>> MY SON JAMES CALLED ME,
WHO WAS NAMED AFTER YOU;
HE CALLED BROKENHEARTED.
"MY WIFE, SHE'S BLEEDING."
I SAID THE SAME THING, "WE'RE
GOING TO TRUST GOD FOR HEALING
BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
TRUST GOD NO MATTER WHAT."
Announcer: NEXT
ON LIFE TODAY!
PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS
JOINS JAMES AND BETTY
IN SHARING PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES OF TRUSTING GOD
WITH SPIRITUAL
AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
AND HEALING FOR YOUR BODY
HIS TEMPLE.
♪
James: WELL, THANK YOU.
WE'VE GOT OUR PASTOR HERE.
BETTY AND I --
I'M JAMES ROBISON,
THIS IS LIFE TODAY,
WE GO TO A CHURCH THAT WE'RE
SO PLEASED TO BE A PART OF.
TO EVEN THINK, BETTY
THE CHURCH IS JUST OVER
15 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE
BETWEEN 30,000-40,000 PEOPLE
COMING AND SOMETIMES
ON SPECIAL DAYS
A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
IT IS JUST HARD TO BELIEVE.
AND IT IS IN AN AREA
WHERE THE PEOPLE WOULD NOT
TEND TO BE CHURCHGOERS.
BUT NOT ONLY DO THEY GO,
THEY ARE LIVING LIKE
THEY ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST,
THE CHURCH AND THEY LOVE
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE BODY.
AND THEY'RE WANTING TO HELP
EVERY OTHER CHURCH IN
THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE
COUNTRY AND IN THE WORLD!
THEY SOUND LIKE CHRISTIANS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
OUR PASTOR IS ROBERT MORRIS.
AND TO SAY THAT HE IS ANOINTED
BY GOD IS ALMOST LIKE
AN UNDERSTATEMENT BECAUSE
IT IS SO OBVIOUS.
WELL, WE'RE SHARING
SIX MESSAGES, HEALING FOR
YOUR BODY HIS TEMPLE.
THIS IS ABOUT HOW TO LIVE
IN HEALTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT,
IF JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS
AND TOOK ALL OF
OUR TRANSGRESSIONS AND SAID,
"IT IS FINISHED,"
HOW IS IT THAT IN THIS
SINFUL WORLD WE STILL SIN?
AND HE DIED FOR US.
BUT HE'S ALSO DIED FOR
OUR DISEASES, NOT ONLY
OUR TRANSGRESSIONS
BUT OUR DISEASES.
AND IN A WORLD THAT
IS RIDDEN WITH DISEASE
AND PESTILENCE, HOW IS IT
THAT WE CAN BE SICK?
WELL, ROBERT MORRIS IS GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THAT
AND I WANT YOU TO GET
THE WORDS OF HEALING,
THESE ARE SCRIPTURES.
I WANT YOU TO GET HEALING
FOR YOUR BODY HIS TEMPLE.
ROBERT AND I BOTH SHARE
IN THIS, PRIMARILY ROBERT
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE HE IS
GIFTED TO HELP US HERE.
AND THEN ONE OF
THE GREATEST DOCTORS
AND COMMUNICATORS ON THE
PLANET IS DR. DON COLBERT.
I'M TELLING YOU, WE NEVER
HAVE A GUEST, UNLESS IT IS
ROBERT MORRIS WHO IS HERE
THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO ENJOY
ANY MORE THAN DON COLBERT,
LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE.
LET'S PRESCRIBE SOMETHING
THAT WILL MAKE YOU WELL
THAT'S NATURAL.
WELL, ROBERT IS HERE TO TALK
ABOUT HEALING AND AN ASPECT
OF IT LIKE ANSWERING
THE QUESTION, IF JESUS DIED
FOR OUR DISEASES
AND HE SHED HIS BLOOD
FOR OUR HEALING, WHY DO
WE STILL FIGHT SICKNESS?
WOULD YOU WELCOME ROBERT
MORRIS, GATEWAY PASTOR?
[Applause]
GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
Robert: THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
AND WE WANT TO ANSWER
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND THAT
TOUGH QUESTION IS IF JESUS
BORE OUR SICKNESS ON THE CROSS
BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY
THE SCRIPTURE,
"HE BORE OUR SICKNESSES."
IF HE BORE OUR SICKNESSES
WHY DO WE STILL GET SICK?
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THAT HE ALSO
BORE OUR SINS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
IN THIS SERIES IS TAKING CARE
OF OUR BODY; THAT OUR BODY
IS THE TEMPLE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THAT WE ARE THREE PARTS:
WE ARE BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT;
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR SPIRITS
MANY TIMES AND WE TAKE CARE
OF OUR SOULS BUT WE DON'T
TAKE CARE OF OUR BODIES.
I TOLD YOU ON ONE OF
THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT
I HATED MY BODY AND I DIDN'T
EVEN REALIZE I HATED MY BODY.
WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER I GOT
INVOLVED IN DRUGS AND I WAS
A VERY IMMORAL PERSON.
AS I LOOK BACK ON THAT
AS THE LORD SHOWED ME,
IT WAS BECAUSE I LITERALLY
HATED MY BODY.
I HATED THE WAY I LOOKED.
I WAS VERY SKINNY GROWING UP.
AS YOU CAN SEE
I'VE OVERCOME THAT.
[Laughter]
I'M HEALED!
BUT I WAS VERY SKINNY.
I COULD COOL OFF IN THE SHADE
OF A FLAG POLE.
BUT I HATED MY BODY
BECAUSE I THOUGHT A MAN
SHOULD BE BIG AND STRONG
AND TOUGH AND I DIDN'T
LIKE BEING SKINNY.
BECAUSE I HATED MY BODY,
I STARTED ABUSING MY BODY.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
YOU CAN ASK JUST ABOUT
EVERY PERSON, IS THERE
SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR BODY
YOU DON'T LIKE?
AND WE CAN COME UP
WITH SOMETHING.
YET GOD SAYS WE'RE FEARFULLY
AND WONDERFULLY MADE.
HE FORMED US.
WHEN WE DON'T APPRECIATE
OUR BODY WE DON'T LOVE IT.
WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT
THE WAY WE SHOULD.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
WE DON'T LOVE OURSELVES
MANY TIMES.
SO I HAD TO BE CONVICTED THAT
I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY BODY.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WAS
TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT
GOD'S CALLED ME TO DO
BECAUSE MY BODY CARRIES ME
TO THESE PLACES.
MY BODY ALLOWS ME TO STAND
AND PREACH GOD'S WORD
AND TO SHARE GOD'S WORD
AND TO TRAVEL SOMEWHERE.
BUT HERE'S ANOTHER THING
GOD USED TO CONVICT ME
ABOUT MY BODY.
WHAT ABOUT MY FAMILY?
WHAT ABOUT MY GRANDCHILDREN
THAT I HAVE?
YOU HAVE GRANDCHILDREN.
YOU LOVE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
James: I HAVE
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
Robert: I WASN'T GOING
TO BRING YOUR AGE UP
BUT THAT'S OKAY.
James: THEY WERE OVER
AT THE HOUSE TODAY.
Robert: BUT THEY NEED YOU.
BUT IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE
OF YOUR BODY YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BE HERE,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
A MEMORY TO THEM.
SO THE LORD SAID TO ME,
YOU HAVE SOMETHING NOT ONLY
TO IMPART TO THE BODY OF
CHRIST AND THIS IS FOR
EVERYONE LISTENING NOW,
YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO IMPART
TO YOUR CHILDREN
AND TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
WE NEED YOU.
WE NEED YOU TO STICK AROUND.
SO I HAD TO GET
THE CONVICTION THAT SOME
OF THE DISEASES OR SICKNESSES
THE PROBLEMS, HEALTH PROBLEMS
I WAS HAVING I WAS BRINGING
ON MYSELF BECAUSE I WASN'T
TAKING CARE OF THE BODY,
I WASN'T EATING THE WAY
I SHOULD AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS I'M SO EXCITED
DR. COLBERT'S BOOK AS WELL
BECAUSE HE HAS HELPED ME
IN THIS AREA.
SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
FIRST OF ALL THAT OUR BODY
IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND WE HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TO
TAKE CARE OF IT AS WELL.
James: SO WHEN YOU GET SICK
AND YOU SAY THE HEALING
IS THERE, IS IT BECAUSE
WE NEGLECTED SOMETHING
OR SOMETIMES THERE IS JUST
NO EXPLANATION FOR IT?
Robert: SOMETIMES WE DO
GET DOWN PHYSICALLY BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT RESTING LIKE WE
TALKED ABOUT ONE DAY A WEEK,
WE'RE NOT EATING RIGHT,
WE'RE NOT EXERCISING
AND BECAUSE OUR BODY IS DOWN
IT CAN BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER TIMES
WHEN WE GET SICK AND SICKNESS
IS A PART OF THIS WORLD.
IT CAME WITH SIN.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
SO LET ME DEAL WITH IT.
IF JESUS BORE OUR SICKNESS
WHY DO WE GET SICK?
I'VE GOT TO BE A LITTLE
THEOLOGICAL HERE.
HE ALSO BORE OUR SINS ON
THE CROSS BUT WE STILL SIN,
WE STILL MAKE MISTAKES,
WE'RE NOT PERFECT.
SO JESUS TOOK THE PENALTY
OF SIN, THE POWER OF SIN,
AND THE PRESENCE OF SIN
AND THE SAME WITH SICKNESS.
BUT LET'S DEAL WITH THAT.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE WAS,
HE IS, AND HE IS TO COME.
IT SAYS IT FOUR TIMES
IN REVELATION
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT
GOD IS THE GOD OF ETERNITY,
ALL OF IT.
