Announcer:
COMING UP ON LIFE TODAY!
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR,
LISA BEVERE CHALLENGES YOU
TO FACE YOUR FEARS
AND START
LIVING YOUR DESTINY.
>> THE ENEMY
SOMEHOW KNOWS.
HE CAN SEE PATTERNS
AND HE'S LIKE,
"I'M GOING TO TRY
TO TAKE HER OUT
BEFORE SHE EVER
REALIZES WHO SHE IS."
I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH HARDSHIP
AND THEY'RE LOOKING
AT THEIR PAST
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THEIR PAST,
IT'S ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
♪
Sheila: HELLO!
WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
I'M SO GLAD YOU DECIDED TO
SIT DOWN AND TURN ON THE TV.
I PRAY THAT THIS 30 MINUTES
WILL REALLY IMPACT YOUR LIFE.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE THRILLED
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU
AT THE MOMENT
IS A BRAND NEW TEACHING SERIES
CALLED LIVING YOUR DESTINY.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT MYSELF
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT BETH MOORE,
ONE OF THE BEST BIBLE TEACHERS
THAT GOD EVER DEPOSITED
ON THE PLANET.
WE HAVE CHRISTINE CAINE,
WHO IS JUST LIKE ON FIRE
FOR JESUS AND SETS FIRES
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
AND PEOPLE GET SET FREE.
THEN SARAH JAKES ROBERTS,
BISHOP T.D. JAKES' DAUGHTER
HAS SUCH A POWERFUL STORY.
I GET TO SHARE WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO LIVE YOUR DESTINY.
AND THE FIFTH WOMAN
ON THIS TEACHING SERIES
IS MY GUEST TODAY.
I'M CRAZY ABOUT THIS WOMAN!
WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME
WELCOME LISA BEVERE?
Lisa: I LOVE YOU, SHEILA!
Sheila: I LOVE YOU!
I WAS SAYING TO MY HUSBAND
BEFORE I CAME TO THE STUDIO,
I'VE SPENT SO MANY YEARS
IN MINISTRY
WHETHER IT IS WORKING
WITH YOUTH FOR CHRIST
OR WORKING WITH THE
DR. BILLY GRAHAM ORGANIZATION,
WITH THE 700 CLUB,
OR THE 20 YEARS OF
WOMEN OF FAITH,
I HAVE NEVER IN ALL MY YEARS
MET A WOMAN
WHO IS A GREATER CHAMPION
AND ENCOURAGER OF OTHER WOMEN
THAN YOU.
Lisa: OH, THANK YOU!
Sheila: THANK YOU
FROM MY HEART
AND ALL THE OTHER WOMEN
THAT YOU'VE ENCOURAGED.
THAT'S REALLY...
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS
ALWAYS BEEN IN YOU, LISA?
Lisa: NO!
I DIDN'T EVEN LIKE WOMEN.
I HATED THEM.
WHEN MY HUSBAND PROPOSED TO ME
I WAS LIKE,
"YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING BECAUSE
I AM A WOMAN'S BRAIN..."
NO! WRONG THING!
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE NEED TO EDIT THAT.
I SAID, "I AM A MAN'S BRAIN
IN A WOMAN'S BODY."
HE WAS LIKE, "I'M NOT
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT."
I WAS LIKE, "NO,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M NOT LIKE A WOMAN.
I'M NICE."
Sheila: WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
I'M NOT LIKE A WOMAN,
I'M NICE?
Lisa: I KNOW!
SEE THAT'S HOW WRONG IT WAS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, SHEILA?
I HAD SUCH A WOUND FROM
MY MOTHER WHO TRIED SO HARD --
SHE DID SO MUCH BETTER THAN
HER MOTHER HAD DONE FOR HER
BUT I JUST FELT LIKE SUCH A --
I CAN'T CONNECT WITH WOMEN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
I DON'T KNOW
THEIR SECRET LANGUAGE.
I'M SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH GUYS.
I REMEMBER GOD TALKING TO ME
AND SAYING, "I HAVE CALLED YOU
TO MINISTER TO WOMEN."
I WAS LIKE, "NO! NO!
ANYBODY BUT WOMEN!
I'LL GO ANYWHERE.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME
GO TO WOMEN.
THEY'RE SO MEAN!"
AND HE WAS LIKE,
"YOU ARE A WOMAN!"
AND I SAID,
"I DON'T LIKE THEM."
HE SAID, "I DO!"
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY!
JESUS LIKES THEM.
I NEED TO CHANGE MY MIND."
Sheila: I ACTUALLY
TOTALLY RELATE TO THAT.
SO I WANT TO KNOW
THE JOURNEY THAT BROUGHT YOU
FROM THAT PLACE TO THE PLACE
WHERE YOU'RE IMPACTING
MORE WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD
THAN MOST WOMEN I KNOW.
LET'S GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.
YOU SHARED A PHOTOGRAPH
ON INSTAGRAM THE OTHER DAY.
