Announcer: NEXT!
FORMER 700 CLUB HOST,
KRISTI WATTS
EXPLAINS THE TURMOIL
SHE FACED
OFF CAMERA.
Kristi:
I HAD MY SON
ON A THURSDAY,
CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL
ON A SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY MY EX-HUSBAND
WALKED OUT ON US.
WHAT PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW IS
THAT NIGHT I STAYED
ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR
WEEPING AND CRYING
IN A FETAL POSITION;
SO WOUNDED
AND SO HURT
I COULDN'T EVEN
QUOTE SCRIPTURE.
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER
BEEN TO THAT POINT
WHERE YOU KNOW SCRIPTURE
BUT LITERALLY, YOU CAN'T
EVEN SPEAK THE WORDS?
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James: THANK YOU.
IT'S SO GOOD TO BE
SPENDING THIS TIME WITH YOU.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED
TO HAVE YOU.
WE HAVE SITTING HERE BY ME
WHAT I REFER TO, AND THIS
IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL
JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS
BY JUST LOOKING AT IT.
BUT THIS IS
THE REAL DEAL BRONZE.
BUT WE CAPTURED WITH THE PAINT
THAT'S APPROPRIATE
FOR A BRONZE
THE BEAUTY OF THE EAGLE,
AND THIS IS
A "DETERMINED EAGLE."
THIS EAGLE IS DETERMINED
TO SOAR ON THE TURBULENCE
OF THE TIMES
AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE DAY.
WE RISE UP
WITH WINGS AS EAGLES.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE WIND
BENEATH OUR WINGS.
WE SOAR ON TURBULENCE.
WE DON'T FEAR IT.
WE DON'T RUN FROM IT.
AND WE FACE THE CHALLENGES
TRUSTING GOD WITH CONFIDENCE
BECAUSE THE LORD
IS OUR SHEPHERD
IN WHOM WE TRUST
SO THAT WE DON'T LIVE IN WANT
OR DESPERATION
OR DEPENDENCE ON OTHERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS
I WANT ALL OF OUR VIEWERS
TO SEE THIS YEAR,
BETTY, BECAUSE WE'LL BE
RELEASING THE BOOK
THAT'S KIND OF THE JOURNEY
OF WHAT I'VE SEEN,
LIVING AMAZED --
HOW YOU CAN PREORDER IT.
LET ME JUST SAY THIS TO YOU.
I BELIEVE WHAT EVERYONE
THAT'S ALREADY SEEN
THE ADVANCED COPY
HAS SAID TO ME,
IF YOU READ AND SEE
WHAT GOD DOES WITH A KID
THAT NEVER HAD A CHANCE
AND WHAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED,
HE, GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT
THROUGH SOMEBODY'S LIFE
AMAZINGLY, YOU'RE GOING
TO BEGIN TO LIVE AMAZED.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
BECAUSE THAT'S WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT ALL YEAR,
BETTY ABOUT LIVING AMAZED
AND BEING "DETERMINED EAGLE"S.
AND WE HAVE
A DETERMINED EAGLE HERE.
I MEAN WE'VE GOT
A "DETERMINED EAGLE"
THAT WHEN YOU GO...
YOU'RE A CO-HOST
OF THE 700 CLUB,
YOU'RE A GIFTED COMMUNICATOR,
A LOVELY WOMAN,
AT HOME, BEHIND THE SCENES,
THINGS ARE COMING UNGLUED.
YOU'VE GOT
AN ALCOHOLIC HUSBAND
AND THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN
THE WHEELS COME OFF.
HOW IN THE WORLD
DO YOU WRITE A BOOK
CALLED TALK YOURSELF HAPPY?
WHAT IN THE WORLD
DOES SHE MEAN?
I DON'T THINK ANYONE
HAS ANY GREATER ABILITY
TO TELL YOU WHAT SHE MEANS
THAN KRISTI DOES.
SO WOULD YOU WELCOME
KRISTI WATTS TO LIFE TODAY?
KRISTI, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Kristi: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
James: WE WANT TO COVER
SOME GROUND BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SORROW IN THEIR HEART,
WHOSE BROKEN HEART
NEEDS TO BE BOUND UP,
WHO DON'T HAVE
WHAT THEY WOULD CALL
A FLOWING JOY OF THE LORD.
YOU USED THE WORD HAPPY
AND THEN YOU TALK
ABOUT TALKING TO YOURSELF.
I THINK YOU'RE COMMUNICATING
WHAT IS TO YOU
A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE
EVEN IN THE SIMPLICITY
OF THAT TITLE.
SO HELP US GRASP IT.
