Announcer:
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY!
JOIN BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
AND SPEAKER, SHEILA WALSH
AS WE SPEND
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD
AND SEE HOW GOD WILL
NEVER FAIL YOU.
Sheila: IF YOU ABSOLUTELY
BELIEVE EVERY PROMISE OF GOD,
IT WOULD SHIFT
HOW WE LIVE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT
WE LIVE IN A WORLD
THAT MAKES A LOT OF PROMISES
AND THEN DOESN'T DELIVER;
LIKE THE DIET WHERE YOU LOSE
TEN POUNDS BY TUESDAY.
TRIED IT -- DIDN'T WORK.
I GAINED HALF A POUND.
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Sheila: HI! I'M SHEILA WALSH.
WELCOME TO WEDNESDAYS
IN THE WORD.
I GOT A BOOK
OVER CHRISTMASTIME
THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.
IT IS CALLED
ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD
AND IT IS BY A GUY CALLED
DR. HERBERT LOCKYER.
I THINK HE WAS BRITISH.
I THINK HE LIVED IN LIKE
THE LAST CENTURY.
HE LISTS OVER 8,000 PROMISES
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
IT'S NOT THE KIND OF BOOK
YOU CAN JUST PICK UP
AND READ THROUGH QUICKLY.
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF
REALLY SIT DOWN AND STUDY IT.
SO I'VE MADE IT KIND OF PART
OF MY DAILY ROUTINE THIS YEAR.
ONE OF MY COMMITMENTS IN 2017
HAS BEEN TO REDISCOVER
WHAT'S CALLED
THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES.
I WAS BROUGHT UP IN
A SMALL BAPTIST CHURCH
IN SCOTLAND WHERE ALL WE WERE
ENCOURAGED TO DO WAS
TO HAVE OUR QUIET TIME.
AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
IF YOU LOVE JESUS YOU BRUSH
YOUR TEETH AND YOU HAVE
A QUIET TIME.
THE THING I DIDN'T LIKE
ABOUT THAT AS I GOT OLDER
WAS I DIDN'T LIKE HAVING
MY TIME WITH GOD
PUT ON MY TO-DO LIST.
I WANTED IT
ON MY WHO-I-AM LIST.
SO I'VE BEEN STUDYING
ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGED
THROUGH SCRIPTURE TO REALLY
COMMUNE WITH GOD, WHETHER
IT IS THROUGH CONFESSION.
IN JAMES IT SAYS: CONFESS
YOUR SINS ONE TO ANOTHER
AND PRAY FOR EACH OTHER
THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED.
WHETHER IT IS IN SILENCE.
YOU KNOW THERE IS SUCH BEAUTY
IN JUST BEING QUIET.
REMEMBER: BE STILL
AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
BUT ALSO IN MEDITATION.
NOW I HAVE TO ADMIT AS
A SCOTTISH BAPTIST I THOUGHT
MEDITATION WAS A LITTLE DODGY
BECAUSE IT SOUNDED KIND OF
WEIRD, LIKE A LITTLE BIT
EASTERN AND LITTLE BIT
NEW AGEY UNTIL I BEGAN TO
REALLY STUDY THE WORD OF GOD.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE
THE STANDARD FOR EVERYTHING,
NOT ANYTHING WE READ
ON FACEBOOK OR ANYTHING
WE SEE ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE WORD OF GOD IS
A PLUMB LINE FOR TRUTH.
I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
THAT SOME WOULD SAY,
LIKE THE PSALMIST DAVID,
MEDITATION WAS HUGE!
HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU'RE STILL A LITTLE
CONFUSED, HERE'S
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE MORE KIND OF
EASTERN NEW AGE TYPE.
IT ENCOURAGES YOU
TO EMPTY YOUR MIND.
CHRISTIAN MEDITATION
IS ABOUT FILLING YOUR MIND
WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT
-- DAVID WOULD SAY, "I LIE
ON MY BED AT NIGHT AND
MEDITATE ON YOUR WORD."
SO THAT'S BECOME PART OF
MY ROUTINE IN 2017;
REALLY SPENDING TIME
IN PRAYER, FASTING,
CONFESSION, COMMUNITY,
SILENCE, GRATITUDE.
BUT THE MORE I BEGIN TO STUDY
THE PROMISES OF GOD, SOMETHING
BECAME SO CLEAR TO ME.
