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Announcer: COMING UP
ON LIFE TODAY!
BIBLE TEACHER, BETH MOORE
BREAKS DOWN THE MIRACLE
OF FREEDOM
THAT IS ONLY FOUND
IN JESUS CHRIST.
Beth: WE KNOW WE'RE FREE WHERE
WHEN WE FACE AN OBSTACLE
IT MAY BE HARD,
WE MAY CRY OUR EYES OUT,
WE MAY WORK UP A SWEAT,
WE MAY SCRAPE OUR KNEES
BUT WHEN WE FACE AN OBSTACLE
WE CLIMB OVER IT.
IT MEANS YOU'RE PERSISTENT;
IT MEANS THAT
THE DEVIL CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN
BUT HE CANNOT KEEP YOU DOWN.
♪
James: I TELL YOU WHAT,
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING
THAT I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
AND BETTY, MY WIFE AND I
WELCOME YOU TO LIFE TODAY.
WE RECEIVED RECENTLY
JUST A GIFT.
IT WAS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT
OF AN ODD NUMBER BUT
IT WAS A VERY LARGE GIFT;
IT WAS $82,841.
IT WAS PART OF A PRECIOUS
LADY'S ESTATE WHO LIVED HERE
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
BETTY, SHE STARTED HELPING US,
DOROTHY STARTED
HELPING US IN 1977.
SHE WAS VERY FAITHFUL IN HER
PRAYERS AND HER SUPPORT.
SHE HAD GIVEN $71,439.
IN ONE MOMENT SHE GAVE MORE
THAN SHE GAVE IN A LIFETIME
TO A MINISTRY
SHE OBVIOUSLY LOVED.
TO ALL OF DOROTHY'S FAMILY,
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH
THAT MEANS TO US.
BUT THE THING I'D LIKE
TO POINT OUT IS, HERE WAS
SOMEONE IN SUPPORTING
A MINISTRY THAT THEY FELT LIKE
REALLY EXTENDED
THE HANDS OF JESUS.
SHE GAVE MORE IN HER PASSING
THAN SHE DID
WHILE SHE WAS HERE.
SHE JUST GAVE A PERCENTAGE
OF WHAT SHE HAD.
THANK YOU, LORD!
AND I SAY TO SOME OF YOU,
WHY DON'T YOU PRAY?
BETTY AND I ARE 72 YEARS OLD.
SHE SAYS, "YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TELL THEM HOW OLD I AM!"
-- BECAUSE SHE LOOKS
SO MUCH YOUNGER.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW,
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER
A LONG TIME AND WE REALLY WANT
TO LEAVE BEHIND IN
EVERY WAY WE CAN A BLESSING.
YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.
THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR PRAYING FOR US.
BETH MOORE, YOU'RE ABOUT TO
HEAR HER, SHE AND HER HUSBAND
ARE WONDERFUL SUPPORTERS.
THEY'RE LIVING PROOF
MINISTRIES.
AND WE JUST THANK ALL OF YOU.
AND HERE WE ARE WEDNESDAYS
IN THE WORD WHICH BETH HELPED
INSPIRE AND LAUNCH.
WOULD YOU WELCOME BETH MOORE?
[Cheers & Applause]
♪
Beth: SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE
A FULL LIFE BECAUSE WE WON'T
BE INCONVENIENCED ENOUGH.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS
BECAUSE WE'D HAVE
TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM!
GOD FORBID WE MIGHT HAVE
TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.
[Laughter]
LET'S STAY ON FACEBOOK BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT STOPPING BY.
ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
AND WE JUST LIKE --
WE HAVE CONVENIENCED OUR WAY
OUT OF FULL LIVES.
THAT WAS F AND THAT
WAS FOR THE WORD WHAT?
Audience: FULL!
Beth: THEN WHAT
HAVE WE GOT NEXT?
THE WORD RELENTLESS.
IF YOU'RE TUNING IN WITH US
JUST IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF MINUTES,
WE ARE BUILDING AN ACROSTIC
OF THE WORD FREE BECAUSE
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WOULD I KNOW IF I'M
LIVING IN FREEDOM OR NOT?
