Announcer: ON THIS SPECIAL
EPISODE OF LIFE TODAY:
Shiela: SHE BROKE
MY HEART.
SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
AND SHE SAID,
"I CAN'T STOP DOING THIS."
SO SHE GOES OUT
EVERY NIGHT PRAYING THAT
SHE WON'T BE ONCE MORE
DRAGGED INTO THAT ROOM.
Betty: WE NEED TO GET
ANGRY ENOUGH THAT WE SAY
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
STOP THIS EVIL!
WE HAVE THE POWER, ALMIGHTY
POWER WITHIN US TO DO THAT.
Announcer: NEXT
ON LIFE TODAY!
♪
James: I AM SO GRATEFUL
THAT WE HAVE THIS MOMENT
TO SHARE WITH YOU.
I'M JAMES ROBISON.
MY WIFE BETTY AND I WELCOME
YOU TO LIFE TODAY.
HAVE YOU EVER -- AND YOU MIGHT
EVEN STOP AND THINK RIGHT NOW
-- HAVE YOU EVER JUST LONGED
FOR A MIRACLE?
I MEAN JUST REALLY, GOD,
I NEED THAT.
WELL, I'M GOING TO PRAY
THAT GOD MEETS THAT
HEART CRY OR HEARTACHE.
BUT WHAT IF YOU KNEW BEYOND
ANY DOUBT THAT YOU COULD
BE PART OF AS GREAT A MIRACLE
AS IS POSSIBLE TO SEE?
THINK ABOUT THIS.
JESUS SAID HE CAME TO SET
CAPTIVES FREE, PEOPLE
THAT ARE HELD IN BONDAGE.
NOW WE KNOW THE HORRORS
OF SLAVERY.
WE REJOICE OVER FREEDOM
COMING TO ANY PERSON.
BUT IF YOU TAKE, THINK
ABOUT THIS A MOMENT,
YOU TAKE AN INNOCENT PERSON,
AN INNOCENT CHILD AND
MAKE THEM A PRISONER
AND THEN YOU SELL THEM
FOR SOME KIND OF SELFISH,
GREEDY GAIN AND EXPLOIT THEM
AND DESTROY THEM --
AND YOU SUDDENLY HEARD THAT
YOU COULD BE ONE WHO SETS
THAT CAPTIVE TOTALLY FREE,
THAT'S WHAT JESUS CAME TO DO
AND HE SAID, "AS THE FATHER
HAS SENT ME, SO SEND I YOU."
AND HE SAYS WHEN YOU DO
SOMETHING FOR THE LEAST
OF THESE, THE OVERLOOKED,
THE FORGOTTEN, THOSE THAT
ARE IN TROUBLE, PERHAPS
TRAPPED OR ENSLAVED,
AND YOU SET THEM FREE,
YOU CAN'T FULFILL
A HIGHER CALLING.
IF YOU READ ISAIAH 58
THERE IS A GOOD INDICATION
THAT WHEN YOU BECOME THE
ANSWER TO SOMEBODY'S PRAYER
AND THEIR NEED,
GOD ANSWERS US SPEEDILY.
I BELIEVE I'VE LIVED
A VERY BLESSED LIFE
EVEN THOUGH I GREW UP
IN POVERTY AND DIDN'T HAVE
A FATHER AND I'M THE PRODUCT
OF A RAPE, BUT SOMETHING
HAPPENED IN MY LIFE
WHERE I BEGAN TO LIVE TO SEE
OTHERS BLESSED AND TO SEE
THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED.
THAT'S WHAT THE VIEWERS
OF OUR PROGRAM TELL US
IS HAPPENING IN THEIR LIFE.
WHEN THEY BEGIN TO TOUCH
SOMEBODY ELSE WITH
THE LOVE OF GOD IT'S ALMOST
AS THOUGH IN MANY INSTANCES
A RIVER OF LIFE AND LOVE
AND JOY AND PEACE, THE JOY
OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH.