AS I'M FLICKING THROUGH MY --
I'M THINKING OH,
THERE'S MY FRIEND.
AND THERE'S OH!
THERE'S LISA BEVERE'S EYE.
Lisa: YES, I DID DO THAT.
YES! IT WASN'T JUST A SELFIE
UP CLOSE ON STEROIDS.
IT WAS MY ARTIFICIAL EYE.
I HAD GONE TO AN OCULARIST
AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET
YOUR EYE REPLACED
EVERY FIVE YEARS AND I HAD
STRETCHED THAT OUT TO 15
WHERE IT WAS BECOMING
A PROBLEM.
SO I WAS SITTING THERE
AND THIS MAN
IS PAINSTAKINGLY PAINTING,
LOOKING AT MY EYES
AND TRYING TO CAPTURE
THE COLOR OF MY IRIS
AND PAINSTAKINGLY PAINTING.
I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHILE I'M SITTING HERE,
I GET SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT:
CAN YOU TAKE IT OUT?
CAN YOU SEE THROUGH IT?
IS IT GLASS?
SO I THOUGHT,
I'M JUST GOING TO WRITE
A LITTLE BIT OF THIS ANSWER.
THEN WHEN I STARTED
UNPACKING THE ANSWERS,
SHEILA, I REMEMBERED.
I REMEMBER IN THAT MOMENT
THE NAME CALLING AND
THE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL --
Sheila: SO WHEN DID YOU
LOSE YOUR EYE, LISA?
Lisa: FIVE.
I LOST MY EYE AT FIVE
TO RETINOBLASTOMA.
THEY HAD TO REMOVE IT.
ONE DAY I WAS RUNNING AROUND
THE HOUSE WITH A FLASHLIGHT,
THE NEXT DAY I WAS IN
RILEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
AND MY EYE WAS REMOVED.
THEY NORMALLY CATCH IT
ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT WEEKS
TO A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO THE FACT THAT
THEY HAD CAUGHT IT SO LATE
WAS AN EMERGENCY.
SO I JUST REMEMBER BEING
AT THE HOSPITAL
AND I KEPT SAYING,
"AM I GOING TO GET A SHOT?
AM I GOING TO GET A SHOT?"
SO I WAS IN SHOCK
WHEN THEY WERE LIKE,
"YEAH. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO TAKE OUT YOUR EYE."
I SAID,
"I'M ACTUALLY LEAVING."
I TRIED TO RUN AWAY.
MY WORLD JUST BECAME
CENTERED AROUND THAT.
PEOPLE NO LONGER SAW ME
THE SAME, FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
KIDS CAN BE CRUEL.
SO "CYCLOPS,"
"ONE EYE" --
THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
IN MY HIGH SCHOOL,
THEY WANTED TO PREPARE US
FOR OUR FUTURE
SO YOU HAD TO TAKE
EITHER SPEECH OR DEBATE
BECAUSE ARGUING AND TALKING
ARE IMPORTANT THINGS.
I THOUGHT, I CANNOT GET UP
IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND ARGUE.
I'M SO SELF-CONSCIOUS.
I'LL TRY THE SPEECH CLASS.
I HAD OVER-PREPARED.
I HAD MY LITTLE
THREE BY FIVE CARDS
AND I WAS STANDING UP THERE
AND I LOOKED DOWN
AND I TRIED TO GET MY BREATH.
I LOOK UP AND ONE OF THE BOYS
IN THE BACK ROW MOUTHS,
"CYCLOPS!"
AND I REMEMBER,
I JUST BEGAN TO SHAKE.
I BURST INTO TEARS.
I WENT RUNNING DOWN
TO THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
AND I SAID, "I CAN'T DO THIS.
I CAN'T DO THIS.
I'M HANDICAPPED.
I CAN'T DO THIS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET
A GOOD GRADE IN THIS CLASS."
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
"YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
YOU'RE RIGHT."
AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED,
SHEILA.
HIS COMPASSION
FOR MY SITUATION
IN THAT MOMENT
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED
TO TAKE SPEECH.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIVE
THAT REQUIREMENT FOR YOU."
I SAID, "NOW THERE IS
ANOTHER CLASS I'M HAVING
A REALLY HARD TIME WITH."
AND HE SAID, "WHAT'S THAT?"
I SAID, "TYPING
IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME!"
BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY YOU
HAD YOUR HANDS ON YOUR KEYS,
YOU TURNED YOUR HEAD
TO THE SIDE.
I'M LIKE, "I CAN'T EVEN
SEE MY HANDS NOW."
SO I COULDN'T GET ABOVE
25 WORDS PER MINUTE.
HE SAID, "WE'LL WAIVE TYPING
AND WE'LL WAIVE SPEECH."
I WALKED OUT
AND I THOUGHT I'M FREE!
I WILL NEVER HAVE TO GET UP
IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND SPEAK.
