Announcer: NEXT
ON LIFE TODAY!
BETH MOORE WARNS AGAINST
THE GOD OF ME.
Beth: I GO THROUGH
MY CLOSET PRETTY OFTEN
BECAUSE I'LL STOP
AT A SHIRT --
MY RULE IS IF YOU HAVE NOT
WORN IT IN THE LAST YEAR,
YOU DON'T GET IT.
GET RID OF IT!
SOMETIMES TOWARD THE END OF
THAT YEAR I START PUTTING ON
ALL MANNER OF THING.
[Laughter]
I'LL JUST LOOK
STRANGE.
I'LL LOOK OUT OF CHARACTER
AT WORK BUT
I'M JUST GOING,
"MY YEAR IS ALMOST UP!"
Announcer: DON'T FORGET
TO REMEMBER!
-- NEXT
ON LIFE TODAY.
♪
Betty: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
I'M BETTY AND THIS IS JAMES.
James: I'M GETTING
A LITTLE CLUMSY.
I SAID, "BE SURE TO TELL THEM
WHO WE ARE AND WELCOME THEM."
SHE SAID, "THEY KNOW
WHO WE ARE!"
BETTY -- JAMES!
WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY.
BETH MOORE IS TEACHING.
I LOVE THE TITLE,
DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER.
AS YOU GET OLDER SOMETIMES,
YOU ARE AMAZING.
YOU HAVE NOT LOST ANY ABILITY
TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
IT IS JUST AMAZING TO ME.
I PICK UP THE PHONE
TO CALL SOMEBODY.
IF THEY DON'T ANSWER
ON THE FIRST RING I FORGET
WHY I'M CALLING THEM.
THEY SAY, "WHAT DO YOU NEED?"
I SAY, "I DON'T KNOW.
YOU DIDN'T ANSWER
QUICK ENOUGH."
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU
HAVE THAT PROBLEM BUT
BELIEVE ME IT IS REALITY.
I THINK I'M OKAY.
BUT I KNOW ONE THING,
I COUNT IT AN HONOR TO SHARE,
I BELIEVE THE HEART OF GOD AND
HIS TRUTH THROUGH BETH MOORE
TO THOSE OF YOU ALL OVER
THE WORLD WHO WANT TO HEAR
WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY TO YOU
THROUGH A VERY GIFTED WOMAN
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
SO HERE IS BETH MOORE SAYING,
"DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER."
HERE SHE IS!
♪
Beth: LOOK AT VERSE EIGHT.
I TOLD YOU WE WOULD BE
BACK TO IT WHERE HE TALKS
ABOUT THIS GOOD LAND.
FOR US OUR CANAAN
IS A GOOD LAND,
WHEREVER HE PLACES US,
THAT'S A GOOD LAND; IT'S
GOING TO BE A FRUITFUL LAND.
AND LOOK AT THIS
BECAUSE HE SAID,
"THE LAND THE LORD YOUR GOD
IS GIVING YOU A GOOD LAND,"
HE TALKS ABOUT
THE WATER IN IT.
THEN HE SAYS IN VERSE EIGHT --
I WANT YOU TO COUNT WITH ME
EVERY SINGLE TIME
I SAY A KIND OF PRODUCE.
SO WITH THE FIRST ONE,
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY
TO SAY "ONE" AND THEN ON.
A LAND OF WHEAT...
Audience: ONE.
Beth: AND BARLEY...
Audience: TWO.
Beth: OF VINES...
Audience: THREE.
Beth: AND FIG TREES...
Audience: FOUR.
Beth: AND POMEGRANATES...
Audience: FIVE.
Beth: AND OLIVE TREES...
Audience: SIX.
Beth: AND HONEY...
Audience: SEVEN.
Beth: ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD LAND.
THE DESCRIPTION BEGINS WITH
A GOOD LAND IN SAYING GOD
IS GIVING YOU THIS GOOD LAND.
IT CLOSES IN THESE VERSES
FROM EIGHT TO TEN, OR SEVEN,
I BELIEVE IT'S WHERE
IT STARTS WITH GOOD
AND CLOSES UP AT TEN.
YES, VERSE SEVEN, INTO A GOOD
LAND AND IT CLOSES UP IN VERSE
TEN FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD,
FOR THE GOOD LAND
HE HAS GIVEN YOU.
WITHIN THAT GOOD,
HE GIVES US EXACTLY
SEVEN KINDS OF PRODUCE.