IF WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THEM,
DON'T YOU THINK WE WOULD
LIVE DIFFERENTLY?
IF YOU ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE
EVERY PROMISE OF GOD,
IT WOULD SHIFT HOW WE LIVE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT
WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT
MAKES A LOT OF PROMISES
AND THEN DOESN'T DELIVER.
LIKE THE DIET WHERE YOU LOSE
TEN POUNDS BY TUESDAY.
TRIED IT -- DIDN'T WORK!
I GAINED HALF A POUND.
I REMEMBER WHEN CHRISTIAN
WAS LITTLE, WHEN MY SON
WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY,
HE WAS WATCHING SOMETHING
ON TV JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
AND YOU KNOW HOW IT'S
TOY COMMERCIAL AFTER
TOY COMMERCIAL.
AND HE SAID TO ME,
"MOM, LOOK AT THIS!
CAN WE GET THIS FISHING POLE?"
I SAID, "WELL, SURE.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN TO FISH,
BABE, THAT'S GREAT.
I GREW UP FISHING."
HE SAID, "NO. BUT THIS
IS A SPECIAL ONE, MOM.
IT GUARANTEES YOU'LL CATCH
A FISH IN TEN MINUTES."
I'M LIKE, "CHRISTIAN,
THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE
YOU'LL CATCH A FISH.
THAT'S AN ART."
HE LOOKED AT ME WITH
THESE BIG INNOCENT BROWN EYES
AND HE SAID, "MOM,
THEY COULDN'T SAY IT ON
TELEVISION IF IT'S NOT TRUE."
UGHHH!
SEE THE PROBLEM IS MAYBE
SOMEBODY HAS MADE PROMISES
TO YOU AND THEN
THEY RENEGED ON THEM.
SOMEONE HAS TOLD YOU,
"I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU."
EVEN SOMETHING SIMPLE,
"I'LL MEET YOU FOR DINNER
NEXT TUESDAY"
AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP.
WE GET A LITTLE JADED,
WE GET A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS
AS TO WHETHER PEOPLE WILL
FULFILL THEIR PROMISES.
AND SOMETIMES I EVEN WONDER,
AS BELIEVERS, DO WE THINK
THAT GOD'S PROMISES ARE
BASED ON OUR BEHAVIOR?
SO IF WE DON'T ALWAYS LINE UP,
DOES THAT NEGATE
THE PROMISES OF GOD?
I SAW A KIND OF
INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF THAT.
AFTER MY MOTHER-IN-LAW,
ELEANOR DIED
MY FATHER-IN-LAW, WILLIAM,
WE INVITED HIM
TO COME LIVE WITH US.
HE WAS 79 AND HE LIVED
WITH US FOR THREE YEARS --
THREE OF THE BEST,
MOST FUN YEARS OF OUR LIFE.
HE WAS SUCH A CHARACTER.
BUT I REALIZED HE HAD
GROWN UP WITH THIS VERY
STRICT ETHIC OF LOVE
WAS BASED ON BEHAVIOR.
ONE NIGHT AT DINNER WE WERE
SITTING AROUND TALKING AND
I KNEW THAT WILLIAM'S KNEES
HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM
A LITTLE BIT.
HE SAID SOMETHING TO ME
THAT WAS REALLY
UNCHARACTERISTIC.
IT WAS REALLY SHARP
AND REALLY UNKIND
AND NOT LIKE HIM AT ALL.
HE IMMEDIATELY EXCUSED
HIMSELF FROM THE TABLE
AND DISAPPEARED
UP TO HIS ROOM.
I THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL GIVE HIM
A LITTLE WHILE.
AFTER A WHILE I THOUGHT,
I WANT TO CHECK ON HIM.
SO I WENT UPSTAIRS
AND I KNOCKED ON
HIS BEDROOM DOOR AND
HE INVITED ME TO COME IN.
HE WAS SITTING ON THE END
OF THE BED WITH
HIS LITTLE SUITCASE PACKED.
I SAID, "POP,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
HE SAID, "WELL,
DO I LEAVE NOW?"
I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN
DO YOU LEAVE NOW?"
HE SAID, "WELL,
I BROKE THE RULES."
I SAID, "POP, WE USED TO BE
A FAMILY OF THREE,
NOW WE'RE A FAMILY OF FOUR.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GET TO BREAK THE RULES."