I WILL NEVER HAVE
TO TYPE ANOTHER PAPER.
I THINK GOD WAS LAUGHING.
HE WAS LIKE,
"OH, BABY GIRL! IT'S OKAY!
WE WON'T MAKE YOU GET UP
IN FRONT OF THOSE 20 PEOPLE."
Sheila: 20,000 PEOPLE --
Lisa: AND WE'RE
JUST GOING TO PUSH YOU
TO THE EDGE OF DIARRHEA
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
TO PUT YOU ON TELEVISION.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT
SO THAT --
Sheila: THERE'S THE TITLE
OF YOUR NEXT BOOK! YES!
Lisa: THE EDGE OF DIARRHEA;
WE'LL PUT MY EYE ON THE FRONT.
[Laughing]
BUT YEAH. SO MANY WOMEN,
SHEILA, IT WAS INTERESTING
THE RESPONSE,
THE ENGAGEMENT LEVEL
ON THAT PARTICULAR PICTURE
WAS SO HIGH BECAUSE
SO MANY WOMEN SAID,
"I DIDN'T KNOW."
OR THEY SAID,
"MY CHILD LOST HER EYE
OR HIS EYE AT EIGHT MONTHS.
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT
I CAN SEE INTO THE FUTURE
THAT THIS IS NOT GOING
TO LIMIT THEIR LIVES."
I HAD A HUSBAND WHO
WOULD NOT LET ME LIVE SMALL.
Sheila: I'VE MET THAT HUSBAND.
I LOVE THAT HUSBAND!
Lisa: YES, AND YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
HE'S LIKE A TORNADO.
I'M HAPPY HE TRAVELS
BECAUSE I CAN ONLY HANDLE HIM
IN SMALL BITS.
IT IS THE ENERGY LEVEL.
I'M LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH!"
HE'S LIKE,
"I DON'T DRINK COFFEE."
I'M LIKE, "THANK GOD!
THANK GOD
YOU DON'T DRINK COFFEE.
I HAVE TO DRINK COFFEE
TO BE WITH YOU."
Sheila: WHEN YOU MET JOHN,
THOUGH, JOHN BEVERE,
MUCH LOVED HERE IN THIS
MINISTRY, AS ARE YOU,
YOU ARE BASICALLY
JAMES' ADDITIONAL DAUGHTER.
JAMES AND BETTY ADORE YOU.
BUT WHEN YOU FIRST MET JOHN,
DID YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT
YOURSELF IMPACT YOUR FEELINGS
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
Lisa: YES.
I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE
HE WAS GETTING CHEATED.
THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE BUT NO,
THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD DO.
I REMEMBER SAYING TO HIM,
NUMBER ONE, I HAD COME FROM
A VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUND.
AND JOHN HAD KEPT HIMSELF PURE
AND JOHN HAD BEEN GODLY
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS
AND I HAD BEEN EXCELLING
IN HEATHENISM
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
NOW JOHN LED ME TO THE LORD
ON OUR FIRST DATE
SO HE WAS ALWAYS GOING
TO BE SOMEONE I ADMIRED.
BUT THE IDEA OF MARRYING HIM,
THAT WAS BEYOND MY ABILITY
TO EVEN THINK THAT I COULD BE
-- I KNOW THIS SOUNDS TERRIBLE
BUT WORTHY OF THAT;
THAT GOD WOULD GIVE ME
THAT KIND OF GIFT.
SO WHEN HE SHARED JESUS
WITH ME, I GOT BORN AGAIN.
WHEN HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM,
I WAS LIKE I DON'T KNOW
IF I CAN HAVE KIDS
BECAUSE THEY WERE SAYING THAT
I WAS 100% CARRIER ON THIS.
AND THANK GOD THAT
NONE OF MY KIDS DID GET IT
BECAUSE IT IS TRUE.
RETINOBLASTOMA IS GENETIC;
THEN THE CHANCES OF
YOUR KIDS GETTING IT IS 50%.
SO ALL FOUR OF MY BOYS --
PERFECT.
BUT YEAH, I DID FEEL
LIKE I WASN'T FEMININE.
I DID NOT WANT
TO COME ALONGSIDE HIM.
I WAS GREAT
WITH BEING BEHIND HIM
BUT I DIDN'T WANT
TO COME ALONGSIDE HIM.
AND HE WOULD SAY TO ME,
"LISA, THERE ARE YOUNG GIRLS
THAT NEED YOU TO GET UP
IN THIS YOUTH GROUP."
I'D SAY, "I'M NOT
SOME PACKAGE; BECAUSE YOU'RE
THE YOUTH PASTOR DOESN'T
MAKE ME A YOUTH PASTOR.
AND YOU'RE NOT
MAKING ME GET UP THERE."
HE SAID, "WELL,
YOU JUST NEED TO GET READY.
I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU."
I SAID, "YOU JUST NEED
TO BE READY, I'M GOING
TO WALK OUT THE BACK DOOR."
