Announcer: AFTER HER HUSBAND
HAD MULTIPLE AFFAIRS,
THEY DIVORCED AND THEN
HE DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE.
RIVA TIMS NOW SEES
HOW GOD WAS CAREFULLY
AT WORK
THE WHOLE TIME.
>> WHERE YOUR LIFE
IS SHATTERED,
WHEN YOU'RE BROKEN
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE PIECES
CAN'T BE PUT TOGETHER,
IT IS LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE,
GOD SEES THE PICTURE AND
HE GIVES YOU A GLIMPSE OF IT
AND WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT
EVEN IN THE MIDST
OF EVERYTHING WE CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF THE MESS. WE CAN'T!
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE -- SO WE HAVE
TO MAKE SENSE OF GOD.
♪
James: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO WELCOME YOU.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
BETTY AND I ARE THRILLED
TO SPEND THIS TIME WITH YOU.
NOW LISTEN TO ME.
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
BETTY AND I DON'T GO LOOK
FOR SOMETHING TO DO.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT 11 GRANDKIDS,
TWO GREAT GRANDKIDS AND WHEN
YOU JUST CARE ABOUT PEOPLE,
YOU'RE NEVER LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING TO DO.
YOU SAY, "WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
BECAUSE GOD LOVES YOU --
THAT REALLY IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
YOU SAY, "DON'T Y'ALL HELP
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NEED?"
YES, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU
LOVE TO HELP PEOPLE.
YOU LOVE TO BE A BLESSING.
YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED.
I CAN PROMISE YOU THIS,
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY
TO BE BLESSED IS TO ASK GOD
TO SHOW US, TO SHOW YOU,
"HOW CAN I BLESS SOMEONE?"
OR "GOD, HOW CAN YOU BLESS
SOMEONE THROUGH ME?"
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A STORY,
IT IS A TRUE STORY.
THIS IS NOT SOME DRAMA
FOR TELEVISION.
THIS IS REAL LIFE HEARTACHE.
THIS IS DEVASTATION.
BUT WE'VE GOT A MIGHTY GOD
THAT WORKS A MASTERPIECE
OUT OF WHAT THE ENEMY
INTENDED TO BE A TOTAL MESS.
RIVA TIMS IS HERE
FOR THE THIRD TIME.
FIRST TIME SHE CAME WITH
HER HUSBAND, AS A PREACHER WHO
HAD EXPERIENCED DELIVERANCE.
THE NEXT TIME SHE CAME BACK
AND WHAT HE HAD BEEN
DELIVERED OF, BASICALLY
TOOK HIS LIFE.
AND NOW SHE'S COME BACK
TO TELL YOU WHAT GOD DOES
WITH A BROKEN LIFE,
A BROKEN MARRIAGE,
AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.
SO WOULD WELCOME RIVA TIMS
BACK TO LIFE TODAY?
RIVA, GLAD TO SEE YOU.
Riva: THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
James: YOU PUT THIS STORY
IN A BOOK.
WHY WOULD YOU PUT IT
IN A BOOK?
WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE
IN THE BOOK?
Riva: IT HELPS PEOPLE.
FOR ME, WHEN I WAS WRITING
THE BOOK, IT ALSO HELPED ME.
IT WAS MY STUDY TIME.
IT WAS WHAT I GOT OUT
OF THE WORD.
IT WAS WHAT HELPED ME WALK
THROUGH THE VALLEY OF
THE SHADOW OF DEATH; KNOWING
HOW NOT TO FEAR ANY EVIL.
BUT IT IS IN THE WORD THAT
GIVES YOU YOUR STRENGTH
AND YOUR POWER.
WHEN I WROTE THE FIRST BOOK,
WHEN IT ALL FALLS APART,
THAT DEALT WITH BEING BETTER
NOT BITTER.
MANY TIMES YOU COME THROUGH
BUT THEN THERE ARE
PROLONGED SEASONS, LIKE JOB,
GO THROUGH PROLONGED SEASONS.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE
THE STRENGTH IN THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEASON BUT THEN
AS THE SEASON GETS LONGER
SOME PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOPE,
THEY LOSE THEIR FAITH.
THIS BOOK REALLY HELPS YOU
TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH
A PROLONGED SEASON OF
A BATTLE AND UNDERSTAND
THAT GOD KNOWS YOUR ENDING
FROM YOUR BEGINNING
AND IT GIVES YOU
PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
James: AND YOU TITLED IT,
WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.
BASICALLY, YOU'VE STARTED WITH
THIS CATASTROPHIC SITUATION.
"HOW GOD CAN REDEEM
YOUR BROKENNESS."
YOURS WAS TOTAL DEVASTATION,
NOT OF YOUR OWN MAKING,
NOT OF YOUR OWN DESIGN;
REALLY, IN MANY WAYS,
UNEXPECTED, LIKE COMING --
LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING,
HITTING HEAD-ON IN YOUR
SITUATION THAT YOU DIDN'T
ANTICIPATE, AND SO
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.