BECAUSE FREEDOM IS GOING TO BE
NO SIN OR DECEIT
HAVING DOMINION OVER ME.
BUT I NEED A LITTLE HELP.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
WELL, F STARTS FOR FULL.
R FOR RELENTLESS. AND HERE,
THIS ONE IS EASY TO TELL YOU.
IT MEANS YOU JUST WON'T QUIT.
ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
IT MEANS
YOU JUST KEEP GETTING UP.
I'VE JUST GOING
TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION.
THERE IS THIS AWESOME PART
IN ACTS CHAPTER 14.
I'M JUST GOING
TO READ IT TO YOU BECAUSE
PAUL IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE.
ACTS 14:19 AND 20;
BECAUSE THEY DRAGGED THE DEAD
OUT OF THE CITY.
SO THEY STONED HIM TO DEATH,
THEY THOUGHT.
AND SO THEY JUST DRAG HIS BODY
OUT OF THE CITY.
THEY LAY IT THERE.
WHAT IN HEAVEN'S HOLY NAME
HAS HAPPENED THERE?
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
LIKE THEY STONE HIM TO DEATH,
THEY THOUGHT.
HE'S LAYING THERE.
THE BELIEVERS COME,
THEY ALL GATHER AROUND.
NEXT THING WE KNOW,
JUST PICTURE THIS,
BECAUSE HE IS JUST
LAYING THERE LIKE DEAD,
DEAD -- JUST LOOKING DEAD.
AND THEN SUDDENLY
HE JUST STARTS TWITCHING
AND OPENS HIS EYES.
MAYBE HE SAID TO THEM,
"WHAT ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT?"
[Laughter]
AND UP HE GETS. WHO DOES THAT?
WHO DOES THAT?
BUT HE WAS RELENTLESS.
HE WAS RELENTLESS.
HE WAS UNSTOPPABLE.
LISTEN. THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW
YOU'RE IN A STRONGHOLD.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT FREE
IF THE ENEMY HAS TALKED YOU
INTO SITTING DOWN,
SHRINKING BACK,
STEPPING BACK IN YOUR FAITH.
YOU'VE QUIT SERVING ANYBODY
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT AN OFFENSE
AT SOMEBODY.
YOU'VE JUST LET AN OBSTACLE
SIT YOU DOWN
AND YOU'VE SHUT UP.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS
ARE INDICATORS
THAT SOMETHING IS UP;
THAT THE ENEMY
HAS BEEN AT WORK.
BECAUSE LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING.
WE KNOW WE'RE FREE
WHEN WE FACE AN OBSTACLE,
IT MAY BE HARD,
WE MAY CRY OUR EYES OUT.
WE MAY WORK UP A SWEAT.
WE MAY SCRAPE OUR KNEES
BUT WHEN WE FACE AN OBSTACLE
WE CLIMB OVER IT.
IT MEANS YOU'RE PERSISTENT.
IT MEANS THAT THE DEVIL
CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN
BUT HE CANNOT KEEP YOU DOWN.
CAN I HEAR FROM SOMEBODY
IN THE HOUSE TODAY?
HE CANNOT KEEP YOU DOWN.
HE CAN SHUT YOUR MOUTH
BUT HE CANNOT KEEP IT SHUT.
YOU SEE THE DEVIL
HAS NO KEEPING POWER.
I NEED SOMEBODY
TO HEAR ME SAY IT TODAY.
THE DEVIL HAS
NO KEEPING POWER.
IF HE KILLS YOU,
HE CAN'T EVEN KEEP YOU DEAD.
JESUS WILL RESURRECT YOU
FROM THE DEAD AND YOU'LL
BE IN GLORY WITH HIM.
IF THAT'S THE WORST
THE ENEMY HAS GOT,
HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE
THE ABILITY TO KEEP YOU DEAD
IF HE KILLED YOU --
IF HE KILLED YOU.
THAT IS RELENTLESS.
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT
THAT NEXT WORD WAS?
OKAY.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE --
MY FAVORITE ONE.
WE ARE BUILDING AN ACROSTIC
OF THE WORD FREE.
