Sheila: UNLESS WE UNDERSTAND THAT GOD KNOWS
ALL THE BAD NEWS
ABOUT US,
THE GOOD NEWS NEVER
REALLY SINKS IN
BECAUSE WE THINK WOW,
IF YOU REALLY KNEW ME.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU
SAT IN CHURCH
OR IN YOUR BIBLE STUDY GROUP
AND YOU LOOKED AROUND
AND YOU THOUGHT MAN,
IF THESE PEOPLE REALLY KNEW
MY WHOLE STORY
I'D BE OUT OF HERE.
Announcer: NEXT ON LIFE TODAY,
JOIN SHEILA WALSH
AS WE SPEND
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD.
♪
Sheila: I'M SHEILA WALSH.
WELCOME TO WEDNESDAYS
IN THE WORD.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS
IS A GUY CALLED A.W. TOZER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
FAMILIAR WITH HIS WORK.
YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK IT OUT.
HE WROTE BRILLIANT THINGS.
BUT THERE'S ONE QUOTE OF HIS
THAT I'VE MEDITATED ON
SO MANY TIMES.
HERE'S WHAT IT IS;
SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
HE SAID: "WHAT COMES
TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT GOD IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING ABOUT YOU."
"WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOD
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
ABOUT YOU."
SIT WITH THAT FOR A MINUTE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOD,
HOW DO YOU THINK
GOD FEELS ABOUT YOU?
DO YOU THINK GOD'S HAPPY
WITH YOU?
DO YOU THINK GOD'S
EXCITED ABOUT YOU?
OR DO YOU MAYBE THINK
GOD'S A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
IN YOU OR NOT QUITE AS FOND
OF YOU AS HE MIGHT BE
SOME OF HIS OTHER CHILDREN?
I THINK A WOMAN WE MEET
IN SCRIPTURE PROBABLY FELT
EXACTLY THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
BLOWS ME AWAY ABOUT
THE WORD OF GOD IS THAT
IF YOU JUST HOLD UP THE BIBLE
AND FROM THE FIRST WORD
TO THE END, TO THE MAPS,
IT IS ALL ABOUT
THE LOVE OF GOD.
BUT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN
YOU GET TO HONE IN ON A STORY
THAT HELPS YOU TO SEE
THE LENGTHS THAT JESUS
WOULD GO TO TO REACH
ONE WOMAN WITH A BAD
REPUTATION IN A SMALL TOWN.
NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THAT.
AND IN JOHN CHAPTER FOUR
WE MEET THIS WOMAN
AND SHE IS CALLED
"THE SAMARITAN WOMAN."
WE NEVER KNOW HER NAME.
ALTHOUGH EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
TELL US THAT HER NAME
WAS VERONICA AND SHE WENT
ON TO BECOME VERY INVOLVED
IN THE CHURCH.
BUT IN SCRIPTURE, WE JUST
KNOW HER AS
"THE SAMARITAN WOMAN"
OR "THE WOMAN AT THE WELL."
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU
A LITTLE BACKGROUND FIRST
OF ALL ON WHY IT WAS
SO CONTROVERSIAL
THAT JESUS SPENT TIME
WITH THIS WOMAN.
NOT LONG AFTER SOLOMON RULED,
NOT LONG AFTER SOLOMON DIED,
ISRAEL, THE 12 TRIBES SPLIT.
THERE WERE TEN TRIBES
UP IN THE NORTH AND
THEIR CAPITAL WAS SAMARIA,
AND THERE WERE TWO TRIBES
IN THE SOUTH AND THEIR CAPITAL
WAS JERUSALEM.
NOW BOTH IN TURN WERE
LED INTO CAPTIVITY BUT
ONE OF THEM REMAINED TRUE
TO THE FAITH.
THE TWO TRIBES IN THE SOUTH
WITH THE CAPITAL IN JERUSALEM
REMAINED ABSOLUTELY PURE.
THEIR BIG THING WAS YOU DO NOT
INTERMARRY WITH OTHER NATIONS.
THE TEN TRIBES IN THE NORTH
DID INTERMARRY AND SO THEY
BECAME VERY LOOKED DOWN ON,
THEIR CAPITAL WAS SAMARIA.
