Announcer: COMING UP, OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES
WE FACE DURING A FAMILY CALAMITY.
Beth: BE QUIET NOW, DON'T TAKE THIS THING TO HEART.
YOU KNOW WHAT? WAY TOO LATE!
BUT GOD'S PLAN IS ALWAYS TO HEAL.
YOU'VE NOT BEEN THROUGH THE ONE THING
THAT JESUS CHRIST CANNOT HEAL.
HE CAME TO HEAL YOU.
HE CAME TO PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
THAT IS HIS JOB.
Announcer: FAMILY CALAMITY AND RESTORATION --
NEXT ON LIFE TODAY.
§
James: LISTEN, THIS IS
INTERESTING TO ME.
BETH IS TEACHING ON FAMILY
CALAMITY AND RESTORATION.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
WHAT SHE IS SHARING.
THE BOOK INDIVISIBLE,
RESTORING FAITH, FAMILY,
AND FREEDOM BEFORE
IT'S TOO LATE.
BETTY, I HONESTLY BELIEVE
THROUGH A LOT OF PRAYER
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PRAYING,
I THINK REALLY THE ANSWER
TO MANY OF YOUR PRAYERS,
I FEEL LIKE GOD HAS ALLOWED US
TO WRITE A BOOK --
AND WHEN I SAY "US"
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FATHER,
SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT HELPING
JAY RICHARDS AND ME WRITE WHAT
I BELIEVE TO BE IS A WAY OUT
OF THE WILDERNESS OF DESPAIR
AND DEFEAT AND DEBT AND LACK
AND UNCERTAINTY, AND EVEN FEAR
BACK INTO THE LAND OF PROMISE,
BLESSING, AND PROVISION.
TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TURNED
THEIR EYES AS JEREMIAH WARNED,
BACK TOWARD EGYPT
AND LOOKING TO THE GODS THAT
ARE MORE NUMEROUS THAN
YOUR CITIES WHEN WE NEED
TO TURN BACK TO GOD.
THIS IS THE WAY BACK
AND YOU'LL WANT TO GET IT.
I HOPE I GET TO SEE YOU
SOMETIME AS WE DO TRAVEL
TO DIFFERENT PLACES IN EVENTS
RELATED TO THE MESSAGE
IN INDIVISIBLE .
BETTY, I KNOW THAT BETH MOORE
IS GOING TO HELP US LEARN
HOW TO RESTORE.
SHE IS SUCH A TREASURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
KIND THINGS YOU NOT ONLY SAY
ABOUT BETH AND TO HER, BUT
EXPRESSIONS TO US SAYING
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US
SPIRITUAL WATER AND
NOURISHMENT THROUGH THIS
INCREDIBLY GIFTED TEACHER.
HERE IS BETH MOORE.
Beth: LOOK AT SECOND SAMUEL
13:20-22.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO PICK UP
ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
THIS STORY SO YOU CAN SEE
WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE.
NOW THIS IS NOT THE BROTHER --
THIS IS HER FULL BROTHER
AND NOT THE BROTHER
THAT HAS WRONGED HER.
AND THEN HE SAYS --
SO SHE MUST HAVE HAD
SOME NON-VERBAL
KIND OF RESPONSE TO HIM.
SHE MUST HAVE SHAKEN HER HEAD
OR JUST LOOKED SHAMED AT HIM.
SOMEHOW HE KNEW THAT
THE ANSWER WAS YES.
HE SAYS THIS:
I WANT TO BACK UP WITH YOU
FOR A MOMENT
AND I'M HOPING SO MUCH
THAT SOMEONE IS NEW
TO THE PROGRAM TODAY
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY HISTORY.
YOU MAY BE THINKING AS
WE START SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU DON'T NEED TO READ THAT
WITH THAT KIND
OF INSENSITIVITY BECAUSE
I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW MUCH THAT HURTS.
OH, YES I DO!
I COME FROM A BACKGROUND
OF VICTIMIZATION.
I COME FROM A BACKGROUND
OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER
THE FIRST ENCOUNTER
BUT I VERY MUCH REMEMBER
THE LAST ENCOUNTER
AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN MY MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS.
