Announcer: COMING UP
ON LIFE TODAY!
GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE
GIVES HIS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
OF THE AMAZING WAYS
GOD USED JAMES.
>> YOU WOULD GO INTO A ROOM
OR GO INTO A COMMUNITY
AND IT WASN'T LIKE
YOU WOULD ALWAYS SEEK OUT
THE HIGH
AND THE MIGHTY,
THE RICHEST,
THE MOST POWERFUL,
BUT YOU MIGHT SEE SOME KID
THAT LOOKED HURT,
AND BECAUSE OF YOUR LIFE
AND WHERE YOU'D BEEN,
YOU SAW YOURSELF
IN THAT KID.
YOU'D GO OVER THERE
AND GIVE TIME TO THAT KID,
AND THAT WOULD BE THE KID
THAT WOULD COME TO CHRIST.
♪
James: I THINK THERE ARE
SOME FOLKS OUT HERE THAT
REALLY LIKE OUR GUEST.
I REALLY THINK SO.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
LIVING AMAZED.
THE BOOK IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.
THIS ISN'T JUST AN AMAZING
JOURNEY OF A FATHERLESS BOY
AND A VERY SHY KID.
I SAID I THINK THE SHYEST KID
ON THE PLANET.
NONE OF YOU BELIEVE THAT NOW
BUT WAS I SHY?
Betty: VERY SHY.
James: INDESCRIBABLY SO.
NOBODY BELIEVED IT.
WHEN I WAS CALLED TO PREACH
I ASKED THEM IF
THEY THOUGHT I COULD
AND A DEACON SAID, "NO."
IT WAS HIS ANSWER,
"NO, YOU CAN'T."
[Laughter]
BUT GOD HAS DONE SOMETHING
AMAZING AND SOMEBODY THAT IS
PART OF THAT AMAZING JOURNEY
IS A MAN THAT I THINK
YOU'VE GROWN TO APPRECIATE
AND RESPECT AND REALLY LOVE
AND THAT'S GOVERNOR
MIKE HUCKABEE.
WOULD YOU SAY GOVERNOR
MIKE HUCKABEE IS ONE
OF THE GREAT STATESMAN
IN OUR DAY?
[Applause]
WELL, HE IS OUR GUEST
AND HE ACTUALLY STARTED HIS,
LET'S SAY, "PUBLIC MINISTRY"
WITH US; I'LL LET HIM
TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS AGO.
BUT WOULD YOU WELCOME
GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE
TO LIFE TODAY AS OUR GUEST?
Mike: THANK YOU, JAMES.
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK
WITH YOU AND BETTY.
YOU WANT ME TO TELL THEM
HOW MANY YEARS AGO?
James: YEAH! TELL THEM
HOW MANY YEARS AGO.
Mike: FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO.
James: YOU SAID YOU WERE
HOW OLD WHEN YOU CAME?
Mike: I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
[Laughter]
James: YOUNGEST STAFF MEMBER
I EVER HIRED.
Mike: I WAS THE YOUNGEST.
YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS;
I THINK YOU EVEN PUT IT
IN THE BOOK, THAT THERE WERE
PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T THINK
THAT YOU SHOULD HIRE ME.
I WAS 21 YEARS OLD
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE.
ACTUALLY I WAS 20 WHEN I FIRST
STARTED DOING SOME CONTRACT
WORK BUT YOU ACTUALLY HIRED ME
AT 21 AND PEOPLE THOUGHT
YOU HAD LOST YOUR MIND.
LATER YOU REALIZED YOU HAD.
[Laughter]
BUT IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME
IN MY LIFE AND PART OF IT
WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE
MANY OF THE STORIES
THAT ARE IN THE BOOK.
WHEN I GO BACK AND READ THEM
IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL
JOURNEY FOR ME TO GO BACK
AND SAY I WAS THERE
FOR SOME OF THESE STORIES
-- NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT
SOME OF THE POWERFUL STORIES
THAT I CAN GIVE EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED.
James: WHAT HAPPENED
BETWEEN ME AND YOU
RIGHT WHEN YOU CAME BECAUSE
YOU HAD TO GET UP ON
A PLATFORM IN FRONT OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
IN STADIUMS AND COLISEUMS
AND YOU WERE KIND OF
MY ANNOUNCER AND YOU DID
A LOT P.R. WORK.
YOU DID RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
AND TELEVISION.
YOU ACTUALLY INTRODUCED ME
ON TELEVISION.
WE WON'T HERE TONIGHT;
MAYBE THEY WILL DO A QUICK
CLIP AND THEY CAN SEE HOW
VERY YOUNG WE ONCE WERE.
ANYWAY, YOU DIDN'T HAVE
ANY REAL SUITABLE SUITS.
Mike: NO. I OWNED
ONE SUIT AND I HAD PAID $25
FOR IT AT AN OUTLET STORE
AND THIS IS THE TRUTH.