Kristi: SOMETIMES WE TALK
ABOUT TALK YOURSELF HAPPY AND
CHRISTIANS HAVE THE TENDENCY
TO DISMISS THE WORD HAPPY
BECAUSE IT'S BASED UPON
CIRCUMSTANCES OR IT'S FLIGHTY.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
REALLY TALKING YOURSELF HAPPY
IS ENCOURAGING YOURSELF
WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
BUT NOT JUST THE WORD OF GOD,
THE WORD WHO IS GOD.
THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WORD
THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET
DEEP DOWN INTO OUR HEART
THAT HOLD ON TO
THE PROMISES OF GOD.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I LEARNED,
I WAS A CO-HOST
OF THE 700 CLUB
FOR 14 YEARS AND IT WAS
REALLY, REALLY EASY FOR ME
TO SIT ON THAT SET
WITH THE PERFECT HAIR
AND THE MAKEUP AND STYLIST
AND SCRIPTS AND ALL THAT STUFF
AND TELL YOU THAT GOD IS GOOD!
TRUST GOD!
IT WAS REAL EASY TO SAY,
"HAVE FAITH IN GOD" OR
"GIVE AND IT SHALL BE
GIVEN UNTO YOU, GOOD MEASURE,
PRESSED DOWN,
AND SHAKEN TOGETHER."
James: YOU'RE DOING GOOD!
Kristi: BUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN LIFE ISN'T GOOD?
AND WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOUR FAITH IS BEAT DOWN
AND YOU'RE SO FAITH WEARY?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE
AND YOU'RE STILL DEPLETED?
GOD GOT ME TO THAT POINT
WHERE I WAS MISERABLE.
I WAS JOYLESS, I WAS HOPELESS,
AND I WAS AT THAT PLACE
OF DESPAIR.
James: WHILE YOU WERE STILL
IN THAT PLACE, THE POSITION,
OR DID THAT CHANGE?
Kristi: NO!
WHEN I FIRST STARTED
THE 700 CLUB I WAS 27.
WHEN I LEFT I
WAS ABOUT 42 -- 43;
SO LIFE HAD EXPERIENCES
OF DIVORCE
AND JUST DIFFERENT THINGS.
James: THAT HAPPENED TO YOU
WHEN YOU SAID THAT DIVORCE?
Kristi: YES, SIR.
BUT TOWARD THE END
I WAS UNHAPPY BUT
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I MEANT.
I WASN'T HAPPY
WITH WHERE I WAS IN LIFE.
I WASN'T HAPPY
WITH WHO I WAS AROUND
OR MY LIFE
AND I'M SINGLE AND MY JOB
AND THE MONEY AND MY SON.
I JUST WASN'T HAPPY.
BUT WHAT I CAME TO REALIZE
IS THAT I WASN'T SAYING
I WASN'T HAPPY,
I WASN'T FULFILLED.
HERE I WAS
ON CHRISTIAN TELEVISION
AND DIDN'T KNOW
THE FULFILLMENT OF CHRIST
BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT CHRIST
BUT I WAS SO BUSY DOING THAT
THAT I FORGOT TO TALK TO HIM.
AND I KNEW THE TERMINOLOGIES
ABOUT HAVING FAITH
AND HAVING TRUST
IN ALL THESE THINGS
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT REALLY MEANT.
WHAT CHANGED MY LIFE
WAS A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS,
"WHOSOEVER TRUSTS IN THE LORD
HAPPY IS HE."
AND THAT'S KING JAMES,
THAT'S NOT N.I.V.
OR THE MESSAGE.
BUT I HAD TO LEARN
WHAT TRUST MEANT BECAUSE
WHEN YOUR HUSBAND LEAVES YOU,
WHEN YOU HAVE NO MONEY,
WHEN EVERY DOOR IS SHUT
FROM A CAREER WISE
AND YOU'VE REACHED THE TOP
OF THE ACADEMIC LADDER
BUT YET YOU CAN'T GET
A JOB ANYWHERE,
WHEN YOUR FRIENDS WHO YOU KNEW
NO LONGER ANSWER
YOUR PHONE CALLS
AND YOU'VE RELIED ON THE LORD
AND TRUSTED IN THE LORD
AND HAD FAITH IN THE LORD
AND OBEYED THE LORD
AND LIVED A GODLY LIFE,
AND PEOPLE SAY "TRUST GOD."
HOW?
AND GOD HAD TO GET ME
TO THAT PLACE WHERE
I KNEW WHAT TRUST MEANT.
AND TRUST MEANT, FOR ME,
RELIANCE, DEPENDABLE.
KRISTI, TRUST ME EVEN THOUGH
THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE HARD.
TRUST ME.
James: EVEN THOUGH
YOU'RE ALONE?
BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY
NOT ALONE THOUGH
BUT YOU FELT LONELY.
DID YOU GET HONEST
ABOUT HOW YOU FELT?
WAS THAT PART OF THE PROCESS
TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS
WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON?