WE PUT A SMILE ON GOD'S FACE
WHEN WE DO THESE
MIRACULOUS THINGS.
BETTY AND I ARE REALLY
GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE
TO SHARE WITH YOU
AND TO TALK TO SHEILA WALSH.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT
SHEILA IS A PART OF
THE OUTREACHES OF LIFE
AND TEACHES ON WEDNESDAYS
IN THE WORD SO BEAUTIFULLY.
BUT SHE'S JUST RETURNED
WHERE SHE HAS SEEN WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO ASK GOD
FOR A MIRACLE TO ADDRESS.
SHEILA, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
IT IS TOUGH TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ONE
OF THE GIRLS THAT WAS RIGHT
IN THE AREA WHERE YOU WERE.
BEFORE WE LET PEOPLE SEE
THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL,
WHAT DOES YOUR HEART SAY
THAT EVEN IN LIGHT OF WHAT
I JUST SHARED, YOU WANT
OUR VIEWERS TO HEAR?
Shiela: JAMES AND BETTY,
I'VE BEEN IN MINISTRY
FOR OVER 35 YEARS BUT ON
THIS LAST TRIP IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA I HEARD GOD SAY, "NOW!
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW."
I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH
A SHIFT IN MY SPIRIT,
SUCH A CALL TO PRAYER AND
TO ACTION BECAUSE THESE
LITTLE GIRLS THAT WE'RE
ABOUT TO SEE ARE INNOCENT
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRLS.
THEY COULD BE YOUR DAUGHTER
OR MY DAUGHTER AND
THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE THERE
IS BECAUSE NOBODY HAS
COME TO RESCUE THEM.
WELL, WE SAY NO! WE'RE HERE
AND NOT ON OUR WATCH.
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS.
James: AND WE'VE GOT
THE PEOPLE THERE.
BETTY, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE,
WILLING TO LEAVE
ALL THE COMFORTS HERE.
THIS REALLY HAS TO BE
A CALL OF GOD.
THERE'S NO QUESTION,
NOT JUST ANYONE CAN DO IT.
IT'S A CALL OF GOD,
A GIFTING OF GOD.
BUT HERE'S THE THING
YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW
SINCERE THEY ARE,
HOW FULL OF LOVE THEY ARE,
IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE LOVE
FOR THE WILL OF GOD AND
THE PURPOSE OF GOD AND
THE LOVE OF GOD TO BE SHARED,
THEY CAN'T EVEN STAY THERE.
THEY HAVE LEFT THEIR COMFORT
TO RESCUE THOSE WHO ARE
IN BONDAGE BUT THEY HAVE
TO HAVE ASSISTANCE.
BETTY, YOU SEE
THEIR SINCERITY AND YET
OUR VIEWERS ARE THE ONES
THAT ACTUALLY, BOTTOM LINE,
THEY MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Betty: THAT'S REALLY WHAT
THE BODY OF CHRIST IS ABOUT.
YOU DO YOUR PART, I'LL DO
MY PART AND TOGETHER
WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE
THE MISSION OF GOD.
I SIT HERE WITH A SMILE
ON MY FACE BECAUSE I KNOW
SOMETHING CAN BE DONE
TO HELP THESE PRECIOUS
CHILDREN THAT ARE SO TRAPPED
BY THIS -- BY EVIL!
EVIL ITSELF -- AS BAD
AS IT CAN GET.
YET, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY HERE
TO RESCUE THEM AS YOU SAID.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
James: I WANT YOU TO LOOK IN
VERY PRAYERFULLY AND
I PLEAD WITH YOU THAT
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE,
YOU'LL JUST SEE THE LOVE
OF GOD AND THE MERCY OF GOD
AND THE ABILITY OF GOD
THROUGH YIELDED PEOPLE,
NOT ONLY IN THE SETTING,
ON THE FIELD, BUT WHO MAKE IT
POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO EVEN
BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE
AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE
FOR THEM TO STAY.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY
THEY CAN STAY.
IT IS THE ONLY WAY
THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVE
OTHERWISE ALL YOU DO
IS WALK AROUND AND WEEP.