SO GOD TOOK, HE BORE,
HE TOOK THE PENALTY
OF OUR SIN.
HE'S ALREADY DONE IT.
IF YOU BELIEVE,
THEN YOU CAN RECEIVE THAT.
YOU WILL NEVER BE PUNISHED
FOR YOUR SINS IF YOU SIMPLY
BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST.
THE PENALTY OF OUR SIN
IS GONE ONCE WE BELIEVE
IN JESUS.
ONE DAY HE'S GOING TO TAKE US
FROM THE PRESENCE OF SIN.
THERE WILL BE NO SIN
IN HEAVEN.
RIGHT NOW THOUGH
HE'S GIVING US THE POWER
OVER SIN BUT WE STILL HAVE
SIN PRESENT IN THIS WORLD
SO WE STILL SIN.
SOMETIMES WE FALL
UNDER THE POWER OF SIN,
SOMETIMES WE GAIN
THE POWER OVER IT BECAUSE
WE ARE IN A STRUGGLE
RIGHT NOW.
NOW LET'S COMPARE THAT
TO SICKNESS.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT
EVERY PERSON TO HEAR.
JESUS HAS TAKEN
THE PENALTY OF SICKNESS.
IN OTHER WORDS, GOD IS NEVER
GOING TO PUNISH ME
WITH SICKNESS.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT.
GOD IS NOT PUTTING
THIS SICKNESS ON ME.
PEOPLE FEEL SOMETIMES,
WELL, GOD IS GETTING ME
BACK NOW.
HE IS PUNISHING ME.
HE IS TAKING PUNISHMENT
OF SICKNESS AWAY FROM US.
HE PUT IT ON HIS SON
ON THE CROSS.
ONE DAY HE'S GOING TO TAKE
THE PRESENCE OF SICKNESS
AWAY FROM US.
THERE WILL BE NO SICKNESS
IN HEAVEN.
RIGHT NOW THE PRESENCE
IS STILL HERE BUT WE HAVE
POWER OVER SICKNESS BUT
SOMETIMES SICKNESS
HAS POWER OVER US.
WE CAN STILL GET SICK
EVEN THOUGH HE'S TAKEN
THE PENALTY OF SICKNESS.
James: YES, AND IF YOU THOUGHT
GOD PUT IT ON YOU,
YOU WOULD BE PUTTING
A DOCTOR'S LIFE IN JEOPARDY
IF YOU WENT AND ASKED HIM
TO FIGHT AGAINST WHAT
GOD IS DOING TO TRY
TO HELP YOU GET WELL.
JESUS WAS A GREAT PHYSICIAN.
HE HELPS PEOPLE GET WELL.
HE HAS GREAT PHYSICIANS
TODAY WHO WORK WITH US
AS THE HEALING HANDS.
GO INTO SOME OF THE OTHER
AREAS THAT YOU WANT
TO TOUCH ON BECAUSE
I THINK IT IS VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT.
Robert: I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT HEALTH.
WE TALK ABOUT HEALING A LOT
AND WE PRAY FOR HEALING
BUT HEALTH.
ON THE CROSS JESUS BORE
OUR SIN, WE KNOW THAT.
NOW THESE ARE SCRIPTURES.
WE GO THROUGH
THESE SCRIPTURES.
THEY ARE IN THE MATERIAL.
SO HE BORE OUR SIN BUT
ALSO IT SAYS HE BORE
OUR SICKNESS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CAN
LIVE WITH DIVINE HEALTH.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID
THAT SATAN IS GOING TO PUT
SOME SORT OF SICKNESS
OR DISEASE ON US.
WE CAN LIVE IN DIVINE HEALTH.
DOES THAT MEAN EVERYONE
IS GOING TO BE HEALED?
NO. BUT IT MEANS THAT I DON'T
HAVE TO GO AROUND THINKING
THAT I'M JUST GOING TO GET
SICK ONE DAY BECAUSE
CANCER IS IN MY FAMILY
AND IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE BORE THAT
ON THE CROSS.
SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING
ABOUT DIVINE HEALTH.
HOW DO YOU RECEIVE IT?
HOW DID YOU RECEIVE
FORGIVENESS OF SIN?
-- BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS A GIFT
OF GOD BUT WE HAD TO BELIEVE.
IT IS THE SAME WAY
WITH HEALTH.
I USED TO BELIEVE
I'M GOING TO GET SICK.
I WAS A SICKLY CHILD.
I JUST BELIEVED THAT
UNTIL I REALIZED NO!
JESUS BORE MY SICKNESS
ON THE CROSS.
AND IT IS AMAZING HOW
MY HEALTH FLIPPED LIKE THAT.
NOT THAT I NEVER GET SICK
BUT I MEAN ALL OF THE SUDDEN
INSTEAD OF THREE OR FOUR
SINUS INFECTIONS A YEAR,
MAYBE ONE EVERY TWO YEARS
OR SOMETHING.