AND HE WOULD BE LIKE, "LISA!"
AND SO HE WOULD SAY,
"YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN.
YOU WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE
AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
TO BE COMFORTABLE WHEN
SO MANY PEOPLE NEED WHAT YOU
CAN GIVE THEM AS COMFORT."
I SAID, "DON'T TALK TO ME
LIKE I'M A CONGREGATION.
I'M YOUR WIFE.
I'M YOUR ONE-EYED,
HANDICAPPED WIFE.
YOU NEED
TO FEEL SORRY FOR ME."
AND HE WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT.
HE JUST KEPT SAYING, "NO."
SO HE WOULD TRICK ME
AND HAND ME THE MICROPHONE
IN FRONT OF KIDS
THAT I WAS TERRIFIED OF.
I WAS TERRIFIED
OF THE TEENAGERS
WHICH ARE KIND OF SCARY.
Sheila: YEAH, I GET THAT!
BUT WHAT HAPPENED
IN-BETWEEN THAT
AND THE "NO, NO, NO"
AND THE DYNAMIC WOMAN
THAT I SEE ON STAGE
WHO GETS UP THERE
WITH A SWORD AND WRITES,
GIRLS WITH SWORDS?
Lisa: A SWORD
MAKES ME FEEL VIOLENT.
[Laughing]
Sheila: BUT WHAT HAPPENED
IN YOU?
Lisa: WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED
TO A MAN LIKE THAT,
WHETHER YOU WANTED TO HEAR IT
OR NOT YOU HEAR IT.
I FINALLY CAME TO THE PLACE
WHERE I SAID,
"YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD?
THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME.
THIS IS ABOUT YOU.
AND THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME
BEING COMFORTABLE
OR PRETTY OR WHATEVER.
I'M GOING TO BE
A MORE LIVING TESTIMONY
OF YOUR FAITHFULNESS
THAN I EVER WOULD
IF I WAS PERFECT."
AND THE TRUTH IS
THE LONGER WE LIVE
WE KNOW THERE IS
NO PERFECT PERSON.
BUT GOD ACTUALLY, REALLY,
AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE
HE'S MEAN BUT IT'S NOT --
HE REALLY LOVES
TO MAKE US FACE WHAT WE FEAR
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT IT'S
GOING TO ACTUALLY POSITION US
TO BE FEARLESS.
SO WHEN I FINALLY
BEGAN TO GET ON THAT STAGE
AND SPEAK AND SEE WOMEN SAY,
"AH, WHEN I SAW YOU GET UP."
OR "WHEN I HEARD THAT..."
I MADE THE CONNECTION
THAT IT WASN'T ABOUT ME
BUT IT WAS WHAT GOD
COULD DO THROUGH ME.
SHEILA, I'M SO AWARE, I KNOW
THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS
BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE
THAT THE ATTACKS ON OUR LIFE,
MY LOSING AN EYE AT FIVE,
YOU LOSING YOUR FATHER,
THE ATTACKS ON OUR LIFE,
THEY'RE NOT ABOUT OUR PAST,
THEY'RE ABOUT OUR DESTINY.
THE ENEMY SOMEHOW KNOWS,
HE CAN SEE PATTERNS
AND HE'S LIKE, "I'M GOING
TO TRY TO TAKE HER OUT
BEFORE SHE EVER REALIZES
WHO SHE IS."
AND I THINK THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
THAT THEY'VE BEEN
GOING THROUGH HARDSHIP
AND THEY'RE LOOKING
AT THEIR PAST TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THEIR PAST,
IT IS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
Sheila: YOU TOLD A STORY
WHEN YOU AND I WERE
TOGETHER ONCE AND
IT WAS FROM ONE OF THOSE
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIES.
AND YOU START AND I'M, "OKAY,
I'M TRYING TO TRACK WITH THIS.
I DON'T THINK
IT IS IN HEBREWS."
ACTUALLY THE POINT YOU MAKE
IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL
AND IT'S ABOUT THAT,
ABOUT THE ENEMY MAYBE
RECOGNIZING WHO YOU ARE
BEFORE YOU DO.
Lisa: YEAH, IT'S THE MOVIE
THAT NEVER GOES AWAY --
IT'S TERMINATOR AND IT JUST
KEEPS COMING AND COMING.
YOU CAN SEE IT AT ANY POINT.
IT WILL PROBABLY COME OUT
AGAIN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
BUT BASICALLY,
THE WHOLE IDEA OF DESTINY
AND THAT THE TRUTH IS,
AS CHRISTIANS,
WE'VE BEEN MARKED
WITH THE SAME SPIRIT THAT
RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.
SO THE MOMENT WE BECOME
A CHRISTIAN WE'RE A TARGET.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT LONG BEFORE WE WERE
TARGETED WE WERE CHOSEN.
I LOVE THAT TONIGHT
IS ALL WOVEN AROUND DESTINY
FOR WOMEN;
LIVING THEIR DESTINY.