RULES ARE GOOD TO GIVE
SOME KIND OF ORDER BUT
GRACE AND LOVE ARE WHAT
WE NEED TO LIVE.
BUT I THINK SOMETIMES
WE THINK WITH GOD, I DIDN'T
BEHAVE WELL SO I'M NOT SO SURE
ABOUT THE PROMISES OF GOD.
I WANT TO READ YOU
A PSALM THAT I HAVE LOVED
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
HOW THIS PSALM CAME TO LIFE
AT THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN
IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.
PSALM 121, I'M READING FROM
THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION.
HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS:
WHEN LIFE GETS STORMY,
IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT'S
HAPPENING IN YOUR FAMILY
OR IT CAN BE SOMETHING
IN YOUR OWN LIFE
AND YOU FEEL LIKE I'M NOT SURE
IF GOD IS STILL WITH ME.
I'VE DISCOVERED
A PROFOUND LESSON.
IF YOU ARE A STUDENT
GROWING UP IN SCOTLAND,
ENGLAND, IRELAND OR WALES,
THEY HAVE A THING CALLED
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT
THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND,
PRINCE PHILLIP GIVES OUT
TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IT TAKES YOU FIVE YEARS
TO EARN THIS.
THE VERY FIRST YEAR,
IF YOU DO IT, YOU HAVE
TO DO ALL SORTS OF PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE TO GO CAMPING.
YOU HAVE TO VOLUNTEER.
YOU HAVE TO...
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
IF YOU GET THROUGH
THE FIRST YEAR THEN YOU GET
THIS BRONZE AWARD
SENT TO YOU IN THE MAIL.
TWO MORE YEARS OF COMMUNITY
SERVICE AND ALL SORTS
OF DIFFERENT THINGS,
IF YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT,
THEN YOU GET THE SILVER AWARD.
BUT IF YOU MANAGE TO GO
THE WHOLE FIVE YEARS
AND COMPLETE SOME PRETTY
TOUGH ASSIGNMENTS
THEN YOU'RE INVITED TO GO
TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE
AND YOU'RE PRESENTED
WITH THE GOLD:
DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD.
WELL, I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.
I WAS ABLE TO DO THE WHOLE
FIVE YEARS AND THEN GO
TO THE PALACE
AND RECEIVE THAT AWARD.
IT WAS KIND OF AN AMAZING DAY.
BUT THE LAST THING THAT
I HAD TO DO, I ALMOST
DIDN'T MAKE IT.
IT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE.
WHAT I HAD TO DO WAS TO GO
TO A RANGE OF MOUNTAINS
CALLED THE CAIRNGORMS WAY
UP IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.
AND YOU HAD TO SURVIVE
FOR FOUR DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS
IN A SINGLE TENT NO MATTER
WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE.
YOU HAD TO FIND WAYS
OF STARTING A FIRE NATURALLY;
AND AT THE END OF THE TIME,
IF THAT WAS YOUR LAST THING
AND YOU COMPLETED IT
THEN THERE WAS A PLACE
YOU COULD GO TO IN A LITTLE
TOWN CALLED ABBY MOORE
AND THEY WOULD STAMP
TO SAY YOU'D COMPLETED IT.
SO THREE OF US DID IT
THAT TIME: MY FRIEND MOIRA,
MY FRIEND LINDA AND I.
WE TOOK THE TRAIN WAY UP
INTO THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND,
WHICH IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
THE FIRST DAY WE MANAGED
TO WALK ABOUT 12 MILES
AND WE FOUND A PLACE
WHERE WE COULD CAMP.
WE SET UP OUR TENTS
AND MADE SOME TEA.
WE MANAGED TO GET A FIRE
GOING; NO SCOTTISH PERSON
CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT
A CUP OF TEA BEFORE BEDTIME.
BUT THE SECOND DAY WAS
SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
A STORM HAD BLOWN IN
AND THERE WAS SNOW
AND ICY WINDS IN OUR FACE.
AND WE ONLY MANAGED
TO GO FOR ABOUT FIVE MILES.
WE TRIED TO FIND A PLACE
WHERE WE COULD PITCH OUR TENTS
AND IT WAS SO DIFFICULT.
WE TRIED TO MAKE A FIRE
AND THAT NIGHT WE WERE
NOT ABLE TO.
BUT EVENTUALLY, AROUND
THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
THERE WAS A LITTLE SHADE
AND WE FINALLY MANAGED
TO GET OUR THREE TENTS
UP FOR THE NIGHT.