SO I ASSURE YOU
I KNOW THE PAIN OF THIS.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK
AT A SITUATION THAT TEACHES US
HOW NOT TO DEAL
WITH VICTIMIZATION,
WE HAVE COME TO EXHIBIT A.
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
WHAT TAKES PLACE.
THE FIRST THING
ABSALOM SAYS TO HER
AND IT IS THE TEMPTATION
IN ANY FAMILY
BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL
PUBLIC SHAME.
THE FIRST REACTION WAS,
"BE QUIET NOW! BE QUIET!"
THAT'S THE FIRST REACTION
WE TEND TO HAVE AS A FAMILY
WHEN IT IS THE WORST
POSSIBLE THING WE COULD DO.
NOW I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED
TO GO PUBLIC ON THE NEWS.
SOME THINGS DO GO PUBLIC
BECAUSE THEY GO
INTO THE COURTROOM.
IT IS STILL A CRIME.
IT IS STILL VERY MUCH A CRIME.
SO WHEN WE SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
AND WE HEAR THE KIND OF ADVICE
THAT ABSALOM GAVE,
"BE QUIET NOW.
DO NOT TAKE THIS THING
TO HEART,"
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO KNOW --
SOMEBODIES NEED TO KNOW --
I HAVE SEVERAL VERY KEY PEOPLE
IN MY LIFE THAT DO KNOW
MORE OF THE DETAILS
BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE
TO BE FREE WITH THEM.
IT'S PART OF MY HISTORY.
AND IN A STRANGE SORT OF WAY
BECAUSE GOD BROUGHT SO MUCH
HEALING AND RESTORATION
FROM IT, IT'S A VERY BIG PART
OF THE MINISTRY
THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME;
THAT I HAVE THAT BACKGROUND
AND THAT I AM ABLE
TO UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY
COMING FROM THAT KIND OF HURT
AND COMING FROM
THAT KIND OF SHAME.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
THERE HAS GOT TO BE
SOME PEOPLE IN MY LIFE
I CAN TELL THOSE THINGS TO,
NOT JUST, "BE QUIET NOW."
I BELIEVE IN GOOD
GODLY COUNSEL.
SEEK IT! SEEK IT!
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMEBODY
WE CAN POUR OUT OUR HEARTS TO
SO THAT WE CAN FIND HEALING.
SO WE SEE
THE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY HERE,
"BE QUIET NOW.
DON'T TAKE THIS THING
TO HEART."
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WAY TOO LATE!
WAY TOO LATE!
YOU CANNOT HELP BUT TAKE
A THING LIKE THAT TO HEART.
AND ONE REASON WE CAN GET
A COLD AND CALLOUSED HEART
IS BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED
SO HARD NOT TO LET
SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN.
IT WAS MEANT TO BRING PAIN
AND MEANT TO BRING SUFFERING,
THAT'S THE CAUSE THE ENEMY
WAS AFTER IN THE FIRST PLACE
TO BRING TOTAL DESTRUCTION.
BUT GOD'S PLAN
IS ALWAYS TO HEAL.
YOU'VE NOT BEEN THROUGH
THE ONE THING
THAT JESUS CHRIST CANNOT HEAL.
HE CAME TO HEAL YOU.
HE CAME TO PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
THAT IS HIS JOB!
IT SAYS THEN SHE LIVED
AS A DESOLATE WOMAN.
IT IS AN INTERESTING WORD
IN THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
BECAUSE IT MEANS
TO BE STUNNED INTO SILENCE
AND THAT WAS HER.
SHE HAD COME TO A PLACE
WHEN HE SAID, "BE QUIET NOW,"
SHE SHUT HER MOUTH
AND COULDN'T OPEN IT AGAIN.
SHE'S LIVED IN HER DESOLATION;
SHE LIVED IN HER OWN DESERT,
HER OWN WILDERNESS
BECAUSE THAT SHUT MOUTH
HAD TRAPPED HER
IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
NOTICE WITH ME,
THIS IS AN INTERESTING PART:
YOU ARE LOOKING
AT A CLASSIC CASE OF
NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO
WITH WHAT WE FEEL.