BUT NOW SOMETHING'S
COMING TOGETHER.
SO TELL US WHAT
YOU WANT US TO HEAR.
Riva: MANY KNOW THE TESTIMONY,
COMING THROUGH A MARRIAGE
-- SAVED MYSELF FOR MARRIAGE,
GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME.
MY FATHER IS A VIETNAM VET,
EX-MARINE, JUST ALWAYS
IN THE THINGS OF GOD;
MARRIED MY HUSBAND
AND THEN ENDED UP AS PASTORS.
WE WENT THROUGH THE RANKS
OF OUR CHURCH.
THEY SENT US OUT.
EVERYTHING WAS FINE
AND SUCCESS HAPPENED
IN OUR CHURCH EARLY.
WE ENDED UP WITH ALMOST
8,000 MEMBERS,
NATIONAL MINISTRY, AND
INFIDELITY HIT OUR MARRIAGE.
UNFORTUNATELY,
WE DIDN'T RECOVER.
SO AT THAT POINT...
James: LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
DO YOU THINK A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN A MINISTER IS
AN EFFECTIVE LEADER
AS A MAN, AS A FATHER,
AS A FIGURE TO BE ADMIRED,
A FATHER FIGURE, DO YOU THINK
A FATHERLESS WORLD,
AND ESPECIALLY WITH WOMEN
WHO'VE MANY TIMES NOT SEEN
THAT STRONG FATHER FIGURE,
OR EVEN IN THEIR DATE
RELATIONSHIP THEY'VE NOT SEEN
WHAT THEY CALL STRENGTH,
AND THEY SEE THAT,
DO YOU THINK THERE IS
A MAGNETIC ATTRACTION
TO THAT THAT A LOT OF TIMES
CAN BROADSIDE A GIFTED MAN
OR A GIFTED LEADER?
Riva: ABSOLUTELY! ABSOLUTELY!
AND IT IS REALLY THE ENEMY
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN SMITE
THE SHEPHERD, THE SHEEP
WILL SCATTER.
SO DEFINITELY, I BELIEVE THAT
THERE WERE FRAILTIES.
AND THAT'S WHY I CAN TELL YOU,
FORGIVENESS IS A GREAT THING
BECAUSE I LEARNED TO LOVE
MY EX-HUSBAND EVEN AFTER
BECAUSE I SAW THE FRAILTIES,
I SAW THE STRUGGLES.
I HAD COMPASSION FOR HIM.
AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT
HE DID REPENT AT ONE POINT
OF HIS LIFE.
SO THAT'S THE PLACE
THAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE,
YOU NEVER THROW ANYONE AWAY
BECAUSE GOD NEVER
THROWS ANYONE AWAY.
SO YES, DEFINITELY.
James: SO YOU SAW
THE RESTORATION, YOU SAW
THE MIRACLE, YOU SAW
GREAT MINISTRY EVEN AFTER
THE CATASTROPHIC FALL.
NOW WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN YOU LOST HIM?
WHAT WAS GOING ON?
Riva: DEVASTATION!
FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN,
YOUNG, AND THEN THIS MAN
FULL OF LIFE, VIGOR,
JUST ALWAYS DOING GREAT THINGS
AND NOW HE'S GONE.
SO AFTER THAT HAPPENED
THERE WAS MORE BATTLES HAPPEN
IN MY LIFE FOR MY CHILDREN,
FOR THE MINISTRY THAT NOW
HE'S NO LONGER THERE.
SO IT WAS JUST HIT AFTER HIT
AFTER HIT.
WHERE DO WE GO
AND WHAT DO WE DO?
THAT'S WHEN THIS BOOK REALLY
WAS BIRTHED IN MY SPIRIT
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH
SEASONS OF BATTLES.
CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING,
THOUGH?
GOD NEVER LEAVES YOU.
WHAT I FOUND OUT THROUGH
THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS THAT
WHEN YOUR LIFE IS SHATTERED,
WHEN YOU'RE BROKEN
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE PIECES
CAN'T BE PUT TOGETHER,
IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE.
GOD SEES THE PICTURE AND
HE GIVES YOU A GLIMPSE OF IT
AND WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF
EVERYTHING, WE CAN'T MAKE
SENSE OF THE MESS. WE CAN'T!
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SENSE
OF GOD.
YOU MAKE SENSE OF GOD
THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP.
YOU MAKE SENSE OF GOD
THROUGH YOUR PRAISE,
THROUGH YOUR READING
OF THE WORD.
WHEN YOU MAKE SENSE OF GOD,
THEN THE OTHER PIECES COME
TOGETHER AND THAT'S REALLY
WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT.