BECAUSE YOU ACT LIKE THERE WAS
NOBODY AROUND TO LISTEN;
THAT BREAKS MY HEART
TO THINK THAT, ESPECIALLY
IN CHRISTIAN CIRCLES.
WHY DO YOU THINK
THAT WAS HAPPENING
THAT PEOPLE SEEMED
TO BE DISAPPEARING?
BECAUSE YOU WERE MOVED
OUT OF ONE PLACE AND
NOW YOU'RE IN ANOTHER PLACE
AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN
IT'S LIKE NOBODY IS THERE?
Kristi: I THINK AS CHRISTIANS
WE GET SO BUSY IN LIFE
THAT WE DON'T SEE PEOPLE.
WE'LL PRAY FOR YOU BUT
WE DON'T EXTEND HELP TO YOU.
IT'S LIKE THE PERSON
WHO SAYS I'M HUNGRY."
"I'LL PRAY FOR YOU."
NO, FEED THEM!
IT'S LIKE THE PERSON
WHO SAYS, "I'M LONELY."
"I'LL PRAY FOR YOU."
NO. TALK TO THEM.
I THINK THERE IS
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS,
MYSELF INCLUDED WHO ARE
HEARTSICK AND HOPE-DEPLETED.
SOMETIMES THE CHURCH
ISN'T ENOUGH.
MEANING, JUST GOING TO CHURCH
AND SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS
ISN'T ENOUGH.
IT IS ABOUT REALLY KNOWING
THE LOVE OF CHRIST AND KNOWING
THE PERSON OF CHRIST AND
THE POWER OF CHRIST THROUGH
THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT BRINGS
THE PERSON OF CHRIST ALIVE.
AND KNOWING THE PAPA,
GOD, OUR ABBA FATHER.
AND FOR ME,
THOSE ARE THE THREE DYNAMICS
THAT I CAME TO LEARN
BECAUSE LIFE FOR ME
GOT REALLY, REALLY HARD.
Betty: DON'T YOU THINK
SOMETIMES IT'S EASY FOR
CHRISTIANS TO PUT ON A FRONT
BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE
WE'RE EXPECTED
TO HAVE IT ALTOGETHER?
AND YET INSIDE
WE'RE HURTING REAL, REAL BAD
BUT WE DON'T FEEL LIKE
WE CAN OPEN UP
AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT
BECAUSE THEY HAVE
A DIFFERENT OPINION OF US.
THEY THINK WE'RE OKAY.
Kristi: BETTY, YOU HIT
THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT
WHEN YOU WORK
IN CHRISTIAN TELEVISION
OR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
OR YOU'RE PART OF A CHURCH,
WE ARE WEAR A MASK.
WE'VE GOT THE HAIR
AND THE MAKEUP
AND WE SIT ALL STRAIGHT
SUCKING IN OUR STOMACHS
AND WE KNOW HOW TO SAY
"PRAISE GOD," "HALLELUJAH,"
"GOD IS GOOD!"
BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT
WHEN WE GO HOME SOMETIMES
WE'RE BROKEN.
AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
HOW SOMETIMES --
James: WELL,
YOU WERE GOING HOME
TO AN ALCOHOLIC HUSBAND.
IN THE SITUATION YOU WERE IN
YOU FOUND IT HARD
TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT.
Kristi: WELL, HERE'S SOMETHING
THAT YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW.
I HAD MY SON ON A THURSDAY,
CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL
ON A SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY MY EX-HUSBAND
WALKED OUT ON US.
THERE ARE THREE THINGS
THAT HAPPENED.
ONE, HE SAID,
"I NEVER LOVED YOU."
HE SAID,
"YOU USED TO BE SO PRETTY;
LOOK AT YOU NOW."
AND I'D JUST GIVEN BIRTH.
THE THIRD THING HE DID WAS,
HE WIPED
ALL OF OUR BANK ACCOUNTS
DOWN TO ZERO.
SO MY SECURITY,
MY SIGNIFICANCE, MY VALUE,
AND MY LOVE WAS TORN AWAY.
AND THE NEXT DAY,
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS
THAT NIGHT I STAYED
ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR
WEEPING AND CRYING
IN A FETAL POSITION
SO WOUNDED AND SO HURT
I COULDN'T EVEN
QUOTE SCRIPTURE.
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER BEEN
TO THAT POINT
WHERE YOU KNOW SCRIPTURE
BUT LITERALLY, YOU CAN'T
EVEN SPEAK THE WORDS?
YOU CAN'T SAY IT.
AND THIS PARTICULAR TIME,
PHILIPPIANS FOUR
IS MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURE,
TALKING ABOUT
REJOICE IN THE LORD.
AND I WOULD LISTEN
TO THAT SCRIPTURE ABOUT HOW
REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS.
I SAY IT AGAIN, REJOICE!
LET PRAYER AND PETITION
BUT THE PEACE OF GOD
WILL GUARD YOUR HEART
AND YOUR MIND.