YOU AND I NEED TO KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT WE FEEL.
WE'VE GOT SOME BIG THINGS
GOING ON
AND THEY NEED TENDING TO.
AND I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
THAT WE'RE TOLD
THAT KING DAVID WAS FURIOUS.
NOW HE DID NOTHING ELSE --
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING --
YOU CAN CHECK THE ACCOUNT OUT
FOR YOURSELF --
NOTHING ELSE BUT GET MAD.
THESE LITTLE WORDS CAME TO ME,
A LITTLE RHYME CAME TO ME:
NO ONE'S GLAD DAD'S JUST MAD!
WHO'S GLAD THAT DAD'S
JUST MAD?
WE WANT TO BE GLAD
BECAUSE GOD USED DAD
TO DO MORE THAN GET MAD.
BUT SOMETIMES, IT IS A WONDER
THAT WE EVER BRING SOME
OF THESE THINGS
TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE
BECAUSE IF ALL THEY'RE
GOING TO DO IS GET MAD,
IF ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO
IS GET ANGRY,
THEN WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
WE'VE JUST STIRRED UP A RAGE.
AND HE STOPPED RIGHT THERE.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT FURY?
LISTEN, HE HAD THE AUTHORITY
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
OH, YES, HE DID!
OH, YES, HE DID!
BUT WHAT I WANT
TO PRESENT TO YOU
AND I'M PRAYING SOMEBODY IS
GOING TO GET A WORD TODAY --
LISTEN CAREFULLY --
WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENED TO
DAVID IS THAT YEARS BEFORE
HE HAD REALLY BLOWN IT,
ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA
OF SEXUAL SIN.
AND HE FELT, I BELIEVE,
LIKE THAT HAMSTRUNG HIM,
THAT HE HAD LOST THE RIGHT
TO BE ABLE TO CALL SIN A SIN.
AND WE'VE GOT PARENTS
ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE THIS,
THAT HAVE BACKGROUNDS OF
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION LIKE I DO
AND ENTANGLED RELATIONSHIPS
AND JUST SERIOUS SIN
IN THEIR PAST.
AND THAT WHEN THEY COME
INTO THE ROLE AS PARENT,
THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO
THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO
WITH THEIR CHILDREN
AND SAY THE THINGS
THEY NEED TO SAY
BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE
A BIG HYPOCRITE.
I'M ASKING YOU,
DID YOU REPENT?
DAVID HAD REPENTED.
HE HAD WON BACK THE RIGHT
TO BE FATHER AND AUTHORITY
OVER HIS HOME AND SAY,
"EVEN IF I DID IT WRONG, THIS
IS WHAT GOD SAYS IS RIGHT.
AND IT IS STILL
WHAT I'M GOING TO INSIST UPON
TO THE DEGREE THAT I AM ABLE
IN MY OWN HOUSE
AND UNDER MY OWN ROOF."
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES
TO THIS.
AMNON NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH.
HE NEEDED HIMSELF
TO BE INCARCERATED.
DAVID HAD THE POWER TO DO IT
BUT HE WOULD NOT
BECAUSE HE WAS HAMSTRUNG
BY HIS OWN SHAME.
LET ME TELL YOU, IT WILL
KEEP US FROM BEING THE
PARENTS THAT WE NEED TO BE.
FROM BEING THE FRIENDS
WE NEED TO BE,
THE SPOUSES WE NEED TO BE
BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DEALT
WITH OUR SHAME.
WE'VE ASKED FORGIVENESS BUT
WE'VE NOT ALLOWED GOD TO COME
AND BRING US BACK OUR DIGNITY
AND THAT'S SOMETHING
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
IN THE WEEKS TO COME BECAUSE
IT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS.
NOTICE THAT IT SAYS,
"ABSALOM..." WHAT ABOUT HIM?
SO TWO YEARS LATER,
ABSALOM KILLS AMNON
AND THEN HE FLEES
TO ANOTHER TOWN.
NOW HE'S GONE TWO YEARS
PLUS THREE YEARS.