IT IS AMAZING WHEN I STOPPED
BELIEVING THAT THIS IS JUST
IN MY GENES.
IT IS LIKE BELIEVING
I'LL NEVER GET FREE
FROM THIS SIN.
IT IS THE SAME THING
WHEN YOU SAY NO, HE DIED
SO I COULD GET FREE.
IN THE SAME WAY, I BELIEVE
HE DIED SO I COULD HAVE HEALTH
AND WHEN I DO IT,
I CAN RECEIVE IT
BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.
James: WHEN YOU LISTEN
TO ROBERT SHARE, BETTY
WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR MIND?
Betty: I'M SITTING HERE
THINKING ALSO THAT IF
WE WILL DO AND REALIZE THAT
OUR BODIES ARE THE TEMPLE
OF GOD AND WE DO OUR BEST
TO TAKE CARE OF THESE BODIES
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US,
THAT WHEN THOSE DISEASES
OR SICKNESSES COME AT US
WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE
OF OVERCOMING
AND BATTLING THROUGH IT.
LIKE YOU SAID IT IS NOT
TO SAY THEY WON'T COME
BECAUSE JUST LIKE SIN
SATAN IS WAITING FOR EVERY
OPPORTUNE MOMENT
TO COME AT US.
WELL, DISEASE IS TOO IN A WAY.
BUT IF WE HAVE BUILT IT UP...
WHY DID GOD GIVE US
THE ARMOR TO PUT ON?
HE SAID THERE WOULD BE BATTLES
AND THAT COULD MEAN
PHYSICALLY TOO.
SO IF WE'RE PREPARED
AND IF WE'RE READY,
WE, THROUGH HIS WORD
AND THROUGH GOD'S GUIDANCE
AND THE WISDOM OF OTHERS
TO SHOW US HOW TO TAKE CARE
OF OUR BODIES, WE CAN
BE BETTER READY FOR
THE BATTLE IF IT COMES.
Robert: YES. SO MUCH SO.
James: I HAVE FOUND
AND I'M LOOKING DOWN AT
THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK THAT
WITH ALL MY HEART
I JUST PRAY YOU GET.
HERE ARE THE HEALING VERSES
IN THE BIBLE THAT TALK
ABOUT HEALING AND HEALTH.
THIS INCREDIBLE DOCTOR
IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
DEAL WITH CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE, WEIGHT LOSS,
ARTHRITIS, A.D.D.,
TYPE 2 DIABETES, CANCER
AND MORE IN WHAT WE EAT.
ROBERT, I HAVE FOUND,
IT IS LIKE MIRACULOUS TO ME.
WHEN I FIND SOMETHING THAT
WORKS, I LIKE TO SHARE IT.
I'M A TREASURE HUNTER.
IF I FIND TREASURE
I DON'T TRY TO KEEP IT,
I TRY TO SHARE IT.
BUT I FOUND OUT IN JUICE,
FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS
A CACTUS JUICE THAT
DEALS WITH INFLAMMATION.
I SUFFERED BECAUSE --
YOU KNOW YOU USED
TO PLAY GOLF WITH ME SOME.
I THINK I'M THE FIRST ONE
WHO PROBABLY TOOK YOU OUT
AND SHOW YOU THAT
IT COULD BE FUN.
IT ALSO CAN BE FRUSTRATING.
BUT I HAD TO WEAR A STRAP
ON MY ARM FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS
AND I HAD MY ELBOW INJECTED.
I HAD WHAT THEY CALL
TENNIS ELBOW OR GOLFER'S
ELBOW AND IT WAS SO BAD
I COULDN'T HAVE REACHED
OVER HERE LIKE THIS AND
PICKED UP THIS CUP OF WATER
THAT IS SITTING
IN FRONT OF BETTY.
I COULD HARDLY PICK UP
A PHONE.
I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING
ACTIVE WITHOUT IT.
AND YET I TOOK A JUICE,
A NATURAL JUICE AND
I'M TELLING YOU, IN TWO MONTHS
-- AND HERE'S THE THING.
THIS IS THE MIRACLE;
YOU SAY SOMETHING
GOOD HAPPENS YOU SHARE IT.
I'VE BEEN 12 YEARS
WITH NO PAIN. NONE.
IT IS NOT LIKE I DIDN'T
GET BETTER, I'M WELL.
IT IS JUST 12 YEARS.
BUT I FIND OTHER THINGS
NUTRITIONALLY THAT
DO SOMETHING IN MY BODY.
I JUST TALKED TO
A SCIENTIST RECENTLY THAT'S
DEVELOPED SOMETHING THAT
CAUSES ATROPHY IN YOUR MUSCLES
TO VIRTUALLY CEASE
AND HE HELPED DEVELOP IT
SO THE ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE
WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT
AND COME BACK
WITH TOTAL ATROPHY.
IT HELPS OLDER PEOPLE,
IT HELPS PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED.
