>> I CANNOT BELIEVE
I'M SITTING HERE!
MY LIFE
IS AWESOME!
WHOO!
[Laughing]
Announcer:
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY,
FIND OUT WHY CLAYTON KING IS
SO EXCITED HE CAN'T SIT STILL
AS HE EXPLAINS
HOW WE CAN ALL OVERCOME
AND START REPLACING THE LIES THAT HOLD US DOWN
WITH THE TRUTH
THAT SETS US FREE.
>> SO MANY TIMES
WE BELIEVE THE FAKE NEWS
THAT THE ENEMY TELLS US
ABOUT OURSELVES
OR WE BELIEVE THE FAKE NEWS
THAT WE TELL OURSELF.
♪
James: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I KNOW SOMEBODY
GLAD TO BE HERE
AND THAT'S OUR GUEST.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I WELCOME YOU
TO LIFE TODAY.
CLAYTON KING IS HERE
AND I MEAN HE IS PUMPED.
HE'S GOT A BOOK
CALLED OVERCOME.
WE SHOWED YOU
SOME OF THE CLIPS, HOW HE
KIND OF GETS FIRED UP HERE.
HE IS NOT SHY.
NOW HE IS ABOUT TO PASS OUT
OVER HERE.
"REPLACING THE LIES
THAT HOLD US DOWN WITH
THE TRUTHS THAT SET US FREE."
LET ME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME:
"REPLACING THE LIES
THAT HOLD US DOWN
WITH THE TRUTHS
THAT SET US FREE."
HE HAS A WONDERFUL MINISTRY
HE'S ON; HE IS WITH
THE NEW SPRING CHURCH
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY HAVE
A NUMBER OF CAMPUSES.
WOULD YOU WELCOME
CLAYTON KING TO LIFE TODAY?
[Cheers & applause]
Clayton: WHOA!
I'M SO FIRED UP. MAN!
James: OKAY! YOU CAME IN HERE.
YOU JUST STARTED OUT
BRAGGING ABOUT
THE SOUTH CAROLINA
FOOTBALL TEAM.
NOW WHO MIGHT THAT BE?
Clayton: THE CLEMSON TIGERS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
WE BEAT ALABAMA.
James: WHO IS ALABAMA?
Clayton: ALABAMA IS THIS TEAM
THAT SORT OF DOMINATES
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
THEY JUST NEED TO SHARE
SOME NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
WITH THE REST OF US.
MAN, I LIVE ABOUT 20 MILES
FROM THE CAMPUS.
James: SO WERE YOU PRAYING
FOR CLEMSON AT THAT GAME?
Clayton: YES!
I WAS PRAYING FOR THEM.
I WAS PRAYING
FOR GOD'S WILL TO BE DONE.
James: SO HAS THE COACH
FROM ALABAMA CONTACTED YOU
ABOUT BEING A PART
OF THE TEAM PRAYER MEETING?
Clayton: NO! THE COACH FROM
ALABAMA HAS NOT CONTACTED ME
BUT THE COACH
OF THE CLEMSON TIGERS
IS A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH
AND IS THERE ON SUNDAYS
AT NEW SPRING
AND DABBO SWINNEY LOVES JESUS
AND I LOVE JESUS
AND I LOVE DABBO SWINNEY,
AND I LOVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AND I LOVE CLEMSON
AND I LOVE YOU!
AND I CANNOT BELIEVE
I'M SITTING HERE
ON YOUR SHOW RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY!
James: WHY ARE YOU SO EXCITED
ABOUT BEING HERE?
BECAUSE I CAN TELL
YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ON.
YOU DANCED OUT
WHEN I WALKED IN THE ROOM
BACK THERE WITH YOU.
Clayton: THIS IS AS REAL
AS IT GETS.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I GAVE MY LIFE TO JESUS
IN 1987; I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
I'M ON MY KNEES AT AT ALTAR
PRAYING THE SINNER'S PRAYER
TO RECEIVE CHRIST, AND WHILE
I'M GIVING MY LIFE TO JESUS
I HEARD A VOICE TELL ME
TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.
SO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
GOD BEGAN TO OPEN UP DOORS
FOR ME.
IN OUR HOME EVERY AFTERNOON,
AFTER DINNER WAS OVER,
MY DAD WOULD TURN ON THE TV
AND YOU WOULD BE PREACHING
AT 5:30 OR 6:00 ON CHANNEL 16
IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
SO I'M THIS YOUNG EVANGELIST,
14 YEARS OLD,
I PREACHED MY FIRST SERMON
WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD --
30 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR --
AND I WOULD WATCH YOU PREACH.
AND I WOULD SIT THERE
GLUED TO THE TELEVISION.
THEY WOULD SHOW
BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADES
AND THEY WOULD SHOW
JAMES ROBISON CRUSADES; AND
I WOULD WATCH BILLY GRAHAM
AND I WOULD WATCH YOU.
I WOULD JUST IMAGINE
WHAT IT COULD BE LIKE.
I WOULD PRAY, GOD,
IF YOU WOULD JUST
LET ME SEE A FRACTION
OF WHAT THOSE MEN HAVE SEEN.
SO FOR ME, NOW 30 YEARS LATER
TO BE SITTING HERE
WITH THE TWO OF YOU,
I CAN BARELY --
I CAN'T EVEN HARDLY BREATHE.
LITERALLY, MY HEART RATE
IS 180 RIGHT NOW.
