Announcer: COMING UP
ON LIFE TODAY,
BETH MOORE IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS
WITH LIVING UNDER LEGALISM.
Beth: GOD COULD NOT
HAVE BEEN BETTER TO US
THAN TO HAVE
GIVEN US GRACE.
HE IS THE GIVER
OF ALL GOOD GIFTS.
GOD IS GRACIOUS
TO US.
AND TO GIVE HIM CREDIT, TO
CONTINUALLY GIVE HIM CREDIT
FOR THE GOOD IN OUR LIVES,
THAT IS FREEDOM TO US.
Announcer: JOIN US AS WE SPEND
WEDNESDAYS IN THE WORD.
♪
James: THIS IS A GREAT DAY!
I WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.
BETH MOORE IS TEACHING
ABOUT ENCASED IN GRACE.
BETTY, THIS WOMAN IS LITERALLY
ENCASED IN GRACE.
BETH, YOU'RE SUCH A TREASURE
AND SUCH A BLESSING!
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR HER
TEACHING RIGHT HERE AND
WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT
IS GOING TO INSPIRE YOU.
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
THAT I'M FINDING SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT.
WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW
TO GET THIS BOOK,
CHILDREN AT THE WELL,
THE JOY OF CLEAN WATER.
I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN YOU
GET LITTLE KIDS, I MEAN
A THREE OR FOUR YEAR OLD
WILL ENJOY THIS,
ALL THE WAY UP TO LET'S SAY
SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OLD.
THEY'RE INTO THIS.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET A VISION
FOR LOVING AND HELPING PEOPLE
THAT FEEL TOO OFTEN
OVERLOOKED.
I TELL YOU WHAT BETH DOES
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GRACE,
AND BETH, THIS IS WHAT
I'M WATCHING.
I KNOW BETH WATCHES THE SHOW.
EVEN THOUGH SHE'S TAUGHT
AND GOING TO BE HERE,
SHE'S HOME WATCHING
OR WHEREVER SHE IS.
BETH, YOU'RE PUTTING THE ARMS
OF GRACE AROUND THE WORLD
AND THE CHURCH THAT
GOD LOVES SO MUCH.
YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS BLESSING!
WOULD YOU WELCOME BETH MOORE?
♪
Beth: THIS IS GOING TO TEST
OUR LEGALISM.
ANYBODY? TEST OUR LEGALISM.
BY SIGNIFICANT TRANSGRESSION,
I'M EVEN GOING TO
INCLUDE LIKE GOSSIP,
SHARP WORDS TO SOMEONE,
A BIG DEMONSTRATION OF PRIDE
AND ON AND SO FORTH
FROM THERE.
WOULD THAT BE TRUE
OR WOULD IT BE FALSE?
MAYBE I COULD HAVE JUST
STAYED HOME AND HAD THIS
WITH THE MIRROR
AND I CANNOT TELL YOU
HOW WE WOULD HAVE DONE
ON THIS TEST.
ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
LIKE IT'S JUST A WHILE --
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW DAYS.
I NEED TO PUNISH MYSELF
A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THIS.
THAT TIES RIGHT INTO
NUMBER FOUR.
PENANCE IS DEFINED HERE AS
ACTS DONE TO MAKE UP FOR SIN.
NUMBER SIX:
I'M GOING TO GET YOU HERE!
[Laughter]
TRUE OR FALSE?
[Laughing]
YOU CAN FEEL SOME REAL COMPANY
IN THIS ONE BECAUSE
THAT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY,
IN ALL THE PEOPLE I'VE TESTED,
THAT WAS THE BIG T!
THIS IS GETTING UGLY,
ISN'T IT?
JUST GETTING RIGHT DOWN UGLY.
I ALWAYS HAVE TO BEAR UP.
NUMBER ELEVEN --
THAT GOT A ROUSING "YES"
IN THIS ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW
HOW Y'ALL ARE DOING
ON OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
ABOUT IT THOUGH.
NUMBER TWELVE,
AND THEN THE BONUS:
I LOVE THE BONUS QUESTION:
WE KNOW THAT'S TRULY --
THAT'S THE KINGDOM OF GOD:
RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
BUT PROBABLY
THEY WOULDN'T KNOW IT
FROM BEING AROUND ME.
TRUE OR FALSE?