YOU KNOW THERE WERE OTHER
THINGS BUT THIS IS A BIBLICAL
WAY OF SHOWING US THAT IT WILL
BE COMPLETELY PRODUCTIVE.
A BEAUTIFUL NUMBER --
HOW MANY THINGS COULD HE
HAVE SAID BUT THERE'S SEVEN
IN THIS DESCRIPTION
OF THE GOOD LAND.
IT MEANS THERE WILL BE
COMPLETE PRODUCTIVITY.
NOTICE WITH ME,
THIS IS IMPORTANT,
SO SOMEBODY JUST GET
THEIR EYES ON THE PAGE HERE.
NOTICE HE SAYS IN VERSE NINE:
IT IS A LAND IN WHICH
YOU WILL EAT WHAT?
Audience: BREAD.
Beth: TELL ME AGAIN,
YOU WILL EAT WHAT?
Audience: BREAD.
Beth: AND IT IS THE LAND
YOU WILL ALSO -- LOOK AT
THE LATTER HALF OF IT --
THAT OUT OF WHOSE HILLS
YOU CAN DO WHAT?
-- DIG COPPER.
SO HE GIVES THEM THE WHEAT.
IN VERSE EIGHT HE SAYS:
IT WILL BE A LAND OF WHEAT,
BUT THEY'RE GOING
TO EAT BREAD.
SO THEY CAN JUST SIT AND
STARE AT THEIR WHEAT STALK
AND GO, "IN JESUS' NAME,
BE BREAD!
IN JESUS' NAME, BE BREAD!"
THEY CAN TAKE THE WHEAT STALK
AND THEY CAN PUT IT...
THEY CAN PUT A PIECE
OF TURKEY ON IT.
I WAS GOING TO SAY HAM
BUT THEY COULDN'T PUT HAM...
[Laughter]
ON THEIR SANDWICH.
WE'RE FREE, WE CAN.
THEY COULD NOT.
YOU CAN PUT IT ON BUT
IT IS GOING TO BE CRUNCHY,
IT IS GOING TO BE LITTLE ODD.
BUT IN THE LAND
OF PRODUCTIVENESS
WHERE OUR PRODUCTIVITY BEGINS
TO REALLY LIVE ITSELF OUT
IN FULL THROTTLE CALLING
FOR THAT SEASON;
WE MAY NOT COME INTO WHAT WE
HAVE TRULY BEEN CALLED TO DO
FOR SOME AMOUNT OF YEARS
WHERE WE REALIZE THIS REALLY
IS WHERE ALL OF THIS
HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD
BUT WHERE WE'RE BEGINNING
TO BE PRODUCTIVE.
YOU WILL NOTICE
THAT IN THE WILDERNESS
HE GAVE THEM MANNA.
HE BROUGHT IT TO THEM.
DO YOU KNOW THE MOMENT THEY
GOT INTO THAT PROMISED LAND
THAT MANNA CEASED?
THE MOMENT!
YOU KNOW
WHAT HE GAVE THEM THEN?
WHEAT!
YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING?
"GO FIX YOUR BREAD!
I'M GIVING YOU THE TOOLS.
I'M GIVING YOU THE INGREDIENTS
FOR YOU TO BE ABLE
TO COME THROUGH
WITH SOMETHING MARVELOUS."
BUT IF YOU JUST SIT BACK
BECAUSE WE GET ALL CONFUSED
HERE AND WE THINK,
HE WAS DOING ALL OF THIS
AND NOW HE'S --
WHAT HAS HE GIVEN YOU?
PUT IT TO WORK.
BECAUSE IN OUR LAND
OF PRODUCTIVITY
WE BECOME THE WONDER,
US THE PERSON WHO IS ABLE
TO DO THINGS THROUGH CHRIST
THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
IN OUR FLESH.
WE WANT HIM TO JUST --
"I WANT MY MANNA!
I WANT MY MANNA!"
OKAY, WELL, WE CAN JUST SIT
RIGHT THERE AND THEN
WE'LL NEVER EVER GROW UP
INTO OUR PRODUCTIVITY. NEVER!
BECAUSE WE CEASE TO --
WE'RE NOT GOING TO COOPERATE
AND DO ANY OF THE WORK.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
ANY SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
WHAT IT TAKES.