WHEN I FIND SOMETHING
LIKE THAT I'M TELLING YOU,
OR I'M EXPERIENCING IT,
I FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
OUR BODY THE TEMPLE OF GOD
AND THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE
OF IT, I HAVE NOW FOUND
THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT
THE ESSENTIAL AMINOS,
AMINO ACIDS THAT ARE
ESSENTIAL TO THE MUSCLES
WHICH IS WHAT FEEDS THEM
AND THAT I CAN BE BACK STRONG
LIKE I WAS WHEN I WAS IN
MY 40s AND I'M IN MY 70s.
I'M WATCHING THIS AS
IT IS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE.
SO WHY WOULD I NOT WANT
TO SAY JUST LIKE
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT
YOUR BACK PROBLEMS.
I HAD THOSE TOO UNTIL
A FEW WEEKS AFTER THIS STUFF
GOING INTO MY SYSTEM.
ROBERT, I DON'T HAVE
BACKACHES -- IT IS CRAZY.
I ASKED THE DOCTOR.
I SAID TO THE SCIENTIST,
"WHAT HAPPENED?"
HE SAID THE MUSCLES YOU WERE
TRYING TO STRENGTHEN
IN YOUR CORE DID NOT HAVE
WHAT IT TOOK TO KICK IN
AND GET STRONGER."
I EVEN COMMENTED TO BETTY,
"MY MUSCLES ARE COMING ALIVE."
NOW HERE'S THE THING I'VE GOT
GET PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR ME.
I CAN GET REAL STRONG.
NOW I'M NOT GOING TO START
DOING WEIGHTLIFTING
AND BODYBUILDING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SEEING THIS BODY
ON DISPLAY ANYWHERE.
IT'S A REAL RELIEF!
Robert: I APPRECIATE THAT!
I'M RELIEVED.
James: WELL, HERE'S THE THING.
I CAN BE STRONG AGAIN!
SO I'M EXCITED.
THIS GUY UNDERSTANDS THAT
THESE THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
THIS GUY IS NOT BLOWING SMOKE.
HE IS NOT TRYING
TO SELL A BOOK.
HE IS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T JUST PREACH
TO PREACH A SERMON.
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO GET
THE BLESSING THAT GOD OFFERS
THEM BECAUSE HE LOVES THEM
AND HE WANTS US TO BE HEALTHY.
NOW YOU'VE WATCHED
IN YOUR FAMILY,
YOU'VE SEEN MIRACLES OCCUR,
YOU'VE SEEN THINGS HAPPEN
THAT ARE JUST LIKE
NEW TESTAMENT AND THEN
YOU SEE THINGS HAPPEN THAT
YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY?
YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO ASK.
WHEN WE HAVE A DAUGHTER
THAT BELIEVED IN HEALING
AND YOU KNEW, ROBIN.
YOU KNEW OUR DAUGHTER.
WOULD YOU AGREE THAT SHE WAS
A CHRISTIAN WITNESS FROM
THE MOMENT SHE CAME
INTO THIS WORLD
AND CAME TO KNOW CHRIST?
SHE WAS FILLING THE ROOM
WITH THE ENERGY OF GOD
AND JUST WITNESSED
TO EVERYBODY.
BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.
SHE BELIEVED IN INSTANT
MIRACULOUS HEALING
AND EXPERIENCED IT
MIRACULOUSLY.
BUT CANCER TOOK HER.
HER LIFE ENDED.
I SAID TO OUR VIEWERS,
IF I DIDN'T KNOW GOD SO WELL
I WOULDN'T LIKE HIM.
SO WE CAN HAVE THESE SETBACKS.
BUT YOU SEE, I KNOW GOD.
DO I UNDERSTAND THAT? NO.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US?
WHY AND HOW THAT HAPPENED?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT?
Robert: NO. NO.
AND I GOT THE PHONE CALL.
I'LL NEVER FORGET
YOU CALLING ME WHEN ROBIN
WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD
AND I KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED
AND IT BROKE MY HEART.
AND SHE STOOD FOR HEALING.
WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
IS WE STILL LIVE
IN A FALLEN WORLD.
AND WE'RE TEMPORAL;
WE ARE BUT DUST.
BUT WE STILL NEED
TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BODIES,
WE NEED TO EAT RIGHT,
WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN
BUT IN THE END WE TRUST GOD.
James: BUT SHE WENT RIGHT
INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
AND OUR DEAR FRIEND,
AND ANOTHER ELDER AT GATEWAY,
JACK HAYFORD SAID,
"I'VE ONLY HAD TWO VISIONS
LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE."
HE WATCHED OUR DAUGHTER
ROBIN ENTER THE HOUSE OF GOD
AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
VISIONS THAT I BELIEVE
A MAN HAS EVER GOTTEN
AND IT WAS OUR SWEET GIRL.
SO THAT'S HEALING FOREVER
WHERE THERE WILL BE
NO MORE DISEASE
AND THAT'S COMING.