James: AND THAT'S WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE --
IT LOOKED LIKE IT.
Mike: NO KIDDING. IT DID.
THANKS, JAMES.
James: I'VE JUST GOT
TO BE HONEST, MIKE.
Mike: I HAD GROWN UP DIRT POOR
IN SOUTH ARKANSAS.
NO MALE UPSTREAM FROM ME
HAD EVER EVEN GRADUATED
HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I WAS THE FIRST
IN MY FAMILY TO GET OUT
OF HIGH SCHOOL, MUCH LESS
GO TO COLLEGE.
THERE WASN'T MONEY
FOR NICE CLOTHES.
SO YOU HIRED ME AND THE
FIRST DAY I GOT CALLED INTO
YOUR OFFICE AND I THOUGHT,
WHAT I'M GETTING
FIRED ALREADY?
I HADN'T EVEN BEEN THERE
A DAY.
[Laughter]
JAMES TOOK ME TO
THE NICEST DEPARTMENT STORE
IN THE MID CITIES BETWEEN
DALLAS AND FORT WORTH
AND PERSONALLY WENT IN THERE
AND PICKED OUT THREE SUITS,
SHIRTS, TIES.
HE DIDN'T TRUST ME
TO PICK THEM OUT.
[Laughter]
ANYBODY WALKING AROUND WITH
A $25 SUIT IS NOT THE GUY
YOU SAY, "GO PICK
SOMETHING OUT."
[Laughter]
HE WANTED ME TO LOOK SHARP.
I'LL NEVER FORGET
WHAT YOU SAID.
YOU SAID, "IF YOU'RE GOING
TO WORK FOR ME, I WANT YOU
TO LOOK SHARP AND I EXPECT YOU
TO BE SHARP."
BUT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
THE INVESTMENT YOU MADE IN ME
WAS NOT ONLY SPIRITUAL
BUT IT WAS MATERIAL,
BUT THE MATERIAL HAD
A SPIRITUAL IMPACT.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT WE MAY DO SOMETHING
THAT SEEMS MATERIAL,
IT MAY SEEM TEMPORAL BUT
THE IMPACT ON A PERSON'S LIFE
IS EVERLASTING
AND IT IS SPIRITUAL.
I THINK THE STORIES IN
THE BOOK ARE OFTEN STORIES
OF ORDINARY THINGS THAT HAD
EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT
ON PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND TIME AND AGAIN THERE
WOULD BE SOME EVENT
AND IT JUST HAD
A SPIRITUAL APPLICATION.
CAN I TELL A STORY ABOUT...?
WE WERE ON AN AIRPLANE
COMING AWAY FROM A CRUSADE,
I THINK IT WAS IN ALABAMA
SOMEWHERE, LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
IT HAD BEEN ONE OF THOSE
EIGHT-DAY CRUSADES THAT...
YOU GUYS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
JAMES WOULD PREACH
EIGHT-DAY CRUSADES,
GO HOME SIX, BACK ON THE ROAD
EIGHT MORE DAYS.
IT WAS THE MOST
BRUTAL SCHEDULE.
IT WAS LIKE A POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN ON STEROIDS.
[Laughter]
ALL DAY LONG HE IS SPEAKING,
SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AT SCHOOLS
AND CIVIC CLUBS
AND ALL THIS STUFF
AND BIG CRUSADES AT NIGHT.
SO WE'RE COMING BACK HOME
AND WE'RE IN THE AIRPLANE
AND YOU HAD FOUND SOMETHING
THAT YOU WANTED RHONDA,
YOUR OLDEST DAUGHTER TO READ.
YOU HANDED IT TO ME
AND SAID, "HERE.
GIVE THIS TO RHONDA
SO SHE CAN READ IT."
I THINK RHONDA WAS 14.
SO HALF JOKINGLY, I JUST
HANDED IT OVER TO HER
AND I SAID, "HERE.
RHONDA, READ THIS.
YOUR DADDY SAID, 'READ THIS.'"
AND YOU REACHED OUT
AND YOU SAID, "MIKE! MIKE!
I DIDN'T SAY IT LIKE THAT."
AND YOU KNOW, YOU SAID,
"WHEN YOU GIVE THE FATHER'S
WORDS YOU ALSO NEED TO GIVE
THE FATHER'S SPIRIT."
IT WAS A POWERFUL LESSON
TO ME.
OF COURSE, I FELT THIS TALL
THE WAY YOU GOT ON TO ME.
BUT IT REALLY WAS, I WAS
JUST KIDDING WITH RHONDA
BUT THE POINT WAS,
WHEN THE HEAVENLY FATHER
SPEAKS TO US IT IS NOT JUST
ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS, IT IS
THE SPIRIT IN WHICH
HE SAYS IT.
BECAUSE YOUR SPIRIT WAS NOT
TO DEMAND FOR HER TO READ IT,
IT WAS TO LOVINGLY
AND KINDLY SAY,
"I THINK RHONDA WOULD REALLY
BE INTERESTED IN THIS."