WE LOOK AT SOMEBODY ELSE
AND SAY, WE THINK
IT IS PRODUCTIVE AND
WE HEAR SOMEONE AND WE SAY,
"WHAT DOES YOUR LIFE
CONSIST OF?"
THEN WE THINK,
"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT."
IT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE
HERE RECENTLY TO MY OFFICE
CAME A CALL TO A REALLY
REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
THEY'RE JUST MY BEST FRIENDS
AT LIVING PROOF.
SHE RECEIVED A CALL
FROM A WOMAN IN JAPAN
DOING THE BIBLE STUDIES
AND SHE SAID, "WELL,
IS THERE A SHORTER VERSION
OF THE HOMEWORK?"
[Laughter]
"BECAUSE WE ARE BUSY HERE."
AND WE JUST LAUGHED BECAUSE
BLESS HER --
WE'RE BUSY HERE.
WE ALL HAVE GOT OUR 24/7
AND WE ALL GET TO DECIDE
WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO WITH IT.
WE ALL GET TO DECIDE HOW
WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE OUR TIME
BUT LISTEN, IF YOUR WHEAT
IS GOING TO BECOME BREAD
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND
SOME TIME WITH JESUS,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO HAVE SOME DISCIPLINE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO DO THE THING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP
IN IT, PUT OUR WEIGHT INTO IT,
PUT OUR FAITH INTO IT
AND BE PART OF IT.
DID YOU SEE
THAT WE HAVE TO DIG --
EVERYBODY SAY, "DIG."
Audience: DIG!
Beth: I WANT YOU TO FEEL IT,
I WANT YOU TO SEE IT
UNDER YOUR FINGERNAILS.
WE HAVE TO DIG THE COPPER.
HE SAID, "GO MAKE BREAD
AND GO DIG OUT COPPER."
DO YOU REMEMBER
WHEN THEY LEFT EGYPT?
THEY JUST THREW
THEIR TREASURES AT THEM.
JUST THREW THEM!
"HERE! IT'S OUR GOLD
AND SILVER."
THE EGYPTIANS WERE
JUST LIKE THROWING
THEIR TREASURES AT THEM.
IT WAS JUST GIVEN TO THEM
RIGHT IN THEIR HAND.
BUT THEY GET INTO THE PLACE
OF THEIR PRODUCTIVITY
AND HE GOES, "DIG IT!
DIG IT OUT.
EVERYTHING WILL NOT BE PUT
INTO YOUR HANDS BECAUSE THIS
IS YOUR PLACE OF PRODUCTIVITY
WHERE YOU BEGIN TO KNOW WHAT
I CAN DO NOT JUST FOR YOU,
THROUGH YOU.
THIS WAS ALL ABOUT
WHAT I CAN DO THROUGH YOU --
NOT JUST FOR YOU.
I WANT TO USE YOU
TO SHOW THE GREAT POWER
OF MY NAME.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT."
SO WE GET THERE INTO
OUR PLACE OF PRODUCTIVITY,
AND LISTEN, IF WE'RE WILLING
TO WORK WITH HIM,
SOME THINGS HAPPEN.
I MEAN IT IS JUST LIKE
STUNNING THINGS HAPPEN
AND IT IS LIKE, WHOA!
GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU DID THAT.
AND BECAUSE
WE'VE BEEN IN BONDAGE
AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH --
WE'RE STILL VERY,
VERY HUMBLED BY IT.
SO WE'LL JUST SERVE ANY WAY.
LORD, IF YOU CAN USE ME,
JUST USE ME.
WE'LL SERVE ANY WAY.
WE'LL SERVE ANYBODY
FOR A WHILE.
AND THEN, "WELL,
I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT."
"AND I DON'T REALLY LIKE
DOING THAT FOR THEM."
AND IT GETS TO WHERE
IT MATTERS MORE
IN HOW WE DO IT.
AND "NO ONE
EVEN APPRECIATES ME."
WE JUST GET WHERE I DON'T
WANT TO JUST SERVE ANYONE,
AND I DON'T WANT
TO JUST DO ANYTHING.
I NEED SOME PRESS HERE."
THEN WE START TAKING GOD
FOR GRANTED.
THEN INDISCERNIBLY,
WE START TAKING GOD'S CREDIT
AND THEN WE ARE DROPPED
TO OUR GROUNDS
BACK IN BONDAGE
AND IT ALL STARTS AGAIN
BECAUSE WE HAVE BOWED THE KNEE
TO THE GOD OF ME.