BUT WE CAN DO MORE THAN WEEP.
WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT
FEET TO OUR PRAYERS.
WE CAN ENABLE THE RESCUE
WORKERS AND THE MISSIONARIES
TO LITERALLY RESCUE THEM.
FIRST YOU REACH OUT
AND THEN YOU RESCUE THEM
AND THEN LOVE RESTORES THEM.
I WANT YOU TO WATCH
AND JUST SAY, "GOD, I WANT
TO BE A PART OF THIS MIRACLE.
THIS ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL MIRACLE!"
WATCH PRAYERFULLY.
Announcer: BEHIND THE BRIGHT
LIGHTS THERE IS A DARKNESS
WHERE A WORLD OF VIOLENCE
AND SEXUAL ABUSE RUNS
RAMPANT SCARRING THE SOULS
OF MILLIONS OF YOUNG GIRLS.
Announcer: SREY PAO IS A CHILD
WHO WAS BORN INTO POVERTY.
SHE TOLD US THAT MANY
IN HER FAMILY ARE VERY SICK
AND TO HELP THEM
SHE LOOKS THROUGH GARBAGE
FOR ANYTHING TO SELL
BUT IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
Announcer: SHE SAYS
THEY THREATEN TO KILL HER
IF SHE DOES NOT DO
WHAT THEY SAY.
SREY PAO IS TORN BETWEEN
NEEDING TO HELP HER FAMILY
AND WANTING OUT OF
HER HORRIBLE SITUATION.
Shiela: THIS CANNOT
BE THEIR FUTURE.
I FEEL THAT ONCE WE KNOW
SOMETHING YOU CAN'T UNKNOW IT
AND IT IS WHY
WE ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF
LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REACH
THESE GIRLS BEFORE
WE CAN RESCUE THEM,
BEFORE WE CAN
RESTORE THEM.
THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT
TO THESE GIRLS --
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.
James: DID YOU SEE THE SHIRT
-- "WORKING GIRL."
DO YOU REALIZE THAT IS
THE WAY THESE PREDATORS
OFTENTIMES GET THESE CHILDREN?
THEY WILL GO TO THESE
IMPOVERISHED SETTINGS
AND THEY WILL FIND A LITTLE
CHILD AND THEY WILL TELL HER
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
ADVANCE HER IN SOME WAY.
THEY'RE EITHER GOING
TO GIVE HER SOMETHING,
DO SOMETHING FOR HER,
OR GIVE SOMETHING
TO THE PARENTS
OR THEY'RE GOING TO HELP THEM
GET A JOB OR THEY'RE
GOING TO HELP THEM LEARN.
THEY LIE TO THEM BUT IT IS
JUST LIKE SO MANY OF THEM
ARE ENTICED BY BELIEVING
I'M STEPPING INTO
SOMETHING BETTER.
SHE'S A WORKING GIRL.
SHE IS WORKING FOR THE MOST
GREEDY, SELF-CENTERED
PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT ANYBODY THAT WILL
EXPLOIT A CHILD, AND THEN
FLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND HAVE SEX WITH A LITTLE
GIRL LIKE THAT, YOU'VE GOT
TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS
THE TOTAL GRIP OF THE ENEMY
TO WHERE YOU HAVE MOVED INTO
SUCH AN ADDICTIVE PRACTICE
THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN THINK
ONE SANE SOUND THOUGHT
AND THEY USE
THESE LITTLE GIRLS.
WE CAN SET THEM FREE.
SHEILA, IT'S LIKE YOU SAID
THERE WHEN YOU WERE IN
THE SETTING THAT WHEN
YOU SEE IT THAT THERE'S NO WAY
A PERSON WITH A HEART,
NO WAY A CHRISTIAN
WHO KNOWS GOD AND HIS LOVE
COULD EVER LOOK AWAY
AND TURN AWAY.