SO FAR WE HAVE GOT THE WORD
THAT BEGINS WITH F,
WHAT IS IT? IT'S FULL.
THE WORD R: RELENTLESS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT
OUR FIRST E OF THE TWO
AND THE E IS WHAT?
ELECTRIC.
NOW I HAVE CHOSEN THE WORD
ELECTRIC VERY MUCH ON PURPOSE
BECAUSE I COULD HAVE GONE
WITH ENERGETIC OR EMPOWERED.
BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE
ABSOLUTELY TRUE BUT HERE'S
HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
I THINK THOSE WORDS
HAVE LOST THEIR EDGE
IN OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
ANYBODY?
LIKE IF SOMEBODY SAYS,
"WE'RE REALLY EMPOWERED."
BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE
LIKE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S
EMPOWERMENT GATHERINGS
ALL OVER THE WORLD
THAT HAVE NOTHING WHATSOEVER
TO DO WITH JESUS.
I'M NOT KNOCKING THAT.
WE CAN GO IF WE WANT TO.
BUT I'M SAYING,
WELL, EVEN THOUGH
IT IS THE SAME WORD,
EVEN THOUGH
IT TALKS ABOUT THE ENERGY
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
AT THE VERY END
OF COLOSSIANS CHAPTER ONE
THAT WE BE ENERGIZED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT,
EVEN THOUGH IT TALKS
ABOUT POWER
AND BEING EMPOWERED,
OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
I'M JUST SAYING
I WANT FOR A MOMENT
TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A WORD
THAT WOULD SORT OF
SHOCK OUR SYSTEMS
IN ENOUGH WAYS TO REALIZE,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING
OUT THERE WITHOUT JESUS.
CAN SOMEBODY GO WITH ME THERE?
I WANT YOU TO JUST
THINK THIS THROUGH WITH ME
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE
THAT I HAVE ANYTHING MORE
IMPORTANT TO BRING TO
THIS SERIES THAN WHAT GOD
REALLY LAID ON MY HEART ABOUT
THIS WHOLE IDEA OF POWER.
WE ARE MEANT
TO LIVE POWERFUL LIVES.
I NEED SOMEONE TO HEAR THAT.
WE ARE MEANT
TO LIVE POWERFUL LIVES.
LIVES PACKED
WITH DIVINE POWER.
I CAN GIVE YOU VERSE
AFTER VERSE.
I WANT YOU TO TURN WITH ME
TO EPHESIANS CHAPTER THREE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING THERE.
THIS IS JUST HUGE.
FOR A NUMBER OF US,
I'M HOPING THAT MANY OF YOU
ARE BRAND-NEW.
BUT FOR A NUMBER OF US,
WE ARE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR
WITH THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS
IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER THREE:
MANY OF US KNOW THAT PART.
WE'LL SAY IT TO ONE ANOTHER,
"MAY HE DO MORE
THAN YOU COULD ASK OR THINK.
LORD, DO MORE
THAN YOU ASK OR THINK."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE HARDLY EVER GET
TO THE REST OF THAT VERSE
AND IT'S SO POWERFUL!
LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS.
LISTEN.
I WANT SOMEBODY TO GET THIS.
BECAUSE THIS WAS SUCH
A REVELATION TO ME
THAT IT GOT HOLD OF MY HEART
AND HAS NOT LET GO YET.
LISTEN CAREFULLY.
THERE IS SO MANY THINGS
GOD WANTS TO DO.
I BELIEVE GOD PERFORMS
WONDER AFTER WONDER.
I STILL BELIEVE GOD PERFORMS
MIRACLES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
GOD CAN DO
ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING.
BUT I PROMISE YOU,
THIS SIDE OF THE CROSS,
THE RESURRECTION
AND THE ASCENSION,
THE BIGGEST WORKS
HE WANTS TO DO,
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MORE
THAN WE COULD EVER ASK
OR IMAGINE, HE WANTS TO DO
INSIDE OF HUMANS LIKE US.
IT'S HAPPENING IN YOU.
THERE IS NOTHING
THAT TESTIFIES.
PEOPLE, IF THERE WAS
A CREATIVE MIRACLE OUT THERE
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE WOULD DO?