LET THERE BE NO MISTAKING
THAT THE BIGGEST
IDOLATRY PROBLEM
THAT WE WILL HAVE
WILL BE THE GOD OF ME.
AND THE WHOLE PROCESS
STARTS AGAIN.
I LOVE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL
COMMENTARY OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT TRANSLATION
OF VERSE 14 WHEN IT SAYS:
THEN YOUR HEART WILL
BE LIFTED UP AND YOU WILL
FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD.
IT SAYS THIS:
WHEN... OKAY,
WHEN WE'RE IN PRIDE --
EVEN WHEN WE ARE JUST IN PRIDE
BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT,
AND MAYBE WE ARE,
BUT WE'RE IN PRIDE ABOUT IT,
WE CANNOT REMEMBER GOD
AND BE FULL OF PRIDE
AT THE SAME TIME.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
HEAD SPACE FOR IT;
ONE OVERWHELMS THE OTHER.
WE'RE EITHER FULL OF OURSELVES
OR WE'RE FULL OF OUR GIVENNESS
TO THE LORD OUR GOD
BUT NOT EVER AT THE SAME TIME.
JOT DOWN JEREMIAH 22:21
IF YOU'RE ABLE.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT,
SEE IF WE COULD HANDLE
THE GIFTEDNESS THAT
GOD WOULD LIKE TO GIVE --
IF WE COULD ONLY HANDLE IT.
BUT HE SAID,
"HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS,
I PROSPER YOU AND THEN
I TRY TO SPEAK TO YOU
IN YOUR PROSPERITY
AND YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME."
BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT LIKE BEING
LIKE DESPERATE THAT
REALLY OPENS UP THE EARS,
DOESN'T IT?
BUT THEN THERE'S JUST LIKE
NOW WE'RE FULL
AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
WE CAN'T HEAR HIM ANYMORE.
I JUST WANT TO SUBMIT TO YOU
THAT WE, ALL OF US, ALL OF US,
PARTICULARLY SOME OF US
AND I THROW MYSELF
INTO THAT CATEGORY, WE ARE --
I'LL TALK PHYSICALLY
FOR JUST A MOMENT,
WE'VE ALREADY SAID INTANGIBLY,
JUST THE GIFTEDNESS
AND THE ANOINTING THAT GOD
IS WILLING TO GIVE US
IN OUR PRODUCTIVITY,
BUT WE ALSO, IN THIS NATION,
IN THE WEST,
IN THE PROSPEROUS WEST,
WE'RE UP TO, PICTURE IT,
BECAUSE THE LORD GAVE ME
THIS PICTURE THIS MORNING,
WE ARE UP TO OUR EARS
IN STUFF -- UP TO OUR EARS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
KNOW IT IS UP TO OUR EARS
BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR EARS --
IT'S IN OUR EARS.
SOME OF IT, AND THIS IS
BETWEEN YOU AND GOD,
SOME OF IT
WE NEED TO GIVE AWAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOD
HAS REALLY PUT ON MY HEART,
HE GOES, "BETH, USE IT.
I HAVE IT TO USE BUT
IF YOU DON'T USE IT, LOSE IT."
IN MY CLOSET AND I SAY THIS,
I SAY I GO THROUGH
MY CLOSET PRETTY OFTEN
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SAY --
AND I SPEAK OUT LOUD TO MYSELF
BECAUSE I'LL STOP AT A SHIRT.
MY RULE IS IF YOU HAVE NOT
WORN IT IN THE LAST YEAR,
YOU DON'T GET IT.
GET RID OF IT.
SOMETIMES TOWARDS THE END
OF THAT YEAR I'LL GO, OH!
I'LL START PUTTING ON
ALL MANNER OF THINGS
AND I JUST LOOK STRANGE.
I KIND OF LOOK
OUT OF THE CHARACTER AT WORK
BUT I'M JUST GOING,
"MY YEAR IS ALMOST UP."
[Laughter]
AND I SAY OUT LOUD TO MYSELF,
THIS HAPPENED JUST ABOUT
A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
I SAY TO MYSELF, "GIRLFRIEND,
YOU WEAR IT OR SHARE IT.
YOU WEAR IT OR SHARE IT.
YOU EITHER PUT IT ON YOUR BODY
OR YOU GET IT
OUT OF THAT CLOSET
AND OUT OF THOSE DRAWERS.