Betty: SO WHAT DID YOU DO
WHEN YOU LOST YOUR HUSBAND,
THEN YOU LOST THE MINISTRY,
WHAT ABOUT YOU
AND YOUR CHILDREN?
WHAT HAPPENED THEN?
Riva: AT THAT POINT WE WENT
THROUGH A GRIEF PERIOD.
AT THAT TIME HIS CHURCH LEFT
AND NOW WHAT DO YOU DO?
WE COULDN'T EVEN FIGHT
AT THAT TIME.
WE WERE JUST IN A PLACE
OF GRIEVING.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS I TAUGHT
MY CHILDREN HOW TO LEAN UPON
THE ARM OF THE LORD,
THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
AND ALSO, HOW TO CONTINUALLY
WALK IN FORGIVENESS.
THAT WORD FORGIVENESS
BRINGS SO MUCH LIFE,
IT BRINGS SO MUCH
POWER OF GOD.
PEOPLE CAN GET MAD
AT SOMEONE WHO'S GONE.
THEY SOMETIMES GET MAD
AT SOMEONE BECAUSE
THEY HAD DIED.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET MAD
AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
THERE'S UNFORGIVENESS
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ANGRY.
SO YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW
TO LET GO OF ALL THAT ANGER
AND TRULY FORGIVE.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT'S WHEN
THE PEACE OF GOD COMES AND
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED FOR US.
James: AND HE HAD FAILED YOU
AGAIN.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT REALIZE
IS HE MIGHT HAVE RELAPSED
OR WAS TRAPPED AND ACTUALLY
DIED OF AN OVERDOSE.
SO IT IS A PRETTY TRAGIC WAY
TO END.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT GRIEF AND PAIN,
IT IS INDESCRIBABLE
AND UNBEARABLE.
IT'S THE KIND OF THING
YOU THINK YOU WILL BE
JUSTIFIED IN NOT FORGIVING.
YOU'RE FED UP.
YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO SHARE
WITH YOU IN THE COMING WEEKS
IS THE FACT THAT WHEN I LOOK
AT MY OWN LIFE
AND THE CHALLENGES,
BEING FATHERLESS, HAVING
A VERY DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD,
KIND OF AN IMPOSSIBLE
CHILDHOOD, YOU MIGHT SAY,
AND THEN TO REALIZE THAT
GOD HAS AMAZINGLY
WORKED THROUGH MY LIFE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, RIVA,
THAT I FOUND, WHEN I LOOK
BACK OVER IT, YOU THINK
ABOUT MY FATHER, HE RAPED
MY MOTHER WHEN
SHE CONCEIVED ME.
HE CAME BACK INTO OUR LIVES.
HE TRIED TO KILL HER.
HE THREATENED TO KILL ME.
ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS
GOING ON.
AND THE THINGS THAT WERE
SO PAINFUL TO ME AS A CHILD
-- THIS IS THE BEAUTY
OF THE GRACE OF GOD
-- IT IS NOT EVEN DIFFICULT
FOR ME TO FORGIVE ALL THAT.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE THE
WRONG THAT WAS PERPETRATED,
THAT YOU CAN EVEN SAY NOT
EVEN FOOLISHLY PERPETRATED
OR JUST CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT
DELIBERATELY THRUST ON ME
-- ON PURPOSE!
WHEN MY MOTHER DESIRED
TO BE LOVED HERSELF BECAUSE
OF HER OWN DIFFICULTY,
CUT ME OFF FROM EVERYBODY ELSE
THAT HAD EVER LOVED ME,
AND THAT I HAD EVER LOVED
SO I COULD FOCUS ONLY ON HER
AND SHE COULD HAVE
THAT NEED MET.
FOR ME TO FIND THAT OUT
AND THE HURT THAT IT DID TO ME
AS A CHILD, AND TO BE ABLE
TO LOOK AT MY MOTHER
WITH 100% TOTAL FORGIVENESS
AND UNDERSTANDING OF
THE LONGING OF HER HEART
TO BE LOVED AND "CAN'T MY OWN
LITTLE BOY LOVE ME EXCLUSIVELY
AND I BE THE FOCAL POINT?
I CAN'T GIVE HIM WHAT
OTHERS CAN BUT I WANT HIM."
THE FACT THAT GOD'S GRACE
WORKED -- AND I'D BEEN HURT
BY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND ME.
MY OWN BAPTIST FAMILY
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW
I COULD SUDDENLY GO OPENLY
MINISTERING TO EVERYBODY
OUTSIDE OF OUR LITTLE
BAPTIST WORLD.
AND THEY WERE NOT KIND;
WERE THEY?
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID?
I PROBABLY HADN'T SAID RIGHT.
I PROBABLY DIDN'T
EXPRESS IT RIGHT.
I LOVE THEM.
I NEVER STOPPED.