WE'VE GOT FIVE YEARS
IN THIS COURSE OF OUR TIMELINE
AT THIS POINT;
THAT DAVID HAS NOT DEALT
WITH THE PROBLEM
AND WE'VE GOT ABSALOM
IN A HUGE, HUGE RAGE
THAT HAS BECOME MURDEROUS.
NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK
AT SECOND SAMUEL 13:39.
HERE'S WHERE THE THREE YEARS
ARE ADDED TO THE TWO:
SO HE'S WAITED TWO YEARS,
HE'S KILLED HIS BROTHER AMNON
AND THEN HE HAS HIDDEN
IN ANOTHER TOWN
WHERE HIS MOTHER'S
EXTENDED FAMILY IS
SO THAT HE CAN FIND
SOME KIND OF SANCTUARY THERE.
AND IT SAYS HE STAYED THERE
FOR THREE YEARS
HE LONGED TO GO TO ABSALOM
BUT HE DID NOT DO IT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK AT
A LITTLE BIT OF THIS BECAUSE
AS EUGENE PETERSON SAYS
IN HIS COMMENTARY
ABOUT THESE SCRIPTURES,
HE SAYS, "AN IMMENSE CHASM
BETWEEN WHAT DAVID FEELS
AND WHAT HE DOES CAN
BE SEEN IN THESE PASSAGES."
IN OTHER WORDS,
HE WANTS TO GO TO HIM
SO WHY DIDN'T HE?
WHY DIDN'T HE?
WAS IT PRIDE? WAS IT SHAME?
WHY DIDN'T HE JUST DO IT?
HE WANTED TO.
INSIDE HE LONGED TO DO IT,
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT HIM THAT FELT LIKE
HE STILL NEEDED TO PUNISH HIM.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
FLOPPING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN SHAMING
AND SHUNNING SOMEONE
AND LONGING FOR THEM.
LOOK AT ALL OF THE
COMPLICATION OF THAT MESS
AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHERE THE LESSON IS GOING.
I WANT YOU TO SEE
EVEN FURTHER.
NOW LOOK IN
SECOND SAMUEL 14:21-24.
BY THIS TIME DAVID HAS BEEN
CONFRONTED BY SOMEONE
BY WAY OF A PARABLE,
WHO HAS TOLD HIM A STORY
THAT FINALLY LEADS
TO THE POINT FOR HIM,
WHICH IS "GO BACK
AND BRING YOUR SON HOME."
HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMEBODY
BRING YOU BACK JUST SO FAR?
BUT THEY HAD TO KEEP YOU
AT THAT DISTANCE
BECAUSE THEY HAD TO REMIND YOU
WHAT YOU HAD DONE.
WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME
IN A FAMILY THAT GOD COULD
INDEED PUT BACK TOGETHER.
SOME KIND OF HURT HAS HAPPENED
WHERE A PERSON WILL DECIDE
TO STAY WITH THEM
BUT THEY WILL NOT QUIT
SHAMING THEM.
EVEN IF THERE'S SORROW,
EVEN IF THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE,
EVEN IF THERE'S BEEN
REPENTANCE, THERE IS STILL
THE ONGOING NEED TO SOMEHOW
PUNISH AND HOLD BACK
AND KEEP AT A DISTANCE.
I WANT YOU TO JUST PICTURE
THIS BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS HERE
IS THAT ABSALOM WANTS
NOT JUST TO COME BACK
TO HIS HOUSE,
TO COME BACK TO THE CITY...
HE WANTS TO COME BACK
TO HIS FATHER --
HE WANTS TO COME BACK
TO HIS FATHER!
IT'S SUCH A CONTRAST WITH
THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON
AND HIS FATHER
WHO LOOKED FOR HIM
AND RAN TO HIM.
AND THAT PICTURE
IS THE PICTURE OF GOD
COMING TO HIS CHILDREN,
RUNNING TO THEM
AS HE SEES THEM TURN
THEIR FACE TOWARD HIS HEART
AND HIS HOME, EMBRACING THEM.
YOU WILL NEVER ONE TIME
RETURN TO YOUR FATHER THAT
HE WILL JUST TOLERATE YOU.