GET RID OF IT!
IF YOU DO NOT WEAR IT,
YOU SHARE IT."
AND SO AS PART OF --
TO GET IT --
WE'RE UP TO HERE IN STUFF
BUT IF WE'RE UP TO HERE
WE CAN'T HEAR.
SO AT LEAST GET THE STUFF
DOWN TO THE SHOULDERS.
GET THE STUFF OUT OF THE EARS.
IS THAT MAKING SENSE
TO ANYBODY?
I'LL ONCE AGAIN DISPLAY
A GRASP OF THE OBVIOUS
BUT THE ONLY WAY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORGET
IS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
TO DELIBERATELY REMEMBER.
YOU WILL FORGET IF YOU
DO NOT DELIBERATELY REMEMBER.
YOU WON'T JUST LIKE
NATURALLY KEEP IT.
YOU'LL HAVE TO THINK,
I INTEND --
I PURPOSE TO REMEMBER
WHERE MY GOD HAS BROUGHT ME.
SO DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE
A COUPLE OF THEM, JUST A FEW.
NUMBER ONE IS THIS BASED ON
VERSE TWO WHERE IT SAYS:
I HAD YOU SAY
THE WHOLE WAY BEFORE
BUT THIS IS A NEW MOMENT.
SO EVERYBODY SAY,
"THE WHOLE WAY."
NOW VERSES 14-16
DESCRIBE THIS WAY
AND IT TALKS ABOUT THIS GREAT
AND TERRIFYING PLACE,
AND THE SCORPIONS, AND ALL
THE FRIGHTS THAT WERE THERE.
BUT THEN IT TALKS ABOUT HOW
THEY THIRSTED BUT THEN IT
GETS INTO, "I BROUGHT YOU
WATER FROM A ROCK."
JUST GO THERE WITH ME.
MAYBE WE'VE BEEN
IN THIS SO LONG THAT
WE HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THAT
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO PICTURE
BEING REALLY THIRSTY AND THEN
LIKE THEN A ROCK IS HIT --
AND A ROCK -- A ROCK!
AND OUT POURS THIS FOUNTAIN...
COOL, REFRESHING WATER.
I WANT YOU TO PICTURE IT.
HE SAYS THEN,
"AND I BROUGHT YOU MANNA
THE WHOLE WAY!
THE WHOLE WAY!
-- ALL THAT IT ENTAILED,
GREAT AND TERRIFYING."
TWO MAIN VERSIONS, THE E.S.V.
SAYS THAT TERRIFYING --
THE TERRIFYING PART.
THE N.A.S. SAYS "TERRIBLE."
I WANT YOU, AS YOU LOOK BACK
OVER YOUR JOURNEY WITH GOD,
IT IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY
TO REMEMBER THE GOOD PARTS
BUT WHAT ARE THOSE
THREE WORDS AGAIN?
THE WHAT?
Audience: THE WHOLE WAY.
Beth: SAY BACK TO ME,
"THE WHOLE WAY."
[Audience repeats]
NOT ONLY THE GOOD PARTS
BUT ALSO THE TERRIBLE PARTS
OR THE TERRIFYING PARTS.
I'M NOT SAYING GO BACK
AND RELIVE THE WHOLE EMOTION
BUT REMEMBER IT.
REMEMBER IT!
NEVER FORGET HOW TERRIBLE
OR TERRIFYING
OUR TIMES OF BONDAGE WERE --
NEVER! NEVER!
IT SHOULD BE STILL
SO IMPLANTED ON OUR MIND,
NOT THE GUILT OF IT,
NOT THE ONGOING BONDAGE OF IT
BUT THE FEELING OF WHAT
IT WAS LIKE TO LIVE APART
FROM OUR TOTAL SUBMISSION
TO THE AUTHORITY
AND THE FREEDOM
THAT IS IN CHRIST.
TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE
TO BE IN COMPLETE BONDAGE.
THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
FOR ME,
IT WAS NOT ONLY TERRIBLE,
IT WAS TERRIFYING.
I TERRIFIED MYSELF.
IT WASN'T THINGS AROUND ME.
PLENTY OF THOSE TERRIFIED ME
BUT I TERRIFIED MY OWN SELF.
BUT I ALSO HAD LIKE,
WHEN HE WAS BRINGING ME OUT,
I'D BE JUST LIKE,
"I HAVE WATER FROM A ROCK!"