I COULD NOT -- I COULD NOT
BEAR HURT EVEN THOUGH
THERE WAS HURT,
I JUST HAD LOVE.
SEE THAT LOVE WINS.
Riva: AND THAT'S SUPERNATURAL.
James: BUT IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE GET THERE BECAUSE
IF WE LIVE UNDER
THAT RESENTMENT AND THAT
BITTERNESS WE'RE STUCK!
WE'RE TOTALLY STUCK.
SO DON'T LIVE THERE.
Riva: NOT ONLY STUCK
BUT YOU SPIRAL DOWN.
YOU GO MORE INTO A DESTRUCTION
MODE AND SELF-SABOTAGE.
SO FORGIVENESS
IS SO SUPERNATURAL.
GOD GIVES US THAT PRINCIPLE.
WHEN YOU WALK IN FORGIVENESS,
THERE IS A TRUE LOVE BECAUSE
NOW YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE
THROUGH THE LENSES OF JESUS.
YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE NOT
AS THE CULPRITS THAT
HURT YOU, NOT AS THOSE
THAT TRIED TO DESTROY YOU.
I ALWAYS SAY THIS, GOD NEVER
SEES YOU AS THE VICTIM.
GOD NEVER SEES YOU AS
THE VICTIM SO HE WON'T EVER
TREAT YOU AS A VICTIM.
HE ONLY SEES YOU AS THE VICTOR
BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO HIM.
IF YOU BELONG TO GOD
THEN YOU KNOW HE KNOWS
YOU'RE ALREADY VICTORIOUS.
SO THAT'S OUR MENTALITY
TO WALK IN FORGIVENESS
AND WALK IN VICTORY.
THAT'S HOW YOU BECOME
MORE THAN A CONQUEROR BECAUSE
MORE THAN A CONQUEROR --
AND I TALK ABOUT THAT
IN THE BOOK -- IS WHERE
YOU DESTROY THE WORKS OF
THE ENEMY FOR GENERATIONS,
AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN
DO THAT IS THROUGH
THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
SO WITH ME EVEN HAVING
THIS TESTIMONY,
WE OVERCOME THE ENEMY BY
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY
THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY.
MY TESTIMONY IS FORGIVENESS.
MY TESTIMONY IS
LEANING ON GOD.
ALL OF THAT!
AND THROUGH THAT PEOPLE
MAY SAY, "WELL, YOU'RE DUMB
TO FORGIVE."
BUT NO, THIS TESTIMONY
IS HELPING OTHERS
FOR GENERATIONS.
SO IF WE CAN LEARN HOW TO
OPERATE LIKE JESUS OPERATED
-- AND EVEN PAUL, HOW PAUL
STOOD AGAINST IDOLATRY.
IF WE CAN OPERATE LIKE THAT
WITH LOVE, THEN WE CAN
SEE A CHANGE.
KEEP THE STANDARD,
LOVE BUT NOT BE TOLERANT
OF SIN, BUT STILL SHOW
THE LOVE OF GOD AND FORGIVE,
THEN WE CAN SEE GENERATIONS
CHANGED.
Betty: WE WERE VISITING
EARLIER AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
OUR LIVES BEING A TAPESTRY.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT
A LITTLE BIT?
Riva: THE UNDERSIDE OF
THE TAPESTRY IS SO CHAOTIC.
IT IS NOT IT.
IT LOOKS UGLY.
PART OF MY TESTIMONY IS --
PART OF MY LIFE WAS I NEVER
EXPECTED TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.
I NEVER EXPECTED ME TO BE
IN SITUATIONS THAT I WAS
THROUGH LOSS OF MY MARRIAGE,
LOSS OF MY HOME,
LOSS OF MY MINISTRY.
ANOTHER PART OF MY LIFE IS
I DO HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS SON.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE THAT
-- ALTHOUGH HE IS THE LOVE
OF MY LIFE --
NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE THAT.
BUT GOD KNOWS OUR ENDING
FROM OUR BEGINNING.
THE TOP SIDE, THERE IS
A MASTERPIECE AND ALTHOUGH
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
IT IS WORKING OUT, WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S COMING
TO BE BUT THE MASTERPIECE
IS BEAUTIFUL, IT IS GORGEOUS.
GOD TAKES THE GOOD, THE BAD,
THE UGLY AND HE WORKS IT
TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD.
THAT IS SUCH -- SOME PEOPLE
SAY THAT IS A CLICHE
BUT IT IS SO TRUE.
SO SOME PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ONE
OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES
IN THEIR LIFE AND THEY'RE
LITERALLY THINKING
GOD HAS FORGOTTEN THEM.
THEY HAVE NO MORE HOPE.
THEY'RE AT THE END
OF THEIR ROPE.
WHEN IN ACTUALITY
THE MASTERPIECE IS BEING
COMPLETED OR BEING MADE;
AND IF THEY CAN HAVE THAT HOPE
TO KNOW, I JUST HOLD ON
TO THE LORD.