NOW DURING OUR SERIES,
A LOT OF THESE
TRUE/FALSE STATEMENTS
WILL COME TO LIGHT
AND WE'LL SEE THE BASIS
FOR WHY THEY'RE FALSE
BUT I DO WANT TO THROW OUT
A FEW OF THEM RIGHT NOW.
HOW ABOUT THAT FIRST ONE?
THE HARDEST OPTION
IS PROBABLY THE GODLIEST.
LISTEN --
NEITHER HAPPY NOR HARD
IS AN INDICATOR OF GOD'S WILL.
GOD INDICATES HIS WILL;
NEITHER HAPPY NOR HARD
GET TO BE THE PLUMB LINE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT TELLS US
WHAT GOD'S WILL IS.
DOES IT MAKE US HAPPY
OR IS IT REALLY HARD?
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
"IT MAKES ME HAPPY;
THAT'S GOT TO BE IT."
"NO, IT'S SUPER HARD;
THAT'S GOT TO BE IT."
NEITHER ONE OF THOSE
ARE THE PLUMB LINE
FOR THE WILL OF GOD.
GOD TELLS US HIS WILL.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS
WHEN WE MAKE AN ASSUMPTION
THAT HARD OR HAPPY ALWAYS
MEANS THAT IT IS GOD'S WILL,
WE'RE SHORTCUTTING
BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT.
YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE SO
DRAWN TO THE LAW?
OKAY, I WON'T SAY IT
ABOUT YOU.
YOU KNOW WHY I'VE BEEN
SO DRAWN TO THE LAW?
BECAUSE I WAS
SPIRITUALLY LAZY;
IT TAKES SOME ALERTNESS
TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
WE JUST WANT
GIVE ME MY RULES
AND I'LL LIVE BY THEM.
NO, IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
IT WORKS LIKE THIS,
"LORD, I WANT TO POUR
EVERYTHING OUT BEFORE YOU,
EVERYTHING OF ME,
OF MY HUMAN NATURE.
AND I WANT YOU TO FILL ME
FULL OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
I WANT TO BE YIELDED
TO YOU COMPLETELY
WHERE AT AN IMPULSE,
AT THE PRESS OF YOUR THUMB
I KNOW WHETHER
TO LEAN TO THE RIGHT
OR TO LEAN TO THE LEFT.
I WANT TO KNOW YOU.
I WANT TO BE LITERALLY,
LORD, A TEMPLE FOR YOUR SPIRIT
TO ACT AND WORK AND TO SPEAK."
IT TAKES ALERTNESS.
WE CANNOT LIVE SPIRIT-LED
LIVES AND BE LAZY.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO!
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.
I TELL YOU,
THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT
IF IT IS HARD,
IT'S GOT TO BE GOD.
LISTEN, NOBLE DISOBEDIENCE
IS STILL DISOBEDIENCE.
WE CAN BE NOBLE ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MARTYRS
ABOUT IT.
HE'S GOING, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU ARE DISOBEDIENT TO ME.
I DID NOT TELL YOU
TO DO THE HARD THING.
I TOLD YOU TO DO MY WILL.
NOW MY WILL MAY BE HARD
OR IT MAY BE THE BIGGEST KICK
YOU HAVE EVER HAD
IN YOUR LIFE.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS
AND THEN I WANT YOU
TO RESPOND TO THAT."
ANOTHER ONE THAT REALLY GOT --
I'M NOT GOING
TO TAKE THEM ALL APART,
BUT THE SECOND ONE,
THE REASON WHY IT WAS
A BIG DEAL TO ME
TO BRING THIS ONE TO YOU, I'LL
REMIND YOU OF WHAT IT WAS.
DO WE RARELY ASK
FORGIVENESS ONCE?
IT WOULD HELP ME SO MUCH
IF I COULD SEE IN THIS ROOM
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY,
"NO, I DO IT OVER AND OVER."
ANYBODY? --
FOR THE SAME THING.
LIKE YOU TRULY DID,
YOU REPENTED.
WE DO IT OVER AND OVER.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING?
WE'RE REAFFIRMING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THAT GOD DOES NOT FORGIVE.
OUR BELIEF SYSTEM IS SAYING
BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING
TO RESPOND
AS IF YOU FORGAVE ME,
I'M GOING TO BELIEVE THAT
I'VE DONE MY PART BUT YOU'VE
NOT DONE YOUR PART, LORD.