I FEEL LIKE
I'VE RUN A MARATHON.
THIS IS SUCH A GREAT HONOR
FOR ME.
James: YOU KNOW,
YOU TALKED TO OUR SON AND
TO SHEILA HERE A WHILE BACK
AND HE TOLD ME, "DAD,
I'VE MET FEW PEOPLE WHO SEEM
TO HAVE THE APPRECIATION
FOR THE IMPACT OR IMPRINT
YOU'VE MADE ON THEIR LIFE."
I CAN TELL YOU MEAN THAT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO WHY
YOU WROTE THIS BOOK
BECAUSE I LOVE THE SUBHEADING.
YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW POINTS
THAT YOU TOUCH ON.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LIES
THAT HOLD US DOWN.
YOU GAVE US KIND OF A LIST
OF FOUR OF THEM THAT
YOU FELT YOU WOULD HAVE TIME
TO TOUCH ON.
SO I'M GOING TO READ
ALL FOUR OF THEM THAT WAY IF
WE DON'T GET TO ALL OF THEM
THEN SOMEBODY WILL KNOW
WELL, WE JUST GOT STOPPED.
HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE
IN THE BOOK?
ABOUT 10 OR 12?
Clayton: I IDENTIFY
THE TEN MOST COMMON LIES
THAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE.
EVERY ONE OF US BELIEVES LIES
ALL THE TIME.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE
AN OLD BUGS BUNNY CARTOON.
YOU USED TO SEE,
AT LEAST WHEN I WAS A KID
THERE WOULD BE
THIS CARTOON CHARACTER
AND THERE WOULD BE THE DEVIL
ON ONE SHOULDER
WHISPERING BAD THINGS
IN THE CARTOON CHARACTER'S EAR
AND AN ANGEL IN THE OTHER ONE.
THAT'S REALLY
KIND OF HOW IT IS
IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
FOR A CHRISTIAN.
YOU'VE GOT THE FLESH
AND THE DEVIL THAT'S
ALWAYS TRYING TO GET YOU
TO WALK AWAY FROM JESUS
OR DO THINGS
IN THE POWER OF SIN.
THEN YOU'VE GOT
THE SPIRIT OF GOD
WHO LIVES IN US THAT'S ALWAYS
CONVICTING US OF SIN
AND TELLING US
THAT GOD WANTS MORE.
IN MY OWN LIFE,
I HAD TO IDENTIFY
THE MOST COMMON LIES
I WAS BELIEVING
EVEN AS A CHILD OF GOD.
A SPIRIT-FILLED, BORN-AGAIN
PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL,
I AM STILL
THIS INSECURE LITTLE BOY
THAT LISTENS TO LIES.
IF WE DON'T IDENTIFY THE LIE,
WE CAN'T FIGHT THE LIE.
SO I TAKE THE TEN MOST
COMMON LIES THAT WE BELIEVE,
I NAME THEM,
I SHOW THE READER
WHERE THOSE LIES COME FROM
AND I REPLACE THAT LIE
WITH A TRUTH FROM SCRIPTURE.
James: LET ME TELL YOU
THE FOUR THAT ARE HERE.
LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
THE MEDIA,
EVEN THE MEDIA THAT DOESN'T
CLAIM TO BELIEVE IN GOD
WILL OFTEN SAY OF SOMEBODY
IN A BATTLE, COULD BE
A BATTLE WITH SOME KIND
OF ADDICTION OR ALCOHOL
OR SOME OTHER PROBLEM,
THEY WILL SAY, "WELL,
THEY WERE DEALING
WITH THEIR OWN DEMONS."
THEY SAY THAT LIKE --
MAYBE THEY BELIEVE IN IT,
BUT EVEN PSYCHOLOGISTS
WILL MAKE FUN OF THAT.
BUT THE FACT IS
THEY ARE DEALING WITH DEMONS.
WHAT THE MEDIA NEED
TO REALIZE IS THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE BEING INFLUENCED
BY THE FATHER OF LIES
OFTENTIMES ARE THE MEDIA.
SO LIES ARE PREVAILING
IN THE LAND EVEN IN THE PRINT
AND IN ALL THE MEDIA.
THEY DON'T REALIZE
THEY TOO HAVE DEMONS
THAT ARE TORMENTING THEM.
THESE SOPHISTICATED,
FUZZY-FACED PROFESSORS
THAT ACT LIKE
THEY'RE HIGH AND MIGHTY,
THEY'RE BEING TORMENTED.
THEY CAN BE THE MOST
SOPHISTICATED DECEIVED PERSON
ON THE PLANET.
BUT THE ENEMY IS FEEDING LIES
TO THE PASTORS, THE PREACHERS,
TO EVERYBODY
TO GET THEM OFF TRACK
BUT GOD WILL FLOW TRUTH FREELY
IF WE WILL RECEIVE IT.
Clayton: THAT'S RIGHT!
I CALL IT FAKE NEWS.
I DIDN'T COME UP
WITH THAT PHRASE.
EVERYBODY TALKS
ABOUT FAKE NEWS NOW.
James: IT'S REALLY
AN OUTRIGHT LIE.
Clayton: FAKE NEWS
IS JUST A LIE.
AND SO MANY TIMES
WE BELIEVE THE FAKE NEWS
THAT THE ENEMY TELLS US
ABOUT OURSELVES
OR WE BELIEVE THE FAKE NEWS
THAT WE TELL OURSELVES.