IT'S INTERESTING EVEN TODAY,
IN VERY ORTHODOX JEWISH
FAMILIES, IF A SON
OR A DAUGHTER MARRIES
OUTSIDE OF THE FAITH,
THEY HOLD A FUNERAL SERVICE
FOR THAT CHILD?
IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
TO JEWISH PEOPLE TO KEEP
THE PURITY OF THE LINE.
SO THE FACT THAT JESUS WAS
GOING TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY
TO MEET A SAMARITAN,
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, A WOMAN.
EVEN IF SHE HAD BEEN
A JEWISH WOMAN, THE LAW
OF THE DAY WAS THAT
NO TEACHER SHOULD EVEN
ACKNOWLEDGE HER EVEN IF
IT WAS YOUR WIFE.
YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH TOWN
WITH SOME OF THE OTHER RABBIS
AND TEACHERS AND YOU SEE YOUR
WIFE OUT WITH HER FRIENDS;
YOU'RE NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO
MAKE EYE CONTACT AND SMILE.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
JUST KEEP GOING.
THE MOST RELIGIOUS OF ALL
WERE ACTUALLY, LAUGHINGLY,
I GUESS, CALLED
"THE BLEEDING PHARISEES"
BECAUSE IF THEY SAW A WOMAN
COMING TOWARD THEM
THEY WOULD PUT THEIR HEAD DOWN
AND WALK INTO WALLS
SO THEY WERE LITERALLY COVERED
-- I MEAN IT WAS RIDICULOUS
-- BUT VERY, VERY SERIOUS.
THEN COMES JESUS
AND HE CHANGES EVERYTHING.
SO LET ME READ YOU JUST
A LITTLE BIT OF THE STORY
AND WE'LL JUST SEE HOW
RADICAL GOD'S LOVE
REALLY IS.
HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING
ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK
AT THE GREEK WORD THERE
WHAT IT MEANS WAS HE WAS
COMPELLED -- COMPELLED BY
THE SPIRIT TO MEET WITH
ONE WOMAN WHO WAS SO BROKEN.
CHRIST WAS LISTENING TO
HIS FATHER AND HE WAS
COMPELLED TO GO THROUGH
SAMARIA.
HE CAME TO A FIELD,
WHY WAS SHE THERE AT NOON?
THAT'S THE HOTTEST TIME
OF THE DAY.
ALL THE OTHER WOMEN
IN THE VILLAGE WOULD GO EARLY
IN THE MORNING
AND GATHER THEIR WATER.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN
FROM HER STORY THAT
SHE WAS A WOMAN WHO HAD
A REPUTATION.
SHE HAD BEEN MARRIED
FIVE TIMES.
SHE'S ACTUALLY LIVING WITH
A GUY NOW WHO IS NOT
HER HUSBAND.
BUT WHEN SHE MEETS GUY
NUMBER SEVEN, WHEN SHE MEETS
THE SEVENTH MAN,
IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.
WE'RE ABOUT TO COME
TO QUITE A TURN IN THE ROAD
HERE IN OUR STORY.
WHAT DOES SHE DO HERE?
WHAT DOES SHE DO?
DOES SHE ADMIT THAT
SHE'S LIVING WITH A GUY
SHE IS NOT MARRIED TO?
AND CAN WE STEP OUT OF
THE PAGE JUST FOR A MINUTE?
I'VE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE
TEACH ON THIS PASSAGE ABOUT
WHAT A TERRIBLE WOMAN SHE WAS,
WHAT A LOW LIFE SHE WAS.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANY WOMAN
WHO WANTS TO END UP LIKE THIS?
I IMAGINE HER --
THIS IS NOT SCRIPTURE BUT
I IMAGINE HER
AS A YOUNG WOMAN,
15 OR 16, THEY GOT MARRIED
VERY YOUNG THEN
AND SHE FALLS IN LOVE
WITH A BOY IN THE VILLAGE
THAT SHE JUST THINKS IS
THE BEST THING THAT'S EVER
WALKED THIS EARTH AND
THEY GET MARRIED, AND SHE IS
NOT ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN.