I'M FAITHFUL, BUT YOU'RE NOT
BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T HAVE
FORGIVEN ME BECAUSE
THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU
OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
THAT SHOWS NO CREDIBILITY
IN OUR BELIEF IN HIS WORD
THAT SAYS WHEN WE CONFESS
OUR SINS WE ARE FORGIVEN
AND COMPLETELY CLEANSED --
COMPLETELY CLEANSED!
IF WE WOULD START BELIEVING
WE WERE COMPLETELY CLEANSED
WE WOULD GET OUT FROM UNDER
SOME OF THIS DOMINION
BUT WE STILL FEEL FILTHY
SO WE STILL GO BACK
TO THE VERY SAME PIT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT IS KILLING US.
OUR LEGALISM IS KEEPING US
IN OUR SINS!
IT'S NOT SETTING US FREE,
IT'S HOLDING US THERE.
THAT'S THE COST OF IT.
TRUE OR FALSE:
MUST WE ALWAYS BEAR UP
WITH PEOPLE?
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS
WE LOVE, WE LOVE PEOPLE.
WE ARE TOLD IN THE WORD TO
FORGIVE BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL
TIMES IN THE SCRIPTURES
WE ARE TOLD TO PUT
SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN US
AND ANOTHER PERSON.
I'LL JUST THROW OUT
A FEW TO YOU.
YOU CAN FIND SEVERAL OF THEM
IN OTHER PLACES BUT
SECOND THESSALONIANS
3:14 IS ONE.
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IDLE
AND DON'T PAY ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN
TO DO AND TO THEIR JOBS
AND THEY'RE JUST BUSY BODIES;
TALKING ABOUT THAT TITUS 3:10
IS ANOTHER PLACE.
NO, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS TOLD TO
KEEP IN A SITUATION
CONTINUALLY WHEN
WE'VE BEEN DONE WRONG
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WE'RE TOLD TO LOVE
WITH THAT LOVE THAT
IS OF BEST INTEREST.
SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT DOING
SOMEONE WELL WHEN WE JUST
STAY IN THERE AND NEVER SAY,
"I THINK THIS IS WRONG.
I LOVE YOU BUT I NEED
TO SAY A WORD TO YOU. NO!"
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S BEEN TOO LONG
SINCE YOU'VE HEARD THIS."
ANYBODY?
WE NEED TO SAY IT
MAYBE TO A TEENAGER.
EVERYBODY JUST PRACTICE, NO!
THERE COMES A TIME
WHEN WE DRAW A LINE
WITH SOMEBODY.
WE LOVE THEM.
WE'VE FORGIVEN THEM
BUT NO! NO! NO!
THAT IS SOMETIMES APPROPRIATE.
THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE ANSWER.
THE ONE, NUMBER ELEVEN:
I TEND TO FEEL GUILTY
ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS
IN MY LIFE.
LISTEN -- GOD COULD NOT
HAVE BEEN BETTER TO US
THAN TO HAVE GIVEN US GRACE.
HE IS THE GIVER
OF ALL GOOD GIFTS,
THE BOOK OF JAMES SAYS.
GOD IS GRACIOUS TO US
AND TO GIVE HIM CREDIT,
TO CONTINUALLY GIVE HIM CREDIT
FOR THE GOOD IN OUR LIVES,
THAT IS FREEDOM TO US.
THIS ONE I WANT TO CAMP ON
FOR A FEW MOMENTS.
I HEARD YOU REACT TO IT HERE.
I WOULD LOVE SO MUCH TO HEAR
HOW YOU'RE DOING WITH IT
ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THAT SCREEN.
THIS ONE
LET'S SIT ON IT A SECOND.
I KNOW GOD LOVES ME
BUT I THINK
I OFTEN DISAPPOINT HIM.
I WANT TO TAKE Y'ALL THERE
WITH ME FOR A FEW MINUTES
AND THINK THIS THROUGH
BECAUSE WHAT ARE --
THIS IS THE QUESTION
I WANT TO PUT ON THE TABLE --
WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS
IN A RELATIONSHIP BELIEVING
THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY
DISAPPOINTING THE OTHER PARTY?
WHAT WOULD BE
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT?
MAYBE YOU AND I ARE NOT
SIMILAR AFTER ALL
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHAT I DO AND I'VE HAD THEM,
HAVEN'T WE ALL
HAD RELATIONSHIPS WHERE
WE'RE JUST A CONTINUAL --
I MEAN IT IS JUST SOMEBODY
THAT YOU CANNOT PLEASE
AND THEY'RE CONTINUALLY...