AND I WAS GOOFING AROUND
BUT THE POINT BEING,
I MISREPRESENTED THE SPIRIT
OF THE FATHER IN DELIVERING
THAT MESSAGE.
THAT HAS STAYED WITH ME
FOR 40 YEARS.
TO THIS DAY, I STILL REMEMBER
THAT IF I'M SPEAKING
THE WORDS OF THE FATHER,
I NEED TO ASK MYSELF,
DO I HAVE THE SPIRIT
OF THE FATHER?
NOW THAT'S A SIMPLE THING
THAT HAPPENED BUT GOD USES
THOSE SIMPLE THINGS.
I THINK WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO FIND IN THIS BOOK IS,
THERE ARE POWERFUL STORIES,
STORIES THAT MADE
THE HEADLINES
IN THE NEWSPAPERS ABOUT
SOME OF THE CRUSADES
BUT THERE ARE ALSO
INSTANCES IN WHICH GOD
TOOK JUST A SIMPLE ENCOUNTER,
SOMETHING THAT WASN'T
EVEN ON THE SCHEDULE
AND SOMETHING HAPPENED.
OR AS I LIKE TO SAY,
IN THE WORDS OF THAT
GREAT THEOLOGIAN, FOREST GUMP,
"GOD SHOWED UP."
[Laughter]
James: AND HE DID OVER
AND OVER.
YOU AND I GOT TO SEE
A YOUNG MAN IN HIS MID 30s
TALK TO A MAN 70,
GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN.
AND IS THERE ANY QUESTION
IN YOUR MIND THAT WHEN I WENT
AND HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF BEING ALONE WITH HIM,
WHICH IS HERE IN THE BOOK,
AND THEN SUBSEQUENT
CONVERSATIONS, DO YOU THINK
THERE WAS ANY QUESTION
THAT GOVERNOR REAGAN KNEW
HE WAS BEING LOVED BY
A YOUNG MAN THAT
CARED DEEPLY ABOUT HIM?
Mike: THERE IS NO DOUBT.
I THINK IT WAS
A LIFE-CHANGING EVENT
FOR RONALD REAGAN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT HISTORY
HAS EVER BEEN ABLE
TO RECORD THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT
MEETING HERE BECAUSE
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT
THERE HAD BEEN A GATHERING
OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY,
NOT TO ENDORSE A CANDIDATE
BECAUSE NO CANDIDATE
WAS ENDORSED.
BUT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR A PERSON WHO WOULD
BECOME PRESIDENT TO LOOK OUT
INTO THE FACES OF PEOPLE
WHO COMMITTED TO PRAY FOR HIM,
WHO LOVED HIM, AND WHO
WANTED HIM TO REPRESENT
THE BEST OF AMERICA.
I THINK IT CHANGED HIS LIFE.
James: THAT'S WHAT HIS
BEST FRIEND SAID IN HERE.
HIS VERY BEST FRIEND,
HIS EVENTS COORDINATOR,
WHO TOOK BUDDY HOLLY'S PLACE
WHEN BUDDY HOLLY WAS KILLED
AS THE LEAD SINGER,
BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS,
WELL, HE WAS THE NEXT
LEAD SINGER.
BUT HE TELLS WHAT HAPPENED;
FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT
OF WHAT HAPPENED.
NANCY TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED
TO RON THAT NIGHT
AS SHE SAID,
"WHAT HAPPENED TO RON?"
BUT HERE'S THE THING NOW.
LET'S BRING IT UP TO TODAY.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK
YOU SPENT TRYING
TO CONVINCE ME THAT I WOULD
NOT BE WASTING TIME
IF I WOULD DARE TO LOVE
ONE DONALD J. TRUMP
AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM?
JUST HOW MUCH TIME
DO YOU THINK YOU SPENT
WORKING ON THAT PROJECT?
Mike: MORE THAN I INTENDED TO.
[Laughter]
BECAUSE I'M TELLING
THIS AUDIENCE SOMETHING
BETTY KNOWS, YOU CAN BE
A STUBBORN CUSS WHEN YOU
WANT TO BE.
[Laughter]
BUT IN A GOOD WAY BECAUSE
YOU'RE A CRITICAL THINKER
AND YOU'RE AN ANALYTICAL
THINKER AND YOU DON'T TAKE
SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE
SOMEBODY SAYS IT.
I THINK IT IS ONE OF GOD'S
STRENGTHS IN YOU IS THAT
YOU'RE NOT A PERSON THAT
IS EASILY SOLD, NOT A PERSON
THAT IS EASILY CONNED
INTO SOMETHING.
SO I TOLD YOU THAT TRUMP
WAS NOT MY FIRST CHOICE
FOR PRESIDENT --
BECAUSE I WAS MY FIRST CHOICE
FOR PRESIDENT.
[Laughter]
Betty: MINE TOO!