IT'S NEGATIVE SELF-TALK,
IT IS BELIEVING THE LIES
WHEN JESUS CAME
TO GIVE US ABUNDANT LIFE.
HE WANTS TO SET US FREE.
BUT IN JOHN CHAPTER EIGHT,
AND THIS IS THE WHOLE PREMISE
OF THE ENTIRE BOOK, OVERCOME.
THE WAY WE OVERCOME
THE LIES OF THE ENEMY
IS WHAT JESUS SAID
IN JOHN CHAPTER EIGHT:
YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH
AND THE TRUTH
WILL SET YOU FREE.
THAT'S HOW WE GET FREE.
James: AND I THINK
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THAT THE DEFINITION OF TRUTH
IS JESUS,
THE DEMONSTRATION OF TRUTH
IS JESUS,
THE ENABLER TO ACCEPT
AND LIVE THE TRUTH IS JESUS.
HE SENT ANOTHER JUST LIKE HIM
TO LIVE IN US.
BY THE WAY, IN ALL
OF YOUR ZEAL AND ENTHUSIASM,
I SEE JESUS.
I SAW JESUS
WHEN I WALKED IN THE ROOM
AND YOU WERE BEING
REAL EXCITED ABOUT ME
BUT I SAW SOMEBODY
THAT LOVED JESUS.
AND I REALIZE
IF YOU SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS
ATTRACTIVE OR MAGNETIC IN ME,
IT HAD TO BE JESUS.
I KNOW THAT'S WHAT
YOU WERE ATTRACTED TO.
LET'S TAKE THESE FOUR
THAT YOU'VE POINTED OUT HERE.
NUMBER ONE:
PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS LIE:
GOD IS MAD AT ME.
NUMBER TWO:
SEX IS NO BIG DEAL.
NOW WAIT A MINUTE,
SEX IS NO BIG DEAL.
I'M NOT SURE YOU CAUGHT THAT.
IT'S A LIE.
SEX IS A BIG DEAL.
HIGH FIVE MEN,
ALL OF YOU HERE IN THE PLACE.
HIGH FIVE, LADIES,
HIGH FIVE, BETTY.
SEX IS A BIG DEAL.
[Laughter]
SEX IS A BIG DEAL.
I'M SURE YOU GOT THAT.
AND THEN: MONEY WILL SOLVE
ALL MY PROBLEMS.
Clayton: BIG LIE!
James: THAT'S A LIE.
AND THEN: I CAN NEVER CHANGE.
BIG LIE.
OKAY, START WITH THE ONE,
GOD'S MAD AT ME.
Clayton: SO IF YOU BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS MAD AT YOU
THAT'S GOING TO EFFECT THE
WAY YOU TREAT OTHER PEOPLE,
IT'S GOING TO EFFECT THE WAY
THAT YOU TREAT YOURSELF.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
ABOUT A PERSON
IS WHAT ENTERS THEIR MIND
WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD GOD,
A.W. TOZER SAID THAT.
SO IF I KNOW THAT GOD LOVES ME
THEN IT FREES ME UP
TO LOVE YOU.
IT FREES ME UP
TO LOVE MY NEIGHBOR.
IT FREES ME UP
TO LOVE THE PERSON
I DISAGREE WITH POLITICALLY.
IT FREES ME UP
TO LOVE A PERSON
FROM A DIFFERENT WORLDVIEW.
BUT IF I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT GOD LOVES ME
AND I BELIEVE
THAT GOD IS MAD AT ME,
THAT GOD IS TRYING
TO GET EVEN WITH ME,
THAT GOD IS TRYING
TO GET BACK AT ME,
THEN I'LL SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE
IN A DEFENSIVE POSTURE.
I'LL SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE
AVOIDING GOD,
I'LL SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE
RUNNING FROM GOD,
I'LL SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE
STIFF-ARMING GOD.
AND IN OUR CULTURE NOW,
WE ARE SEEING A GENERATION
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
AN INCORRECT VIEW OF GOD.
THEY THINK GOD IS MAD AT THEM
FOR SINS THEY'VE COMMITTED
OR MISTAKES THEY'VE MADE.
THEY THINK
THAT GOD IS MAD AT THEM
FOR WHO THEY ARE
OR THEIR OWN IDENTITY.
AND IF THEY THINK
THAT GOD IS MAD AT THEM,
THEN THEY WILL SHOW HOSTILITY
NOT JUST TOWARDS GOD BUT
OFTENTIMES TOWARDS RELIGION
OR FAITH OR CHRISTIANITY.
THEY'LL ALSO SHOW HOSTILITY
TOWARD OTHER PEOPLE
BECAUSE IF THERE IS A GOD
AND HE IS MAD AT YOU,
THEN YOU'VE GOT TO TRY
TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO APPEASE THAT GOD.
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
THAT GOD'S WRATH
HAS BEEN APPEASED
AND THAT IS THE BLOOD OF JESUS
THAT WAS SHED ON THE CROSS.
GOD IS NOT MAD AT US.
GOD LOVES US.
HIS WRATH WAS POURED OUT.
HIS JUDGMENT ON SIN
WAS POURED OUT ON JESUS
ON THE CROSS.
AND THEN HE RAISED JESUS UP
FROM THE DEAD;
THE CRUCIFIXION
TOOK THE PUNISHMENT
OF OUR SIN AWAY.
THE RESURRECTION
GAVE US A BRAND-NEW LIFE.