YOU'D RATHER THEM
GET MAD AT YOU
BUT OH, NO, THEY'RE JUST...
[Laughter]
...DISAPPOINTED!
AND THAT HAPPENS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
HERE'S WHAT I DO.
I HANG IN THERE FOR A WHILE
AND I REALLY TRY
TO DO IT GOOD BECAUSE
I WANT THEM TO LIKE ME, AND
I WANT THEM TO APPROVE OF ME,
AND I DON'T WANT
TO DISAPPOINT THEM
SO I DO THAT FOR A WHILE
BUT IF THEY KEEP BEING
DISAPPOINTED, I WITHDRAW.
YOU SEE I'M NOT
GOING TO HANG IN.
ANYBODY?
I ASK YOU,
HOW LONG DO YOU REMAIN CLOSE,
MAYBE YOU REMAIN
IN COMMUNICATION BUT
I'M ASKING YOU THIS QUESTION,
WITH SOMEONE THAT YOU
ARE CONVINCED THAT YOU
CONTINUALLY DISAPPOINT,
HOW LONG WILL YOU RETAIN
CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY
OF RELATIONSHIP AND
FRIENDSHIP WITH THEM?
IF I WERE A BETTING WOMAN
I'D BET YOU HUNDRED BUCKS
THAT WHAT YOU'D DO IS
THE SAME THING I DO,
ONCE I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO
CONTINUALLY BE DISAPPOINTED,
I'M GOING TO START
SCOOTING BACK
BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND
THAT MIRROR ALL THE TIME.
IF THAT IS TRUE IN OUR
FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIPS,
HOW TRUE IS IT WITH GOD
THAT IF WE GET IN OUR HEAD
HE'S ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED
WITH ME,
HE'S ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED
WITH ME,
HE'S ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED --
OKAY, THEN WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO IS I'M GOING TO TRY
MY HARDEST TO KEEP THE LAW
BUT I'M GOING TO SCOOT BACK
BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAR
THE CONDEMNATION
OF BEING CLOSE TO SOMEONE
THAT CONSTANTLY
IS DISAPPOINTED IN ME.
LISTEN --
WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING
THIS SUBJECT MATTER
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M GOING TO DO?
I'M GOING TO GO
AND DO A WORD SEARCH
ON THE WORD DISAPPOINTMENT
BECAUSE I NEED TO SEE
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS
IN WHICH GOD
IS DISAPPOINTED IN US.
THAT WOULD BE A BIG QUESTION.
I WANT TO ANSWER IT.
SO I DID A LITTLE WORD SEARCH.
I CAN DO THAT
WITH MY CONCORDANCE
BUT YOU CAN DO IT
ON BIBLE GATEWAY, ON ALL
SORTS OF DIFFERENT WEB SITES
THAT LET YOU PUT IN A KEYWORD,
CHOOSE YOUR VERSION
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING UP
AND THEN YOU JUST PUT
THAT WORD IN AND IT SHOWS YOU
EVERY TIME IT COMES UP.
SO I DID THAT.
I PUT IN THE WORD DISAPPOINT.
AND IN THE E.S.V.
I FOUND THE WORD DISAPPOINT
ZERO TIMES.
IN THE N.I.V., THE '84,
AND THE NEW KING JAMES
AND THE N.A.S.
AND THE H.C.S.V.
ALL HAD IT ONE TIME --
ONE TIME THE WORD DISAPPOINT.
I LOOKED UP THE WORD --
I THOUGHT, NO,
IT'S GOT TO BE THERE.
I MEAN IT'S GOT TO BE THERE!
SO I LOOKED UP DISAPPOINTED.
NOW WE'RE TALKING.
THE N.I.V., ORIGINAL N.I.V.,
FOUR TIMES,
THE E.S.V. AND N.A.S.V.
FIVE TIMES.
NEVER ONE TIME
IN ANY OF THOSE CONTEXTS
IS IT EVER ABOUT
GOD'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
I'M WANTING SOMEBODY
TO GET A WORD.
LISTEN -- I'M TRYING TO THINK
AT TIMES IN MY LIFE
WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE
IF SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE
SAID THIS TO ME.
I'M TRYING TO THINK,
WHAT IT WOULD HAVE SAVED ME
IN MY SPIRITUAL ANGST
AND ANXIETY
IF SOMEONE HAD SAID,
"YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
A HARD TIME FINDING WHERE
GOD IS ALL DISAPPOINTED IN YOU
IN THE SCRIPTURES."