THEY WOULD COME UP WITH
A SCIENTIFIC REASON
WHY IT HAPPENED.
BUT SOMETHING CRAZY HAPPENS
WHEN SOMETHING IS MORE
THAN WE COULD ASK OR THINK
IN YOU -- IN YOU --
THAT IT HAPPENS IN A HUMAN.
ONE THING FOR IT TO HAPPEN
OUT THERE BUT HE WILL DO
MORE THAN YOU COULD ASK
OR THINK IN YOU -- IN YOU.
IS THAT HUGE TO ANYBODY?
BECAUSE THAT RIGHT THERE,
THAT IS A DEAL BREAKER.
HERE'S WHAT I'VE COME
TO SAY TO YOU.
DO YOU KNOW THAT, ACCORDING
TO SECOND TIMOTHY 3:5,
THAT POWER IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT WAS MEANT TO BE SUCH
A DEMONSTRATION OF SALVATION
AND US BEING IN CHRIST
THAT SECOND TIMOTHY 3:5
LITERAL TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO HAVE THE APPEARANCE
OF GODLINESS
BUT DENY ITS POWER.
AND IT SAYS, "HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH THEM."
ANYBODY GETTING THAT WITH ME?
I MEAN THEY HAVE ALL MANNER
OF APPEARANCE OF GODLINESS
BUT THERE'S NO POWER --
THERE'S NO POWER.
THAT'S HOW MUCH POWER
WAS MEANT TO BE
A MARK OF A BELIEVER.
LISTEN. DIVINE POWER
IS SELDOM IMPERCEPTIBLE.
I NEED SOMEBODY TO STAY
WITH ME HERE BECAUSE
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED --
I KNOW, I KNOW!
HAVE EVER TRIED
A VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT
AND GONE, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK I FEEL
A LITTLE BETTER."
ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
MAYBE I DO! MAYBE I DO.
LIKE START DRINKING A KIND OF
SMOOTHIE OR SOMETHING
AND YOU'RE THINKING
TO YOURSELF,
MAYBE THIS IS WORKING; MAYBE
I AM A LITTLE MORE ENERGETIC.
THAT'S NOT HOW
DIVINE POWER WORKS.
[Laughter]
NO! THAT'S NOT HOW POWER
MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS GOES.
IF ALL YOU'RE GETTING
FROM JESUS
IS WHAT YOU CAN GET
FROM YOUR ENERGY BAR
AT YOUR CONVENIENCE STORE
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
IF THE POWER IN OUR LIVES
IS WHAT COULD BE EXPLAINED
BY OUR SUPPLEMENTS...
I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYBODY
IS GETTING A WORD WITH ME?
IF IT COULD BE EXPLAINED
BY OUR SUPPLEMENTS,
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD,
MAYBE THAT'S NOT IT!
MAYBE THAT IS NOT IT!
HERE'S WHAT
I'VE COME TO TELL YOU.
WE ARE WALKING AWAY
FROM THE THRONE TOO SOON.
COME ON SOMEBODY! LISTEN.
I JUST EXPERIENCED THIS
THIS WEEK.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS EXACTLY WHY
THE LORD LET ME EXPERIENCE IT
SO I WOULD COME
AND SAY IT TO YOU
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PRAYING
SO HARD FOR THIS SERIES.
LORD, THIS MATERIAL
IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
I CAN'T THINK OF MANY THINGS
I WOULD WANT TO TESTIFY MORE
ON THAN THE FREEDOM OF CHRIST.
LORD, I'M ASKING YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO GO, LORD,
I'VE GOT TONS OF NOTES
ON BREAKING FREE --
TONS OF NOTES!
I'M ASKING YOU
THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE
TO GO TO THOSE NOTES.
I LOVE THOSE THINGS.
I CAN TESTIFY OUT OF THEM.
I BELIEVE THOSE THINGS
BUT I'M ASKING YOU,
WOULD YOU GIVE ME A FRESH WORD
FOR THIS SERIES?
YOU'RE FULLY CAPABLE
OF GIVING ME A FRESH WORD
FOR THIS SERIES.