SO WHEN WE HEAR THE LIE
THAT GOD IS MAD AT ME,
GOD IS ANGRY AT ME,
GOD WANTS TO GET EVEN WITH ME,
THE TRUTH
HAS TO REPLACE THAT LIE.
THAT'S HOW WE OVERCOME.
GOD LOVES ME.
GOD UNCONDITIONALLY
ACCEPTS ME.
AND GOD WILL RECEIVE ME
WHEN I REPENT OF MY SINS
AND TRUST CHRIST.
SO A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE
THINK GOD IS MAD AT THEM
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT
THEIR FATHER TREATED THEM.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING I DELVE
INTO IN THE BOOK, OVERCOME
IS THAT OUR VIEW OF GOD
IS OFTEN A REFLECTION
OF OUR VIEW
OF OUR EARTHLY FATHER.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ME
BECAUSE I'M ADOPTED.
SO WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY,
TWO WEEKS OLD,
I WAS ADOPTED BY A WONDERFUL
CHRISTIAN MOM AND DAD.
MY EARTHLY FATHER
LOVED ME.
HE CARED FOR ME.
AND HE WAS VERY ENCOURAGING
WHEN I WENT INTO MINISTRY.
HE WAS MY BIGGEST FAN.
HE WAS MY
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.
SO FOR ME, IT'S BEEN EASIER
TO SEE GOD AS A LOVING FATHER
BECAUSE I HAD
A LOVING EARTHLY FATHER.
WHAT I DO IN THE BOOK,
OVERCOME, IS I EXPLAIN HOW
IF YOU DID NOT HAVE
A GREAT EARTHLY FATHER,
THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU HAVE
A TERRIBLE HEAVENLY FATHER.
YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER
COULD ACTUALLY BE THE DAD
YOU NEVER HAD.
James: THAT'S GREAT
AND THAT WAS MY CASE.
THE NEXT ONE IS
A VERY DIFFICULT ONE
FOR US TO DEAL WITH.
IT IS: SEX IS NO BIG DEAL.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT
THAT'S A LIE.
SO AM I TO ASSUME THAT SEX
IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG DEAL?
Clayton: SEX IS A BIG DEAL.
IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL
THAT WE HAVE LAWS
IN OUR COUNTRY
THAT CRIMINALIZE
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
IF SEX WAS NO BIG DEAL,
IF IT WAS JUST A FLIPPANT
THING THAT YOU EXPERIENCE,
IF IT IS JUST SOMETHING
YOU EXPERIMENT WITH,
THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE LAWS
THAT CRIMINALIZE PEOPLE
FOR SEXUAL ABUSE,
WE WOULDN'T HAVE LAWS
THAT PUT PEOPLE IN PRISON
FOR RAPE.
SEX IS A BIG DEAL
BECAUSE IT EFFECTS BODY
AND SOUL AND SPIRIT.
SO IN THE BOOK, OVERCOME,
I WRITE FROM
A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
ON HOW IF YOU HAVE
MISUNDERSTOOD SEX,
OR IF YOU HAVE MADE MISTAKES
THAT YOU WISH
YOU COULD GO BACK AND CHANGE.
HERE'S WHAT SATAN DOES.
SATAN WILL GIVE YOU PERMISSION
AND WILL TEMPT YOU
TO SIN SEXUALLY.
HE'LL TELL YOU IT'S OKAY.
HE WILL LIE TO YOU
AND TELL YOU
SEX IS NO BIG DEAL.
GO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO.
THEN THE MINUTE YOU SIN,
THE MINUTE YOU MESS UP,
THE MINUTE YOU MAKE A MISTAKE,
THE SAME DEVIL
THAT LIED TO YOU
AND TOLD YOU IT WAS OKAY
WILL NOW HEAP CONDEMNATION
ON YOU AND SHAME ON YOU
FOR THE SIN HE JUST GAVE YOU
PERMISSION TO DO.
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS
HE IS A DESTROYER
AND A LIAR AND A THIEF.
THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT SEX IS A BIG DEAL,
THAT THE BODY IS THE TEMPLE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
GOD LIVES IN US,
AND THAT EVERY SIN WE COMMIT
IS OUTSIDE THE BODY,
EXCEPT FOR SEXUAL SIN
WHICH IS A SIN
THAT EFFECTS OUR OWN BODY.
THAT CHAPTER IN THE BOOK
IS THE ONE
WITH THE MOST RESEARCH.
I LITERALLY READ FOUR BOOKS
JUST ON WHAT SEX DOES
TO THE HUMAN BRAIN
AND THE HUMAN BODY.
FOR INSTANCE,
AND THIS IS NOT TOO NERDY,
BUT THERE ARE CHEMICALS
IN THE HUMAN BODY
THAT CAUSE A MAN AND A WOMAN
TO BE EMOTIONALLY
CEMENTED TOGETHER WHEN
THEY HAVE SEXUAL INTIMACY.
THERE IS A CHEMICAL
CALLED VASOPRESSIN,
AND THAT'S THE ONE
THAT WOMEN HAVE;
AND OXYTOCIN WHICH IS THE ONE
THAT MEN HAVE.
THESE CHEMICALS LITERALLY
CHANGE BRAIN CHEMISTRY
WHEN PEOPLE HOLD HANDS,
WHEN PEOPLE KISS;
AND IF INTERCOURSE TAKES PLACE
AND THERE'S REAL TRUE
SEXUAL INTIMACY,
THEY'VE PROVEN THIS
IN EVERY SCIENTIFIC STUDY,
THAT THE MOST HEALTHY WAY
TO EXPERIENCE SEXUAL INTIMACY
IS IN A COMMITTED, MONOGAMOUS
RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE:
ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN, FOR LIFE.