WE DECIDED WE JUST WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY FOOD BUT
WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE STORM
HAD PASSED BY MORNING.
SO I CRAWLED INTO
MY LITTLE TENT,
INTO MY SLEEPING BAG,
AND FELL FAST ASLEEP.
THE LAST THING I READ
WAS PSALM 121:
THE LORD WATCHES OVER YOU.
HE IS A SHIELD OVER YOU.
WELL, I WOKE UP AT ABOUT
2:00 IN THE MORNING
AND SOMEONE WAS OUTSIDE
MY TENT AND I COULD TELL
BY THE SHAPE THAT IT WASN'T
MOIRA AND IT WASN'T LINDA
AND THEY WERE PRESSING
AGAINST THE SIDE OF MY TENT.
I WAS PETRIFIED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I TRIED TO QUIETLY CALL
MY FRIENDS BUT THEY WERE
FAST ASLEEP, PLUS THE WIND
WAS HOWLING OUTSIDE.
SO I THOUGHT, OKAY
THE ONLY THINGS I HAVE,
I'VE GOT MY BIBLE AND
I'VE GOT MY FLASHLIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO CRAWL OUT
THERE AND WITH THE LORD'S HELP
I'LL HIT THEM WITH ONE
OR THE OTHER: THE WORD OF GOD
OR MY FLASHLIGHT.
SO I MANAGED TO EASE OUT
OF MY TENT AND I CAME
FACE TO FACE WITH A HUGE
SCOTTISH HIGHLAND SHEEP
WHO HAD KIND OF FALLEN
AGAINST MY TENT.
AND IT WAS YES! YOU KNOW
THE COMMERCIAL, I'VE FALLEN
AND I CAN'T GET UP!
SO I TRIED TO MOVE
THIS GREAT BIG BEAST
BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE.
SO I THOUGHT WHAT DO I DO?
I'D REMEMBERED THAT EARLIER ON
WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIND
A PLACE TO PITCH OUR TENTS
THERE WAS LIKE A TINY
LITTLE CLEFT IN THE SIDE
OF THE MOUNTAIN JUST LIKE
A LITTLE CAVE.
SO I THOUGHT, I NEED TO TRY
AND FIND THAT.
SO I PULLED MY SLEEPING BAG
OUT FROM UNDERNEATH BIG BERTHA
THE SHEEP, AND I USED
MY FLASHLIGHT AND I LOOKED
TO SEE THAT I WAS ALONE IN
THE LITTLE CLEFT OF THE ROCK;
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE JOINING
IN OTHER CRITTERS
AND IT WAS FINE
SO I PUT MY SLEEPING BAG UP,
I CRAWLED IN AND MERCIFULLY,
I FELL ASLEEP.
WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING
AND I LOOKED OUT,
IT WAS SPECTACULAR.
THE STORM HAD PASSED,
THE SUN WAS SHINING ON
THE SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
GLORIOUS VIEWS
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
I LOOKED OUT.
I COULD SEE FOR MILES.
AND MY PSALM CAME BACK TO ME:
HE WILL NOT LET YOU STUMBLE.
THE ONE WHO WATCHES OVER YOU
WILL NOT SLUMBER.
WHAT I REALIZED THAT NIGHT
WAS THERE ARE SOME NIGHTS
WHEN WE FIND IT HARD TO SLEEP.
THERE ARE SOME NIGHTS
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH
ON OUR MINDS WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
MAYBE YOU FACE THAT
IN YOUR LIFE.
MAYBE YOU'RE STRUGGLING
AT THE MOMENT WITH SOMETHING
YOU'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN
GO TO SLEEP AND THAT
GOD WATCHES OVER YOU?
DO YOU KNOW HE NEVER
TAKES A NAP?
THERE IS NEVER A MOMENT WHEN
HE IS NOT WATCHING OVER YOU.
AS I LAY AT THE EDGE
OF THAT CAVE THAT MORNING
AND LOOKED OUT AS THE SUN
WAS SHINING ON THE BRILLIANT
NEW SNOW, I FELT THE LORD
SAYING, "SHEILA, I WAS THERE
IN THE STORM
AS MUCH AS I'M THERE
ON THIS GLORIOUS MORNING."
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT TOO.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
GOD'S PROMISES ARE TRUE.
I WANT TO JUST REMIND YOU
OF JUST A COUPLE.