WELL, I WAS GETTING
A FEW LITTLE THINGS --
LITTLE THINGS
AND I WAS TRYING
TO BE THANKFUL FOR THEM.
[Laughter]
THEN I WAS LIKE, "NUH-UH!"
I WAS ON A WALK WITH HIM
AND I SAID,
"YOU KNOW WHAT, LORD?
I'VE ASKED YOU FOR POWER.
I'VE ASKED YOU
FOR THE ANOINTING FOR THIS
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M LIKE GETTING A TWO
AND YOUR WORD SAYS
I CAN GET A TEN!
YOUR WORD SAYS IT.
SO WHAT I'M DOING LORD..."
I WAS WALKING RIGHT ON A --
WE LIVE OUT IN THE WOODS.
I WAS WALKING RIGHT OUT --
AND I'M TALKING OUT LOUD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
MY NEIGHBORS THOUGHT.
BUT I'M GOING LIKE,
"I WANT MY OTHER EIGHT!"
ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
LISTEN. DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DID NOT FEEL LIKE
HE WAS INSULTED.
I FELT LIKE HE THOUGHT,
COME ON GIRL!
COME ON! COME ON!
I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY
TO COME BACK AND SAY,
"WAIT A SECOND.
THAT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE
DIVINE POWER TO ME.
THAT SEEMED LIKE ME
ON A SUPPLEMENT!"
[Laughter]
"THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE
ME TAKING FIBER.
THAT DIDN'T..."
DOES ANYBODY KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
NO, LORD,
WE'RE TOO EASILY SATISFIED.
LISTEN. WHEN THAT WOMAN
WAS PRESSING THROUGH THE CROWD
WHEN JESUS WAS GOING
TO GET THAT LITTLE GIRL
BEFORE SHE DIED,
THAT LITTLE 12-YEAR-OLD,
AND THAT WOMAN
IS PRESSING THROUGH THE CROWD
AND HE STOPS AND GOES,
"WHOA! WHO TOUCHED ME?
BECAUSE I PERCEIVED THAT
POWER WENT OUT FROM ME."
LISTEN. THAT WOMAN
HAD GRABBED THAT TASSEL
OF THAT ROBE.
THAT WOMAN HAD GRABBED
A LIGHTNING BOLT
IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.
I DON'T MEAN THAT LITERALLY
BUT I AM JUST SAYING,
THE REASON WHY I WANT
TO USE THE WORD ELECTRIC
IS BECAUSE I WANT YOU
TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMPARED
TO THE ENERGY AND EMPOWERMENT
THAT THE WORLD COULD GIVE US
AND THAT OUR WORKOUT
COULD GIVE US,
AND THAT OUR SUPPLEMENTS
COULD GIVE US,
AND OUR SMOOTHIES
COULD GIVE US,
THIS IS ELECTRICITY.
THIS IS LIKE PUTTING YOUR
FINGER INTO A LIGHT SOCKET.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
THAT IS WHAT I'VE COME TO SAY.
[Cheers & applause]
WE'VE GOT ONE MORE WORD
AND WE CLOSE THE SERIES.
ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS?
EFFECTIVE!
WE'VE GOT FOUR WORDS GOING
BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING
AN ACROSTIC OF THE WORD FREE
SO WE CAN DO
A LITTLE CHECKLIST.
DOES MY LIFE HAVE FULLNESS?
AM I PRETTY RELENTLESS?
DOES HE KNOCK ME DOWN
AND I GET BACK UP?
BECAUSE IF HE KNOCKS ME DOWN,
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENEMY,
AND I DON'T GET BACK UP,
SOMEHOW SOMETHING
IS GLUING ME DOWN
AND I'VE GOT A STRONGHOLD.
AND THEN WE LOOKED
AT THE WORD ELECTRIC.
IN OTHER WORDS, I'VE GOT
SOME EMPOWERMENT IN ME,
YOU'VE GOT EMPOWERMENT IN YOU
THAT COMES FROM GOD HIMSELF.
AND LASTLY, EFFECTIVE.
LISTEN! LISTEN! VERY BASIC
DEFINITION OF EFFECTIVE
OUT OF MIRIAM WEBSTER'S:
PRODUCING A DESIRED EFFECT.