NOT PHYSICALLY BUT I CAN'T
EVEN TELL YOU, FED ME MANNA.
I MEAN I ATE THE WORD
LIKE IT WAS AMBROSIA.
I CAN'T TELL YOU
WHAT IT TASTED LIKE TO ME.
I JOTTED DOWN IN MY NOTES:
I WANT YOU TO SEE THOSE
TWO WORDS IN YOUR MIND:
HERE'S AWFUL
AND HERE'S AWESOME!
BUT BOTH OF THEM PROVOKE AWE.
WHEN GOD SAYS,
"LEST YOU FORGET AND NOT
FEAR THE LORD YOUR GOD,"
THAT FEAR IS AWE OF HIM --
AWE OF HIM.
AND THE AWFUL
AWES ME BEFORE GOD.
AND THE AWESOME JUST AWES ME
BEFORE GOD THAT EVERYTHING
WOULD BRING US TO A PLACE
WHERE WE ARE JUST AWED BY GOD.
♪
James: THIS IS AN EASY THING.
BETH, I KNOW YOU WATCH A LOT
EVEN AFTER YOU'VE TAUGHT
TO SEE HOW IT IS COMING
INTO THE HOME.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE AWE OF GOD
AND YOU UNDERSTAND
THE FEAR OF GOD AND I THINK
IF WE GRASP IT FULLY
WE'LL UNDERSTAND THAT
THE GREATEST FEAR IS NOT
BEING IN THE SHELTER AND
SHADOW OF THE FATHER
WALKING CLOSE.
THE AWE OF GOD IS REALIZING
THAT HE IS ALL-POWERFUL,
ALMIGHTY, ALL-KNOWING
AND YET ALWAYS LOVING.
BETTY, I SHARED SOMETHING
THIS WEEK I THINK IS
VERY IMPORTANT -- IT WAS
CERTAINLY IMPORTANT TO ME
BECAUSE I WAS SHARING
WITH SOME FRIENDS THAT
I KNOW I HAD MISSED THE MARK.
I KNOW I HAVE FAILED.
I HAVE FAILED THE STANDARD.
AND I'VE NEVER FELT
MY FATHER IN HEAVEN
COMMUNICATE TO ME,
"I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU."
I HEAR HIM SAY,
"I'M DISAPPOINTED FOR YOU
FOR WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
OR WHAT I KNOW YOU MISSED."
HE NEVER LOOKS DOWN AT US.
HE ALWAYS LOOKS AT US
DESIRING US TO LOOK UP TO
AND UNTO HIM.
DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER
THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD.
ONE OF THE THINGS, BETTY
THAT HAS MEANT AS MUCH
TO OUR VIEWERS -- AND YOU
TELL US THIS ALL THE TIME.
WE DON'T RUN INTO PEOPLE
WHEN WE'RE OUT IN PUBLIC
WHO IF THEY SEE US
DON'T COME OVER AND SAY
HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY,
NOT THE PROGRAM ALONE
OR THE GUESTS BUT THE ABILITY
TO BECOME A MIRACLE --
I SAID A MIRACLE
IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
IN MANY WAYS THE MIRACLE
MANY OF YOU ARE PRAYING FOR.
YOU KNOW IF YOU BECOME
THE MIRACLE, IT'S AMAZING
WHAT BEGINS TO HAPPEN
OFTENTIMES IN OUR OWN LIFE
THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE
MIRACLES BECAUSE
OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
WATCH THIS.
YOU WATCH AND TELL ME
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
THIS PERSON'S MIRACLE
AND MANY OTHERS.
Announcer: BURUNDI,
A FORGOTTEN LAND,
A FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
BUT DON'T BE DECEIVED
BY ITS BEAUTY
BECAUSE THE SAME
SOURCE OF LIFE
FOR BURUNDI'S
LUSH LANDSCAPE
IS A POISON
FOR ITS PEOPLE.
AND TOO OFTEN, THE VICTIMS
OF WATERBORNE ILLNESSES
ARE THE MOST INNOCENT
AND VULNERABLE.
Announcer:
WE ARRIVED TOO LATE
TO SAVE JULIENNE'S BABY
AND WITH CONTAMINATED
DRINKING WATER
STILL A FACTOR
FOR HER COMMUNITY,
IT IS ONLY
A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE TRAGEDY
STRIKES AGAIN.
James: SHE SAID, "I'M PRAYING.