I DON'T EVEN THINK PEOPLE
WITH A CONSCIENCE
AND JUST ANY SENSITIVITY
PERIOD WHETHER THEY EVEN
CLAIM TO KNOW GOD WOULD NOT
WANT TO REACH AND HELP THAT
AND BE ABSOLUTELY APPALLED
AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND SAY,
"IF I CAN CORRECT IT,
SIGN ME UP."
Shiela: WHAT I SAW THIS TIME
THAT I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND BEFORE WAS
THE EXTREME POVERTY.
MOST OF THE GIRLS I MET HAVE
NEVER BEEN TO SCHOOL
SO THEY CAN'T READ,
THEY CAN'T WRITE
SO THEY CAN'T GET A JOB.
SO THE ONLY JOB AVAILABLE
IS TO GATHER CANS AT NIGHT
LIKE EMPTY BEER CANS.
EIGHT CANS WILL GET A QUARTER.
BUT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT
BETWEEN TEN AT NIGHT
AND TWO IN THE MORNING
WHEN ALL THE BEER CANS
ARE THROWN OUT AND THAT'S
WHEN THEY'RE TAKEN
BY THESE MEN.
ONE OF THE YOUNG GIRLS THAT
I MET, SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD
AND SHE WAS OUT ONE NIGHT
AND A GUY SAID TO HER,
"YOU LOOK HUNGRY.
CAN I GET YOU SOMETHING
TO EAT?"
AND SHE WAS GRATEFUL.
BUT THE MEAL WAS DRUGGED
AND SHE WOKE UP THE NEXT
MORNING BESIDE A MAN
AND SHE REALIZED THAT
SHE HAD BEEN RAPED.
SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD!
AND TO BE TO LOOK INTO
THE EYES OF A LITTLE GIRL
LIKE THAT AND SAY, "LISTEN.
I WILL NOT FORGET YOU.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WHO ARE GOING
TO CARE AND I'M GOING
TO GO HOME AND I'M GOING
TO TELL THEM YOUR STORY
AND WE'RE GOING
TO DO SOMETHING."
BUT THE NEED IS NOW.
IT IS URGENT!
James: YOU SIT AT HOME
BECAUSE YOU AND I WILL WATCH
AND WE TRY TO KEEP UP
WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE ARE VERY FEW PROGRAMS
WE ACTUALLY ENJOY WATCHING
BUT YOU WATCH LIFE TODAY
AND YOU SEE THE SETTINGS
AND YOU'VE BEEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WHAT GOES ON INSIDE
WHEN YOU EVEN LISTEN TO WHAT
SHEILA IS SAYING AND WHAT
YOU KNOW BECAUSE
YOU'VE SEEN IT.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU
AS A GRANDMOTHER?
Betty: I SIT HERE AND I THINK
EVIL HAS NO LIMITS.
IT WILL GO AFTER THE INNOCENT.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOUNG
THEY ARE.
AND THEY ENTRAP THESE GIRLS,
THESE PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES.
THEY ARE BABIES.
YOU LOOK AT THEM
AND THEY'RE BABIES.
AND THEY ARE ABUSING THEM
AND TRAPPING THEM
AND SELLING THEM FOR
THEIR EVIL PLEASURES.
HOW MUCH LOWER CAN YOU GET?
I JUST SAY, GOD,
PLEASE HELP US!
TOUCH OUR HEARTS,
TOUCH YOUR HEART AND LET'S
REACH OUT AND HELP THESE
PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES
THAT CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE THE INNOCENT.
EVIL IS POUNDING ON THEM.
THEY CAN'T FIGHT BACK
BUT WE CAN FIGHT FOR THEM.
WE CAN BE UP THERE IN
THE BATTLE AGAINST THIS EVIL
IN THEIR LIVES.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN US
AND LET'S GET THESE PRECIOUS
LITTLE ONES OUT OF
THOSE SURROUNDINGS.
James: BETTY, WE CALL THIS
OUTREACH, REACH, RESCUE
AND RESTORE, WHICH IS
PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND SHEILA, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE
AND YOU SAY YOU'VE BEEN
MINISTERING 35 YEARS
SO YOU'VE BEEN
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
YOU'VE WORKED WITH BILLY
GRAHAM, YOU WORKED WITH C.B.N.