YOU'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES
WITH YOUR DAUGHTERS
WITH SOME PREGNANCIES IN
THE FAMILY -- YOUR DAUGHTER.
Robert: MY DAUGHTER ELAINE
CALLED AND SAID,
"I'M BLEEDING.
GOING TO THE DOCTOR
TO GET CHECKED OUT.
PLEASE PRAY."
SHE WAS ABOUT
SIX WEEKS PREGNANT.
I SAID, "WELL, LET'S PRAY."
SO WE PRAYED RIGHT THEN.
I SAID TO HER AFTERWARDS,
"WE'RE GOING TO TRUST GOD
FOR HEALING BUT WE'RE ALSO
GOING TO TRUST GOD
NO MATTER WHAT."
WELL, WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL
GRANDDAUGHTER NOW.
GOD HEALED HER.
BUT MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
SHE WAS BLEEDING.
MY SON JAMES CALLED ME,
WHO WAS NAMED AFTER YOU.
HE CALLED BROKENHEARTED,
"MY WIFE, SHE'S BLEEDING."
I SAID THE SAME THING,
"WE'RE GOING TO TRUST GOD
FOR HEALING BUT WE'RE ALSO
GOING TO TRUST GOD
NO MATTER WHAT."
AND WE LOST THAT CHILD.
SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
IN THIS WORLD WE LIVE
IN A FALLEN WORLD AND
WE'RE GOING TO TRUST GOD
NO MATTER WHAT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
WE DON'T TRY TO TAKE CARE
OF THE TEMPLE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WE DON'T TRY TO TAKE CARE
OF OUR BODY.
THE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT
THE TEACHINGS HERE
AND THE SCRIPTURE IS THAT
IT IS THE WORD OF GOD.
IT IS GOD'S WORD.
GOD SAYS, "DON'T FORGET
MY BENEFITS!
WHO FORGIVES ALL OF
YOUR INIQUITIES,"
THE SAME VERSE,
"HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES."
AND THEN HERE'S WHAT
JESUS SAYS TO THE MAN
THEY LET DOWN THROUGH
THE ROOF, "IS IT HARDER...
IS IT HARDER TO SAY YOUR SINS
ARE FORGIVEN
OR RISE UP AND WALK?"
IN OTHER WORDS, HE IS SAYING,
"NEITHER ONE ARE HARD FOR ME."
I HAD TO COME TO THAT PLACE
WHERE I CAN BELIEVE GOD
FOR DIVINE HEALTH JUST LIKE
I BELIEVED HIM FOR
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
BUT ALSO I'M GOING
TO TRUST HIM NO MATTER WHAT,
I'M NOT GOING TO BOW;
JUST LIKE SHADRACH, MESHACH,
AND ABEDNEGO, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BOW NO MATTER WHAT.
James: EXCUSE ME, DARLING.
YOU GO.
Betty: ONE THING THAT I THINK
THAT ALL OF US HAVE TO REALIZE
AND MAYBE AS YOU'RE WATCHING
YOU REALIZE THAT
IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
YOU CAN START RIGHT NOW
REALIZING GOD GAVE YOU
THIS BODY.
YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE
OF GOD AND IF YOU WILL ALLOW
THAT JUST TO SOAK INTO
YOUR HEART AND YOUR SPIRIT
AND YOUR WHOLE BEING,
GOD SAYS, "I WANT TO HELP YOU
TAKE CARE OF THIS VESSEL
AND I WANT YOU TO BE THE BEST
FOR ME THAT I CREATED YOU
TO BE" AND TRUST GOD
TO DO IT -- AND TRUST GOD
TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
IF YOU'VE TRIED BEFORE,
YOU TRIED BEFORE
AND YOU FAILED.
WE ALL DO AT TIMES.
I'M EXCITED.
I'M GOING TO GET THIS
MATERIAL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
AS I'M ON MY JOURNEY
SOMETIMES I NEED
THAT LITTLE PUNCH.
I NEED THAT ENCOURAGEMENT
TO SAY, "OKAY, I CAN GET UP
AND GO AT IT AGAIN BECAUSE
GOD DOESN'T WANT US
TO GIVE UP SPIRITUALLY
ON OUR HEARTS OR
ON OUR BODIES
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
James: I'M SITTING BY YOU
AND I WAS ABOUT TO REACH OUT
AND DO JUST WHAT YOU DID,
AND YOU DID IT SO MUCH
MORE EFFECTIVELY.
I WAS WATCHING OVER HERE
ON THE MONITOR AND I KNOW
JUST THE GLOW AND GLORY OF GOD
IS ON YOU, SWEETHEART.
YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.
JOSEPH PRINCE CAME HERE
ALL THE WAY FROM SINGAPORE;
AND BY THE WAY, THEY SUPPORT
OUR OUTREACHES FAITHFULLY
EVERY MONTH, THE CHURCH DOES.