I'M CONCERNED, I'M WORRIED
ABOUT MY CHILDREN."
WHY WOULDN'T SHE BE?
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT HER.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK
AT THAT PRECIOUS WOMAN.
SHE'S PRAYING.
SHE'S GOT A BROKEN HEART.
WOULD YOU LIKE
TO HEAL HER HEART?
-- HER BROKEN HEART?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CARE
FOR THOSE LITTLE ONES,
THAT CONCERN THAT SHE'S
EXPRESSED FOR THOSE BEAUTIFUL
-- LOOK AT THEM!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
THE MIRACLE FOR
THOSE TWO LITTLE ONES
AND SO MANY OTHERS?
WHAT GOES ON, BETTY,
WHEN YOU SEE
THAT BEAUTIFUL WOMAN?
Betty: WELL,
BECAUSE WE DO UNDERSTAND
THE LOSS OF LOSING
A CHILD OF OUR OWN,
SHE'S LOST HER LITTLE GIRL
THAT SHE SO LOVES
AND SHE IS HURTING
AND SHE IS DESPERATE
YET AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SHE IS WORRIED. WHY?
-- BECAUSE OF
HER OTHER CHILDREN.
SOME ARE ALREADY HAVING
SOME SIGNS AND EFFECTS
FROM THE DISEASED WATER.
IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART
AS I HEAR THE CRY OF HER HEART
FOR SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT
AND TO HELP.
SHE IS ASKING GOD
TO SEND SOME WAY,
SOMEONE TO REACH OUT
AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND SAVE HER CHILDREN.
THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN.
I'M SO EXCITED EVERY TIME
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DRILL A WATER WELL.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THAT IS LASTING --
THAT'S GOING TO BE CLEAN,
PURE WATER FOR HER CHILDREN
AND MANY OTHERS.
WE'VE BEEN OVER THERE WHEN
THE WATER WELL COMES THROUGH
AND THE CHILDREN ARE
DANCING AROUND IN THE WATER
AND THEY'RE PLAYING
LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN
SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN IT WHERE WE
HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE IN TIME
AND THE DISEASE TAKES OVER
AND TAKES THE LIFE
OF A LITTLE CHILD.
PLEASE JOIN WITH US.
LET'S REACH OUT AND LET'S
DRILL THESE WATER WELLS
SO THERE CAN BE A LASTING,
GOOD WATER SOURCE FOR THEM.
James: I WANT TO,
IF I COULD SPEAK HER LANGUAGE,
SAY, "GOD HEARD YOUR PRAYER.
WE HEARD IT AND WE CARE."
I BELIEVE YOU HEARD IT.
I BELIEVE YOU SAW
NOT ONLY THAT MOM
AND THOSE TWO LITTLE CHILDREN
BUT THE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN
IN THAT AREA
THAT ARE DRINKING
THE CONTAMINATED WATER.
ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL CROPS,
YOU KNOW YOU USE ANIMAL WASTE
TO ACTUALLY ENHANCE
CROP GROWTH
BUT CONTAMINATED WATER
THAT CAN GROW CROPS
KILLS PEOPLE.
SO WE NEED CLEAN WATER.
JESUS IS THE WATER OF LIFE.
WE SHARE WATER FOR LIFE
BECAUSE OF THE WATER OF LIFE.
WE TELL THOSE PEOPLE
THE SOURCE OF THAT LOVE
AND THEY FIND CHRIST.
LIFETODAY.ORG, ONLINE,
WOULD YOU GO THERE?
WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND MAKE THE LARGEST
LOVE GIFT YOU CAN?
OR YOU CAN DIAL
THE PHONE NUMBER WHERE PEOPLE
ARE CALLING FOR PRAYER;
YOU CAN CALL TO BE
AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
I WANT YOU TO GIVE
THE LARGEST GIFT
YOU POSSIBLY CAN KNOWING THIS,
THE WELLS COST
AN AVERAGE OF $4800.
IF YOU CAN GIVE $4800,
I BELIEVE YOU WILL.
SOMETIMES WE GET A NOTE SAYING
"I'M DRILLING TWO WELLS;
GOD'S BLESSED ME.
I CAN DO IT. I WANT TO DO IT."
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, DO IT.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SAY,
"JAMES, I CAN'T DO THAT
BUT I COULD GIVE $1200
AND PRAY THREE PEOPLE JOIN ME.