AS A CO-HOST, YOU HEADED UP
AND HELPED WITH
THE WOMEN OF FAITH;
YOU'VE BEEN IN SO MANY
GREAT OUTREACHES AND YOU CAME
WITH US AND IN A WAY
WE KIND OF SENT YOU INTO
THE OUTER DARKNESS
AND PIT OF HELL AS FAR AS
IT IS ON EARTH.
SO WHEN YOU WENT IN
AND YOU SAW THE HORRORS
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING,
I THINK OUR VIEWERS WANT
TO KNOW REALISTICALLY,
WITH JUST HONESTY,
THAT'S 35 YEARS OF MINISTRY,
YOU WENT AND SAW A VERY
LEGITIMATE NEED; RIGHT?
HERE'S WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW.
SHEILA, DOES IT WORK?
DO THEY REACH THEM?
DO THEY GET THESE CHILDREN
BEFORE THE PREDATOR
GETS THEM, EDUCATE THEM,
TAKE CARE OF THEM?
DO YOU RESCUE
AND RESTORE THEM?
DO THEY THEN ADVANCE
TO BECOME SOMETHING
INDESCRIBABLY BEAUTIFUL?
THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS
BUT THAT'S WHAT VIEWERS
WANT TO KNOW. DOES IT WORK?
Shiela: YES! I'VE SEEN IT.
I'VE GONE IN THESE
RICKETY VANS WAY UP INTO
THE MOUNTAINS TO VILLAGES
WITH THE TEAM AND THEY SIT
DOWN WITH THESE KIDS AND
THEY EXPLAIN TO THEM,
"THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
WHO ARE EVIL.
SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO.
IF SOMEBODY COMES UP AND
THEY OFFER YOU SOMETHING,
SHOUT AS LOUD AS YOU CAN
AND RUN AWAY.
DON'T WALK OUT BY YOURSELF,
WALK OUT IN TWOS."
SO THE REACH PART
IS LIKE TELLING THEM,
AVOID THESE PEOPLE.
James: AND YOU HAVE
TO SEND THEM.
YOU HAVE TO SEND THESE VOICES.
Shiela: THE TEAMS ARE AMAZING.
I WATCHED; I SAT BACK
AND MARVELED AT THE LESSONS
THEY WERE TEACHING.
THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER
HAVE TO TEACH A CHILD.
BUT OVER THERE,
YOU NEED TO TEACH THEM.
BUT THEN I'VE BEEN TO THE
WORST OF THE WORST HELLHOLES
ON EARTH AND WATCHED HOW
OUR TEAMS OVER THERE
GO IN AND LITERALLY WORK
WITH THE POLICE,
WORK WITH THE F.B.I.
OVER THERE, GET THESE GIRLS
OUT BUT THEN I'VE BEEN
TO THE PLACE WHERE
WE TAKE THEM TO BE RESTORED.
I GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING
IN A WORSHIP SERVICE
AND TO SING "AMAZING GRACE"
TO A BUNCH OF BOYS AND GIRLS
THAT USED TO BE SEX TRAFFICKED
WITH THEIR ARMS RAISED
TOWARDS JESUS --
I ONCE WAS LOST
BUT NOW I'M FOUND.
YES! IT WORKS.
James: I JUST PRAY THAT WITH
ALL MY HEART, THERE'S
THE PAIN THAT THE ONLY THING
THAT COULD OVERCOME IT
IS THE JOY OF THE LORD,
AND THE PEACE AND THE FREEDOM
AND THE LIBERTY THAT HE OFFERS
THROUGH THE LOVE THAT
HE POURED OUT THROUGH CHRIST,
BUT THEN WHEN HE SENT JESUS,
JESUS SAID, "I'M SENDING
ANOTHER JUST LIKE ME
IN SPIRIT TO LIVE IN YOU."