James: MINE TOO!
[Laughter]
Mike: BUT I ALSO TOLD YOU
THAT OF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE
ON THAT STAGE, THERE WAS
17 OF US THAT STARTED
AND WHEN I REALIZED
IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ME,
I TOLD YOU
HE'S MY SECOND CHOICE.
YOU WERE SHOCKED BY THAT.
I SAID, "LET ME TELL YOU,
WHAT YOU SEE IS THIS BRASH,
TAKE-NO-PRISONERS GUY
ON STAGE BUT YOU DON'T SEE --
James: OBNOXIOUS.
ARROGANT.
Mike: WHAT YOU DON'T SEE...
James: EXCUSE ME,
MR. PRESIDENT,
I LOVE YOU DEEPLY.
YOU KNOW I DO.
Mike: YOU'LL NEVER BE INVITED
BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
BUT WHAT YOU WEREN'T SEEING
AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
WEREN'T SEEING WAS THIS MAN
WHO HAD THE MOST AMAZING
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS
ADULT CHILDREN,
AN ENVIABLE RELATIONSHIP,
THE KIND THAT EVERY FATHER,
WHETHER IT IS YOU OR ME,
ANY FATHER WOULD WANT THAT
KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIS CHILDREN WHERE THEY
HOLD HIM IN HIGH ESTEEM
AND RESPECT.
THEY LOVE HIM BUT THEY ALSO
CAN SPEAK FREELY AND OPENLY
TO HIM, BUT THE LOVE
AND JUST CONCERN THAT
HE HAD FOR THEM.
IT WAS ALSO THE SENSE
IN WHICH PEOPLE DON'T SEE
THIS BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE
NOT IN A ROOM ALONE,
HE'S A LISTENER --
HE'S A LISTENER.
I THINK WHEN YOU GOT
TO KNOW HIM, IT WAS AMAZING
THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAD
ON HIM BECAUSE AS PEOPLE KNOW,
YOU TEND TO BE RATHER BLUNT.
[Laughter]
BUT THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDED.
HE RESPECTS THAT.
AND HE HAS SO RESPECTED THAT
WHEN YOU SPOKE TO HIM
IN ALL THE TIMES THAT
YOU HAVE DEALT WITH HIM
AND PRAYED WITH HIM,
IT WAS NEVER IN SOME WAY
TO TRY TO SAY THINGS THAT
HE WANTED TO HEAR OR JUST
TO GIVE HIM A PAT
ON THE BACK.
YOU WERE RESPECTFUL,
YOU WERE KIND, BUT YOU WERE
ALSO PROPHETIC.
AND IT'S SOMETHING I BELIEVE
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THAT GIFT IN
TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TRUTH
TO POWER IN A WAY THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T DO
BECAUSE THEY COME ACROSS
EITHER HARSH OR
THEY COME ACROSS AS ARROGANT.
BUT IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
HERE'S THIS PERSON
WHO CHEWS REPORTERS UP
AND SPITS THEM OUT EVERY DAY
FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH,
AND DINNER AND WHEN YOU
SPEAK BOLDLY TO HIM
HE HEARS AND HE LISTENS
BECAUSE HE KNOWS --
HERE'S WHAT HE KNOWS.
HE KNOWS YOU LOVE HIM.
HE KNOWS THAT IT'S NOT
ABOUT YOU AND IT IS NOT
ABOUT HIM, IT IS ABOUT
WHAT GOD CAN DO
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND IN THE SAME KIND
OF RELATIONSHIP THAT I SAW
THAT YOU HAD WITH
RONALD REAGAN, AGAIN,
MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICA NEVER
HEARD THESE STORIES,
THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IT,
BUT THOSE OF US WHO WERE
AROUND THEN SAW IT
AND NOW WE'RE SEEING IT
WITH DONALD TRUMP.
James: LET ME JUST SAY, MIKE,
THAT I LOVE EVERYBODY WATCHING
AND THOSE OF YOU HERE
IN THIS ROOM, THERE IS NO WAY
TO DESCRIBE THE LOVE
THAT I HAVE.
AND YOU SAY, "WELL,
YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW ME."
WELL, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
JUNK YOU COULD LAY IN FRONT
OF ME THAT WOULD CAUSE ME
NOT TO LOVE YOU, BECAUSE
BUT FOR HIM WE ARE
ALL JUNK-LAIDEN.
WE'RE ALL BURIED IN THE LOAD
OF OUR OWN MESS, AND HE IS
THE ONE THAT LIGHTENS
THE LOAD AND LIFTS IT
AND GETS US OUT OF ANY PIT.
I LOVE THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE WATCHING.
THE REASON THAT I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THE BOOK IS HERE
IS A SHY KID WITHOUT A FATHER
THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD NEVER
PICK FOR ANYTHING
AND GOD SAID, "I PICK YOU
AND I ENABLE YOU."