LISTEN! YOUR WORKS
ARE MEANT TO WORK.
YOU'RE GIFTEDNESS IS MEANT
TO BE A GIFT TO PEOPLE.
LISTEN! LISTEN!
YOUR FAITH IS MEANT
TO MOVE MOUNTAINS.
YOUR TREE IS MEANT
TO BEAR MUCH FRUIT.
YOU WILL KNOW A TREE
BY ITS FRUIT,
NOT A TREE BY THE SIGN
THAT SAYS "TREE."
[Laughter]
WE CANNOT WEAR OUR FISH
ON OUR SHIRT AND THINK THAT
THAT -- HE DIDN'T SAY
YOU WILL KNOW THEM
BY THEIR FISH ON THEIR SHIRT.
YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THE --
HOW MANY CROSSES THEY HAVE
ON THEIR WALL AT HOME --
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.
YOU WILL KNOW A TREE
BY ITS FRUIT.
YOUR WORDS WERE
MEANT TO BLESS.
FULL, RELENTLESS, ELECTRIC,
EFFECTIVE: THAT IS NOT
CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY.
THAT IS CHRISTIAN REALITY.
THAT IS WHAT CHRIST
GAVE HIS LIFE
AND OVERCAME THE GRAVE
TO GIVE US.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME PLEASE?
FATHER, WE WANT IT.
WE'RE JUST COMING BACK
SAYING WE WANT IT.
WE WANT IT. THIS IS FREEDOM.
NOT SINLESSNESS,
NOT PERFECTION
BUT IT IS VERY MUCH,
LORD, A FULL LIFE.
IT VERY MUCH MEANS I MAY BE
KNOCKED DOWN AND I MAY HAVE
THE BREATH KNOCKED OUT OF ME
BUT I AM IN JESUS' NAME AND
BY THE POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT
GOING TO GET RIGHT BACK UP.
LORD, I AM AND THEY ARE
MEANT TO BE EMPOWERED
BY DIVINE POWER,
MIGHTY IN YOU.
AND LORD, WE ARE INDEED
MEANT TO BE EFFECTIVE.
WOULD YOU ACTIVATE
THIS KIND OF FREEDOM,
NOT IN OUR PHILOSOPHY,
IN OUR REALITY;
IN YOUR GLORIOUS
AND HOLY SON'S NAME.
AMEN! AMEN!
♪
James: WOW! BETH,
YOU SAY THINGS SO WELL.
I KNOW YOU AGREE.
LORD, I JUST PRAY THAT
ALL THE SEEDS THAT BETH HAS
SOWN DURING THIS TIME
WILL BRING FORTH FRUIT,
FREEDOM, FAITHFULNESS,
CHRIST-LIKENESS;
IN JESUS' NAME.
WE WANT YOU TO LOOK IN AT
A SITUATION THAT AS MUCH
AS ANYTHING WE DO, AND
OUR VIEWERS DO, IS IMPORTANT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A MOTHER
WHO LOST SEVEN CHILDREN
BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T GET
A CUP OF CLEAN WATER
FOR HER CHILDREN.
WE CAN CHANGE THAT.
I WANT YOU TO WATCH
VERY PRAYERFULLY BUT KNOW
WE CAN CHANGE THIS.
Announcer:
SHE MOVED SO SLOWLY.
NO, SHE HARDLY
MOVED AT ALL.
AND NO TEARS FELL
BECAUSE THAT WELL
HAD RUN DRY.
WHILE NO PICTURE
OF HEALTH,
ROEN HAS BEEN
DRAINED OF LIFE --
THE KIND OF LIFE FOUND
IN YOUR ROLE AS A MOTHER.
DEATH CAME.
IT TOOK
FROM ROEN
BUT THEN IT TOOK
AGAIN AND AGAIN
... AND AGAIN.
Announcer:
IN THIS HEAT,
THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN SURVIVE ONLY A FEW DAYS WITHOUT WATER.
THOUGH THIS WATER
MIGHT EXTEND A LIFE,
IT EVENTUALLY
TAKES IT,
ESPECIALLY CHILDREN
BECAUSE THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM
IS TOO WEAK FOR THAT FIGHT.