AND IF I FAINT NOT I'M GOING
TO REAP IN DUE SEASON.
James: I WANT YOU TO LOOK
AT THE CAMERA.
YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE RED
TINY LIGHT COME ON.
I WANT YOU TO TALK TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE WATCHING AND A LOT
OF THEM COULD BE WOMEN
THAT MAY BE VERY LONELY.
YOU KNOW BETTY AND I LOST
A DAUGHTER.
I PRAYED RECENTLY WITH
JACK HAYFORD WHEN HE LOST
HIS PRECIOUS WIFE, ANNA.
ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID
TO HIM AS WE WERE TALKING
I SAID, "WELL, SHE'S LIVED
WITH THE KINGDOM IN HER,
NOW SHE IS IN THE KINGDOM."
AND THAT'S THE ETERNAL
AND FINAL KINGDOM.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW
THAT MEANT A LOT TO HIM.
THERE WAS THAT COMFORT.
HE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT
COMFORT IS.
WHEN BETTY AND I LOST
OUR DAUGHTER, IT WAS
SO OBVIOUS SO MANY WERE
PRAYING FOR US.
BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
OF YOU RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE
FACED A LOSS AND YOU DON'T
KNOW IF ANYBODY IS PRAYING.
IT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS
THAT PEOPLE, PERHAPS
JUST LIKE YOU, CALL THAT
NUMBER THAT'S COMING UP
ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
IT IS AN 800-NUMBER.
YOU SAY, "HOW IS THAT
AN 800-NUMBER?"
IT IS PAID FOR BY LOVE.
THE LOVE OF GOD IN PEOPLE
TO GIVE ANY INDIVIDUAL,
WHATEVER THE NEED,
AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL
A FRIEND, SOMEBODY WHO CARES
AND WILL PRAY WITH YOU.
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OF YOU
WHO DIDN'T HAVE, LIKE BETTY
AND ME, PEOPLE SAYING,
"WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU."
BETTY WAS HURT RECENTLY,
SHE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND
SHE WAS HURT VERY BADLY.
AND THE CALLS AND THE TEXTS
WERE COMING SO FAST WE HAD
TO SAY, "HOLD OFF.
WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS HERE.
JUST PRAY AND
WE'LL REPORT LATER."
BUT SOME OF YOU,
I'M TELLING YOU, I THINK
ABOUT THIS KID THAT WENT
TO PRISON BECAUSE HE,
IN A ALCOHOLIC DEAL
KILLED SOMEBODY.
AND THE PARENTS OF THE KID
HE KILLED FINALLY,
AFTER TWO YEARS WENT AND
HE LOOKED THROUGH THAT GRATE,
AND HE LOOKED AT THE MOTHER
OF THE SON HE KILLED AND
HE SAID, "I'VE BEEN HERE
TWO YEARS.
YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON
THAT'S EVER COME TO VISIT ME.
I WANT TO THANK YOU."
THE END OF THAT STORY IS GREAT
BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE BOY HOME
WITH THEM AND HE WENT
TO THE SCHOOLS AND
TALKED ABOUT ALCOHOL.
MINISTER TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
Riva: YOU MAY BE IN A PLACE
WHERE YOU'RE ALONE
AND NO ONE IS CALLING YOU
AND NO ONE IS SUPPORTING YOU.
I'VE BEEN THERE.
BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
YOUR DUE SEASON IS COMING.
YOU'RE D-U-E SEASON IS COMING.
THERE IS AN APPOINTED TIME,
THERE IS A KAIROS MOMENT
THAT GOD IS PLANNING FOR YOU.
AND THERE IS TIME WHEN
YOU HAVE TO FIRST GO TO
THE DEW SEASON, THE D-E-W;
THAT'S A PLACE OF SATURATION
IN HIS PRESENCE.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "BE STILL
AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
DEW ONLY COMES IN
THE STILLNESS OF NIGHT.
YOU MIGHT BE IN YOUR NIGHT
SEASON NOW AND I WANT
TO ENCOURAGE YOU, BE STILL
AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD.
AND AS YOU REST IN HIM,
AS HE POURS INTO YOU,
AS HE SATURATES YOU WITH
HIS PRESENCE, THEN YOU CAN
WALK INTO YOUR D-O SEASON,
A DO SEASON WHERE YOU'RE DOING
WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO.
THEN THE APPOINTED TIME
WILL COME.
DON'T GET STUCK OR
BE PARALYZED BY THE PAIN.
ALLOW GOD TO FILL YOU UP.
OPEN UP YOUR HEART TO HIM.
I AM A LIVING WITNESS.
I HAVE A TESTIMONY AND GOD
IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSON.
HE WANTS TO DO IT FOR YOU
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT
ANY TO PERISH.