SECOND CORINTHIANS 1:20, 22
SAYS THIS:
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE THINK,
WELL, SOME OF THESE PROMISES
MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE
FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
SOME OF THESE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN SPECIFIC BUT
JESUS CHRIST IS THE YES
TO EVERY PROMISE OF GOD.
IT GOES ON.
IT GETS EVEN BETTER!
DO YOU KNOW THAT?
DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD HAS SET
HIS SEAL OF OWNERSHIP?
HE LOOKS OUT AT YOU AND SAYS,
"THAT'S MY GIRL!
THAT'S MY BOY!"
IT WAS FUNNY WHEN I USED
TO TRAVEL WITH WOMEN OF FAITH
AND MY SON CHRISTIAN WOULD
COME WITH ME AND ONE DAY
AT THE ARENA, WE HAD
BIG ARENA EVENTS AND THERE WAS
SECURITY BACK STAGE.
WE ALL HAD BACK STAGE
ALL-ACCESS PASSES BUT
THE DAY THAT CHRISTIAN CAME
OVER WITH A YOUNG GIRL WHO
WAS HELPING ME ON THE ROAD,
THEY HAD FORGOTTEN
THEIR ALL-ACCESS PASSES AND
LEFT THEM BACK AT THE HOTEL.
I HAPPENED JUST TO BE COMING
BACK STAGE AS I SAW BARRY
AND MY SON CHRISTIAN COME IN
AND THE SECURITY GUARD
WOULDN'T LET THEM THROUGH.
CHRISTIAN CAUGHT SIGHT OF ME
AND HE YELLED, "I'M WITH HER!"
I WENT AND CLAIMED MY SON.
BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT'S
HOW GOD FEELS ABOUT YOU?
THAT'S HOW GOD
FEELS ABOUT YOU.
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF
IN A TOUGH SPOT, IF YOU THINK,
LORD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
HOW TO PRAY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN
CERTAINLY SAY HEY,
I'M WITH HIM.
I'M WITH JESUS.
HE HAS SET HIS SEAL
OF OWNERSHIP ON YOU AND PUT
HIS SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS
AS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
WHAT IS TO COME.
SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE LIKE ME
YOU MIGHT GET FRUSTRATED
IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU THINK SOME DAYS, LORD,
I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING
TWO STEPS FORWARD
AND THREE STEPS BACK.
BUT YOU KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT
YOU AND I GETTING IT RIGHT.
DO YOU KNOW THAT CHRIST
HIMSELF HAS COMMITTED
TO COMPLETING THE WORK
HE BEGAN IN YOU AND ME?
LET ME REMIND YOU
OF A COUPLE MORE OF
THESE INCREDIBLE PROMISES
BECAUSE THE THING IS,
PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR MINDS
ALL THE TIME.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
PROMISED SOMETHING
AND THEN SOMEBODY
CHANGES THEIR MIND.
WE HAD OUR HOUSE ON THE MARKET
AND A COUPLE CAME TO SEE IT
AND THEY SAID, "ABSOLUTELY!
WE'RE ALL IN.
DO YOU MIND JUST
REPAINTING THIS ROOM
AND IF YOU COULD FIX THAT?"
AND AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE,
AS OFTEN HAPPENS,
THEY PULLED OUT.
THAT'S LIFE.
GOD WILL NEVER
EVER BACK OUT ON YOU.
GOD WILL NEVER FAIL YOU.
YOU CAN COUNT ON
EVERY PROMISE; HERE'S TWO
OR THREE OF THEM TO SHOW YOU
HOW TRUSTWORTHY HE IS.
THIS IS NUMBERS 23:19:
HERE'S ANOTHER WONDERFUL
PROMISE FROM HEBREWS 10:23:
FINAL ONE: MAYBE THIS HITS
WHERE YOU LIVE TODAY:
MATTHEW 11:28:
HE DOESN'T SAY
I MIGHT GIVE YOU REST.
HE DOESN'T SAY
IF YOU'VE BEHAVED THIS WEEK
I'LL GIVE YOU REST.
HE SAYS, "COME ON. COME TO ME.
I PROMISE I'LL GIVE YOU REST."
THERE ARE SO MANY PROMISES
IN THE WORD OF GOD AND
THE MOMENT THAT CHRIST CAME
ON THIS EARTH AS A TINY BABY
EVERY PROMISE BECAME YES
IN HIM.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO
IN YOUR LIFE, I UNDERSTAND
HOW HARD THAT IS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW
IF YOU'VE NEVER REALLY
STUDIED THE WORD OF GOD,
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.