AND THE TRUTH IS, NONE OF US
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO LIVE OUR DESTINY
IF WE PRAY SMALL, SAFE PRAYERS
OR LIVE SMALL, SAFE LIVES.
I KNOW EACH OF THESE WOMEN
HAVE COME THROUGH SOMETHING
AND STRUGGLE
CAN BE STRENGTHENING.
SO YOU AND I ALWAYS LOVE
TO TALK ABOUT PRAYING
SCARY PRAYERS.
GOD JUST DROPPED INTO ME
THAT MOST CHRISTIANS
DON'T PRAY SCARY PRAYERS.
Sheila: WHAT'S A SCARY PRAYER?
Lisa: A SCARY PRAYER
IS PSALM 10.
A SCARY PRAYER IS WHEN YOU
BEGIN TO PRAY THE WORD OF GOD
AND IT IS SO OVERWHELMING
TO YOU THAT IT TAKES
YOUR BREATH AWAY.
OR MAYBE YOU BEGIN TO PRAY
LIKE... MAYBE YOU'VE
JUST BEEN PRAYING...
MAYBE THERE IS A MOM AT HOME
AND THEY'RE LIKE,
"I JUST HOPE MY KIDS
GET SAVED BEFORE THEY DIE."
AND INSTEAD,
THAT'S A SCARED PRAYER.
THAT'S NOT A SCARY PRAYER.
A SCARY PRAYER WOULD BE LIKE
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MY SON OR MY DAUGHTER
IS A DISCIPLE
TAUGHT OF THE LORD
AND GREAT IS THEIR PEACE
AND UNDISTURBED COMPOSURE.
A SCARY PRAYER RIGHT NOW,
FOR AMERICANS RIGHT NOW,
WOULD BE THAT THIS NATION,
HER DESTINY IS GREATER
THAN HER HISTORY
AND THAT WE WILL HAVE
A GREAT AND GLORIOUS RISING
AND THAT GOD WILL HEAR
FROM HEAVEN
AND HE WILL HEAL OUR LAND
BECAUSE WE'RE MEASURING
EVERYTHING BY SPHERE.
WE'RE LETTING THE CULTURE
DRIVE OUR PRAYERS
WHEN MY BIBLE SAYS
THAT GOD WATCHES OVER HIS WORD
TO PERFORM IT.
SO WHEN I BEGIN
TO PRAY GOD'S WORD,
HE WILL WATCH OVER IT.
HE DOESN'T WATCH OVER
MY WORRIES.
HE WATCHES OVER HIS WORD.
Sheila: SAY THAT AGAIN!
SAY THAT AGAIN!
Lisa: HE DOESN'T WATCH OVER
OUR WORRIES, HE DOESN'T
WATCH OVER MY WHINING,
HE WATCHES OVER HIS WORD.
SO WE NEED TO BE FLUENT PEOPLE
WHO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD
INTO DESTINIES.
WHEN YOU READ
SOME OF DAVID'S PRAYERS,
IT'S LIKE:
BREAK THEIR RIGHT ARM!
BREAK THEIR LEFT ARM!
SEARCH AND DESTROY
EVERY SIGN OF WICKEDNESS!
GOD'S RULE WINS.
I'M LIKE,
"WHOA! CAN I PRAY THAT?"
OKAY, I'M GOING TO PRAY
THE SCARY PRAYER.
I'M GOING TO PRAY,
"BREAK THEIR ARMS."
I'M NOT GOING
TO BREAK THEIR ARMS
BUT GOD KNOWS HOW TO SEARCH
AND HE NEEDS US TO FIND OUT --
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE PRAYERS
I'VE BEEN PRAYING RECENTLY
THAT'S BEEN SCARY IS
WE ALL HAVE BEEN PRAYING
FOR THE NOONTIME PRAYER
FOR WHAT'S GOING ON
IN OUR WORLD.
Sheila: MIDDAY, BABY --
MIDDAY!
Lisa: MIDDAY BABY!
I WAS PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE CAPTIVE
AND PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER THE
BONDAGE OF THEOLOGY OF RAPE
AND ALL OF THE OTHER CRUELTIES
THAT WE'RE SEEING
IN OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW.
I HAD THE LORD CHALLENGE ME
BECAUSE I WAS PRAYING
PSALM 10.
I HAD THE LORD CHALLENGE ME
AND HE SAID, "I WANT YOU
TO START TO PRAY
THAT THERE WOULD BE A REVIVAL
AMONG ISLAM.
I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO PRAY
THE WAY I'VE TOLD YOU TO PRAY,
THAT YOU BLESS THOSE
WHO CURSE YOU.
YOU DO GOOD TO THOSE.
I WANT YOU TO PRAY,"
BECAUSE HE SAID,
"IF YOU'RE NOT PRAYING
FOR THEM, WHO IS GOING
TO PRAY FOR THEM, LISA?"