IT IS A HUGE THING
IN HER CULTURE.
IT'S LOOKED ON AS A CURSE
FROM GOD.
AND ALL IT TOOK WAS FOR HIM
TO SAY IN FRONT OF COMPANY,
"I DIVORCE YOU"
AND SHE IS GONE. SHE IS OUT.
HE HAS NOT RESPONSIBILITY
TO TAKE CARE OF HER AT ALL.
NO ALIMONY IN THOSE DAYS.
SO MAYBE SHE GOES ON
TO ANOTHER VILLAGE AND
SHE FINDS SOME OTHER GUY
AND REALLY LIKES HIM BUT
THINKS, SHOULD I TELL HIM
MY STORY?
DO I TELL HIM I'VE BEEN
MARRIED BEFORE?
EVENTUALLY, SHE TRUSTS HIM
WITH IT AND HE SAID,
"OH, NEVER MIND.
I LOVE YOU AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE A GREAT LIFE!"
BUT ONCE AGAIN,
NO CHILDREN.
BY THE TIME SHE MEETS JESUS
THIS IS A BROKEN WOMAN.
SHE CAN'T EVEN FIND A MAN
TO MARRY HER ANYMORE.
THE BEST SHE'S GOT IS A GUY
WHO SAYS, "LISTEN, HEY.
I'LL GIVE YOU A ROOF
OVER YOUR HEAD."
AND THAT'S WHERE SHE IS.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT SHE SAYS
TO JESUS.
THIS IS JOHN 4:17:
WHY DID JESUS DO THAT?
WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?
I MEAN IF HE ALREADY KNEW,
WAS HE TRYING TO SHAME HER?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BECAUSE HERE'S THE DEAL.
UNLESS WE UNDERSTAND THAT
GOD KNOWS ALL THE BAD NEWS
ABOUT US, THE GOOD NEWS
NEVER REALLY SINKS IN
BECAUSE WE THINK WOW,
IF YOU REALLY KNEW ME!
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SAT
IN CHURCH OR IN YOUR
BIBLE STUDY GROUP
AND YOU LOOKED AROUND
AND YOU THOUGHT IF THESE
PEOPLE KNEW MY WHOLE STORY
I'D BE OUT OF HERE.
JESUS WANTED HER TO KNOW
HEY, I KNOW YOUR WHOLE STORY
AND I'M HERE TO MEET WITH YOU.
THE STORY GOES ON.
I LOVE TO BE ABLE
TO DO WORD STUDIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
INTO THAT BUT I LOVE IT.
THAT LITTLE WORD TRUTH THERE,
IN GREEK IT MEANS:
WITH NOTHING HIDDEN.
WOW! TRUE WORSHIP IS THOSE
WHO WORSHIP IN SPIRIT
WITH NOTHING HIDDEN.
MAYBE YOU THINK YOU'RE
MORE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD
IF YOU PRESENT YOUR BEST SIDE
BUT HERE JESUS IS SAYING
THAT'S ACTUALLY
NOT REAL WORSHIP.
I WANT YOU TO SHOW UP.
I WANT YOU TO ACTUALLY
BE WHO YOU ARE.
A FRIEND OF MINE ASKED ME
ONE DAY.
SHE SAID, "SHEILA,
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU
HEARD THAT A MOVIE HAD BEEN
MADE OF YOUR LIFE
AND NOTHING LEFT OUT?
NOT NECESSARILY JUST
THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE
BUT EVEN THE THINGS
YOU'VE THOUGHT."
THE THINGS YOU THOUGHT ARE
NOT ACTUALLY SIN BECAUSE
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO IT.
"HOW WOULD YOU FEEL
IF THAT MOVIE WAS PUT UP
ON A SCREEN AND ANYONE WHO
WANTED COULD WATCH IT?"
I SAID, "NOT GREAT."
SHE SAID, "HERE'S THE TRUTH
OF THE GOSPEL.
GOD HAS SEEN YOUR MOVIE
AND HE LOVES YOU."
DID YOU GET THAT?
GOD'S SEEN YOUR MOVIE,
THE WHOLE THING, DIRECTOR'S
CUT AND HE LOVES YOU.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT KIND OF LOVE DOES?