BUT I NEVER HEARD IT.
WHO WANTS TO TEACH IT?
BECAUSE PEOPLE
MIGHT MISBEHAVE!
[Laughter]
BECAUSE WE'RE DRIVEN
BY WHAT WOULD DISAPPOINT!
AM I TELLING THE TRUTH
TO ANYBODY?
AM I HAVING BIBLE STUDY
BY MYSELF, ANYBODY?
[Laughter]
OKAY! BECAUSE WE NEED IT!
-- OUR DISAPPOINTMENT.
WE'RE DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE.
IT WORKS! IT WORKS!
IT'S POWERFUL.
SO WE TAKE THAT AWAY,
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
SO I FOUND THE ONE VERSE
WHERE DISAPPOINT POPS UP
IN THE N.I.V.,
THE KING JAMES VERSION,
THE N.A.S.; I WANT YOU
TO HEAR IT OUT OF THE HOLMAN
CHRISTIAN STANDARD BIBLE.
ROMANS 5:5, WHEN JESUS
THROUGH HIS WORD SAYS:
I JUST -- I WANT SOMEBODY --
COME ON NOW! COME ON NOW!
IT SAYS,
THE ONE TIME IT COMES UP
IN THOSE PARTICULAR VERSIONS,
IT COMES UP THIS WAY:
I WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU.
WHOEVER PUTS THEIR TRUST IN ME
WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE?
THAT'S REVIVAL, GIRLFRIEND!
THAT'S REVIVAL, GUY FRIEND!
THAT RIGHT THERE
IS GROUNDS FOR REVIVAL.
James: GIRLFRIEND...
HEY, GIRLFRIEND, GUY FRIEND,
ARE YOU HEARING WHAT
BETH IS SAYING?
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR LETTING
THE RIVER OF LOVE AND LIFE
AND TRUTH FLOW SO FREELY
AND THAT WE CAN ALL
BE A PART OF IT.
BLESS EVERYONE THAT HEARS
AND LET THEM LIVE IN
THE FULLNESS OF YOUR GRACE
SHARING IT WITH OTHERS,
EXPERIENCING IT;
IN JESUS' NAME.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU
TO GIVE, LITERALLY
IN A MOMENT WE'RE GOING
TO ASK YOU TO GIVE A CUP
OF WATER.
BUT ALL OF YOU WHO LOVE BETH
AND APPRECIATE HER,
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
THAT WAS WHAT WE JUST
WITH ALL OF OUR HEART
WERE SEEKING TO DO,
TO GIVE YOU FRESH WATER,
SPIRITUAL WATER, TRANSFORMING,
POWERFUL, CLEANSING WATER.
ITS WHAT OUR MINISTRY IS ABOUT
AND WE'VE TOLD YOU THIS.
BETTY, I SOMETIMES WONDER
IF OUR VIEWERS REALLY
UNDERSTAND THIS.
THEY'RE THE MAIN FOCAL POINT.
WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE'S
ATTENTION ON WHAT GOD
IS LOOKING AT THAT OFTENTIMES
GOES OVERLOOKED, UNNOTICED
BUT I'M NOT SURE THEY REALIZE
THAT GOD'S FOCUS
IS ON YOU EQUALLY.
AND WE FOCUS ON YOU
BECAUSE WE WANT TO BLESS YOU
AND HELP YOU.
THAT'S OUR MAJOR MINISTRY,
IS TO YOU, THE VIEWERS.
THAT'S A MAJOR MISSION
OUTREACH IS THE MEDIA
OUTREACH ALL OVER THE WORLD.
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE ARE
RECEIVING IT IS MORE BLESSED
TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE,
TO RELEASE THE LOVE OF GOD,
NOT JUST IN WORD,
BUT IN DEMONSTRATION.
AND THERE MAY NOT BE A SINGLE
THING THAT OUR VIEWERS
IDENTIFY ANY MORE CLEARLY WITH
THAN GIVING SOMEONE
FRESH CLEAN WATER.
CONTAMINATED WATER
IS KILLING CHILDREN AND
IT IS DESTROYING HEALTH
AND FUTURES.
YOU'RE GIVING LIFE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN ON
A SCENE THAT YOU CAN STEP
RIGHT INTO AND BRING
THE POWER AND PRESENCE
AND PROVISION AND LOVE OF GOD
TO THIS SITUATION
AND SO MANY LIKE IT.