OR THEY'LL SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE STILL IN THE FAMILY,
BUT I WANT YOU
TO STAY OVER THERE
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO SIT AT THE TABLE
WITH THE GOOD PEOPLE,
NOT AFTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
I WON'T LET YOU BE RESTORED
TO MY HEART."
I THINK IT IS SO INTERESTING
THAT IN PSALM 51 DAVID SAYS:
YOU KNOW THAT JOY AND GLADNESS
THAT DAVID IS LOOKING FOR
OUT OF GOD?
WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THIS:
I WANT YOU TO BE GLAD I AM
HOME WHERE I CAN'T BEAR IT!
I WANT YOU TO BE GLAD
TO SEE ME!
I WANT TO BE RESTORED
TO YOUR HEART.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE
IN YOUR HOUSE,
I WANT TO BE RESTORED
TO THE HEART OF MY FATHER.
THAT WAS HIS GOD.
IT'S SO INTERESTING
THAT HIS GOD TOOK HIM BACK
AND EMBRACED HIM.
BUT HE TURNS AROUND
AND WITHHOLDS THIS
FROM HIS SON ABSALOM.
HE CAN COME HERE BUT
HE'S NOT GOING TO SEE MY FACE.
WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY,
NOW ABSALOM IS GETTING MADDER
AND MADDER AND MADDER.
SO HE'S TRYING TO GET JOAB
TO GET HIS FATHER DAVID'S
ATTENTION FOR HIM
SO HE BURNS DOWN JOAB'S FIELD
SO JOAB WILL RESPOND.
SURE ENOUGH HE DOES.
GOES BACK AND TELLS THE FATHER
THAT HE NEEDS TO SEE HIS SON.
FOUR YEARS --
FOUR YEARS THEN PASS.
WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT DAVID
DOES FINALLY SEE ABSALOM,
IT IS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.
THEN ALL THIS TIME GOES BY
WHERE ABSALOM HAS GOTTEN
SO MAD THAT HE STARTS
UNDERMINING THE AUTHORITY OF
THE KING AND BEGINS STEALING
THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE.
NOW THIS IS WHERE THE WORD
"ABSALOM" HAS GREAT
SIGNIFICANCE IN MY HOUSEHOLD
WITH MY HUSBAND.
AND HE IS HERE AT THE STUDIO
AND IS WATCHING
RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT AND
I KNOW HE IS ALREADY NODDING
AND HE'S ALREADY GRINNING
BECAUSE HE AND I CALL
ONE ANOTHER "ABSALOM"
ALL THE TIME.
[Laughter]
WE EACH HAVE A DOG.
HE HAS HIS DOG,
I HAVE MY DOG.
HE HAS A BIRD DOG.
I HAVE A BORDER COLLIE.
SO WE'RE ALL FOUR
TOGETHER CONSTANTLY BUT
THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT
SEEING THE PERSON SNUGGLED UP
TO THE OTHER PERSON'S DOG.
[Laughter]
I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN.
YOU KNOW I HAVE TO TRAVEL
PRETTY OFTEN AND KEITH WILL --
SO I'LL EVEN BE ON AN AIRPLANE
JUST HAVING LANDED WHERE
YOU CAN USE YOUR CELL PHONE
AND KEITH WILL SAY,
"YOU WANT TO TALK TO HER?"
SO IT IS REALLY ODD BECAUSE
I'M TRYING TO HIDE LIKE THIS
AND GO, "HELLO, STAR!
HELLO STAR!"
SO I CAN GET HER
TO JUST HAVE A RESPONSE.
HE GOES, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T THINK
SHE EVEN NOTICED.
SHE'S REAL CRAZY
ABOUT ME NOW!"
ABSALOM! ABSALOM!
I'LL DO THE SAME THING.
THEN HE'LL GET HOME
AND I'LL DO THE SAME THING
WITH HIS BIRD DOG.
SHE WILL JUST BE LAID
ALL OVER THE TOP OF ME
AND HE'LL COME IN THE ROOM
AND GO, "ABSALOM!
STEALING THE HEART!"
SO KEITH AND I UNDERSTAND
THIS STORY.
SO ALL THIS TIME GOES BY;
ELEVEN YEARS HAS NOW
TRANSPIRED SINCE THE ORIGINAL
CRIME AND SINCE THE SHAME
HAD COME UPON THE FAMILY.