SO I HAVE BEEN PRAYING
THAT JESUS, THE MAN IN WHITE
IS GOING TO APPEAR TO THEM,
TO NOT ONLY THE CAPTIVES
BUT THE CAPTORS BECAUSE
WE KNOW THEY'RE
JUST AS MUCH IN BONDAGE.
THAT THERE WILL BE A REVIVAL,
THAT THERE WILL BE AN OPENING,
THAT THE GOSPEL WILL GO
INTO PLACES WHERE NONE OF US
WILL EVER GO AND THEY
WILL SEARCH AND DESTROY
EVERY SIGN OF WICKEDNESS.
Sheila: THAT'S POWERFUL!
THAT IS POWERFUL! YEAH! WOW!
MY SON CHRISTIAN WENT
TO PASSION THIS PAST YEAR
AND WE GOT TO WATCH
SOME OF IT ONLINE.
JOHN PIPER GIVES SUCH
A POWERFUL MESSAGE.
HE SAID, "IT IS NOT YOUR JOB
TO STAY ALIVE,
IT IS YOUR JOB TO STAY IN LOVE
WITH CHRIST.
AND WHEN YOU'RE
IN LOVE WITH CHRIST
IT CHANGES EVERYTHING."
DO YOU TALK ABOUT THIS
IN OUR NEW SERIES?
Lisa: I DO!
WE UNPACK THE ENTIRE VERSION
OF THE TERMINATOR,
AND THE WHOLE DESTINY
AND FACING YOUR FEARS.
I'M THE NAUGHTY VERSION
OF THAT.
THAT'S MY PORTION,
THE ONE FIFTH.
Sheila: NO! NO, NO!
I'VE HEARD THE STORY
AND TRUST ME,
IT IS WORTH GETTING THIS
JUST TO HEAR
WHAT LISA HAS TO SAY.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES
YOU START TO LISTEN TO
AND YOU'RE LIKE WHERE ON EARTH
ARE YOU GOING?
AND THEN WHAM!
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
I HEARD YOU SHARE THIS,
I LITERALLY HAD TO
GET OUT OF THE BUILDING
AND SIT DOWN AND SAY,
"LORD, WHAT WAS THAT?"
BECAUSE IT WAS SO IMPACTFUL
AND IT MAKES YOU
WANT TO RISE UP.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
WHEN YOU HEAR THE TRUTH,
YOU WANT TO RISE UP.
Lisa: WELL, AND PEOPLE DO
NEED TO LIVE THEIR DESTINY
BECAUSE IT ISN'T ABOUT THEM,
IT IS ABOUT ALL OF US
AND IT'S ABOUT THEIR LEGACY.
IT IS WHAT WE WERE SAYING,
THE ATTACKS ARE NOT
ABOUT OUR HISTORY,
THEY'RE ABOUT OUR DESTINY.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO GET
A LITTLE BIT OF AN ATTITUDE.
IF THEY'RE GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING, SAY, "WHAT IS
SO FRIGHTENING ABOUT ME
THAT THE ENEMY HAS LAUNCHED
A FULL SCALE ONSLAUGHT?"
AND I LOVE THAT LIFE TODAY
BELIEVES IN WOMEN
AND THEY'RE ENCOURAGING WOMEN
TO LIVE THEIR DESTINY
BECAUSE GOD IS ALWAYS
CREATED US TO DO THAT
ALONGSIDE THE MEN.
Sheila: I THINK
IT IS INTERESTING
THAT THE ENEMY EARLY ON
TRIED TO TAKE YOU OUT
SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T
STAND ON A PLATFORM.
SO YOU WOULDN'T WRITE.
NOW YOU STAND ON PLATFORMS
LITERALLY AROUND THE WORLD
AND YOU AND JOHN WRITE
PROLIFICALLY.
I ALSO THINK IT IS INTERESTING
THAT ONE OF OUR OTHER TEACHERS
ON THIS SERIES
IS CHRISTINE CAINE
AND YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR
SHE HAD THE ATTACK
ON THROAT CANCER.
Lisa: IT'S SO OBVIOUS --
HER VOICE!
Sheila: I REMEMBER TALKING
TO NICK AFTER CHRISTINE
WAS STARTING TO RECOVER.
HE SAID, "YOU KNOW
THE ENEMY REALLY BLEW IT.
IF HE WAS GOING TO MESS
WITH CHRISTINE HE SHOULD
HAVE JUST KILLED HER.
NOW HE'S JUST MADE HER ANGRY."
[Laughter]
Lisa: YEAH! YOU DON'T MAKE
GREEKS OR SICILIANS ANGRY.
YOU DON'T DO THAT!
Sheila: SO YEAH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE
A REALLY POWERFUL SERIES.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS
TO YOU FOR ANY GIFT
THAT YOU SEND US
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
WHERE WHEN WE RISE UP
AND WE BECOME STRONG
IN WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST,
WE REALIZE THAT THERE IS
A WORLD OUT THERE
AND IT'S ON OUR WATCH AND THAT
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WATCH THIS WITH ME. WILL YOU?