LISTEN TO THIS.
SHE GOES RUNNING,
THIS WOMAN WHO HAS COME TO
THE WELL AT NOON BECAUSE
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ONE
MORE PERSON, SHE DROPS
HER BUCKET AND SHE RUNS BACK
TO THE VILLAGE AND SAYS THIS,
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
SHE DIDN'T SAY, "COME SEE
THIS GUY WHO IS REALLY
A PROPHET AND HE'LL TELL YOU
WONDERFUL THINGS
ABOUT YOUR LIFE."
NO! SHE SAID, "COME SEE
THIS MAN WHO TOLD ME
EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE."
SHE ACTUALLY BECOMES
THE FIRST EVANGELIST
IN THIS VILLAGE.
SHE TELLS THE GOOD NEWS.
I DON'T THINK WE REALLY GET
THE FULL EXTENT
OF THE GOOD NEWS UNTIL
WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES
IT'S THE BAD NEWS FIRST.
WE HAVE TO FACE WHAT'S TRUE
ABOUT OUR LIVES.
WE HAVE TO BRING
WHO WE REALLY ARE.
IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE RISKY
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
THERE IS WISDOM TO BE FOUND
IN NOT JUST SPILLING
YOUR STUFF OVER EVERYONE.
JESUS EVEN TALKED ABOUT THAT.
HE SAID, "DON'T CAST
YOUR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
OR THEY MIGHT TRAMPLE THEM
UNDERFOOT AND TURN ON YOU."
THAT'S JUST CHRIST SAYING,
"BE WISE.
DON'T JUST SHARE YOUR MOST
INTIMATE STUFF WITH PEOPLE
WHO WILL NOT TREAT IT
WITH RESPECT."
BUT I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU,
IF YOU'RE NOT PART
OF A COMMUNITY OF FAITH,
I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU
TO TRY AND FIND THAT.
I HAVE, IN MY OWN LIFE,
I'VE PATTERNED IT AFTER
THE WAY JESUS LIVED.
YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN
HE STARTED HIS MINISTRY,
HE CALLED DIFFERENT PEOPLE
TO BE AROUND HIM.
BUT THEN ABOUT A YEAR IN
HE SPENT A WHOLE NIGHT
ON THE MOUNTAIN ALONE
WITH HIS FATHER PRAYING,
AND FROM THAT PLACE HE CHOSE
12 MEN, WE CALL THEM
HIS DISCIPLES, 12 APOSTLES.
BUT EVEN FROM THAT GROUP
THERE WERE THREE MEN
THAT WERE HIS CLOSEST,
REMEMBER, IN THE GARDEN
OF GETHSEMANE.
THEY WERE THE ONES HE SAID,
"PLEASE COME WITH ME.
MY SOUL IS REALLY IN ANGUISH."
I CANNOT TELL YOU
THE STRENGTH THAT HAS BEEN
IN MY LIFE LEARNING
WHAT IT IS TO BE KNOWN.
JAMES TALKS ABOUT IT.
HE SAYS, "CONFESS YOUR SINS
ONE TO ANOTHER,
PRAY FOR EACH OTHER
THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED."
IT CAN BE A LITTLE RISKY
BUT I'VE DISCOVERED
THAT THE ENEMY THRIVES
IN SECRETS AND LIES.
SEE HE IS AN ACCUSER
OF GOD'S CHILDREN.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS I LOVE THE BOOK
OF ROMANS SO MUCH BECAUSE
PAUL MAKES IT VERY CLEAR,
IF YOU'RE IN CHRIST THERE
IS NO MORE CONDEMNATION.
REMEMBER ROMANS 8:1:
THERE IS THEREFORE NOW
NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE
IN CHRIST JESUS.
SO IF YOU FEEL CONDEMNED,
JUST KNOW WHERE
THAT IS COMING FROM;
THAT'S COMING FROM THE ENEMY.
IF YOU FEEL CONVICTED,
ITS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.
SEE CONDEMNATION PUSHES US
AWAY FROM GOD;
CONVICTION PULLS US CLOSER
TO THE FATHER'S HEART.