IF WE CAN HELP YOU, CALL US.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
BUT JUST AS WE'RE HERE
FOR YOU, YOU'RE HELPING US
DO SOMETHING THAT'S LITERALLY
CHANGING THE WORLD.
CHRIST SAYS WHOEVER DRINKS
OF ME WILL NEVER THIRST AGAIN.
WELL, WE'VE PUT THAT INTO
A VERY PRACTICAL APPLICATION
IN PROVIDING CLEAN WATER
BEFORE WE INTRODUCE PEOPLE
TO THE WATER OF LIFE.
WATCH THIS.
Announcer: 15-YEAR OLD
SOLANGE LOVES HER FAMILY
AND WORKS HARD
COLLECTING WATER FOR THEM.
HOWEVER, DRINKING THE WATER
IN HER VILLAGE
COMES WITH
GREAT RISK.
Announcer: DUE TO
THE SCARCITY OF WATER,
SOLANGE CAN SPEND
UP TO EIGHT HOURS A DAY
COLLECTING THE WATER
HER FAMILY NEEDS.
YOU AND I SPEND
EIGHT HOURS A DAY
ON SOMETHING WE VALUE:
A PAYCHECK,
TIME WITH FAMILY
OR FRIENDS.
SOLANGE SPENDS
EIGHT HOURS A DAY ON THIS.
Announcer: PARASITES
IN THE WATER
ARE CAUSING FATAL CASES
OF DIARRHEA EVERY DAY
IN SOLANGE'S VILLAGE
AND IN NUMEROUS VILLAGES
THROUGHOUT AFRICA.
THE NUMBER ONE VICTIM:
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5.
Sheila: IT'S JUST SO WRONG.
IT'S SO FIXABLE.
THAT'S WHAT BLOWS ME AWAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER
KIND OF TUNE OUT WHEN
YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THAT
BECAUSE YOU THINK, WELL,
THAT'S JUST THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE WORLD AND THOSE PEOPLE
ARE USED TO THAT.
NO, THEY'RE NOT!
I'VE SAT WITH THESE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME.
SO MANY OF THEM ARE WOMEN
OF FAITH, SO MANY OF THEM
LOVE JESUS BUT THEY HAVE
NO CHOICE.
WHAT DO THEY DO?
IF THEY DON'T GIVE
THEIR CHILDREN SOMETHING
TO DRINK THE CHILDREN
WILL DIE OF THIRST WHICH IS
ONE OF THE MOST AGONIZINGLY
PAINFUL DEATHS.
SO THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEM
THE ONLY WATER THEY HAVE.
BUT YOU AND I CAN CHANGE THIS.
THAT'S THE AMAZING THING.
I HAVE SAT WITH THESE WOMEN.
I'VE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES
THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A LOT.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR
A NEW LEXUS.
THEY JUST WANT CLEAN WATER.
AND YOU AND I, WHO HAVE
BEEN GIVEN A LOT HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY -- IT'S NOT
LIKE WE'VE BEEN PRESSURED
OR YOU HAVE TO DO IT
TO BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN.
THIS IS A JOY!
WE GET TO DO THIS.
WE GET TO BE THE ANSWER
TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PRAYER.
SO WE HAVE A GOAL.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PUT
188 WELLS IN 188 VILLAGES.
YOU AND I, WE CAN DO THIS.
I PROMISE YOU, WE CAN DO THIS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE.
PERHAPS YOU COULD GIVE $48
AND THAT WILL HELP 10 PEOPLE;
$144 WILL HELP 30 PEOPLE.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY
BE ABLE TO BUILD A WELL,
TO PUT A WELL IN --
THAT'S WITHIN
SOME OF YOUR GRASP, $4800.
BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
WE CAN ALL DO SOMETHING.
MY SON, HE STARTED JUST
COLLECTING ALL THE COINS
AND WHEN HE WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH COINS HE WOULD TAKE IT
AND GET IT TRANSFERRED INTO
NOTES AND THEN SEND IT OFF.
BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE,
SOME OF THESE VILLAGES,
WE CAN'T GET A WELL IN
SO WE COME UP WITH
THIS FANTASTIC NEW FILTER
SYSTEM AND FOR $100
YOU CAN PROVIDE CLEAN WATER
FOR THREE WHOLE FAMILIES.