WE CAN HAVE THAT LOVE.
AND THESE WORKERS, THESE
MISSIONARIES THAT SHEILA
IS TALKING ABOUT AND
THAT BETTY AND I HAVE SEEN,
THEY ARE THERE SENT BY GOD
FULL OF GOD'S LOVE,
RELEASING IT AND
THE ONLY THING THAT SLOWS DOWN
THEIR EFFECT IS DO WE HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO STAY?
AND CAN WE GET
SOME KIND OF LODGING?
AND CAN WE PAY FOR THE HELP
WE HAVE TO HAVE SO THAT
WE NOT ONLY REACHED THEM
BUT WE HAVE ACTUALLY RESCUED
THEM AND RESTORED THEM.
THEN SHEILA, YOU'VE SEEN
BECAUSE YOU SAW THE LITTLE
ONES COMING UP WHEN YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT SINGING,
THEY GO OUT, MANY OF THEM
COME, TEACHERS THEMSELVES,
AND TEACH THE TRUTH.
SOME OF THEM ENTER MISSION
MINISTRY, SOME OF THEM
BECOME ACTUALLY,
COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT ARE
WELL-INFORMED AND FULL
OF THE LOVE OF GOD.
SHEILA, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW TO KNOW.
WITHOUT THE VIEWERS,
AND THIS IS WHAT MISSIONARIES
TELL US EVERYWHERE WE GO,
THEY SAY, "WE KNOW IF ANYBODY
ON THE EARTH IS GOING TO SEE
THE NEED AND MEET IT,
IT'S THE LIFE TODAY VIEWERS."
THEY SAY THAT
AND YOU SEE THAT?
YOU JUST CAME BACK
FROM CANADA AND THEY WERE
TELLING YOU THAT.
THEY LOVE IT BECAUSE IT WORKS.
LOVE NEVER FAILS.
Shiela: NEVER FAILS!
HONESTLY, IF I COULD TAKE
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU
ON THE TRIP, IF YOU COULD
COME WITH ME AND IF YOU COULD
SIT DOWN WITH THESE
LITTLE GIRLS, TWO OF THEM
WERE LIKE NINE AND TEN
AND I GAVE THEM A BAG OF OREO
COOKIES, THEY SAT THERE
EATING THESE COOKIES,
CHATTING AMONGST, AND
THEY COULD BE YOUR DAUGHTER
OR YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER.
IF YOU SAW THEM
YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHY WE GO.
THAT'S WHY WE BRING THESE
PICTURES AND SAY
LISTEN, THIS IS NOT...
IT IS HELLISH BUT
IT'S NOT HOPELESS.
HE WHO LIVES IN US
IS GREATER THAN HE WHO
LIVES IN THE WORLD.
I GOT THE PRIVILEGE
OF SITTING WITH TWO LITTLE
GIRLS AND LEADING THEM
INTO A RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHRIST.
AND SAYING THE MOST POWERFUL
PRAYER ON THIS EARTH IS
ONE WORD, THE NAME OF JESUS.
James: YOU KNOW WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO SEE
RIGHT NOW, SHEILA?
WE'RE GOING TO SEE...
AND LISTEN TO ME NOW.
I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THIS.
JUST BEFORE YOU LOOK
I WANT YOU TO JUST SAY
TO THE LORD, RIGHT NOW,
"GOD, WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME
BE JESUS IN SOMEONE'S LIFE?
WOULD YOU LET ME LIFT
SOMEONE UP OUT OF THE PIT
AND SET THEM FREE?"
NOW WATCH AND SEE IF YOU
TODAY WANT TO RESPOND
AND SAY, "I'M GOING TO SET
AS MANY FREE AS GOD LEADS
AND ENABLES ME TO SET FREE.
WATCH.
Shiela: I JUST WANTED
TO EXPLAIN WHY
WITH THIS PARTICULAR
LITTLE GIRL,
THAT WE'RE NOT
SHOWING HER FACE.
SHE'S 11 YEARS OLD
SO WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO PROTECT HER.