HE WANTS TO DO THE SAME THING
FOR EVERYBODY.
THEY WON'T HAVE THE SAME GIFT.
YOU AND I DON'T FUNCTION
IN THE SAME ROLE AND
WE FUNCTION IN ROLES WE NEVER
IMAGINED WE WOULD BE IN.
WE LIVE AMAZED; DON'T WE?
Mike: ABSOLUTELY, EVERY DAY!
James: BETTY LIVES AMAZED.
DID YOU EVER THINK BETTY WOULD
BE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION?
Mike: I REMEMBER HOW
SHY BETTY WAS.
I THINK ONE PERSON IN MY LIFE
WHO'S VERY AMAZED IS MY WIFE.
SHE IS AMAZED THAT I EVER
TURNED OUT TO BE ANYTHING.
SHE IS STILL AMAZED AT THAT.
[Laughter]
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THIS BOOK DOES,
IT CHRONICLES SOME OF
THE GREAT MOMENTS, AGAIN,
SOME THAT I WAS WITNESS TO
AND SOME THAT I WASN'T,
BUT ALL OF THEM ABOUT
HOW GOD INTERVENED.
AND MANY TIMES, AND THIS IS
SOMETHING PEOPLE WON'T
KNOW ABOUT YOU, YOU WOULD GO
INTO A ROOM OR GO INTO
A COMMUNITY AND IT WASN'T LIKE
YOU ALWAYS WOULD SEEK OUT
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY,
THE RICHEST,
THE MOST POWERFUL; BUT
YOU MIGHT SEE SOME KID
THAT LOOKED HURT AND BECAUSE
OF YOUR LIFE AND WHERE
YOU'D BEEN, YOU SAW
YOURSELF IN THAT KID.
YOU WOULD GO OVER THERE
AND GIVE TIME TO THAT KID,
AND THAT WOULD BE THE KID
THAT WOULD COME TO CHRIST.
I CAN'T EVEN RECALL
HOW MANY TIMES THAT I WOULD
SEE YOU, WHETHER IT WAS
IN A STORE, OR AT A SCHOOL
WHERE THE KID WAS KIND OF
BASHFUL AND EVERYONE ELSE
HAS A GROUP BUT THERE IS
ONE KID THAT'S ALL BY HIMSELF
AND THAT WOULD BE THE KID
YOU WOULD GO FIND AND PUT
YOUR ARM AROUND HIM AND HAVE
A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
AND THEN THAT WEEK HE WOULD
COME TO THE CRUSADE
AND COME TO THE LORD.
IF YOU HADN'T DONE THAT,
THAT KID WOULD HAVE NEVER
MADE THAT COMMITMENT
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW
ANYONE LOVED HIM.
Betty: MIKE, I HAVE TO SAY,
HE STILL DOES THAT.
HE STILL DOES THAT.
NO ONE -- HE DOESN'T PASS
BY SOMEONE THAT HE DOESN'T
SEARCH HIS HEART AND SAY,
GOD, DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY
SOMETHING TO THAT PERSON?
DO YOU WANT ME TO BE
AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM?
BUT WE ALL CAN BE THAT WAY.
WE CAN ALL LIVE AMAZED!
BECAUSE WHY?
WE HAVE THE LOVE OF GOD
LIVING IN US AND IF WE LIVED
THAT OUT IN OUR LIVES,
WE WILL WALK EVERY DAY
AMAZED AT WHAT GOD DOES.
James: I REALLY WANT THE BOOK
TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO REALIZE
THAT IF I CAN LIVE AMAZED
THEY CAN.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
WHAT I'VE JOURNALED HERE
CAN ACTUALLY BE A SOURCE
OF REAL ENCOURAGEMENT
AND INSPIRATION TO PEOPLE
TO WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY
LATCH ON TO THE REALITY
THAT THEY CAN, IN FACT,
WITH GOD'S GRACE AND
HIS DIVINE ENABLING
AND GIFTING, THEY TOO CAN
LIVE THEIR LIFE AMAZED?
Mike: WITHOUT A DOUBT.
AND SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK,
WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT
JAMES ROBISON AND VERY
POWERFUL PEOPLE AND HOW
THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL.
THIS IS A BOOK OF HOW
GOD TOOK A VERY SHY ORDINARY
PERSON AND USED HIM
AND THEN ALL THE INTERACTIONS
AND THE STORIES.
THE BOOK STARTS WITH
THIS AMAZING MIRACLE
AT MARBLE FALLS, TEXAS;
THE STORIES OF THE CLEVELAND,
TENNESSEE CRUSADE
THAT I WITNESSED.
AND PEOPLE WOULD LITERALLY
STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AISLES
OF A SUPERMARKET
AND WITNESS TO EACH OTHER.
AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN BUY
GROCERIES, IF YOU WERE
IN A HURRY, BECAUSE EVERYBODY
IS CRYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
James: AND THAT CRUSADE,
YOU REMEMBER, THE FOOTBALL
TEAM AT THE PEP RALLY
THAT DAY, LITERALLY,
THE FOOTBALL TEAM,
THEY'RE PLAYING THAT NIGHT,
THE FOOTBALL TEAM TELLS
THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL, "DON'T GO
TO THE FOOTBALL GAME.
GO TO THE CRUSADE.
WE WILL TAKE CARE OF
THE FOOTBALL GAME --
YOU GO TO THE CRUSADE."
AND I HAD TO MAKE
THE CHEERLEADERS GO --
AND MAKE THE BAND GO
TO THE FOOTBALL GAME.
HOW CRAZY IS THAT?
Mike: AND IT WAS THEIR
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP;
IT WASN'T LIKE
A REGULAR GAME.
BUT IT WAS THAT KIND
OF REVIVAL.
IT IS RARE IN LIFE, A LOT
OF PEOPLE MAY NEVER SEE IT
AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
SEEN IT MAY SEE IT ONCE
OR TWICE IN OUR LIVES
WHERE THERE IS A REAL --
JUST MOVE OF GOD AND
GOD IN THE SPIRIT SWEEPS
INTO AN ENTIRE CITY
AND THE WHOLE CITY
IS TRANSFORMED AND TOUCHED.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED
THAT WEEK.
WE HAD TO EXTEND THE CRUSADE.
I REMEMBER I WAS RUNNING
OUT OF SUITS.
I ONLY HAD THREE.
[Laughter]
James: DO YOU APPRECIATE MIKE
BEING WILLING TO COME AND SAY,
"I WANT TO HELP YOU, JAMES.
I WANT TO HELP YOU
HELP OTHERS."
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
AND I REALLY DO THANK YOU,
GOVERNOR HUCKABEE, MIKE.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE ONE
OF THE GREATEST VOICES
FOR GOD ON THE PLANET TODAY.
WILL YOU JOIN IN PRAYING
FOR HIM FOR AS LONG
AS WE LIVE TOGETHER?
WILL YOU LIFT HIM UP?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MIKE, I THINK YOU REJOICE
OVER WHAT WE'RE DOING IN
MISSIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ISN'T IT AMAZING?
WE SAW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE SAVED, I THINK
WHILE WE WERE TOGETHER
IT WAS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MILLION
PEOPLE HAD COME TO CHRIST.
WE STARTED SEEING FROM
TWO TO FIVE MILLION PEOPLE
COME TO CHRIST WHEN
WE WENT OUT AND STARTED
UNDERGIRDING OUTREACHES
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING.
GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM
IS SERVANT.
LISTEN. THIS IS THE GREATEST
JOY I HAVE.
IT IS NOT SPEAKING,
IT IS SERVING -- SERVING YOU,
SERVING MIKE, SERVING OTHERS.
THAT'S WHAT
HE JUST POINTED OUT.
THIS IS ONE REASON FOR
THE BOOK, TO SERVE YOU
AND HELP YOU SEE YOU CAN
GET IN THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD.
BUT NOW THINK ABOUT THIS.
YOU CAN LIVE AS SERVANT,
GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM.
WOULD YOU PLEASE SERVE
SOME MISSIONARIES,
SOME RELIEF WORKERS WHO HAVE
PLANTED THEIR LIVES
IN THE MIDST OF HELL
TO RESCUE PEOPLE?
TO REACH THEM, TO RESCUE THEM,
AND RESTORE THEM, TO GET THEM
OUT OF BONDAGE --
SEXUAL TRAFFICKING,
ONE OF THE MOST HORRIBLE,
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS
ON THE PLANET.
PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,
AND WE CAN RESCUE THEM
WITH LOVE.
BUT WE CAN'T DO IT
UNLESS WE DO IT TOGETHER.
IT'S ONLY TOGETHER THAT
WE BECOME THE BODY OF CHRIST
PUTTING HIS ARMS
AROUND THE SUFFERING
AND RESCUING THEM.
WATCH CLOSELY.
LISTEN TO SHEILA WALSH.
LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
LISTEN TO JESUS THROUGH HER.
Sheila: HONESTLY, RALPH
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER FELT
SUCH DARKNESS
IN A PLACE.
IT MAKES ME ALMOST FEEL PHYSICALLY SICK TO MY STOMACH.
UNTIL YOU SEE IT WITH
YOUR OWN EYES,
IT'S REALLY HARD
TO DESCRIBE.
YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED
TO THINK, THEY CHOSE THIS.
THAT'S SO NOT TRUE
FOR SO MANY OF THEM.
YOU TAKE THAT MAKEUP OFF, THEY'RE LITTLE GIRLS.
THEY WERE TOLD,
"YEAH! COME TO THE CITY
AND YOU'LL BE
A WAITRESS
OR YOU'LL WORK
IN A HOTEL."