AND AT THE TIME
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
THE POWER OF PEACE
BECAUSE AT THAT TIME,
I HAD THE POSITION,
I HAD THE MONEY,
TECHNICALLY, I HAD THE POWER.
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE
PEACE IN MY LIFE.
I WAS ON THAT BATHROOM FLOOR,
CURLED UP IN A BALL, SAYING,
"LORD, I NEED YOU BECAUSE
I'M JUST ABOUT TO BREAK.
I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND
BECAUSE MY MIND
IS ALL SCATTERED
AND MY HEART IS BROKEN
INTO A MILLION PIECES."
BUT YET,
LESS THAN FIVE HOURS LATER
HAD TO GET UP AND SMILE
AND PREACH ON THE 700 CLUB.
THAT WAS HARD.
James: HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
DID YOU FEEL HYPOCRITICAL
DOING IT?
DID YOU FEEL LIKE A PHONY?
Kristi: I DIDN'T FEEL
LIKE A PHONY.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING
A STRONG CHRISTIAN BECAUSE
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
IS I WAS DOING MY JOB
AND MY JOB WAS TO MINISTER
TO THE NATIONS
AND TO LOVE PEOPLE.
EVEN IF THAT
WAS SACRIFICING MY OWN --
I WON'T SAY STABILITY,
MY OWN STRENGTH FOR THAT.
BUT ONE DAY WHEN
I WAS AT THE 700 CLUB,
A YEAR BEFORE I LEFT,
I REMEMBER PRAYING
AND I SAID, "LORD,
I JUST WANT YOUR HEART.
I JUST WANT YOUR HEART."
AT THE TIME I THOUGHT
IT WAS A HOLY PRAYER.
I DIDN'T KNOW A YEAR LATER
THAT IN ORDER FOR ME
TO HAVE THE HEART OF GOD
EVERYTHING THAT I HELD ON TO
TIGHTLY DISAPPEARED:
MY JOB, MY POSITION,
NOT JUST THE HUSBAND,
ALL THESE THINGS THAT
I FOUND MY SIGNIFICANCE IN,
MY VALUE, EVEN MY
SECURITY IN WERE GONE.
BUT THE GREATEST THING
ABOUT IT WAS THOUGH,
ALL I HAD WAS GOD
AND I COULDN'T FAKE IT ANYMORE
AND I COULDN'T
PRETEND ANYMORE.
AND LITTLE SCRIPTURES,
THEY COULDN'T
PACIFY ME ANYMORE.
I NEEDED TO KNOW
THE PERSON OF THE WORD,
NOT JUST THE WORD
THAT I COULD QUOTE,
I NEEDED TO KNOW
THE PERSON OF THE WORD.
AND IT WAS IN THAT PROCESS
THAT THE LORD STARTED TO
TEACH ME BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
THAT TAUGHT ME
HOW TO BE HAPPY.
James: WHEN YOU SAY TELL ME
WHERE YOU WANT TO TAKE
THE VIEWER IF THEY READ
THE BOOK BECAUSE YOU'RE
TRYING TO NOT JUST TAKE THEM
ON YOUR JOURNEY, YOU'RE
TRYING TO TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE.
Kristi: THE KEY IS FOR THE
WHOLE TALK YOURSELF HAPPY,
I CRIED FOR FIVE DAYS
AND MY MOM, I GREW UP
IN A SAFE, SANCTIFIED, FILLED
WITH THE HOLY GHOST FAMILY.
AND MY MOM WOULD CALL ME
EVERY DAY AND PRAY WITH ME
AND TALK TO ME
AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE ME.
AND IT WAS NEW YEAR'S DAY
AND ALL I KEPT THINKING OF WAS
I'M GOING TO HIT ANOTHER YEAR
OF THIS HURT
AND PAIN IN MY HEART.
ALL THE SUDDEN
AS SHE WAS TALKING SHE TRIED
TO DIVERT MY ATTENTION.
I START TALKING
ABOUT MY SISTER,
SOMETHING GOING ON WITH HER
AND I SAID, "REMIND HER
WHEN THE LORD DID THIS...
AND MOM, REMEMBER WHEN
THE LORD DID THAT?
REMEMBER WHEN
THE LORD DID THAT?"
AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN
THAT SPIRIT OF OPPRESSION
AND DEPRESSION
STARTED TO LIFT OFF.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT I LEARNED
A VALUABLE PRINCIPLE
WHICH IS THERE IS POWER
IN OUR SPOKEN WORD
BUT IT IS ABOUT REMEMBERING
WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN THE PAST.