THE BIBLE
HAS BEEN TEACHING THAT
FOR 2,000 YEARS.
SCIENCE IS JUST NOW STARTING
TO CATCH UP WITH WHAT
THE BIBLE HAS BEEN SAYING
FOR ALL THOSE YEARS.
James: SO NOBODY
SHOULD FEEL GUILTY
IF THEY FIND THAT SEX
APPEARS TO BE ATTRACTIVE.
SHOULD A MAN FEEL BAD IF HE
THINKS A WOMAN IS ATTRACTIVE
AND GOD DID GOOD WORK?
Clayton: NO. GOD PLACED THAT
ALL THE WAY BACK
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WHEN
ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
GOD PUT THIS INNATE ATTRACTION
FOR THE MAN TO THE WOMAN
AND THE WOMAN TO THE MAN.
IT IS FOR PROCREATION
AND IT IS FOR RECREATION.
SEX IS FOR THE HUMAN RACE
TO CONTINUE;
IT IS FOR PROCREATION.
SEX IS ALSO FOR THE FUN AND
THE ENJOYMENT OF ONE ANOTHER;
IT IS FOR RECREATION.
IT IS ALSO FOR COMMUNICATION;
A MAN AND A WIFE HAVE TO LEARN
HOW TO COMMUNICATE
VERBALLY AND EMOTIONALLY
IF THERE IS GOING TO BE
ANY SEXUAL INTIMACY.
SO IT IS NOT A SIN
TO BE ATTRACTED
TO THE OPPOSITE SEX.
IT IS NOT A SIN
TO WANT TO HAVE SEX.
IT REALLY GOES OFF THE RAILS
WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE LIES
OF OUR CULTURE
AND THE LIES OF THE ENEMY
THAT TELL US GO AHEAD
AND EXPERIMENT
AND DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL
IN THE MOMENT,
IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
BECAUSE IT IS A BIG DEAL.
DEPRESSION GOES UP.
POVERTY GOES UP.
I PUT THESE STATISTICS
IN THE BOOK
FOR PEOPLE THAT BEGIN
TO HAVE SEX AT AN EARLY AGE
BEFORE THEY'RE MARRIED.
THEIR DIVORCE RATES
ARE TWO, THREE,
AND SOMETIMES FOUR TIMES
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT
WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE MARRIED
AND ONLY HAVE SEX
WITH ONE PARTNER.
BUT ALSO, THE GOOD NEWS
ABOUT SEXUALITY IS,
IF YOU HAVE MADE THE MISTAKES
AND WE ALL HAVE,
THERE IS GRACE
AND THERE IS FORGIVENESS
AND WE FIND THAT IN
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
SO GOD DOES NOT HOLD
OUR SIN AGAINST US.
HE OFFERS US
A BETTER WAY FORWARD.
HE OFFERS US REPENTANCE
AND FORGIVENESS
AND IT IS NEVER TOO LATE
TO START OVER.
James: NOW, MONEY WILL SOLVE
ALL YOUR PROBLEMS,
THAT'S THE NEXT ONE.
Clayton: OH THAT'S A LIE.
THAT'S A LIE!
MORE MONEY WILL NOT SOLVE
ALL YOUR PROBLEMS.
MORE MONEY WILL ACTUALLY
CREATE MORE PROBLEMS
MOST OF THE TIME.
MONEY IS NOT AN EVIL THING.
MONEY IS A MEANS OF EXCHANGE.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE MISQUOTE
THAT BIBLE VERSE.
THEY SAY, "MONEY IS
THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL."
NO, NO, NO!
THE LOVE OF MONEY
IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
SO MANY OF US,
ESPECIALLY IN AMERICA
MAKE MONEY AN IDOL.
WE WORK FOR IT, WE SAVE IT,
WE USE IT TO BUY THINGS
TO MAKE US HAPPY.
BUT IN REALITY THE FRUIT
IS OFTENTIMES THE PROBLEM
WE THINK MONEY WOULD SOLVE.
BUT THE ROOT IS THAT
WE'VE PUT MONEY IN A PLACE
THAT ONLY GOD SHOULD OCCUPY.
SO AN EXTRA $10,000 A YEAR
FOR YOUR SALARY INCREASE
WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM
OF NOT KNOWING
HOW TO CREATE A BUDGET,
NOT TITHING
TO YOUR LOCAL CHURCH,
NOT BLESSING
MISSIONS ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR REAL PROBLEM
WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY IS NOT
THAT WE NEED MORE OF IT.
OUR REAL PROBLEM IS
MOST OF US ARE SELFISH
AND GREEDY.
AND WE NEED TO LIVE OUR LIVES
WITH OPEN HANDS SAYING, GOD,
YOU DON'T JUST DEMAND 10%,
YOU OWN 100%.
IT'S ALL YOURS.
I'M JUST A STEWARD
OF WHAT YOU PUT IN MY HANDS.
MY HANDS ARE OPEN
AND MY YES IS ON THE TABLE.
YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING
THAT BELONGS TO ME, GOD,
BECAUSE IT'S ALL YOURS
ULTIMATELY.