SO THEY COME
FULL OF HOPES AND DREAMS,
MAYBE TO MAKE SOME MONEY
FOR THEIR FAMILY
AND THEN THEY'RE
IMMEDIATELY TRAFFICKED.
THEY JUST
BREAK THEM.
THEY LOCK THEM
IN A ROOM
AND THEY DON'T FEED THEM,
THEY DON'T LET THEM SLEEP.
THEY TELL THEM, "IF YOU DON'T STAND OUT THERE AND SMILE
YOU'LL BE
PUNISHED."
AND EVERY NOW
AND AGAIN
THEY'LL REMOVE
ONE OF THE GIRLS
FROM THE GROUP
AND THEY'LL NEVER
SEE HER AGAIN.
ONE OF THE
GIRLS SAID,
"I WAS TOLD IF I TRIED
TO ESCAPE FROM THIS BROTHEL,
WHAT THEY
TOLD ME WAS,
'OKAY. YOU GO AHEAD.
YOU ESCAPE.
WE KNOW WHERE YOUR
EIGHT-YEAR OLD SISTER LIVES."
CAN YOU
IMAGINE THAT?
THESE GIRLS ARE
AS MUCH IN PRISON
AS PEOPLE
WHO ARE BEHIND BARS.
WE CAN BRING
THE LIGHT OF CHRIST
TO THE DARKEST PLACE
I'VE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE.
WE NEED TO GET
THESE YOUNG GIRLS
OFF THESE COLD
EVIL STREETS
AND INTO A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN FIND
HEALING AND HOPE.
JAMES AND BETTY, I THINK
OF ALL YOUR GRANDKIDS.
SOME OF THESE
YOUNG GIRLS OUT THERE
ARE THE AGE
OF YOUR GRANDKIDS.
THIS SHOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
WE'VE GOT TO DO IT NOW.
WE'VE GOT TO DO IT
IN JESUS' NAME.
James: BETTY, I KNOW
YOU'RE PRAYING, RIGHT NOW
THAT IN JESUS' NAME
EVERY PERSON WATCHING
WILL REACH OUT IN LOVE
AND TOUCH SOMEONE WITH ACTION.
NOW JUST LISTEN TO ME
A MINUTE PLEASE RIGHT HERE
YOU HOLD THE FUTURE OF MANY
OF THESE PRECIOUS GIRLS
IN YOUR HANDS.
IT IS LITERALLY
ABOUT AS FAR AWAY
AS IT IS FOR YOU TO WALK OVER
AND GO TO THE TROUBLE
OF GETTING A BANKCARD --
AND I'M GLAD
YOU CAN USE IT EASILY.
MY WIFE SHOPS MOSTLY ONLINE.
SHE IS AMAZED AT HOW QUICKLY
THINGS CAN BE DELIVERED.
LISTEN.
THE FUTURE FOR SOME
OF THESE GIRLS
IS AS FAR AS YOU WALKING
AND GETTING THAT CARD
THAT YOU USE OFTENTIMES FOR
SUCH VERY IMPORTANT MATTERS,
SOMETIMES JUST FOR
YOUR OWN ENJOYMENT,
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT --
WOULD YOU RIGHT NOW
GO GET THAT CARD
AND SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE
A PASSPORT TO FREEDOM.
THE GIFT THAT I MAKE IN LOVE
AND THE PRAYERS I PUT WITH IT,
AND SUPPORT
THOSE MISSION WORKERS
THAT HAVE PLANTED THEIR LIFE
IN THAT PAIN AND MISERY
AND THEY'RE FULL OF LOVE
BUT SO OFTEN
THEY CAN DO SO LITTLE?
BECAUSE TOO OFTEN
SUPPORT IS MEAGER
FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
WITNESSES ON THE PLANET.
WE HAVE FOUND THEM.
WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE
AND LET'S UNDERGIRD --
IT'S LIKE A LIGHT, A LANTERN
THAT WE BRING THE OIL TO,
TO KEEP THAT LIGHT BURNING,
EXPAND THE OUTREACH.
WOULD YOU RIGHT NOW
GO GET THE CARD,
COME BACK, GO ONLINE,
AND TAKE THAT CARD AND MAKE
THE LARGEST GIFT YOU CAN
KNOWING YOU'RE GIVING
THE GREATEST GIFT --
YOU'RE GIVING FREEDOM AND LIFE
TO THOSE GIRLS,
TO THOSE HELD CAPTIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO SET THEM FREE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT
THE MISSION OUTREACH.
IT TAKES AN AVERAGE
OF $128 TO RESCUE ONE.
WE'VE GOT A MATCHING GIFT
RIGHT NOW THAT WILL DOUBLE
WHAT YOU GIVE.
SOME SAY,
"I COULDN'T GIVE $128."
$64 NOW WILL BE DOUBLED,
YOU'LL HAVE THE $128.
WE ASK FOR PEOPLE, I'M PRAYING
MANY OF YOU WILL DO IT BECAUSE
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK
FOR THIS EMPHASIS.