SO IN THESE DAYS THAT WE ARE
LIVING IN AS WE'RE FACING
A BRAND-NEW YEAR,
JUST REMEMBER THAT THE ENEMY
PROWLS AROUND LIKE
A ROARING LION SEEKING
WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR.
I'VE WATCHED THAT HAPPEN
WHEN I WAS IN KENYA ONCE.
THE LIONS LOOKED TO SEE
IS THERE ANYONE AT THE BACK
OF A --
MAYBE A WHOLE TRIBE OF IMPALA,
AND IF THERE IS ONE THAT
KIND OF GETS OFF BY ITSELF,
THAT'S WHEN THEY STRIKE.
THAT'S WHY YOU AND I NEED
ONE ANOTHER AS THE BODY
OF CHRIST.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU
TO FIND TWO OR THREE PEOPLE
THAT YOU TRUST.
GIVE IT SOME TIME
AND HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY
SO THAT YOU'RE KNOWN,
SO THAT WHEN YOU FEEL WEAK --
I HAVE THAT IN THREE FRIENDS
AND WHEN I'M NOT DOING GOOD,
SOME DAYS WHEN I FEEL LIKE
I COULDN'T EVEN CALL,
I'LL JUST TEXT AND SAY,
"WOULD YOU PRAY FOR ME?"
AND IMMEDIATELY,
THEY'RE RIGHT THERE WITH ME.
CHRIST, HIS PASSIONATE LOVE
FOR ONE WOMAN THAT
NOBODY ELSE IN THE VILLAGE
WANTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH
COMPELLED HIM
TO GO TO SAMARIA.
IT'S INTERESTING IF YOU LOOK
AT A MAP AT ALL,
IT KIND OF LOOKS ALMOST LIKE
AN EGG SHAPE BUT STRETCHED OUT
BECAUSE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM
YOU'VE GOT JUDEA,
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
YOU'VE GOT SAMARIA, RIGHT AT
THE TOP YOU'VE GOT GALILEE.
MOST JEWS BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO
TO SAMARIA, THEY WOULD
ACTUALLY CROSS THE JORDAN,
MISS SAMARIA ALTOGETHER
AND CROSS BACK.
IF THEY WALKED STRAIGHT
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM
THREE DAYS BUT THEY WOULD
TAKE SIX DAYS BECAUSE
THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE
IN THE SAME COMPANY
AS A SAMARITAN.
CHRIST SAID, "NO.
I'M HEADING STRAIGHT THROUGH
BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR
ONE WOMAN WHO THINKS
THAT IT'S ALL OVER."
NOTHING LIKE HAVING
A REPUTATION, IS THERE?
I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
TRAIL OF DISASTERS
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEHIND YOU,
MAYBE A STRING
OF RELATIONSHIPS,
MAYBE YOU'RE SO BROKEN
AND YOU THINK I CANNOT
COME BACK ONE MORE TIME.
I'VE BLOWN IT TOO MANY TIMES.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
CHRIST INVITES YOU TO COME.
COME AND DRINK
OF LIVING WATER.
COME AND LET HIM FILL YOU UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE
ABOUT EVERYTHING I READ ABOUT
IN SCRIPTURE, I FIND THAT
WE GET A VERY
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
HERE AT LIFE TODAY.
WE HAVE SUCH A COMMITMENT
TO SEEING WATER WELLS
DRILLED IN AFRICA BECAUSE
THERE LITERALLY, THE PEOPLE
ARE DYING BECAUSE THERE IS
NO CLEAN WATER AT ALL.
I THINK THE GRACE THAT
THAT WOMAN EXPERIENCED
AT THE WELL WITH JESUS
COMPELLED HER TO IMMEDIATELY
SHARE THE NEWS
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S KIND OF HOW WE FEEL HERE.
WE'VE RECEIVED SUCH GRACE
OURSELVES AND WE WANT
TO TAKE THAT NEWS ALL AROUND
THE WORLD TO THOSE WHO NEED
CLEAN WATER NOW.
WATCH THIS.
Announcer: SARAPHINA HAS
COME AS SHE OFTEN DOES
TO THE CHURCH TO SEEK GOD
IN HER TIME OF TROUBLE.