SO NOBODY HAS DEALT WITH IT.
NOBODY HAS DEALT WITH IT.
SO BY THIS TIME
YOU'VE GOT A RIVALRY GOING.
ABSALOM IS AFTER THE KINGDOM
OF HIS FATHER DAVID.
SO IT COMES, OF COURSE,
PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
AND THE ARMIES GO UP
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER
AND DAVID SAYS THESE WORDS
TO HIS MEN, "PROTECT THE LIFE
OF MY SON ABSALOM!"
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT HIM
TO BRING HIM UNDER SUBMISSION;
THEY WANT THE REST OF
THE ARMIES TO BE SLAUGHTERED
BUT SAVE THE LIFE OF MY SON.
WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY,
THEY DON'T.
NOW THE NEWS BEARER
HAS COME TO TELL DAVID WHAT
HAS HAPPENED, THAT HIS THRONE
HAS BEEN REESTABLISHED.
OVER AND OVER -- FIVE TIMES:
MY SON, MY SON,
MY SON, MY SON, MY SON!
ABSALOM! ABSALOM! ABSALOM!
I WONDER IF THERE ARE
ANY WORDS THAT HAUNT US
ANY MORE THAN IF ONLY I HAD!
James: WHOO!
BOY, I TELL YOU WHAT,
BETH, SOMETIMES I THINK --
I THINK ALL OF US COULD,
AS YOU REALLY SHARED WITH --
YOU COVERED SO MUCH GROUND BUT
NOT ONLY "IF ONLY I HAD" BUT
OFTENTIMES "IF ONLY I HAD NOT"
-- IF I HADN'T.
HOW MANY TIMES WE LOOK BACK
AND WE WISH WE COULD
CORRECT IT AS THOUGH
IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED.
BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS WILL
WE ALLOW GOD TO RESTORE US
AND LEARN FROM OUR FAILURE OR
OUR FALL AND LET GOD LIFT US
UP OUT OF THAT PAIN AND HEAL
OTHERS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY IT.
BETH, THANK YOU.
YOU ALWAYS BLESS US SO MUCH.
BETTY, TWICE A YEAR WE ASK
OUR VIEWERS TO HELP US
DRILL WATER WELLS IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WHERE THE NEED
IS DESPERATE.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO A
TEACHER EVALUATE THE SITUATION
AND THE TREMENDOUS NEED THAT
YOU CAN AND I HOPE WILL GLADLY
EVEN JOYFULLY MEET BECAUSE
IT REALLY IS THE GREAT GIFT
OF LIFE YOU'RE GIVING BECAUSE
OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
WATCH THIS.
Translator: I HAVE 12 CHILDREN HERE
FROM AGE 6 TO 14.
SOMETIMES THE CHILDREN SAY, "TEACHER, WE ARE THIRSTY."
SO I GO TO THE RIVER TO BRING THE WATER FOR THE CHILDREN.
CHILDREN ARE OFTEN SICK WITH DIARRHEA AND FEVER.
I THINK THE RIVER IS CONTAMINATED
AND BECOMES WORSE BECAUSE OF THE WASTE FROM THE COWS.
OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO GO TO THE RIVER
BECAUSE WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY WATER.
MY DREAM IS THAT WE CAN HAVE CLEAN WATER
AND NO ONE WILL GET SICK.
James: I DON'T KNOW, BETTY,
IF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE
WHEN YOU SEE NEEDS
AND WE'VE HELPED THEM
IN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE WAY
THAT SOMETIMES YOU WONDER,
WHAT CAN WE SAY TO HELP
OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND
WE'RE NOT SHOWING YOU CHILDREN
THAT ARE JUST DYING
AND EMACIATED BODIES, THEY'RE
DEALING WITH A SITUATION
THAT KEEPS NEARLY CAUSING
A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN
THERE'S A TEACHER THAT
OBVIOUSLY LOVES HER STUDENTS
AND HER CHILDREN,
AND THE CHILDREN IN THAT
WHOLE AREA, AND YET
THEY'RE WATCHING THEM GET ILL
AND THEY WATCH THEM
LOSE THEIR HEALTH
AND EVEN LOSE THEIR LIVES.