$1280 RESCUES TEN,
IF YOU'LL GIVE THAT $1280
WE NOW RESCUE 20.
THINK ABOUT IT.
WOULD YOU PLEASE GO
VERY PRAYERFULLY,
GET THAT CARD
AND KNOW THAT THAT JOURNEY
AND THAT GIFT
GIVES THEM FREEDOM.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM
IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE
YOU EVER IMAGINED.
WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY
BE PUTTING THEM
IN THE ARMS OF LOVE.
PLEASE RIGHT NOW,
FOLLOW THE LEADERSHIP OF GOD.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO CALL THE NUMBER
USE THAT BANKCARD
LIKE A CHECK.
IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK,
MAKE IT TO LIFE BUT CALL US
AND TELL US
WHAT YOU'RE MAILING.
PLEASE CALL US RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO KNOW.
WE WANT TO TELL
THE MISSIONARIES,
"YOU'VE GOT THE SUPPORT."
THIS IS OUR LAST WEEK.
PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL.
Announcer:
INNOCENT CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE
LONGING TO BE LOVED
AND CARED FOR
ARE BEING ABDUCTED
AND SOLD
AT THE HANDS
OF VIOLENT PREDATORS,
THEIR SPIRIT
AND BODIES BROKEN
UNDER HORRIFIC EMOTIONAL
AND PHYSICAL ABUSE.
THROUGH MISSION:
RESCUE LIFE
YOU CAN REACH OUT
TO SAVE CHILDREN
VULNERABLE TO
SEX TRAFFICKERS.
YOU CAN HELP RESCUE
THOSE ALREADY ENSLAVED
AND YOU CAN HELP
RESTORE THEIR LIVES
AND GIVE THEM
A FUTURE.
NOW A GENEROUS OPPORTUNITY
OF A $200,000 MATCHING GIFT
MEANS YOUR GIFT OF $128
TO HELP RESCUE A CHILD
WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP TWO CHILDREN.
YOUR $64 GIFT WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP RESCUE ONE CHILD
FROM THE HORRORS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND A $32
RESCUE GIFT
WILL BE DOUBLED
TO $64.
WITH YOUR GIFT
WE WILL SEND YOU
JAMES ROBISON'S NEW BOOK,
LIVING AMAZED:
HOW DIVINE ENCOUNTERS
CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
AS YOU READ THESE
INSPIRING STORIES
YOU'LL LEARN HOW
TO LIVE AMAZED
IN THE PRESENCE OF
GOD 24 HOURS A DAY.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100
OR MORE, YOU'LL RECEIVE
JAMES' NEW BOOK,
ALONG WITH THE COMPANION,
AMAZED JOURNAL
SO YOU CAN RECORD ACCOUNTS
IN YOUR OWN LIFE
WHERE YOU'RE AMAZED
AT GOD'S GOODNESS.
FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER
A GIFT OF $1280
WHICH WILL NOW
HELP RESCUE 20 CHILDREN
AND YOU MAY REQUEST
OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW
"DETERMINED EAGLE"
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE.
James: WELL, BETTY AND I DO
SAY THANK YOU FROM
THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING
THAT WALK.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU GET A BUSY,
BE DETERMINED, I'M GOING
TO GET THROUGH.
I'M GOING TO MAKE
THIS GIFT TODAY.
MANY ARE CALLING BECAUSE
THEY NEED US TO PRAY
WITH THEM ABOUT SOMETHING,
THEY'RE TRAPPED,
THEY NEED TO BE SET FREE.
THEY NEED AN EXPRESSION
OF LOVE.
BUT YOU BE DETERMINED,
"I'M GOING TO BE AN ANSWER
TO SOMEONE'S PRAYER TODAY."
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
LIVING AMAZED BECAUSE
WE WANT YOU TO LIVE AMAZED.
BETTY AND I HAVE LIVED
IN LOVE 54 YEARS AND WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO LIVE
IN LOVE; AND THAT IN ITSELF
IS AMAZING THAT YOU CAN
54 YEARS STILL REALLY LIKE
EACH OTHER, AND WE ARE
CRAZY ABOUT EACH OTHER.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU
CERTAIN GIFTS TO HELP YOU
GROW IN YOUR
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
I THINK THE BEAUTIFUL EAGLE,
THE "DETERMINED EAGLE,"
DETERMINED TO SOAR ON
THE TURBULENCE OF THE TIMES
AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE DAY.
HIS LOVE, HIS POWER,
EVEN TURBULENCE LIFTS US
AND WE CAN SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE.
WOULD YOU JOIN BETTY AND ME
IN SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH
TO GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE?
Mike: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
James: YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU.
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Announcer: NEXT WEEK, RADIO
AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY,
ANDREW WOMMACK HELPS US
LEARN TO STOP LOOKING FOR
OUR NEXT MIRACLE AND
START LIVING IN GOD'S BEST.
>> 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.