HE WANTS ALL TO COME INTO
THE SAVING GRACE OF HIS POWER,
OF HIS ANOINTING.
AND YOU HAVE A DESTINY
AND I KNOW YOUR DESTINY
IS STILL INTACT BECAUSE
YOU STILL HAVE BREATH
IN YOUR LUNGS.
SO BE ENCOURAGED TODAY.
GOD LOVES YOU.
Betty: AMEN!
James: YOU WANT TO APPLAUD
THE TRUTH?
THAT'S TRUTH.
LET ME JUST TALK TO YOU HERE
PLEASE.
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE,
JUST SAY, "LORD, MEET MY NEED.
HEAL MY HEART.
HOLD ME.
I JUST GIVE MYSELF TO YOU.
I TRUST YOU.
HAVE YOUR WAY, JESUS."
YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PRAY
WITH YOU,
THE PHONE NUMBER'S THERE.
IF YOU'VE NEVER COME INTO
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
AS YOUR PERSONAL FATHER
THROUGH CHRIST, ASK SOMEONE
TO PRAY WITH YOU.
SAY, "I WANT TO KNOW GOD
AS FATHER.
I WANT JESUS TO BE REAL TO ME,
NOT JUST A STORY."
I'LL SEND YOU A BOOK THAT
I WROTE, IT'S A BIBLE STUDY
CALLED KNOWING GOD AS FATHER.
BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU
AND PRAY WITH YOU.
SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE
TO CALL.
THEN LET ME SAY TO ALL OF YOU
WATCHING, I WANT TO SHOW YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT, AND I KNOW,
RIVA, HOW MUCH YOU'LL LOVE
THIS AND HOW MUCH
OUR AUDIENCE WILL.
WE'RE ABLE TO SEE MIRACLES.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING YOU HOPE FOR
MIGHT BE SPECIAL.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT
INDESCRIBABLE LIFE-GIVING,
LIFE-CHANGING, LIFESAVING
MIRACLES IN ONE OF
THE GREATEST CRISIS
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW
IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES --
THE GREATEST DEATH CYCLE EVER.
AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF IT WITH LOVE.
I WANT YOU TO WATCH BUT
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN
VERY PRAYERFULLY BECAUSE
YOU ARE THE ANSWER
TO THIS CHALLENGE.
WATCH VERY PRAYERFULLY.
Announcer: IF YOU'VE EVER
MISSED A MEAL OR TWO
YOU PROBABLY KNOW
THE FEELING OF HUNGER PAINS
AND THE RELIEF THAT
YOUR NEXT MEAL BRINGS.
BUT SADLY,
THERE ARE THOSE WHO LIVE
WITH THE PAIN OF HUNGER
EVERY SINGLE DAY
OF THEIR LIFE.
AND THEN THERE ARE CHILDREN
WHO DO NOT SURVIVE
ONCE THEY MOVE BEYOND
THE PAIN OF HUNGER.
VERONICA IS REMINDED
OF HER LITTLE BROTHER
DYING FROM
A LACK OF FOOD
EVERY DAY THAT SHE HAS
TO GO WITHOUT FOOD.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN
MY BROTHER DIED.
WE WERE HUNGRY
AND HE WAS SO THIN.
MY MOM TOOK HIM TO THE CLINIC
THAT WAS VERY FAR AWAY
AND HE DIED
ON THE WAY THERE.
Announcer:
VERONICA'S STORY
IS ALL TOO COMMON
IN VILLAGES THROUGHOUT
SOUTHERN AFRICA
AND THAT'S WHAT
MAKES THIS SO URGENT
THAT WE DO
SOMETHING NOW.
Sheila:
SOME OF THESE MOMS HAVE
TO WALK 10-15 KILOMETERS
WITH A SERIOUSLY
MALNOURISHED BABY
JUST TO TRY
AND GET SOME HELP.
AND IF THEY CAN
GET HERE IN TIME,
THEN THERE
IS SOME HOPE.
BUT TIME IS EVERYTHING
HERE AS YOU CAN SEE.
BUT MY PRAYER IS
THAT WE CAN SAVE
HUNDREDS OF OTHER CHILDREN
BEFORE THEY GET
TO THIS STAGE.
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER
GET TO THIS STAGE.
NO MOM SHOULD EVER
HAVE TO WATCH THIS.
SO IF WE DO
SOMETHING NOW
WE CAN STOP THIS
FROM HAPPENING.
James: DEAR GOD,
MY HEART BREAKS.
I BELIEVE YOURS DOES.
AND I KNOW THE ANSWER IS LOVE
SHARED THROUGH US.
BE THE MIRACLE
THESE CHILDREN NEED.
LET US SEE IT.
BE A PART OF IT.
PLEASE LORD!
TOUCH THE HEARTS
OF YOUR PEOPLE;
IN JESUS' NAME.
LISTEN TO ME.