WE CAN JUST REACH OUT HERE AND
GET A FRESH DRINK OF WATER,
HOW DO WE HELP OUR VIEWERS
UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE THAT CHANCE.
IF WE GIVE THEM FRESH WATER
THEY'RE SEEING ONE OF THE
GREATEST EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE
TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE AT LIFE.
I'M THINKING,
WHAT CAN WE SAY TO HELP
OUR VIEWERS UNDERSTAND?
BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT
THE TIME FRAME,
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED
A LOT OF HELP TO BE ABLE
TO DRILL THE HUNDREDS OF WELLS
THAT ARE NEEDED THIS YEAR.
Betty: JAMES, I THINK
OUR VIEWERS AND OUR FRIENDS
THAT WATCH, THEY DO KNOW,
THEY SENSE THE LOVE
OF THE LORD IN THEIR LIVES
AND YOUR LIVES --
I KNOW YOU DO.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN
YOU'VE BEEN SO DESPERATE,
TIMES WHEN YOU THOUGHT,
IF SOMEONE WOULD REACH OUT
TO ME AND HELP ME,
WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT
YOU CAN RELATE TO
IN THESE STORIES THAT
WE SHOW YOU ABOUT
THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN.
I WATCHED THAT AND I SAW
A LITTLE SMILE HERE AND THERE,
JAMES, AND I THOUGHT, THESE
PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING
PUT INTO THEIR BODIES.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD A CHOICE
OF ANY OTHER KIND OF WATER
SO THEY DON'T KNOW.
SO THEY'RE DRINKING IT
BECAUSE THEY'RE THIRSTY.
THEY'RE DRINKING IT BECAUSE
THEIR BODIES ARE SAYING,
"I'M THIRSTY."
LET'S GIVE THEM A CHOICE TO
GROW UP HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE HEART OF THIS TEACHER
WAS I CARE ABOUT
THESE CHILDREN.
I KNOW THE WATER IS BAD.
PLEASE HELP THEM.
James: SHE REALLY CAN'T
DO ANYTHING BUT CARE
BUT YOU AND I CAN DRILL A WELL
IN THAT VILLAGE AND
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO THAT.
THE WELLS ARE $4800.
I'M GRATEFUL BECAUSE
WHEN I WILL LOOK
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO SEE
DID SOMEONE DRILL A WELL?
AND ON OCCASION I WILL SEE
TWO OR THREE WELLS, SOMETIMES
I MAY GO SEVERAL DAYS
AND I'LL SEE A $1200 GIFT
AND I'LL BEGIN TO PRAY, "GOD
RAISE UP THREE MORE PEOPLE."
OR "GOD, I THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED
HANDS TO GIVE $48 OR $144
SO 10 OR 30 PEOPLE
CAN HAVE WATER."
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO,
BUT WHATEVER YOU DO,
IT'S GOING TO BE GIVING LIFE
TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
WOULD YOU DIAL THAT NUMBER?
WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GIFTS
TO GIVE YOU AS YOU GIVE
THIS GREAT GIFT.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM
EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO CAN
DO SOMETHING TO HELP.
IF YOU CAN GIVE A WELL
OR PART OF A WELL OR YOU MAKE
THAT VERY SPECIAL $48 GIFT
AND YOU SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
10 PEOPLE WATER.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT."
WE HAVE GIFTS TO BLESS YOU
BUT YOU'RE GIVING
AN INDESCRIBABLE GIFT.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CALL.
USE YOUR BANKCARD,
WRITE A CHECK, OR YOU CAN
GO ONLINE AND MAKE THAT GIFT.
THANK YOU FOR DOING IT!
Announcer: EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
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!
THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS A SOLUTION!
MISSION: WATER FOR LIFE
IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND VIABLE DEMONSTRATIONS
OF GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD TODAY.
SUFFERING CAN END
BECAUSE CLEAN WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING!
WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY, WE CAN ESTABLISH
AND DRILL 350 NEW WATER WELLS
FOR REMOTE VILLAGES IN 12 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
YOUR GIFT OF $24
WILL HELP PROVIDE CLEAN WATER FOR FIVE PEOPLE!
