELLS,
ONE WELL AT A TIME,
IN 15 NATIONS?
WE JUST HAVE
A SHORT TIMEFRAME TO DO IT.
BETTY, I KNOW
YOU'RE SITTING HERE LISTENING.
DID YOU FEEL IMPRESSED
TO ADD SOMETHING?
Betty: THE QUESTION
THAT THAT MOTHER ASKED
THERE AT THE LAST,
"WILL THIS BE THE DAY
THAT I LOSE A CHILD?
WILL TOMORROW BE THE DAY
THAT I'LL LOSE A CHILD?"
I WANT HER TO BE ABLE TO SAY,
"THIS WAS THE DAY --
THIS IS THE DAY
THAT HOPE CAME IN."
SHE WAS ASKING FOR HOPE.
I GOT HOPE FOR MY CHILDREN
BECAUSE THERE WAS
A WATER WELL DRILLED
SO THAT MY CHILD MIGHT HAVE
PURE CLEAN WATER.
James: AND THOSE CHILDREN
REJOICE WHEN IT'S THERE AS
THOUGH YOU HAD JUST OPENED UP
AN ENTERTAINMENT PARK
FOR THEM.
EVERY NOW AND THEN
THE MISSIONARIES SAY,
"OKAY, YOU CAN PLAY IN IT
A LITTLE BIT TODAY."
BUT IT IS SO PRECIOUS;
THEY DON'T LET THEM DO THAT.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN WE GO BACK TO AN AREA
WHERE WE'VE DRILLED A WELL
OR SOME OF OUR TEAM DOES,
THEY LET THEM PLAY IN IT
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO HAPPY.
AND WHEN THE WELL COMES IN
YOU'D THINK THEY'D HIT
AN OIL WELL, THEY GOT LIFE.
LISTEN. I'M ASKING YOU
TO GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG
RIGHT NOW.
I WANT YOU TO RUN
GET YOUR COMMUNICATION DEVICE,
YOUR LAPTOP, YOUR IPAD,
WHATEVER YOU USE,
LIFETODAY.ORG,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND SAY, "I'M GOING TO GIVE
THE GREATEST GIFT I CAN TODAY;
I'M GOING TO GIVE
THE GIFT OF LIFE."
WATER FOR LIFE,
AND THOSE MISSIONARIES,
ARE GOING TO TELL THEM
ABOUT THE WATER OF LIFE.
WOULD YOU DO IT RIGHT NOW?
OR YOU CAN DIAL THE NUMBER.
PEOPLE ARE CALLING THAT NUMBER
EVERY DAY FOR PRAYER.
TODAY YOU'RE
CALLING THE NUMBER
TO BE AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
SO YOU CALL THE NUMBER.
HERE'S MY BANKCARD,
USE IT LIKE A CHECK AND SAY,
"HERE'S THE GIFT
GOD'S IMPRESSING ME
AND ENABLING ME TO GIVE."
IF YOU CAN GIVE A WELL,
$4800, DO IT.
YOU GIVE PART OF A WELL,
PRAY THAT OTHERS MATCH IT.
IF IT IS $1200,
YOU NEED THREE MORE;
$2400, YOU NEED ANOTHER ONE.
PRAY GOD, MATCH THIS GIFT.
REMEMBER, MOST OF THE GIFTS
COME FROM $48 FOR TEN PEOPLE,
$144 TO REACH 30.
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO.
PLEASE RIGHT NOW
WOULD YOU BE AN ANSWER
TO THAT MOTHER'S PRAYER?
I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO BE
AND YOU'RE GOING
TO DO IT JOYFULLY.
Announcer: EVERY DAY CHILDREN
LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY
ARE FORCED TO MAKE
A DREADFUL CHOICE,
DRINK FILTHY
POLLUTED WATER
FILLED WITH
DEADLY DISEASE
OR DIE
FROM THIRST.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE
FACED WITH THIS DECISION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
THERE IS A SOLUTION.
MISSION:
WATER FOR LIFE
IS ONE OF THE MOST PROVEN
AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS
OF GOD'S LOVE
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
SUFFERING
CAN END
BECAUSE CLEAN WATER
CHANGES EVERYTHING.
WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY
YOU CAN HELP ESTABLISH
AND DRILL 500 WATER WELLS
IN REMOTE VILLAGES
IN OVER 15 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
YOUR GIFT OF $24
WILL HELP PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER
FOR FIVE PEOPLE.
A GIFT OF $48 WILL
HELP PROVIDE FOR TEN.
$72 WILL PROVIDE
FOR 15 PEOPLE.
AND $144 WILL HELP
PROVIDE FRESH WATER
FOR 30 PEOPLE
FOR A LIFETIME!
WITH YOUR GIFT
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU
PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS'
NEW BOOK, FREQUENCY.
AS YOU READ YOU'LL DISCOVER
HOW TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE,
RECEIVE DIRECTION
FOR YOUR LIFE
AND EXPERIENCE
A DEEPER CONNECTION
WITH GOD.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100
OR MORE YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
THE HEARING GOD DAILY JOURNAL AND SCRIPTURE PEN.
A WONDERFUL WAY TO RECORD
WHAT GOD IS IMPRESSING
ON YOUR HEART
AND A BEAUTIFUL KEEPSAKE
FOR YOUR DAILY PRAYER TIME.
FINALLY,
PLEASE CONSIDER
A GIFT OF $1200
TO HELP PROVIDE WATER
FOR 250 PEOPLE
OR A GIFT OF $4800
TO HELP SPONSOR
A COMPLETE WELL.
AND YOU MAY REQUEST
OUR BEAUTIFUL "MAJESTY"
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: LISTEN. WHILE WE WERE
WAITING FOR YOU TO RESPOND,
I GOT SO MOVED BECAUSE
OF THE HOPE THAT HEALS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
HEALING OUR BROKEN HEART
AND KNOWING -- BECAUSE
MERCY ME SANG THAT SONG
IN THE STADIUM WHEN WE WERE
THERE, BETTY AND I,
"WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE" --
THAT'S WHAT THEY SANG AT
OUR DAUGHTER'S FUNERAL
AND OUR DAUGHTER DOESN'T
HAVE TO IMAGINE ANYMORE.
NOW LISTEN TO ME.
DON'T MISS THE HOPE
THAT HEALS.
IT IS SO REAL, AND THE HURTS
ARE SO BIG AND SO HEAVY.
BUT IT IS THE BLESSED HOPE
OF THE REALITY OF CHRIST
NOW AND FOREVER.
FATHER, LET EVERYBODY
WATCHING GET IT.
LET THEM REACH OUT TODAY
AND SAY, "I NEED THAT HOPE
THAT HEALS."
THEN LORD, LET THEM TAKE IT
ONE STEP FURTHER AND SAY,
"I WANT TO SHARE THAT HOPE
THAT HEALS"; IN JESUS' NAME.
I WANT TO SAY AGAIN,
FOR ALL THE PRAYERS THAT
YOU'VE PRAYED FOR ME AND BETTY
AND THE APPRECIATION FOR
THE FACT THAT WE WOULD TRY
TO GO ON ENCOURAGING YOU
WHEN WE HURT,
THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE.
YOUR LOVE HEALS.
AND TO THIS BEAUTIFUL COUPLE,
I WANT ALL OF YOU HERE AGAIN
TO JOIN AND JUST PRAISE GOD
FOR KATHERINE AND JAY WOLF
AND THE FACT THAT HOPE HEALS.
WOULD YOU SAY THANKS TO GOD?
WE'LL SEND YOU THE BOOK
IF YOU HELP US
DRILL A WATER WELL,
GIVE A CUP OF WATER --
JUST ASK FOR THE BOOK.
AND THEN BE PRAYING FOR US.
VISIT STREAM.ORG EVERY DAY
FOR UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES.
MAKE IT YOUR HOME PAGE.
GOD BLESS Y'ALL!
THANK YOU!
THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING HERE!
Katherine: GOD BLESS Y'ALL!
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>> MORE THAN A VOICE,
IT IS A RELATIONSHIP;
HE WANTS TO HAVE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
Announcer: LEARNING
SOME PRACTICAL WAYS
FOR YOU TO HEAR
GOD'S VOICE.
>> 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.