PLEASE LISTEN!
WE CAN SAVE THOSE CHILDREN.
MANY OF THE CHILDREN
RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH SUDAN,
WHICH IS WHERE
THE GREATEST DEATH CYCLE AND
THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE IS,
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
SPENDING MOST OF THE FOCUS
AND ENERGY AND SUPPORT
AND ALL OF THE MISSIONARIES
FACE THE VERY POSSIBILITY
OF BEING KILLED.
IN THE AREAS WHERE YOU SAW US
RIGHT THERE TALKING
ABOUT THESE CHILDREN
THAT WERE SO HUNGRY, AND
THE MOTHER COULDN'T EVEN --
YOU SAW ONE OF THEM
HOLDING A BABY
VERY CLOSE TO HER BREAST.
SHE WAS COVERED BUT
IT WAS VERY LIKELY
FROM MALNUTRITION
SHE DIDN'T HAVE NOURISHMENT.
AND IN THAT AREA,
AND WE SHARED THIS YEARS AGO,
THE RADICAL EXTREMISTS,
THE SAME KIND
THAT ARE BRINGING TERROR
TO THE WHOLE WORLD,
THEY WOULD CUT
THOSE WOMEN'S BREASTS OFF,
IF THEY WERE CHRISTIANS,
SO THEY COULD NOT NURSE
THEIR BABIES.
THEN THEY WOULD DRIVE THEM
FROM THEIR VILLAGES.
THIS IS BRUTALITY
THAT IS ALMOST UNPARALLELED.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THIS AREA
ARE IN LOVE WITH JESUS
AND THEY ARE DYING
AND THEY ARE BURYING
THEIR CHILDREN.
WE CAN, BECAUSE OF
GOD'S LOVE IN US,
STOP THE DEATH CYCLE.
WE CAN GIVE THOSE PRECIOUS
LITTLE CHILDREN A FUTURE.
I CAN PROMISE YOU,
WE HELP STABILIZE THAT
AS WE'VE DONE IN MANY AREAS
OF THE WORLD.
THOSE PEOPLE WILL REBUILD.
THEY ARE DETERMINED
AND COMMITTED
AND THEY LOVE THEIR CHILDREN.
SO HERE'S WHAT
I'M ASKING YOU TO DO.
WE HAVE 400,000 NOW
THAT WE'VE LOCATED
THAT WE'RE IN
DIRECT CONTACT WITH.
ALL WE NEED IS THE WHEREWITHAL
TO FEED THEM
FOR THE NEXT MONTHS.
THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING
RIGHT NOW.
JUST FOCUS ON IT.
$30 WILL FEED THREE CHILDREN,
SAVE THEIR LIVES;
$50 WILL FEED FIVE;
$100 WILL FEED TEN.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
WITH NO APOLOGY
IF YOU CAN FEED TEN CHILDREN
DO IT BUT DON'T STEP BACK.
IF YOU SAY, "WELL,
I COULD ONLY DO $30."
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS
-- IF IT IS $10
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO ENABLE THESE MISSIONARIES
TO STAY THERE
AND PUT GOD'S ARMS
AROUND THESE SUFFERING PEOPLE
AND GIVE THEM HOPE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO POINT THEM
TO THE LOVE OF GOD.
YOU'RE THE ONES
THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
$1,000,
WE CAN FEED 100 CHILDREN.
WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL GIFTS,
A BIBLE STUDY SERIES
OF DEVOTIONS, SEASONALLY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY POWERFUL
TO TAKE YOU INTO THE WORD
AND GET THE WORD IN YOU.
AND THEN KARI JOBE
WHO GREW UP HERE
WITH OUR MINISTRY,
WAS IN OUR DAUGHTER'S,
WHO'S IS NOW IN HEAVEN,
OUR PRECIOUS ROBIN,
WAS IN HER WEDDING,
WHEN SHE WAS ONLY
9 OR 10 YEARS OLD.
KARI JOBE, SHE HAS PRESENTED
SOMETHING SO SPECIAL
AND THE STORY ABOUT
HOW THIS CAME TO PASS
IS AVAILABLE
TO JUST SAY THANK YOU
BECAUSE WE WANT TO BLESS YOU
ON YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
WE WANT TO LIFT YOU HIGHER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RIGHT NOW
GO TO THE WEBSITE LIFE TODAY?
PLEASE, VERY QUICKLY
AND WITH REAL SENSITIVITY
TO THE HEART OF GOD,
GET YOUR BANKCARD AND SAY,
"I'M GOING TO USE THIS
LIKE A CHECK AND I'M GOING
TO GIVE LIFE TODAY."
OR YOU CAN DIAL THE NUMBER.
MANY ARE CALLING RIGHT NOW.
YOU COULD GET A BUSY
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CALLING;
SOMEBODY CARES
ABOUT THEM RIGHT NOW
AND HAVE GOT ARMS AROUND THEM.