WATCH PRAYERFULLY.
Announcer: THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
GRAY HAIR IS A SIGN OF WISDOM
AND GIVES PRESTIGE
TO OLD AGE.
AND WHEN MOST OF US REACH
THE SO-CALLED GOLDEN YEARS,
WE YEARN FOR A LIFESTYLE
OF LEISURE AND PLEASURE.
BUT FOR THIS
PROUD GRANDMOTHER
WHO LIVES IN
A POVERTY-STRICKEN
VILLAGE IN HONDURAS,
LIFE HAS SOME
DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
HER NAME IS PETRONA AND SHE
SPENDS SEVERAL HOURS A DAY
WALKING TO COLLECT WATER
FOR HER FAMILY.
WHILE THIS HIKE
IS TRAGIC ENOUGH FOR
A WOMAN LIKE PETRONA,
THE HEARTBREAKING REALITY IS
THE WATER SHE IS COLLECTING
IS CONTAMINATED AND
POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING
TO HER GRANDCHILDREN.
James: I KNOW YOU KNOW
HOW GRANDMOTHERS THINK
AND SHE IS SAYING,
"I MAY NOT BE HERE MUCH LONGER
BUT IT SURE WOULD BE NICE
IF WE HAD A WELL
THAT WE COULD JUST GO TO."
IT SEEMS LIKE
A PRETTY SIMPLE REQUEST;
DOESN'T IT, BETTY?
Betty: IT REALLY DOES.
SHE HAS THE HEART
THAT A GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE
IN CARING, IN WANTING HER
GRANDCHILDREN TO BE WELL AND
NOT WANTING THE CAUSE OF ANY
DEATH OF HER GRANDCHILDREN
TO BE BECAUSE
OF THE UNCLEAN WATER.
BUT YET SHE STILL GOES
ON THAT LONG JOURNEY.
I KNOW SHE HAS TO STOP
AND REST AND GET THAT WATER
THAT SHE KNOWS IS GOING
TO HURT HER GRANDCHILDREN BUT
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE WATER.
THE REQUEST SHE HAS IS
IF THEY COULD HAVE
SOME CLEAN WATER.
James: WE'VE WATCHED ALL --
WHEN WE STARTED OUR FRIENDS
FOR LIFE, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS
BUT THIS GOES BACK
NEARLY 20 YEARS,
WE SHOWED TWO LITTLE BOYS
THAT HAD TO WALK,
I DON'T KNOW FIVE MILES
TO A DIRTY WATER SOURCE
AND THEN THEY CARRIED IT
IN A BUCKET,
IT TOOK BOTH OF THEM TO CARRY.
YOU SEE THEM,
THERE THEY GO.
THEN WE WATCHED THE WOMEN
WITH THE BIG POTS OF WATER
ON THEIR HEAD AND MARVEL
HOW THEY COULD BALANCE IT
AND WALK WITH IT
AND WALK SO FAR.
AND THEY TAKE IT BACK
TO UTILIZE IT AND SO OFTEN,
IT'S DISEASED-RIDDEN.
YOU KNOW BETTY AND I STARTED
YEARS AGO SAYING WE NEED
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS,
AND THE BIG "WE" WAS YOU
BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW
IF PEOPLE WOULD HELP US.
BUT YOU REALLY HAVE LIVED UP
TO BE THE VERY PEOPLE
THE MISSIONARIES SAID
THEY BELIEVED YOU WOULD BE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE CALLED
THE MISSIONARIES
THE GREATEST CHRISTIANS
THE MISSIONARIES
ALWAYS CORRECTED US AND SAID,
"NO, THE GREATEST CHRISTIANS
ARE THE ONES THAT ENABLE US
TO COME AND HELP;
THEY SEND US -- AND THEY
DON'T SEND US EMPTY-HANDED."
BETTY, FOR SO MANY YEARS
AND YOU THINK, WE'VE BEEN
MINISTERING OVER 50 YEARS
AND THE LAST 25 YEARS OF IT
HAS BEEN TO THE ENDS
OF THE EARTH --
TO THE UNSEEN, OVERLOOKED,
PRECIOUS PEOPLE.
IF GOD NOTICES A SPARROW
THAT FALLS, NOT A CARDINAL,
PEACOCK BUT A SPARROW,
IT MEANS HE'S LOOKING
AT WHAT YOU DON'T NOTICE.
AND SO WE SAID NOTICE...