SO WHEN WE'RE IN THAT PLACE
OF DESPAIR AND DISCOURAGEMENT
AND ALL WE FEEL IS THE HURT
AND WE FEEL LIKE
GOD HAS PUT US ON HOLD AND
WALKED AWAY FROM THE PHONE,
WE'VE GOT TO REMIND OURSELVES,
IF GOD DID IT BEFORE,
HE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
SO FOR ME,
IT WASN'T JUST ME SPEAKING
BUT IT WAS ME RECOGNIZING
THAT GOD'S WORD IS TRUE.
AND TALK OF THE WHOLE TALK.
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE TALK
OURSELVES MISERABLE?
WE DO IT ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
WE TALK ABOUT
WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
WE TALK ABOUT
WHAT GOD IS NOT DOING;
WHAT'S NOT GOING ON
IN OUR LIVES.
WE TALK OURSELVES MISERABLE
ALL DAY EVERY DAY
AND THAT INSTINCTIVELY
WILL CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVE
AND WOUND OUR HEART EVEN MORE.
BUT WHEN WE ALIGN OUR WORDS
WITH THE WORD OF GOD,
WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST,
HAVING THE HEART OF GOD,
THAT'S WHEN OUR PERSPECTIVE
AND THE JOY COMES.
BECAUSE WHAT DOES
THE SCRIPTURE SAY?
OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE
OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS.
SO IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
THE EQUALITY OF OUR WORDS
AS IT IS THE CONDITION
OF OUR HEART.
GOD WANTS TO GET US
TO THE POINT WHERE
OUR HEART ALIGNS WITH HIM
SO WE CAN TRUST HIM,
HAVE FAITH IN HIM,
AND WALK OUT THAT PATH
THAT HE HAS FOR US.
TALKING YOURSELF HAPPY
IS BIBLICAL; IT IS
A BIBLICAL PRINCIPAL POTENTIAL
TO REMIND YOURSELF...
James: IT IS NOT
SELF-HYPNOSIS.
IT IS ACTUALLY APPLYING
THE BALM OF GILEAD.
IT'S APPLYING THE HEALING
TRUTH, TRANSFORMING TRUTH.
I THINK THERE IS JUST
SO MUCH PEOPLE, KRISTI,
THAT HAVE JUST ALL THE REASONS
TO FIND NOT TO BE HAPPY
AND I THINK YOU'VE
SHARED YOUR JOURNEY
AND I LOVE THE REALITY
THAT BETH MOORE TALKS ABOUT
IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW YOU GOT IN THE PIT,
WHETHER YOU WERE THROWN IN,
FELL IN, OR DUG THE PIT
YOU FIND YOURSELF IN,
HE'S STILL INCLINING HIS EAR
TO LIFT US UP.
SO WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SEE THAT
WITH ALL THE PAIN THAT
YOU HAD, YOU WERE NOT
JUST TALKING TO YOURSELF,
YOU WERE SPEAKING TRUTH,
YOU WERE SPEAKING REALITY
AND IN A SENSE THEN
YOU WERE TALKING YOURSELF
INTO ANOTHER LEVEL OF PEACE
AND CALMNESS AND CONTENTEDNESS
AND DISCOVERING THAT PEACE
THAT UNDERSTANDING.
IS THAT WHAT BEGAN TO HAPPEN?
BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT
TRANSFORM YOUR HEART
BY SPEAKING GOD'S PROMISES.
SO YOU'RE NOT JUST
TALKING TO YOURSELF,
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE TRUTHS OF GOD THAT
ACTUALLY FIND FULFILLMENT
WHEN YOU DO THAT.
IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO SAY TO PEOPLE?
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE,
WHERE YOU FIND YOURSELF,
THERE IS SOMEONE READY
TO HELP WALK YOU OUT OF IT
AND REESTABLISH YOU.
AND YOUR WORDS,
JUST LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS, FROM
THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR HEART,
GO AHEAD AND SAY IT,
TALK TO YOURSELF,
DON'T TALK
WHAT THE ENEMY TALKS,
TALK TRUTH.
Kristi: YEAH!
THE LORD WAS REALLY
TEACHING ME ABOUT AGREEING
WITH THE WORD OF GOD
BECAUSE TO USE MY MARRIAGE
FOR EXAMPLE.
YES, MY EX-HUSBAND
WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.
AND YES, THE MARRIAGE
WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
I WOULD SIT AND PRAY
IN MY CLOSET AND THEN
I'D GET ON THE PHONE
WITH MY GIRLFRIEND AND SAY,
"THIS MARRIAGE IS DOOMED."
SO I WOULD NEGATE
THE VERY PROMISES
THAT GOD HAD GIVEN ME.
James: THAT YOU'D JUST PRAYED.
Kristi: AND HOW MANY TIMES
DO WE DO THAT?
James: YOU MOVED
INTO DOUBT AND DENIAL.
Kristi: SURE!
WE FORGET THAT WORDS
NOT JUST HAVE POWER,
THINK ABOUT IT, IN GENESIS,
GOD SPOKE THE EARTH
INTO EXISTENCE; RIGHT?