NO BIG SISTER --
NO BIG SISTER SHOULD BE CALLED
INTO A HOSPITAL ROOM
TO SAY GOOD-BYE TWICE
TO HER LITTLE SISTERS
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE CLEAN WATER.
WOULD YOU HELP US?
IT'S JUST THE MOST AMAZING
PRIVILEGE BECAUSE I GET
TO SIT HERE AND TALK TO YOU
ABOUT IT AND I GET TO WATCH
THESE PIECES BUT THEN
I GET TO GO --
I'M GOING TO BURUNDI.
I WANT TO SEE FRESH WELLS
PUT IN THERE.
IF YOU COULD SEE THE LOOK
ON THESE PEOPLE'S FACES;
YOU THINK CHRISTMAS IS AMAZING
WHEN YOUR KIDS OPEN A PRESENT
AND THEY GET
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR?
IT IS NOTHING COMPARED
TO THE LOOK ON THE FACES
OF THESE WOMEN WHO HAVE TO --
CAN YOU IMAGINE, EIGHT HOURS
A DAY HAVING TO JUST GO
AND GET WATER THAT YOU KNOW
IS NOT EVEN GOOD FOR YOU?
WE CAN CHANGE THAT.
IF WE PUT A WELL
IN 188 VILLAGES WE HAVE
CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOREVER.
AND HONESTLY, I BELIEVE THEN
WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
TO TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS
WHO IS THE WATER OF LIFE.
SO PLEASE, WOULD YOU GO
TO YOUR PHONES?
WOULD YOU GO ONLINE?
WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING NOW?
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!
Ralph: WE'RE HERE
IN BURUNDI, AFRICA
UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE
THEY CANNOT GET DRILL RIGS
TO COME UP HERE
TO DRILL WELLS.
THIS SCENARIO HAPPENS AROUND
THE WORLD, NOT JUST HERE.
WE'VE DISCOVERED
THAT THESE PEOPLE UP HERE
HAVE PATHETIC
WATER SOURCES.
THIS IS WATER THAT MOTHERS
ARE BRINGING HOME
TO THEIR CHILDREN
ONLY TO GET WORMS,
OTHER WATERBORNE DISEASES, CHOLERA, EXTREME DIARRHEA,
AND THEN TO HEAR
STORIES OF DEATH.
LIFE HAS BEEN GIVEN
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
THESE WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS INTO THE MOUNTAINS
SO THAT WHEN MOTHERS
BRING WATER
HOME TO THEIR CHILDREN
THEY'RE NO LONGER
BRINGING WATER THAT'S
KILLING THEIR CHILD,
THEY CAN CREATE WATER
THAT BRINGS LIFE
TO THEIR CHILD.
I THINK YOU SEE
THE JOY IN THEIR FACES.
IT'S GOING TO BRING
SO MUCH JOY TO THESE HOMES
THAT CAN PROVIDE CLEAN WATER
FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AGAIN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR ALL THE GENEROUS GIVING.
IT REALLY IS
MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Sheila: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU
THE PICTURES.
WHEN I GET BACK FROM BURUNDI
I CAN TELL YOU,
I CAN SHOW YOU A VILLAGE
THAT HAD NO WATER
AND NOW THEY HAVE WATER.
THIS IS DOABLE.
WE ARE GOD'S PEOPLE.
WE'RE ON THIS PLANET
AT THIS TIME TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE AND ONCE
YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHING,
YOU CAN'T UNSEE IT.
WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT TO ME, IT IS NOT
A MUST DO, IT IS WE GET
TO DO IT IN JESUS' NAME.
FOR ANY GIFT AT ALL
WE'LL SEND YOU MY BOOK,
5 MINUTES WITH JESUS:
A FRESH INFUSION OF JOY.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO
THE $100 TO PROVIDE THAT
FILTRATION KIT FOR
THREE FAMILIES, WE'LL SEND YOU
THIS BEAUTIFUL CANVAS
THAT SAYS, "NO GREATER NAME
THAN THE NAME OF JESUS."
LET'S DO SOMETHING.
LET'S MAKE A MARK
IN THIS WORLD FOR JESUS.
SO THANKS SO MUCH
FOR BEING WITH ME
ON WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD.
I'M SHEILA WALSH.
I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
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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.
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