AS HARD
AS IT MAY BE
SHE CONTINUES TO HOLD ON
TO HER FAITH
THAT A MIRACLE
WILL COME.
Announcer: WHILE SARAPHINA
IS FULL OF BROKENNESS
SHE REMAINS
FULL OF FAITH.
HER PRAYERS LIFTED UP
COULD BE ANSWERED TODAY.
Sheila: VERY MOVING THAT
SARAPHINA COMES TO THE HOUSE
OF THE LORD WITH HER NEED.
I THINK WE SHOULD
MEET HER THERE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE LOSING
YOUR HUSBAND, LOSING A CHILD
SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS
NO CLEAN WATER?
I KNOW WHAT THOSE RIVERS
ARE LIKE.
I'VE WATCHED MOTHERS
GETTING BUCKETS OF WATER
WITH THEIR CHILDREN,
AND THE ANIMALS ARE
IN THE WATER AS WELL.
THE WATER IS FILTHY!
IT IS NOT JUST FILTHY,
IT IS DISEASE-RIDDEN.
BUT IT IS THEIR ONLY CHOICE.
IT IS ALL THEY HAVE.
WE'VE ASKED -- WE HAVE REALLY
ASKED GOD FOR THIS YEAR,
"WILL YOU TELL US
WHAT YOU WANT US TO ACCOMPLISH
HERE AT LIFE TODAY?"
AND WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS GOAL
TO DO 188 WATER WELLS,
TO DRILL THOSE IN AFRICA.
WE REALLY ASK YOU,
WILL YOU JOIN US TO DO THAT?
IT IS SO DOABLE.
$48 WILL GIVE CLEAN WATER
TO 10 PEOPLE.
$144 CLEAN WATER TO 30 PEOPLE.
BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT
FOR $4800 --
AND SOME OF YOU CAN DO THAT
-- I KNOW SOME OF YOU CAN'T
BUT $4800 WILL ACTUALLY
DRILL A WHOLE WELL.
AND THE AMAZING THING
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF
THESE WELLS NOW IS THAT
IT WILL GIVE WATER
FOR 70 YEARS!
THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT
WATER FOR LIFE BECAUSE
FOR THE WHOLE LIFE OF
THE VILLAGE, FOR THE WHOLE
EXTENT OF 70 YEARS THERE WILL
BE CLEAN WATER AVAILABLE.
I WATCHED THAT BEAUTIFUL
SISTER SITTING THERE
IN CHURCH ASKING GOD,
REMINDING GOD THAT HE IS
A GOD WHO HAS PROMISED
TO TAKE CARE OF THE WIDOW
AND TO TAKE CARE
OF THE ORPHAN.
I SAY TO YOU AND ME,
LET'S BE AN ANSWER
TO HER PRAYER.
LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW,
"YES, WE HEARD YOU!
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT ONE OF THESE 188 WELLS
IS GOING IN YOUR VILLAGE
SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GO TO ONE MORE FUNERAL
SERVICE SIMPLY BECAUSE
THERE WASN'T ENOUGH WATER."
WE CAN DO THIS, FRIENDS!
THIS IS NOT HARD.
IT IS VERY DOABLE.
SO I ASK YOU NOW,
WOULD YOU GO TO YOUR PHONES?
WOULD YOU GIVE THE BEST GIFT
YOU POSSIBLY CAN?
SOME OF YOU CAN DO $144
BUT SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY
COULD DO A WHOLE WELL.
WOULDN'T THAT BE AMAZING?
KNOWING THAT THERE IS
A WELL OUT THERE THAT
YOU PROVIDED WATER FOR
FOR A WHOLE VILLAGE?
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,
PLEASE GO TO YOUR PHONES;
MAKE THE BEST GIFT POSSIBLE.
OR GO ONLINE TO LIFETODAY.ORG.
AND IF YOU'RE SENDING IN
A CHECK, WILL YOU JUST CALL US
AND LET US KNOW, HEY,
WE'RE DOING THIS, SO THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO GET BACK
TO OUR PARTNERS THERE
AND SAY, "LISTEN.
HELP IS ON THE WAY AND
IT IS COMING TO YOUR VILLAGE
AND IT IS COMING SOON."