SO THEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE WORD WAS SO POWERFUL
THAT JESUS BECAME THE WORD.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT
THE WORD OF GOD UPLIFTS.
NOW GOING BACK
TO THE WHOLE THING WITH HOW
THE LORD HEALED MY HEART.
THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT
TRANSFORM YOUR HEART WHILE
YOU SPEAK GOD'S PROMISES
OR SPEAK GOD'S PROMISES
AND TRANSFORM YOUR HEART.
THE LORD SHOWED ME THAT
IT WASN'T JUST WHAT I SPEAK,
ONCE AGAIN,
IT'S ABOUT THE CONDITION
OF MY HEART,
AND MY HEART DIDN'T REALLY
LINE UP WITH THE HEART OF GOD.
I PLAYED THE ACT REALLY WELL.
I PLAYED CHRISTIAN.
James: WELL, I FOUND,
AND I'M 73 YEARS OLD NOW,
AND MORE AND MORE
AS I'VE LIVED I'VE PRAYED
TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
WITH THE HEART OF GOD
AND BE SO CLOSE TO HIM
THAT I FEEL EVERY HEARTBEAT.
I KNOW WHAT'S ON HIS HEART.
I KNOW WHAT'S IN HIS HEART.
I KNOW WHAT HE LONGS FOR
IN BEHALF OF ALL OF US
HE LOVES
SO FULLY AND SO FREELY.
WHEN WE IDENTIFY WITH THAT --
I THINK THERE IS HEALING
IN THAT.
I THINK IT IS AMAZING GRACE
THAT YOU BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE.
LET ME JUST PRAY THIS FOR YOU.
FATHER, I KNOW THERE ARE
MANY WATCHING RIGHT NOW,
THEIR HEARTS ARE BROKEN.
THEIR MARRIAGES MAY BE
VERY CHALLENGED.
THERE IS INCREDIBLE,
INDESCRIBABLE DIFFICULTY
AND PAIN, THERE IS PERHAPS
DISEASE OR SICKNESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DEALING WITH BUT
I'M ASKING YOU, HOLY SPIRIT,
ANOTHER JUST LIKE JESUS,
TO COMFORT THOSE RIGHT NOW
THAT ARE WATCHING
AND MAKE THEM AWARE
OF YOUR PRESENCE
AND YOUR PROMISES
AND LET THEM BEGIN
TO AGREE WITH YOU.
AND AS KRISTI SAID,
"JUST SAY WHAT HE SAYS."
GO AHEAD AND TALK TO YOURSELF.
LET THE LORD SPEAK TO YOU
THROUGH WHAT COMES
FROM YOUR LIPS.
AND WE PRAY MIRACULOUS
THAT YOU WILL HEAL HEARTS,
RELATIONSHIPS, LIVES, BODIES,
DISEASE -- JUST WORK
A MIRACLE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND THOSE OF YOU RIGHT NOW
WHO JUST KNEW I WAS PRAYING
FOR YOU AND YOU'RE PRAYING,
JUST TRUST GOD
WITH YOUR LIFE,
YOUR PAST, YOUR FAILURE,
YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
YOUR SUCCESS;
JUST TRUST HIM
WITH ALL THAT YOU ARE
AND REALLY MEAN IT,
HAVE YOUR OWN WAY.
THY WILL BE DONE IN ME,
RIGHT HERE FOR YOUR GLORY
AND YOU GIVE HIM THAT CLAY.
DO YOU APPRECIATE KRISTI
SHARING HER STORY
AND HER JOURNEY
AND JUST TRYING TO BE
AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL OF US?
THANK YOU, KRISTI!
THE BOOK IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.
WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU
BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU
TO DO SOMETHING.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU
SHEILA WALSH'S DEVOTION BOOK,
A FRESH INFUSION OF JOY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
TALK YOURSELF HAPPY?
HOW ABOUT
A FRESH INFUSION OF JOY?
ANOTHER 700 CLUB HOST
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN BLESSED
BY THAT WONDERFUL OUTREACH,
HOPEFULLY, AND WITH
LIFE OUTREACH WE PRAY.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN BLESSED
THROUGH THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE
THAT YOU MAKE POSSIBLE.
HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU TO DO.
BETTY, OUR VIEWERS
ARE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING
VERY, VERY UNIQUE.
YOU KNOW THAT FOR YEARS WE'VE
BEEN DRILLING WATER WELLS,
THOUSANDS OF THEM.
MANY OF YOU
HAVE DRILLED A WELL.
SOME OF YOU MAKE IT A GOAL
TO DRILL A WELL EVERY YEAR
OR TO HELP WITH A WELL.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES
PEOPLE SAY, "WELL,
WHAT ABOUT THE AREAS WHERE
THEY CAN'T GET A DRILLING RIG?