SO YOU BE DETERMINED.
YOU SAY, "I'LL GET THROUGH
IF I HAVE TO KEEP CALLING
FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
I'M GOING TO GET THROUGH
AND I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE
OF SOME OF THOSE KIDS.
I'M GOING TO SEE
THAT THEY HAVE FOOD.
I'M GOING TO BE THE ANSWER
TO THAT MOTHER'S PRAYER."
WOULD YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW?
PLEASE?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR IT!
THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING
TO THE HEART OF GOD
AND THE NEED OF THOSE PEOPLE.
Announcer: IN IMPOVERISHED
AND EVEN NOW FAMINE-STRICKEN AREAS OF AFRICA,
CHILDREN
ARE SUFFERING.
THE NEED IS GREAT
AND WITHOUT FOOD
THEY FACE DEATH
BY STARVATION.
LIFE'S MISSION FEEDING
PROGRAM IS READY.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE'RE ABLE
TO FEED AND CARE FOR CHILDREN
IN FAMINE AREAS
OF SUDAN,
AS WELL AS ANGOLA
AND MOZAMBIQUE.
WITH ALL OF OUR
PREVIOUS RESERVES GONE
AND MISSION FEEDING
FACING THE WORST DROUGHT
AND FOOD SHORTAGE
IN YEARS,
WE URGENTLY NEED TO REPLENISH OUR FOOD SUPPLIES
TO REACH 400,000 CHILDREN
COUNTING ON US.
YOUR LIFESAVING GIFT
OF $30, $50, OR $100
WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR
THREE, FIVE OR TEN CHILDREN
FOR THE NEXT
THREE MONTHS.
PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER
A SPECIAL GIFT OF $1400
TO HELP SPONSOR
A SCHOOL
AND HELP FEED 140 CHILDREN
FOR THREE FULL MONTHS.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT
WE'LL SEND YOU
MY DAILY WORD DEVOTIONAL.
THIS BOXED SET OF
FOUR SEASONAL DEVOTIONALS
WILL HELP YOU READ,
REFLECT, AND RENEW YOURSELF
THROUGH GOD'S WORD WITH SPACE
TO JOURNAL YOUR THOUGHTS
AND REFLECT
EACH DAY.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $100 OR MORE,
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
KARI JOBE'S NEWEST
MUSIC PROJECT, THE GARDEN,
ALONG WITH THE STORY BEHIND
THE GARDEN COMPANION DVD.
AND FINALLY, WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $1,000 OR MORE,
PLEASE BE SURE TO REQUEST
"DETERMINED EAGLE,"
OUR 2017 COMMEMORATIVE
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE,
OR GO ONLINE TODAY
AND MAKE YOUR
GIFT OF LIFE
TO HELP FEED AND CARE
FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN.
James: I MENTIONED TO YOU
A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT
IF YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR LIFE
TO THE LORD OR YOU WANT
TO KNOW GOD AS FATHER,
I'D BE GLAD TO SEND YOU THIS.
IT IS A LITTLE PICTURE
OF THE JOURNEY I HAD TO COME
TO KNOW GOD AS A FATHERLESS
CHILD, TO KNOW HIM
AS FATHER; AND ALSO,
A BIBLE STUDY TO REALLY
HELP GET YOU STARTED.
HERE IS RIVA'S BOOK,
IT IS IN THE BOOKSTORES.
YOU CAN GET IT ONLINE.
BUT IF YOU SAY,
"YOU KNOW WHAT JAMES?
HER STORY, IT REALLY HIT HOME
AND HER MINISTRY TO ME
AS SHE WAS JUST TALKING TO US,
IT REALLY WENT HOME.
COULD YOU POSSIBLY SEND ME
THAT BOOK?"
YES, WE WILL.
YOU ASK FOR IT.
WE ASK YOU TO DO THIS.
HELP US TOUCH THOSE CHILDREN
IN NEED WITH LOVE.
HELP US BE THEIR MIRACLE.
WOULD YOU DO THAT?
BUT FEEL FREE TO ASK
FOR RIVA'S BOOK.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO SEND IT
TO YOU, ALONG WITH
THE OTHER MATERIAL
THAT WE MENTIONED.
WOULD YOU JOIN BETTY AND ME
IN SAYING THANKS TO RIVA?
RIVA, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
BLESS YOUR WONDERFUL CHURCH
IN ORLANDO.
JUST THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
GOD BLESS YOU!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SPENDING THIS TIME WITH US
AND TOUCHING SOMEONE
WITH GOD'S LOVE.
♪
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James: YOU ARE A VERY
SPECIALLY DESIGNED PERSON
OF DESTINY
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
Announcer: NEXT WEEK!
JAMES SHOWS YOU
HOW TO START
LIVING AMAZED.
>> 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.