Announcer:
TRAUMA HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL
BUT BECAUSE THE WATER
WHICH TOOK HER CHILDREN
IS STILL
THEIR ONLY SOURCE,
ROEN KNOWS THAT
UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE
TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER
AT ANY MOMENT SHE COULD
LOSE ALL THAT REMAINS.
James: LORD,
HEAL HER BROKEN HEART.
LET US TOGETHER
BE THE SOLUTION
HER HEART CRIES OUT FOR:
IN JESUS' NAME.
WE CAN GIVE HER HOPE.
BETTY, WHEN YOU SEE THAT
AND YOU ARE SUCH A LOVING
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER,
WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR HEART?
Betty: WOW!
IT'S HARD TO EXPRESS
WHAT YOU MIGHT FEEL
AS YOU HEAR HER STORY.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
THE PAIN AND THE HURT
AND THE SADNESS SHE FEELS,
AND TO KNOW THAT POSSIBLY
SHE COULD LOSE THE REST
OF HER 12 CHILDREN --
THAT ALREADY 7 GONE.
I THINK SHE FEELS SO DRY
AND SO LONELY INSIDE.
WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT
FOR HER BECAUSE YOU SEE
THERE COULD BE
A DIFFERENCE MADE
TO WHERE SHE DOESN'T LOSE
ANY MORE CHILDREN
IF WE CAN GET THE CLEAN WATER
TO THEM IN TIME.
WE CAN DRILL
THOSE WATER WELLS.
WE CAN BE A PART
OF SHOWING HER THAT SOMEONE,
ESPECIALLY GOD LOVES HER AND
HE CARES ABOUT HER CHILDREN
AND HE WANTS TO PROVIDE
THROUGH US.
LET'S BE THAT VESSEL
THAT GOD USES.
LET'S REACH OUT
AND JOIN HANDS TOGETHER AND
LET'S DRILL THE WATER WELLS
FOR THE CHILDREN.
James: WE'RE PRAYING
THAT GOD WILL HEAL OUR LAND
AND OUR HEARTS.
AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE
THAT GOD USES US AS WITNESSES
OF WHO HE IS AND HIS NATURE --
AND WHAT LOVE
JESUS EXPRESSED TO US
TO GIVE US LIFE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LITERALLY SAVE CHILDREN
LIKE THE ONE SHE LOST
AND THOSE SHE'S PRAYING
TO BE ABLE TO KEEP.
WE ARE TOGETHER,
THE MIRACLE THAT
THAT WOMAN'S HEART LONGS FOR.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS
OF DRILLING 500 WATER WELLS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RESOURCES
TO COMPLETE THE GOAL.
WE'VE LOCATED THE PLACES.
WE'VE HAD
THE MISSIONARIES TELL US,
"WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE."
WE HAVE TO ADD
ANOTHER DRILLING RIG.
AND THAT RIG IS $380,000,
WHICH MEANS
TO DRILL THE 500 WELLS
AND THEY'RE $4800 EACH
AND WE DRILL THEM
ONE WELL AT A TIME,
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS
LIKE YOU, AND COUPLES,
SOMETIMES A SMALL BUSINESS
OR A CHURCH
OR A BIBLE STUDY GROUP
WILL DRILL A WELL.
MANY TIMES
A PERSON WILL SAY,
"WELL, I CAN'T GIVE THAT
BUT I CAN GIVE $1200
AND I'LL PRAY THREE JOIN ME."
YOU CAN GIVE $2400
AND PRAY ANOTHER JOINS YOU.
MOST OF THE SUPPORT THOUGH
COMES FROM PEOPLE
WHO GIVE $48.
THAT DRILLS WELLS
FOR TEN PEOPLE
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
SO WHEN YOU GIVE
TO DRILL A WELL
OR PART OF A WELL,
YOU'RE MAKING A GIFT
THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
FOR THE REST
OF THOSE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WOULD YOU RIGHT NOW
GO TO LIFETODAY.ORG,
TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND MAKE THE GIFT
GOD PUT ON YOUR HEART?