WHAT DO YOU DO
FOR THOSE PEOPLE?"
WELL, A MIRACLE HAS OCCURRED.
WE CAN NOW GIVE EVERY FAMILY
THEIR OWN FILTER SYSTEM
THAT THEY CAN TAKE
THE MOST FILTHY WATER
ON THE PLANET AND GET
THE PUREST WATER POSSIBLE.
I MEAN IT'S JUST LIKE
OSMOSIS, DIALYSIS,
IT'S LIKE CLEANSING --
IT'S JUST AMAZING
WHAT THIS DOES!
AND EVERYBODY CAN HAVE IT.
AND WE CAN GIVE THREE FAMILIES
THIS PROCESS OF GIVING
THEIR FAMILY CLEAN WATER
FOR $100, THREE FAMILIES.
WE CAN DRILL WELLS FOR $4800.
WE'VE GOT EMERGENCY AREAS
WHERE WE'VE GOT TO IMMEDIATELY
DRILL OVER 180 WELLS.
I WANT YOU
TO LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW
AND LISTEN TO A MOTHER
TELLING YOU WHAT GOES ON
IN HER HEART
AND YOU'RE THE ANSWER
TO THIS HEARTACHE.
I MEAN YOU'RE THE PERFECT,
MIRACULOUS ANSWER.
WATCH, LISTEN, AND RESPOND
TO THE HEART OF GOD
AND THE HEART OF THIS MOTHER.
James: WELL, IT'S SAD TO SAY
BUT BETTY AND I KNOW
WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE
TO LOSE A CHILD
THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU
WOULD HAVE GIVEN US
THE MIRACLE
NOT TO LOSE OUR DAUGHTER.
THIS MOTHER'S STORY
IS TOO TYPICAL TOO OFTEN.
NOW HERE'S WHAT I'M JUST
REALLY PLEADING WITH YOU
TO FOCUS ON.
WE CAN STOP THIS.
WE'VE BEEN DRILLING
WATER WELLS FOR VILLAGES NOW
FOR I GUESS CLOSE TO 20 YEARS
AND YOU HAVE
FAITHFULLY HELPED US.
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
FOUND 188 AREAS
WHERE THERE IS SUCH A CRISIS
THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE A WELL.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THE WHOLE VILLAGE
IS GOING TO DIE.
AND THE WATER IS THERE,
WE JUST NEED THE RIG THERE
AND DRILL;
$4800 HAS TO BE COVERED
BY SOMEBODY FULL OF LOVE.
IF YOU CAN PAY FOR A WELL,
I BELIEVE YOU WILL.
IF YOU COULD PAY FOR TWO
I BELIEVE YOU WILL.
IF YOU GIVE $1200
OR $2400 AND PRAY
THREE PEOPLE JOIN YOU
OR ONE OTHER PERSON JOINS YOU,
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WELL.
BETTY, WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT
WITH THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE,
THE OPPORTUNITY, THE NEED
IF THE PEOPLE DON'T RESPOND.
BUT MANY PEOPLE SAY,
"I CAN'T DO THE 25% OF A WELL,
I CAN'T GIVE $1200."
THERE ARE NOT
MANY PEOPLE WATCHING
WHO COULD NOT GIVE
SOMEBODY A FILTER SYSTEM
THAT WOULD GIVE THEM
THE WATER THAT THEY NEED.
WE HAVE THAT ABILITY
RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WOULD GIVE $100,
WE GIVE THREE FAMILIES
A FILTER SYSTEM
THAT YOU CAN TAKE
THE FILTHIEST WATER
IN ANY RIVER
OR ANY BOREHOLE IN THE GROUND
THAT IS CONTAMINATED
AND GIVE WATER
THAT'S JUST LIKE WHAT WE BUY
IN THE STORE
AND BOTTLED WATER.
WOULD YOU DO THAT?
AND SOME OF YOU RIGHT NOW,
YOU'RE SEEING THE IMAGES
OF THAT SIMPLE
FIVE-GALLON CONTAINER,
GOING THROUGH A HOSE,
THAT FILTHY WATER IN
AND COMING OUT
BEAUTIFUL CLEAN WATER
THAT OUR MISSION DIRECTOR
OR YOU OR ANYONE HERE
COULD DRINK IT AND KNOW
THIS IS PERFECTLY
NON-CONTAMINATED,
NOT DISEASE-RIDDEN WATER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT?
FATHER, I BELIEVE TODAY
THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS
AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
WHO WILL SAY,
"THANK YOU LORD,
I CAN REACH OUT
TO THREE FAMILIES -- FAMILIES!
NOT JUST ONE IN THE FAMILY,
THREE FAMILIES
AND GIVE THEM CLEAN WATER
FOR $100."