I CANNOT WAIT TO GO
OVER THERE AND SEE
THE DIFFERENCE IT'S MADE.
I PROMISE YOU,
WE'LL BRING IT ALL BACK
AND WILL LET YOU KNOW.
BUT WE NEED YOU TO STAND
WITH US NOW AND SAY YES,
WE WILL BE THE ANSWER
TO SARAPHINA'S PRAYERS;
IN JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU!
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.
OUR TEAMS HAVE RECENTLY
LOCATED REMOTE VILLAGES
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
WHERE CHILDREN
ARE DYING
FROM CONTAMINATED,
DISEASE-RIDDEN WATER.
THE SITUATION
IS DESPERATE.
THEY NEED CLEAN
DISEASE-FREE WATER
IMMEDIATELY.
WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY
YOU CAN HELP DRILL
188 WATER WELLS
IN REMOTE VILLAGES
ACROSS SEVEN
AFRICAN 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
DISEASE-FREE WATER
FOR 30 PEOPLE
FOR A LIFETIME!
WITH YOUR GIFT WE'LL SEND YOU SHEILA WALSH'S DEVOTIONAL,
5 MINUTES
WITH JESUS:
A FRESH
INFUSION OF JOY
TO HELP YOU FIND PERSPECTIVE
IN THE MIDST OF DAILY LIFE
AND EXPERIENCE
A DEEPER CONNECTION
WITH GOD.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
OUR "NO GREATER NAME" CANVAS,
A BEAUTIFUL
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
OF OUR SAVIOR'S NAME
AND A DAILY REMINDER
OF HIS PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
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 NEW HAND-PAINTED
"DETERMINED EAGLE"
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: JUST AS WE'RE GIVING WATER HERE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,
WE NEED TO GIVE
WATER LIKE THIS,
A CUP OF WATER WHERE THERE ARE
CONTAMINATED WATER SOURCES
THAT ARE KILLING
NOT ONLY CHILDREN
BUT THEIR ENTIRE
FAMILIES.
MANY CHILDREN LOSE
A PARENT BECAUSE OF
SOME INTESTINAL DISEASE
FROM CONTAMINATED WATER.
AND IT MAY BE THAT
YOU CAN GIVE A WELL.
YOU CAN PROVIDE
THE ENTIRE COST
OR YOU COULD SAY I'LL JOIN ANOTHER PERSON
OR A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE
BUT I'M GOING TO HELP.
I'M STANDING BY
THE ANSWER.
I'M STANDING BY
THE SOLUTION,
A WELL I CAN OPERATE
VERY EASILY WITH ONE HAND,
ANY CHILD CAN DO IT.
YOU'VE GOT CLEAN
WATER COMING HERE.
AND THIS IS LIFE --
THIS IS LIFE!
THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE PROVIDING
WHEN YOU HELP US
DRILL WATER WELLS
AND GIVE THESE SIMPLE PUMPS
THAT ANY CHILD CAN WORK.
THANK YOU
FOR HELPING!
Sheila: WITH ANY GIFT AT ALL
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
MY NEW BOOK.
IT IS CALLED 5 MINUTES
WITH JESUS; A FRESH
INFUSION OF JOY.
JUST A FEW MOMENTS EACH DAY
TO KIND OF GET YOUR LIFE OFF
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND ALSO FOR $1200 OR MORE
WE WILL SEND YOU
THIS BEAUTIFUL "DETERMINED
EAGLE," A REMINDER THAT
THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD
WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
WE WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN
ALL ACROSS AFRICA THIS YEAR.
WE WANT TO SEE YOUNG CHILDREN
GROW UP STRONG,
FAMILIES GROW UP STRONG
AND WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
SO PLEASE JOIN WITH US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR HELP.
THANK YOU FOR CARING.
THANK YOU FOR LOVING.
AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME
ON WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD.
GOD BLESS YOU!
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Announcer: TOMORROW,
HEAR THE STORY
OF BAYLESS CONLEY'S
DEVASTATING ACCIDENT.
THE DOCTORS DIDN'T THINK
HE WOULD SURVIVE.
>> I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF
THE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED.
>> 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.