WOULD YOU DO THAT?
OR WOULD YOU DIAL THE NUMBER
AND USE THAT CARD
LIKE A CHECK?
IF YOU WRITE A CHECK
MAKE IT TO LIFE
BUT TELL US YOU'RE MAILING IT.
AND THEN KEEP THIS IN MIND
BECAUSE THIS IS BIG: $380,000.
I FOUND MYSELF PRAYING,
GOD, LET SOME PEOPLE
MAKE A LARGE GIFT,
MAYBE $50,000 OR $100,000
OR $10,000.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY
WHO CAN GIVE $1,000.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.
WE'VE GOT THE GOAL,
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE NEED,
WE HAVE THE ANSWER.
WE'RE ACTUALLY
A PART OF THE ANSWER;
THE ANSWER TO THE PRAYER
OF THAT WOMAN,
TO THE HEART CRY NEED
OF SO MANY.
LIFETODAY.ORG
OR DIAL THAT NUMBER.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE GIFT.
WE HAVE SOME GIFTS TO SEND YOU
TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE
AND HELP YOU
IN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE.
THANKS FOR RESPONDING.
Announcer:
EVERY DAY CHILDREN ARE FORCED
TO MAKE A DREADFUL CHOICE:
DRINK 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 DEMONSTRATIONS
OF GOD'S LOVE TODAY.
SUFFERING
CAN END
BECAUSE CLEAN WATER
CHANGES EVERYTHING.
WITH YOUR
GIFT TODAY
YOU CAN HELP 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.
AND $144 WILL HELP PROVIDE
FRESH WATER FOR 30 PEOPLE
FOR A LIFETIME!
ADDITIONALLY, JUST OVER
$378,000 IS NEEDED
TO REPLACE AN OLD
AND FAILING DRILLING RIG
IN AFRICA.
PLEASE CONSIDER
AN ADDITIONAL GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE
TO GET A DESPERATELY NEEDED
NEW RIG IN PLACE
AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
WITH YOUR GIFT
WE'LL SEND YOU THE STREAM,
A POWERFUL NEW BOOK
BY JAMES ROBISON
THAT CHARTS A CLEAR PATH
FOR YOUR PERSONAL REVIVAL
AND A SPIRITUAL
REVOLUTION.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE
PLEASE REQUEST
THE "PROMISES OF GOD"
COFFEE MUGS.
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
"MAJESTY" BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE,
OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE.
James: FROM THE BOTTOM
OF OUR HEART WE SAY THANK YOU
FOR GIVING MORE THAN A CUP
OF WATER, IN SO MANY INSTANCES
A WELL OF WATER.
REMEMBER, WE NEED
A DRILLING RIG: $380,000.
ISN'T THAT INTERESTING,
BETTY THAT I REFERENCED
THE GIFT AND THAT ACTUALLY
IS THE $80,000,
YOU MIGHT SAY OF THAT.
SO WE NEED PEOPLE TO STEP UP
AND DO WHAT YOU CAN.
THE BOOK, THE STREAM,
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO PRAY ABOUT.
I'LL MAKE YOU A PROMISE.
I THINK IT'S FROM
THE SHEPHERD'S HEART,
FROM THE FATHER'S HEART.
FIVE YEARS, ONE A WEEK
ASKING GOD TO GIVE ME A WORD,
VERY CONCISE, VERY CLEAR,
HOW WE'RE TO PRAY,
WHAT MUST BE CORRECTED.
IN OTHER WORDS,
REPENTANCE APPLIED.
WE'LL SEND THE BOOK
TO SAY THANKS.
WHY DON'T YOU GO ONLINE
AND GET A COPY
FOR SEVERAL FRIENDS.
ENCOURAGE YOUR PASTOR
TO ENCOURAGE THE CHURCH
TO DO IT.
THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING WITH US.
AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
LIFE TODAY.
♪
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>> I DISCOVERED
THAT I WAS
NEVER AS STRONG
AS I THOUGHT I WAS,
AND THAT GOD WAS WAY STRONGER
THAN I EVER DREAMED HE WAS.
Announcer: TOMORROW!
>> 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.