IT IS SO AMAZING.
JOSEPH, THANK YOU AND
THE WHOLE CHURCH FAMILY
THERE IN SINGAPORE FOR
YOUR GREAT SUPPORT
OF LIFE OUTREACH.
BUT HE CAME HERE AND SAID,
"I SEE MORE GLORY ON
YOUR WIFE, I KNOW YOU'RE
A DYNAMIC PREACHER EVERYBODY
SAYS BUT I SEE MORE JESUS
AND MORE GLORY ON YOUR WIFE
THAN ANYBODY I THINK
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE."
AND CAME ALL THE WAY
FROM SINGAPORE.
HE CALLED ME FROM SINGAPORE
AND TOLD ME THAT AND THEN
HE FLEW OVER HERE AND TOLD YOU
IN FRONT OF THE WORLD,
"I JUST SAW IT ON YOU."
HERE'S WHAT I WAS FEELING
WHEN BETTY STARTED
TALKING TO YOU.
ROBERT, I KNOW YOU CAN
JOIN ME IN THIS AND THAT IS
I JUST WANT TO REACH OUT
AND PUT MY ARMS AROUND
EVERY ONE OF YOU WATCHING.
I WANT TO PULL YOU UP
REAL CLOSE AND I WANT
TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH
GOD LOVES YOU.
AND HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO LOVE
THROUGH YOU, PEOPLE THAT FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE NOT LOVELY,
NOT LOVED, MAYBE NOT EVEN
OF GREAT VALUE BUT
YOU'RE OF GREAT VALUE.
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR BODY TO GOD
AS HIS TEMPLE AND LET HIM
FILL IT WITH HIS SPIRIT
AND FLOW HIS LOVE AND
HIS LIFE THROUGH YOU FREELY
LIKE A RIVER.
YES, HE CAN.
SO WHAT I WANT US TO DO
RIGHT NOW IS LET'S JUST
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT LOSING
OUR DAUGHTER,
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND,
WE TALKED ABOUT THE HEARTACHE,
AND THANK ALL OF YOU
WHO PRAYED FOR US.
MY PASTOR WAS THERE WITH ALL
THE ELDERS TO BE THERE
TO COMFORT US WHEN
WE COULD HARDLY BREATHE,
LIFTING US UP.
WELL, WE'RE DOING THAT
WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU CALL
THAT NUMBER, YOU WANT
SOMEBODY TO PRAY WITH YOU,
WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT,
WE'RE PRAYING WITH YOU.
THEN I WANT TO ASK YOU
TO GET THIS MATERIAL.
I WANT YOU TO GET THOSE CD'S
OF THOSE MESSAGES
AND THE BIBLE VERSES.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE
A GIFT OF $40 TO HELP US
HELP THE HELPLESS AND
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED
FOR FOOD OR WATER
OR JUST TO BE RESCUED.
OUR OUTREACHES --
$100 TO HELP US JUST PUT ARMS
OF LOVE AROUND PEOPLE;
A GREAT WAY TO START THE YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
THE BOOK BY DR. COLBERT.
$1,000 GIFT TO MINISTER LOVE
AND LIFE ALL OVER THE WORLD
TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
TOO OFTEN OVERLOOKED,
THE ONES JESUS CALLED
THE LEAST OF THESE,
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
THE BEAUTIFUL THOMAS KINKADE
PAINTING, "THE BRIDGE
OF FAITH" AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE ALL GOING
TO BE STANDING ON.
ROBERT, WOULD YOU JUST
REACH OVER AND JOIN MY HAND
AND BETTY, WOULD YOU JOIN
AND EVEN THOSE OF YOU IN
THE STUDIO, JUST JOIN HANDS.
LORD, AS WE JOIN OUR HANDS
HERE WE'RE ASKING YOU
TO PUT YOUR ARMS OF LOVE
AROUND EVERY PERSON
THAT'S BEEN WATCHING.
LORD, SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE
LOST A LOVED ONE AND
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT
OF PEOPLE COMFORTING THEM
LIKE WE HAD WHEN WE LOST
OUR PRECIOUS DAUGHTER.
SOME OF THEM FEEL SO LONELY.
LORD, WOULD YOU GIVE THEM
A COMFORT AND LIFT
THAT LONELINESS
AND THAT WEIGHT?
WOULD YOU HEAL
THEIR BROKEN HEART?
WOULD YOU TOUCH THEIR BODY
AND HEAL THEM?
WOULD YOU SHOW THEM
A BETTER WAY TO LIVE
IN HEALTH AND HEALING
IN YOUR WORD AND IN YOUR TRUTH
AND TO REST IN YOU WHEN
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT
JUST TO KEEP TRUSTING,
TO REALLY PLACE EVERYTHING
IN YOUR HANDS, YOUR POWERFUL,
TRANSFORMING HEALING HANDS
AND JUST SAY, "HERE I AM!
TAKE ME AS I AM.