[Weeping]
Jeanne:
THIS LITTLE GIRL,
SHE IS
SO THIN.
BUT SHE IS
SO DEHYDRATED,
HER EYES ROLL UP
IN THE TOP OF HER HEAD.
I KNOW THIS BREAKS
THE MOMMA'S HEART
TO SEE HER LITTLE GIRL
GET LIKE THIS.
[Crying]
MALNUTRITION
IS SO CRUEL
TO THESE
LITTLE CHILDREN.
THIS MOMMA
NEEDS OUR HELP.
I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE
PRAYING FOR HER.
I'VE BEEN SAYING
JESUS' NAME --
IT'S A POWERFUL
NAME OVER HER.
BUT HE WANTS US
TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
I KNOW THAT I'M JUST IN ONE CLINIC -- ONE LITTLE CLINIC
AND THERE ARE SO MANY
THOUSANDS LIKE THIS
THAT NEED
OUR HELP.
LORD, HELP US!
LORD, HELP US!
WE NEED TO SAVE
THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES.
Sheila: THAT SHOULD
NEVER HAPPEN.
IN THIS DAY AND AGE
WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE,
WITH ALL THE RESOURCES
WE HAVE?
NO MOTHER SHOULD EVER
HAVE TO SIT WITH HER BABY
SITTING IN HER LAP
WHOSE EYES ARE ROLLED BACK
SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEY'RE SO DEHYDRATED.
THAT WAS OUR DARLING
JEANNE ROGERS IN THERE.
JEANNE AND I ARE GOING BACK
TO ANGOLA SOON.
BUT THE THING IS,
IF WE DO SOMETHING NOW
THE CHILDREN THAT WE HELP
ARE NOT GOING TO GET
TO THAT STAGE.
SEE WE'RE GOING TO MINISTER
TO THOSE CHILDREN
THAT ARE ALREADY THERE,
THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL
THAT ARE DESPERATE
AND WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE THEM FOOD
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THEY GET PROPER HYDRATION SO
THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO RECOVER.
BUT THE OTHER THING
THAT WE WANT TO DO IS
THIS YEAR IS WE WANT
TO FEED 400,000 CHILDREN
AND I WANT TO GET TO THEM
BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT STAGE.
BECAUSE AS A MOM,
HOW HELPLESS WOULD YOU FEEL?
EVERYTHING WITHIN YOU, EVERY
SINGLE INSTINCT WITHIN YOU
IS TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR CHILD,
TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE STRONG.
HOW DOES THAT LITTLE ONE
EVEN SLEEP AT NIGHT?
AND HOW DOES THAT MOM
SLEEP AT NIGHT?
I LOVE THE FACT THAT JEANNE
WAS THERE PRAYING OVER THEM
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WHEN WE GO THERE,
WE DON'T JUST PROVIDE
FOOD AND WATER BUT WE HAVE
A CHANCE TO WORSHIP
WITH THESE PEOPLE TOO
AND TO PRAY OVER THEM.
BUT I IMAGINE A MOM LIKE THAT
SITTING THERE PRAYING,
"GOD, IF YOU SEE ME
IN THIS BARREN LAND
WILL YOU PLEASE SEND HELP?"
AND SO HERE WE ARE. IT'S US.
WE'RE GOD'S GUYS AND GIRLS.
WE GET TO RISE TO THE OCCASION
AND DO SOMETHING.
IT TAKES SO LITTLE.
DO YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU SIMPLY
GIVE A GIFT TODAY OF $30
YOU WILL FEED
THREE LITTLE ONES LIKE THAT
FOR THREE MONTHS -- FOR $30!
IF YOU GIVE $100
YOU'LL HELP FEED TEN CHILDREN
FOR THREE MONTHS.
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED
WITH MORE RESOURCES,
WHICH I ALWAYS THINK IS
SUCH A GIFT BECAUSE
THE MORE GOD GIVES YOU
THE MORE YOU CAN GIVE BACK.
SO FOR $1400
YOU CAN HELP SPONSOR
A WHOLE SCHOOL, FEED
EVERY CHILD IN THAT SCHOOL
FOR THREE MONTHS.
SOMETIMES IT'S THE WAY
WE GET THESE LITTLE CHILDREN
TO COME TO SCHOOL
BECAUSE THEY'RE WEAK
AND THEY'RE NOT MOTIVATED.
BUT THEY HEAR, "WELL,
THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEAL
IF I GO TO SCHOOL."
SO THEY GO TO SCHOOL,
THEY GET A MEAL,
THEY GET TO LEARN.
IT CHANGES THEIR DESTINY.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TODAY
ABOUT LIVING YOUR DESTINY.
IT'S NEVER ABOUT US.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN.
IF GOD HAS REALLY BLESSED YOU
THEN FOR $5,600
WE CAN ACTUALLY
FEED THE WHOLE SCHOOL,
ALL THE CHILDREN
FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
THIS LIFE
WILL BE OVER LIKE THAT.