OR $2400
AND PRAY ONE JOINS ME."
I BELIEVE GOD WILL ANSWER
THAT PRAYER WHILE YOU'RE
BEING AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
BUT HERE'S WHERE MOST
OF THE RESOURCES COME FROM.
DON'T MISS THIS!
$48 GIVES TEN PEOPLE WATER
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
THAT'S AN AVERAGE.
$144 WILL GIVE 30 PEOPLE
WATER FOR LIFE.
ROBERT MORRIS, OUR PASTOR
HAS WRITTEN A BOOK
ON HEARING GOD.
HE SAYS THAT'S A QUESTION
HE'S MOST OFTEN ASKED.
HE WANTS TO HELP YOU
AND BELIEVE ME, HE CAN.
AND YOU CAN HEAR GOD.
LET HIM HELP YOU DO IT.
WE WANT TO SEND GIFTS TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR GIVING LIFE.
LIFETODAY.ORG
OR DIAL THE NUMBER,
YOUR BANKCARD
USED LIKE A CHECK.
PLEASE, RIGHT NOW
MAKE THE LARGEST GIFT
GOD ENABLES YOU TO MAKE AND
BECOME AN ANSWER TO PRAYERS
JUST LIKE THAT MOTHER
NEEDED ANSWERED NOW.
YOU BECOME THE ANSWER.
THANK YOU.
Announcer: EVERY DAY CHILDREN
LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY
ARE FORCED TO MAKE
A DREADFUL CHOICE,
DRINK FILTHY
POLLUTED WATER
FILLED WITH
DEADLY DISEASE
OR DIE
FROM THIRST.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER BE
FACED WITH THIS DECISION.
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 ESTABLISH
AND DRILL 500 WATER WELLS
IN REMOTE VILLAGES
IN OVER 15 DIFFERENT NATIONS.
YOUR GIFT OF $24
WILL HELP PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER
FOR FIVE PEOPLE.
A GIFT OF $48 WILL
HELP PROVIDE FOR TEN.
$72 WILL PROVIDE
FOR 15 PEOPLE.
AND $144 WILL HELP
PROVIDE FRESH WATER
FOR 30 PEOPLE
FOR A LIFETIME!
WITH YOUR GIFT
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU
PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS'
NEW BOOK, FREQUENCY.
AS YOU READ YOU'LL DISCOVER
HOW TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE,
RECEIVE DIRECTION
FOR YOUR LIFE
AND EXPERIENCE
A DEEPER CONNECTION
WITH GOD.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100
OR MORE YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
THE HEARING GOD DAILY JOURNAL AND SCRIPTURE PEN.
A WONDERFUL WAY TO RECORD
WHAT GOD IS IMPRESSING
ON YOUR HEART
AND A BEAUTIFUL KEEPSAKE
FOR YOUR DAILY PRAYER TIME.
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 "MAJESTY"
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR HELP.
I HOPE YOU ASK FOR FREQUENCY.
WE'RE SENDING THAT FOR
ANY GIFT THAT YOU MAKE,
WITH THE JOURNAL
AND BEAUTIFUL PEN.
ROBERT MORRIS IS OUR PASTOR
AT GATEWAY.
WE'RE HITTING CLOSE
TO 35,000 PEOPLE A WEEK --
ALMOST ALWAYS
WELL OVER 30,000.
YOU KNOW WHAT ROBERT MORRIS
SAYS THE QUESTION
MOST PEOPLE ASK HIM,
THE ONE MOST FREQUENTLY?
"HOW CAN I HEAR GOD?
HOW CAN I KNOW HIS VOICE?"
WELL, HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK
CALLED GET ON THE FREQUENCY,
THE FREQUENCY.
TUNE IN THE CHANNEL
AND HEAR AND RECOGNIZE
THE VOICE OF GOD AND ALSO
THE VOICE OF THE ENEMY BECAUSE
HE REALLY DOES COUNTERFEIT.
SO WE WANT TO SEND IT TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING WATER
IN JESUS' NAME.
THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING WITH US.
AND THANKS TO BETH MOORE!
♪
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Announcer: JAY FOUND
HIS WIFE KATHERINE
UNCONSCIOUS FROM
A MASSIVE BRAIN STEM STROKE.
MIRACULOUSLY
SHE SURVIVED
AND NOW SHARES HER MESSAGE,
HOPE HEALS.
>> 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.