Betty: WE'VE SEEN A LOT
OF VERY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
IN OUR WORLD AND YET,
SOME OF THEM COMMIT SUICIDE,
SOME OF THEM
ARE NOT HAPPY AT ALL,
THEY GO THROUGH DIVORCES,
THEY GO THROUGH
ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
SO THEY'VE GOT ALL
THE FINANCIAL HELP THEY NEED
BUT IT HASN'T MADE THEM HAPPY.
Clayton: I TELL A STORY
IN THAT CHAPTER IN OVERCOME
ABOUT MONEY, THE LIES
THAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT MONEY.
IN THE MID '90s
I MET DENNIS RODMAN.
DENNIS RODMAN,
ONE OF THE GREATEST
DEFENSIVE BASKETBALL PLAYERS
TO EVER PLAY,
WON MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS
WITH MICHAEL JORDAN.
I MET HIM IN LAS VEGAS
IN A CASINO.
WE WERE THERE TO WATCH
A BOXING MATCH, NOT GAMBLING,
SAW HIM.
HE HAD MULTIPLE PROSTITUTES,
A ROLEX WATCH, DIAMOND RINGS,
WAS GAMBLING
AT THE BLACKJACK TABLES
WITH THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
AND I WAS YOUNG AND STUPID
AND I WALKED RIGHT UP
TO DENNIS RODMAN
AT THE BLACKJACK TABLE.
I SAID, "DENNIS RODMAN,
MY NAME IS CLAYTON KING.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
ARE YOU HAPPY?"
AND I TELL THE WHOLE STORY
IN THE BOOK.
HE SAID, "NO, I'M NOT HAPPY."
HE SAID, "WHY DO YOU THINK
I DO ALL THIS?
I HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY
SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER."
I SHARED THE GOSPEL
WITH DENNIS RODMAN STANDING
THERE AT A BLACKJACK TABLE.
HE DID NOT GIVE HIS LIFE
TO JESUS BUT I STILL PRAY
FOR HIM EVERY DAY
BECAUSE DENNIS RODMAN
HAD BELIEVED THE LIE
THAT MONEY WOULD SOLVE ALL
HIS PROBLEMS AND IT DIDN'T.
James: AND THE LAST ONE
YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING
TO TOUCH ON IS: THE ENEMY
SAYS YOU CAN'T CHANGE.
CAN YOU SUM THAT UP
IN ABOUT A MINUTE?
Clayton: THE DEVIL WILL
ALWAYS LIE TO YOU AND TELL YOU
THE WAY YOU ARE RIGHT NOW
IS AS GOOD AS IT'S EVER
GOING TO GET.
YOU'LL NEVER GET ANY BETTER.
YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT OF DEBT.
YOU'LL NEVER HAVE
A HAPPY MARRIAGE.
YOUR KIDS WILL NEVER
BE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU'LL NEVER
BE A WHOLE PERSON.
BUT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
SAYS YOU ARE SO IMPORTANT
TO GOD THAT HE SENT HIS SON
TO DIE ON THE CROSS FOR YOU.
YOU WERE MADE
IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
YOU ARE NOT JUNK.
YOU ARE NOT DAMAGED GOODS.
AND WE CAN CHANGE
BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN CHANGE
IS THE GOSPEL.
SECOND CORINTHIANS 5:17 SAYS:
IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST
THEY'RE A NEW CREATION.
OLD THINGS GO AWAY
AND ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.
THE LIE SAYS YOU CAN'T CHANGE
BUT THE GOSPEL SAYS YOU CAN.
AND JESUS WILL GIVE YOU
THE POWER TO CHANGE.
James: AMEN! BOY, I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU, CLAYTON!
THANK YOU!
THIS MAN IS A GIFTED MAN
AND HE IS A GIFT FROM GOD
TO US TODAY.
THIS IS PHENOMENAL.
THE WAY HE EXPRESSES,
GOD'S GIVEN HIM THAT GIFT
IN WRITING.
I REALLY PRAY
YOU'LL GET THE BOOK BECAUSE
WE CAN REPLACE THE LIES
THAT HOLD US DOWN WITH
THE TRUTH THAT SETS US FREE --
OVERCOME.
AND CLAYTON, I REALLY,
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
VERY, VERY MUCH.
THE PEOPLE
WHO WATCH OUR PROGRAM,
THEY'RE REALLY, SOME
OF THE MOST UNUSUAL PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET.
THEY LIKE TO HEAR PEOPLE
WHO ARE FULL OF THE LORD.
THEY LIKE TO MEET
INTERESTING PEOPLE.
THEY SEEM TO APPRECIATE
BETTY AND ME AS A COUPLE
AND THEY SEEM TO APPRECIATE
THE FACT THAT WE WANT
TO PRESENT GOD'S BEST TO THEM.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE
EVERY ONE OF THEM, AS VIEWERS,
TO SHARE GOD'S BEST,
WHICH IS THE LOVE OF GOD
FLOWING THROUGH THEM
LIKE A RIVER.
OUR VIEWERS KNOW
THAT WHEN YOU WATCH US,
WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU
TO BE AN ANSWER
TO SOMEONE'S PRAYER.
WE ALL WANT
OUR PRAYERS ANSWERED
BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE SAY GOD,
LET ME BE AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS
IN ISAIAH 58?
WHEN YOU BECOME THAT ANSWER
TO PRAYER, AND HE IS VERY
SPECIFIC ABOUT IT,
WHEN YOU MEET NEEDS, YOU FEED
THE HUNGRY, YOU COVER
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DESPERATE,
YOU REACH OUT AND YOU
HELP PEOPLE, HE SAYS,
"I'LL ANSWER QUICKLY."