THE GRANDMOTHER NOTICED THE
CHILDREN AND YOU'VE DONE IT
AND YOU'VE ENABLED US
TO DRILL WATER WELLS.
SO NOW WE WANT TO COMPLETE
THIS YEAR'S PROJECT OF 500.
WE'RE MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME FRIENDS
THAT SAID BECAUSE THE NEED
IS SO DESPERATE IN ANGOLA
WE'LL MATCH WHAT YOU GIVE
SO WE CAN DRILL THE 68 WELLS
THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED
RIGHT THERE WHERE
THEY'RE DROUGHT-STRICKEN.
SO WOULD YOU GO
TO THE PHONE TODAY?
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD,
MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT YOU CAN;
WRITE A CHECK, CALL US,
TELL US WHAT YOU'RE MAILING
OR GO ONLINE LIFETODAY.ORG
AND MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT
YOU CAN MAKE; AND FOR ANGOLA,
KNOW IT WILL BE MATCHED.
FATHER, I PRAY
EVERY PERSON WATCHING
WILL GIVE SOMETHING TODAY;
IN JESUS' NAME.
WHETHER IT'S $48 OR $144
OR $4800 FOR A WHOLE WELL
OR PART OF A WELL,
PLEASE DO IT TODAY.
FROM THE DEPTH OF OUR HEART
WE ASK YOU TO EXPRESS
GOD'S HEART AND MAKE
THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN.
PLEASE DO IT!
AND THANK YOU FOR IT.
Announcer: EVERY DAY
CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
ARE FORCED TO MAKE
A DREADFUL CHOICE:
DRINK FILTHY POLLUTED WATER FILLED WITH DEADLY DISEASE
OR FACE DEATH
FROM THIRST.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE
FACED WITH THIS DECISION!
WITH YOUR GIFT TODAY YOU
CAN HELP ESTABLISH AND DRILL
NEW WATER FOR THOSE IN NEED IMPACTING OVER 20 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!
AND NOW BECAUSE OF
A MIRACLE OPORTUNITY
OF A MATCHING GIFT
OF OVER $326,000
FOR 68 NEW WELLS
TARGETED IN
DROUGHT-STRICKEN ANGOLA
YOUR GIFT
CAN BE DOUBLED!
WITH YOUR GIFT,
BE SURE TO REQUEST
THE NEW CHILDREN
AT THE WELL INTERACTIVE BOOK
TO HELP YOUR LITTLE ONES UNDERSTAND THE BLESSING
OF CLEAN WATER,
AS WELL AS
THE WOMEN AT THE WELL
DAILY DEVOTIONAL
WITH 32 REFRESHING DEVOTIONALS FOR YOUR QUIET TIME.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE
YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THIS
BEAUTIFUL LEATHER JOURNAL
TO HELP CAPTURE YOUR
PERSONAL TIMES WITH GOD.
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 COMMEMORATIVE SCULPTURE
GLASS STATUE
"THE BLESSING."
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR SECURE GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LOVE AND CONCERN.
I WANT TO SEND YOU
WOMEN AT THE WELL AS WELL AS
CHILDREN AT THE WELL.
I WAS LOOKING DOWN THROUGH
THIS AND HERE YOU ARE BETTY,
"WAITING FOR GOD'S BEST."
HERE'S OUR DAUGHTER ROBIN
WHO IS WITH JESUS
RIGHT NOW IN HEAVEN,
"THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD."
HERE IS KATHY TROCCOLI,
BETH MOORE,
OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER, RHONDA,
CHONDA PIERCE, LISA BEVERE,
MY GOODNESS!
LINDA MINTLE.
I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN I LOOK
AT THIS, OUR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
DEBBIE ROBISON, RANDY'S WIFE,
JEANNE ROGERS, ANN PRETORIUS,
CECE WINANS, LUCI SWINDOLL,
PATSY CLAIRMONT
-- WOMEN AT THE WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY THANK YOU.
GET THE JOURNAL.
AND PLEASE HELP US GET
THOSE WELLS IN ANGOLA
AND KNOW THAT YOUR GIFT THERE
WILL BE MATCHED IN ORDER
FOR US TO REACH THE GOAL.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK ALL OF YOU!
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>> AND HE SAID, "I LOVE YOU
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'RE THE ONE."
Announcer: TOMORROW,
TUNE IN TO FIND OUT
HOW GOD USED HEARTBREAK
TO INSTILL VALUE.