[Snaps fingers]
I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THESE KIDS COME WITH US,
THAT WE ALL GET TO STAND
AND WORSHIP AROUND THE THRONE.
SO PLEASE, CALL THAT NUMBER.
CALL NOW.
GO ONLINE, LIFETODAY.ORG
AND GIVE THE BEST GIFT
THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
Announcer: IN REMOTE AND IMPOVERISHED AREAS OF AFRICA,
FAMILIES
ARE SUFFERING,
FACING DEATH
BY STARVATION
AND THOSE HIT THE HARDEST
ARE THE CHILDREN.
LIFE'S MISSION
FEEDING PROGRAM IS THERE
READY TO FEED AND CARE
FOR THESE CHILDREN
IN CRISIS AREAS OF ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE, AND SUDAN.
WITH ALL OF OUR
PREVIOUS RESERVES GONE
AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
FACING ITS WORST DROUGHT
AND FOOD SHORTAGE
IN YEARS,
WE URGENTLY NEED TO
REPLENISH OUR FOOD SUPPLIES
TO REACH 400,000 CHILDREN COUNTING ON US.
YOUR LIFE-SAVING GIFT
OF $30, $50, OR $100
WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR THREE, FIVE, OR TEN CHILDREN
FOR THE NEXT
THREE MONTHS.
PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER
A SPECIAL GIFT OF $1400
TO HELP SPONSOR
A SCHOOL
AND HELP FEED
140 CHILDREN
FOR THREE
FULL MONTHS.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT
WE'LL SEND YOU
THE BRAND NEW AUDIO SERIES, LIVING YOUR DESTINY.
HEAR FIVE OUTSTANDING BIBLE
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SHARE HOW TO LIVE THE LIFE
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WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
THE LONGING IN ME
BY SHEILA WALSH,
AND UNASHAMED
BY CHRISTINE CAINE.
AND FINALLY,
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $1,000 OR MORE,
BE SURE TO REQUEST
"MAJESTY,"
OUR 2016 COMMEMORATIVE
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE,
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AND MAKE YOUR
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TO HELP FEED AND CARE
FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN.
James: WHY DON'T YOU HELP
GIVE THESE CHILDREN A FUTURE?
WHY DON'T EVERY ONE OF YOU --
AND SOME OF YOU
ON FIXED INCOME.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'LL LIKELY
BE THE FIRST ONE TO RESPOND.
I WANT IT TO BE WHERE EVERY
SINGLE PERSON WATCHING ME
COMING TO YOU
FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA,
A PLACE
IN MOZAMBIQUE
THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY
HOPELESS DURING THE WAR
BUT WE WERE HERE
ALL THROUGH THE WAR FEEDING,
BEGINNING
20 YEARS AGO.
NOW THEY'RE IN SCHOOL,
THEY NEED A FUTURE.
I'M ASKING
THAT EVERY PERSON
IN EVERY COUNTRY
AROUND THE WORLD,
YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY TO GIVE
CHILDREN LIKE THIS A FUTURE,
NOT JUST SAVE THEM
FROM DEATH,
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
DO THAT IN CRISIS AREAS,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM
THE NUTRITION TO LEARN.
THEY WANT TO LEARN,
THEY'RE HERE AT SCHOOL;
WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT
SO THEY'VE GOT
A BRIGHT FUTURE.
WOULD YOU RIGHT NOW
GO TO THE PHONE
OR GO ONLINE
AND RESPOND
AND MAKE THE BEST GIFT
YOU CAN POSSIBLY MAKE?
PLEASE DO IT!
DON'T TURN AWAY.
DO WHAT YOU CAN
TO HELP.
Sheila: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND FOR ANY GIFT YOU SEND,
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU THIS
INCREDIBLE TEACHING SERIES,
LIVING YOUR DESTINY.
BUT FOR $100 OR MORE
WE'LL ALSO SEND YOU
CHRIS CAINE'S BRAND NEW
BRILLIANT BOOK, UNASHAMED,
AND MY BOOK,
THE LONGING IN ME.
PLEASE GO TO YOUR PHONE.
PLEASE DO SOMETHING TODAY.
TOGETHER WE CAN CHANGE THIS.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME
THANK THE ONE AND ONLY,
THE AMAZING, THE BRILLIANT,
THE BEAUTIFUL, THE ITALIAN,
LISA BEVERE!
[Cheers & applause]
Sheila: I LOVE, LOVE --
LOVED IT AND WE LOVE YOU!
IF YOU NEED PRAYER CALL US.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
[Cheers & applause]
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♪
Announcer: IN HIS
NEW BOOK, THE STREAM,
JAMES ROBISON
CHARTS A PLAN
FOR SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION
IN AMERICA.
THE STREAM,
AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE
AND AT RETAIL
BOOKSTORES.
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