SO WE REALLY DO FIND
THAT GOD IS MOVED BY THE FACT
THAT WE ARE MOVED BY OTHERS
AND WE ALLOW HIS LOVE,
GOD'S LOVE TO FLOW FREELY
THROUGH US.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK RIGHT NOW
AT WHAT OUR VIEWERS TELL US
THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY SEE
THAT EXCITES THEM
AND THRILLS THEM ANY MORE
THAN KNOWING THAT THEY CAN BE
THE MIRACLE OF A LIFETIME
AND CHANGE EVERYTHING
FOR SOMEONE.
IT IS NOT WISHFUL THINKING.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE,
UNDENIABLE MIRACLE
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF IT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE
MIRACLE WILL NOT EVEN OCCUR
UNLESS YOU'RE A PART OF IT.
WATCH.
Announcer: THESE WORN PATHS
PROVIDE ROUTES
FOR PEOPLE
AND ANIMALS ALIKE
SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR WAY
TO WATER SOURCES.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT
IS IN MOST VILLAGES,
FAMILIES HAVE TO SHARE
THE VERY SAME WATER SOURCE
WITH
THE ANIMALS.
James: ANIMALS DRINKING;
AND SAD IS THE FECES.
THESE LADIES
ARE HERE WASHING.
AND YOU CAN SEE BY LOOKING
AT THE WATER THAT IT'S --
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO WASH
YOUR CLOTHES IN IT
BUT THEY DO.
THE PROBLEM IS
PEOPLE DRINK THIS
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY
100% CONTAMINATED
AND IT IS KILLING PEOPLE
HERE IN AFRICA.
Announcer: IT IS HARD
TO IMAGINE THE IMPACT
THESE POLLUTED WATER SOURCES
HAVE ON A PERSON
UNTIL YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT THE FACTS.
THE LACK OF SAFE WATER
IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
CAUSES OF ILLNESSES.
AND EVEN MORE TRAGIC
IS THE FACT THAT THESE
WATERBORNE ILLNESSES
ARE ONE OF THE LEADING
CAUSES OF DEATH
FOR CHILDREN
UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
Ralph: JESUS SAYS
IN THE BOOK OF JOHN,
"HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME,
OUT OF HIS HEART
"WILL FLOW RIVERS
OF LIVING WATER."
WHEN YOU HELP US BRING CLEAN
WATER TO THESE VILLAGES,
YOU'RE REALLY MAKING
A DIFFERENCE IN BRINGING LIFE
TO PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY NEED
A SENSE OF HOPE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR GIVING.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING TOGETHER
TO BRING THE LOVE OF GOD
TO THESE PEOPLE JUST ONE CUP
OF WATER AT A TIME.
James: WOW!
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'S A CUP OF WATER AT A TIME
BUT WHEN YOU GIVE THEM A WELL
-- THINK ABOUT THIS,
JESUS SAID,
"IF YOU GIVE JUST
A CUP OF WATER IN MY NAME
YOU WON'T LOSE YOUR REWARD."
DON'T START JUMPING AROUND,
WHAT IS THAT REWARD?
LEAVE THAT IN GOD'S HANDS.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
HE KNOWS WHAT'S BEST.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T.
BUT HE SAYS, "IF YOU GIVE JUST
A CUP OF WATER IN MY NAME"
-- IN OTHER WORDS, YOU SEE
A NEED AND YOU MEET IT.
BETTY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF WE GIVE A WELL OF WATER?
AND YOU AND I HAVE BEEN
DOING THAT NOW FOR YEARS.
WE ASKED GOD TO LET US,
EVERY TIME THE MISSIONARIES
BRING THE OPPORTUNITY,
"GOD, PLEASE LET US BE ABLE
TO GIVE A WELL."
SOME OF YOU HAVE JOINED
IN THAT PRAYER.
AND YOU'VE TOLD US
GOD MIRACULOUSLY
HAS ENABLED US TO DO IT.
AND WE HAVE SOME
WHO WILL GIVE SEVERAL WELLS
DURING THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.
BUT I KNOW ONE THING,
NOTHING YOU DO IS SMALL.
IT'S HUGE!
AND IF YOU GAVE
JUST ONE FAMILY WATER
THEN WHAT A MIRACLE.
BUT THINK ABOUT
THE REALITY OF THIS.
THE WELLS COST $4800.
IF YOU CAN GIVE ONE,
BETTY AND I ARE ASKING GOD
TO MOVE ON YOU
AND LEAD YOU TO DO IT
AND ENABLE YOU TO DO IT.
SO IF YOU CAN GIVE A WELL,
$4800, PLEASE DO IT.
IF YOU CAN GIVE
MORE THAN ONE, DO IT.
BUT HERE'S THE THING
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT YOU GET THIS.
MOST OF THE RESOURCES THAT
COME IN TO DRILL THE WELLS
COME FROM GIFTS OF $48
OR $144, I USE THOSE EXAMPLES.
A $48 GIFT GIVES TEN PEOPLE,
BASICALLY,
WHEN YOU BREAK IT OUT,
WATER THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
SO YOU'RE GIVING
MANY CUPS OF WATER
FOR THOSE TEN PEOPLE
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE;
$144 AND YOU'VE GIVEN
30 PEOPLE WATER
THE REST OF THEIR LIFE,
CUPS OF WATER EVERY DAY.