TAKE MY BODY,
LET IT BE YOUR TEMPLE,
FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
JESUS IS LORD AND SAVIOR,
I TRUST HIM.
I ACCEPT THE FINISHED WORK
ON THE CROSS FOR EVERY AREA
OF MY LIFE NOW
AND FOR ETERNITY."
I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE
ACTUALLY SAYING THAT
ALONG WITH ME EVEN AS
I PRAYED FOR YOU.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU
TO DO RIGHT NOW, YOU MAY
WANT TO CALL AND SAY,
"WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME
RIGHT NOW?
AND ASK THEM TO JOIN YOU.
BUT I HOPE YOU'LL GO ONLINE
OR DIAL THE NUMBER AND SAY,
"I REALLY WANT THAT
INCREDIBLE HEALING SERIES,
HEALING FOR YOUR BODY
HIS TEMPLE."
I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO BE SO BLESSED.
WOULD YOU JOIN ME
AND BETTY SAYING THANKS
TO ROBERT?
[Applause]
YOU'RE GOING TO BE GRATEFUL
THAT YOU WENT ONLINE
OR THAT YOU CALLED
AND ASKED FOR THIS MATERIAL.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE GLAD.
Announcer: INTRODUCING HEALING
FOR YOUR BODY HIS TEMPLE,
A POWERFUL NEW SERIES THAT
WILL PUT YOU ON THE ROAD
TO SUPERNATURAL HEALTH
AND EMOTIONAL WHOLENESS.
THROUGH SIX
LIFE-CHANGING MESSAGES,
PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS
AND JAMES ROBISON JOIN HEARTS
TO REVEAL POWERFUL PRINCIPLES
OF SPIRITUAL HEALTH
AND HOW IT TRANSLATES
TO YOUR PHYSICAL WELLNESS.
THEIR BIBLICAL INSIGHT,
COMBINED WITH
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF
SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
WILL ELEVATE YOU
TO A NEW UNDERSTANDING
OF HEALTH AND HEALING
FOR YOUR BODY HIS TEMPLE.
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
WORDS OF HEALING,
A PROMISE BOOK
FILLED WITH SCRIPTURES
THAT INSPIRE FAITH FOR HEALING
BODY, MIND, AND SOUL.
Announcer: REQUEST HEALING
FOR YOUR BODY HIS TEMPLE
PLUS WORDS OF HEALING
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $40.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100
YOU'LL RECEIVE THE CD'S
AND PROMISE BOOK,
PLUS DR. DON COLBERT'S
LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE
AND DIVINE HEALTH,
A BONUS DVD BY ROBERT MORRIS.
AND PLEASE CONSIDER A GIFT
OF $1,000 OR MORE
AND YOU CAN RECEIVE
THE BEAUTIFUL NEW
FRAMED CANVAS PRINT "BRIDGE
OF FAITH" BY THOMAS KINKADE,
AS WELL AS
THE OTHER RESOURCES.
AND REMEMBER,
YOUR GIFT TODAY WILL HELP US
DEMONSTRATE THE LOVE
OF GOD IN WORD AND DEED
AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE
YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY!
James: I PRAY WITH
ALL MY HEART THAT YOU REALLY
EXPERIENCE WHAT THESE
SIX CD'S CAN HELP YOU WITH
AND THE BOOKS.
ROBERT, WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
ALL THESE VIEWERS RIGHT NOW?
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THEM?
Robert: I THINK ABOUT THE ONES
THAT ARE STRUGGLING
AND DON'T FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE ANY HOPE.
I REALLY REALLY HOPE
THAT THEY GET THIS BECAUSE
I KNOW IT WILL GIVE THEM HOPE
AND I KNOW IT WILL CHANGE
THEIR LIFE.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY TO THEM
THAT GOD LOVES YOU.
GOD LOVES YOU EVEN THOUGH
YOU'VE FALLEN, I'VE FALLEN,
JAMES HAS FALLEN,
BETTY'S FALLEN,
WE'VE ALL MADE MISTAKES.
GOD LOVES YOU.
DON'T LET THE ENEMY
KEEP YOU DOWN.
GET THIS. GET THE BOOKS.
GET THE CD'S AND LET THE LORD
START YOU ON A NEW PATH.
James: YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
WHEN YOU RECEIVE THAT LOVE
IT STARTS FLOWING
THROUGH YOU LIKE A RIVER.
AND THE BLESSED LIFE
SUDDENLY BECOMES
THE LIFE THAT BLESSES.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR YOU.
YOU WANT TO SAY THANKS TO
ROBERT FOR BEING A BLESSING?
[Applause]
TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO WATCH.
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Robert: AND THAT'S WHEN
THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART
AND SAID,
"THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG.
YOU'VE HATED YOUR BODY
SINCE YOU WERE A LITTLE BOY.
AND BECAUSE YOU HATE
YOUR BODY,
YOU DON'T TAKE CARE
OF YOUR BODY."
>> 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.