AND THEN LORD,
THOSE WHO CAN DRILL THE WELLS,
WHATEVER PART OR ALL OF IT,
PLEASE TOUCH THEIR HEART
AND LET THEIR HEART
BE FILLED WITH JOY
AS A CHEERFUL GIVER
TO KNOW WE'RE GIVING LIFE;
IN JESUS'S NAME.
REMEMBER, YOU'RE GIVING
WATER FOR LIFE BECAUSE
OF THE WATER OF LIFE;
AND OUR MISSIONARIES
ARE GOING TO TELL THEM
ABOUT THE WATER OF LIFE.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU
A BEAUTIFUL CANVAS
TO SAY THANK YOU;
SHEILA WALSH'S BOOK,
A FRESH INFUSION OF JOY.
YOU HELP WITH A WELL,
THE BEAUTIFUL
"DETERMINED EAGLE."
I'M PRAYING THERE WOULDN'T BE
A SINGLE VIEWER OF LIFE TODAY
DURING THE WHOLE YEAR
THAT WOULD NOT BECOME
A DETERMINED EAGLE
AND EVEN CONTRIBUTE
AND SAY SEND ME THAT BRONZE
BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SOAR
BUT I'M GOING TO RAISE PEOPLE
FROM DEATH TO LIFE BECAUSE
OF THE FREE RELEASE OF LOVE.
WOULD YOU DO THAT?
YOU CAN GO ONLINE
OR YOU DIAL THE NUMBER THERE,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,
USE IT LIKE A CHECK,
THE WAY YOU SHOULD
ALWAYS USE THEM
AND MAKE THE GIFT
GOD PUTS ON YOUR HEART --
AND DO IT JOYFULLY.
WOULD YOU DO THAT PLEASE?
BY THE WAY, CALL AND TELL US
IF YOU'RE WRITING A CHECK
MADE TO LIFE, CALL US AND
TELL US YOU'RE SENDING IT IN.
WOULD YOU DO THAT?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND GOING ONLINE IS SO SIMPLE
FOR SO MANY TO DO.
THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
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
IDENTIFIED 188 REMOTE VILLAGES
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA WHERE
CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING
FROM CONTAMINATED,
DISEASE-RIDDEN WATER.
THE SITUATION
IS DESPERATE.
THEY NEED CLEAN DISEASE-FREE
WATER IMMEDIATELY.
WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY YOU CAN
HELP DRILL FRESHWATER WELLS
IN REMOTE VILLAGES ACROSS
SEVEN AFRICAN NATIONS.
YOUR GIFT OF $24 WILL PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER FOR FIVE PEOPLE.
A GIFT OF $48
WILL PROVIDE FOR TEN.
$72 PROVIDES
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 EXPERIENCE
A DEEPER CONNECTION WITH GOD.
PLEASE CONSIDER
AN ADDITIONAL GIFT OF $100
TO HELP PROVIDE THREE FAMILIES WITH WATER FILTRATION KITS
IN EMERGENCY AREAS WHERE
OUR RIGS CANNOT REACH.
AND YOU MAY REQUEST OUR "NO GREATER NAME" CANVAS PRINT.
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: I WANT YOU TO KNOW
YOU RELEASED A RIVER OF JOY
TO MOTHERS THAT WON'T
HAVE A HEARTBREAK BECAUSE
THEY LOSE ANOTHER CHILD
BECAUSE YOU GAVE THEM
CLEAN WATER.
WHEN YOU MAKE OTHERS HAPPY
IT IS PRETTY EASY
TO FIND JOY YOURSELF.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE
KRISTI'S BOOK,
IT IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.
YOU CAN GET IT.
GO ONLINE AND GET IT.
BUT YOU HELP US
GIVE A FILTER SYSTEM,
A CUP OF WATER,
YOU ASK FOR THIS BOOK
IF YOU'D LIKE, WE'LL SEND IT
ALONG WITH THE ONE
THAT SHEILA HAS ON DEVOTIONS
BUT JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR HELP.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO THANK KRISTI
FOR SHARING WITH US TODAY?
KRISTI, BLESS YOU!
COMFORT YOU --
DIRECT YOUR STEPS
AND KEEP YOU HAPPY!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING
SOME PEOPLE HAPPY,
CHANGING THEIR WORLD.
THANKS FOR WATCHING
LIFE TODAY!
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Announcer:
IN HIS NEW BOOK,
LIVING AMAZED
JAMES ROBISON SHARES
HOW DIVINE ENCOUNTERS
CAN CHANGE
YOUR LIFE.
LIVING AMAZED --
COMING SOON TO ONLINE
AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.
Announcer:
DO YOU REMEMBER A MOMENT
YOU FELT COMPLETELY FREE?
AUTHOR REBEKAH LYONS
SHARES HER JOURNEY
OF LEARNING
TO BE FREE
FROM SEEKING
THE APPROVAL OF OTHERS.
>> 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.