CAN YOU DO THAT?
I PRAY YOU WILL.
LET ME TELL YOU
ANOTHER MIRACLE.
THERE ARE MANY AREAS
WE CAN'T GET DRILLING RIGS IN
BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN;
WE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T GET UP
INTO THAT RUGGED AREA.
BUT GOD ANSWERED A PRAYER
AND GAVE US A FILTER SYSTEM
THAT WORKS LIKE DIALYSIS.
YOU CAN GIVE THREE FAMILIES
THEIR OWN FILTER SYSTEMS
TO FILTER ANY KIND OF WATER,
AND IT IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT,
IT WILL PURIFY IT
AND GET ALL THE GERMS AND
ALL THE DEADLY STUFF OUT OF IT
AND GIVE THEM CLEAN,
FRESH CLEAN DRINKING WATER
THAT WE CAN GIVE
THREE FAMILIES THAT FOR $100.
SO WOULD DO YOU THAT?
THERE IS A LEVEL
AT WHICH YOU CAN HELP.
IF YOU CAN DRILL THE WELL,
DO THE $48,
IF YOU CAN GIVE $1200
AND PRAY THREE JOIN YOU,
WE'VE GOT IT OR $2400
AND PRAY ANOTHER PERSON
JOINS YOU,
YOU'VE GOT A PRAYER ANSWERED
AND YOU BECOME
THE MIRACLE ANSWER TO PRAYER,
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WELL.
SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,
I WANT YOU TO RIGHT NOW
GO ONLINE, LIFE TODAY,
OR DIAL THE NUMBER.
PEOPLE ARE CALLING IN
RIGHT NOW PRAYING TO RECEIVE
THE WATER OF LIFE,
TO HAVE SOMEBODY
AGREE WITH THEM IN PRAYER
AND THAT CALL
IS PAID FOR BY LOVE.
SO YOU CALL OR GO ONLINE,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD, PLEASE,
USE IT THE WAY
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE IT,
LIKE A CHECK
AND MAKE THE GIFT
GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART.
WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THAT?
FATHER, I PRAY
EVERY PERSON WATCHING
WILL MOVE RIGHT NOW
TO GET THEIR CARD,
TO MAKE THE CALL OR GO ONLINE
AND MAKE THE GIFT
YOU PUT ON THEIR HEART;
IN JESUS' NAME.
THANK YOU!
PLEASE DO IT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR GIVING LIFE.
Announcer:
EVERY DAY, CHILDREN LIVING
IN EXTREME POVERTY
ARE FORCED TO MAKE
A DREADFUL CHOICE:
DRINK POLLUTED WATER
FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE
OR PERHAPS,
DIE OF THIRST.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE
FACED WITH THIS DECISION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
THERE IS A SOLUTION.
MISSION:
WATER FOR LIFE
IS ONE OF THE MOST PROVEN
AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS
OF GOD'S LOVE
IN THE WORLD TODAY.
SUFFERING
CAN END
BECAUSE CLEAN WATER
CHANGES EVERYTHING!
WITH YOUR
GIFT TODAY
YOU CAN HELP DRILL
400 WATER WELLS
IN REMOTE VILLAGES
IN 15 NATIONS.
A GIFT OF $48 WILL PROVIDE
DISEASE-FREE WATER
FOR TEN PEOPLE,
$72 WILL PROVIDE
FOR 15 PEOPLE,
AND $144 WILL HELP
PROVIDE CLEAN WATER
STRAIGHT FROM THE GROUND
FOR 30 PEOPLE.
PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER
AN ADDITIONAL GIFT OF $100
TO HELP PROVIDE THREE FAMILIES
WITH WATER FILTRATION KITS
IN EMERGENCY AREAS
WHERE OUR DRILLING RIGS
ARE UNABLE TO REACH.
AS OUR THANK YOU,
WE'LL SEND YOU THE BOOKS,
WORDS OF JESUS
AND WORDS OF HEALING.
ONE CONTAINS ONLY
THE WORDS OF JESUS
AND THE OTHER
SCRIPTURES FOR HEALING
IN YOUR BODY,
MIND, AND SOUL.
WITH YOUR $100 GIFT, YOU CAN
RECEIVE BOTH HARDBOUND
AND SOFTBOUND EDITIONS OF
THESE SCRIPTURE PROMISE BOOKS.
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 HAND-SCULPTED
"DETERMINED EAGLE" BRONZE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE,
OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE.
James: BETTY AND I REJOICE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO TELL THE MISSIONARIES
HELP'S ON THE WAY --
AND ALL THOSE PRECIOUS PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOT SOME BOOKS
AND SOME GIFTS FOR YOU.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
CLAYTON KING'S BOOK, OVERCOME,
WE'LL BE GLAD
TO SEND IT TO YOU
TO SAY THANKS
IF YOU GIVE A CUP OF WATER.
WOULD YOU SAY THANKS
TO CLAYTON KING
FOR BEING WITH US?
THANK YOU.
Clayton: THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS
OF MY LIFE.
I MEAN THAT!
James: I KNOW YOU MEAN IT.
THANK ALL OF YOU.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
THANKS FOR SHARING LIFE.
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Sheila: SO OFTEN THAT'S
WHY FEAR OVERWHELMS US
BECAUSE WE FORGET
THAT NO MATTER
HOW THINGS APPEAR,
GOD IS STILL
IN CONTROL.
>> 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.