A GIFT OF $48 WILL HELP PROVIDE FOR 10 PEOPLE.
$72 WILL IMPACT 15 PEOPLE.
AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE FRESH, CLEAN,
DISEASE-FREE WATER
FOR 30 PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME!
WITH YOUR GIFT BE SURE TO REQUEST ARISE ,
A BEAUTIFUL NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FEATURING WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM INSPIRING WOMEN
WHO HAVE SHARED THEIR FAITH ON LIFE TODAY .
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE,
YOU MAY REQUEST THE ARISE AUDIO VISUAL DEVOTIONAL
FEATURING 40 DAYS OF INSPIRATION
FROM LIFE TODAY'S FAVORITE WOMEN GUESTS.
PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER A GIFT OF $1200
TO HELP PROVIDE WATER FOR 250 PEOPLE
OR A GIFT OF $4800
TO HELP SPONSOR A COMPLETE WELL.
AND BE SURE TO REQUEST THE 2012 COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE SCULPTURE,
"THE LION AND THE LAMB."
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: HERE'S A LITTLE GIRL GETTING A DRINK.
BETTY SAID, "I CAN'T HELP HER... I CAN'T HELP HER DO IT."
THE REASON BETTY SAYS THAT IS SHE'S SEEN THE RIVER WHERE IT COMES FROM.
WE'VE SEEN THE ANIMALS AND THE ANIMAL WASTE
AND WE KNOW IT'S CONTAMINATED.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL A THIRSTY CHILD THEY CAN'T HAVE WATER
WHEN THE MOTHER BROUGHT THEM THE WATER.
MOM BROUGHT THEM THIS WATER.
MOM HAD NO IDEA SHE MIGHT BE BRINGING THIS CHILD DISEASE OR SICKNESS.
Betty: THIS IS THE KIND OF WATER THEY'RE DRINKING.
THE ONLY WATER THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL THEIR THIRST
BUT AS THEY'RE FILLING THEIR THIRST
THEY'RE PUTTING DISEASE INTO THEIR LITTLE BODIES.
WE DON'T NEED THAT TO HAPPEN.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU'LL JUST JOIN WITH US
AND LET'S GIVE THESE CHILDREN SOME CLEAN SAFE WATER.
WILL YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW?
WE NEED TO BEGIN DRILLING THESE WATER WELLS TO HELP THESE CHILDREN.
WE MUST NOT DELAY. WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW.
PLEASE GO TO THE PHONE.
James: I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR HELPING US SHARE WATER
AND DRILL THESE WELLS.
WHAT A JOY!
THEN REMIND YOU THAT
IN THE BOOKSTORES, INDIVISIBLE
AND I REALLY HOPE
YOU'LL GO GET A COPY.
GET ONE FOR YOUR PASTOR, YOUR
PRIEST, OR A LEADER BECAUSE
I THINK WE CAN TURN THIS
NATION BACK TOWARD SAFE HARBOR
AWAY FROM THE CATASTROPHIC
CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE COMING
IF WE DON'T ALTER OUR COURSE,
GET BACK UNDER GOD,
HIS SHELTER, HIS SHADOW
AND THE SECURITY
AND BLESSING THAT HE PROMISES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR WATCHING LIFE TODAY
AND HELPING US SHARE LIFE.
GOD BLESS YOU!
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Announcer: FAITH, FAMILY, AND FREEDOM ARE UNDER ATTACK.
AS AMERICA FACES BATTLES WITHIN, MANY WONDER WHERE TO TURN.
IN THEIR NEW BOOK, JAMES ROBISON AND JAY RICHARDS
CALL US TO STAND TOGETHER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
AS ONE NATION TRULY UNDER GOD.
INDIVISIBLE , THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
AT ONLINE AND RETAIL BOOKSTORES.
Anouncer: NEXT WEEK, COMEDIAN, JOHN GRAY
GIVES HIS SPIN ON LOVE, LIFE, RACE AND FAMILY.
>> WHAT IS TIME OUT? WE GOT KNOCKED OUT! [Laughter]