SO WHEN YOU WERE
JUST NINE YEARS OLD,
SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED
TO YOU ONE NIGHT.
WHY DON'T YOU
TELL US ABOUT THAT?
Shiela: I'M HORRIFIED
BY HER STORY
AND THE TRAGEDY IS
SHE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.
THERE ARE SO MANY GIRLS.
AND HERE'S WHAT I THINK.
IF WE DON'T DEFEND HER,
IF WE DON'T SAY NO TO THOSE
VICIOUS PREDATORS --
AND TRUST ME, THEY ARE
VERY WELL ORGANIZED
AND THEY'RE VERY
WELL FUNDED
SO WE'VE GOT TO GET ORGANIZED,
WE'VE GOT TO GET FUNDED.
IT IS TIME TO LET
OUR RIGHTEOUS ANGER RISE
TO THE SURFACE.
THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT
WE CAN SAY THAT IS NOT GOOD
BUT THIS IS EVIL.
THIS IS ABSOLUTE EVIL
FROM THE PIT OF HELL!
AND WE CANNOT ABANDON
THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN
WHO ARE LONGING TO KNOW THAT
THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PERSON
ON THIS PLANET
WHO CARES FOR THEM.
I WANT HER TO KNOW
IT'S YOU AND IT'S ME
AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT
FOR THEM IN JESUS' NAME.
James: WOULD YOU JOIN SHEILA
AND THE MISSIONARIES
IN PUTTING LOVING ARMS
AROUND THESE CHILDREN?
I FIND MYSELF, WHILE I WAS
WATCHING THAT I WAS PRAYING,
DEAR GOD, PLEASE!
LET SOMEONE HELP THEM.
I FIND MYSELF THINKING, GOD,
WHY CAN'T EVERYONE WATCHING
AT LEAST DO SOMETHING?
THINK ABOUT THIS.
IT TAKES $128 TO REACH THEM,
RESCUE THEM AND RESTORE THEM,
THAT'S THE AVERAGE FOR A YEAR.
WE'VE TARGETED TO REACH 2500,
AND ASKED GOD FOR THE MONEY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
SOME OF OUR FRIENDS SAID,
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
THIS IS SUCH A BIG BURDEN
ON OUR HEART WE'LL MATCH IT
SO THAT IF SOMEBODY WILL
RESCUE ONE IT WILL BE TWO."
I ALWAYS THINK PEOPLE CAN
TOO OFTEN THINK TOO SMALL,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO KINGDOM MATTERS
AND SPIRITUAL NEED.
SO I ALWAYS SAY THINK BEYOND
WHAT YOU WOULD
NORMALLY THINK.
REACH TO THE HEAVENS,
NOT THE SKY, REACH UP TO GOD.
BUT $1280, WE CAN RESCUE
TEN LITTLE GIRLS.
WE CAN RESTORE THEM.
WE CAN HEAD THEM OFF
FROM TROUBLE.
BUT IT WILL BE DOUBLED.
THAT $1280 WILL BE 20.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO
BUT I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SAY,
"JAMES, I COULDN'T GIVE $128."
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
THE WIDOW'S MITE,
JESUS SAID IS THE BIGGEST
GIFT OF ALL.
WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE DO IT.
BUT THINK ABOUT THIS,
A $64 GIFT IS NOW DOUBLED
BECAUSE OF GOD'S LOVE
AND SOME PEOPLE WHO SAID,
"I'LL MATCH YOUR GIFT."
THAT'S HOW MUCH WE WANT
TO RESCUE THESE PRECIOUS ONES.
AND SO THAT $64 RESCUES ONE.
SHEILA, THAT HAD
TO JUST TEAR YOU UP.
AND I KNOW WHEN YOU WERE
WALKING WITH THAT PRECIOUS
GIRL YOU WERE WANTING
TO KNOW IN YOUR HEART
THERE ARE GOING TO BE ARMS
AROUND THIS GIRL.
Shiela: SHE BROKE MY HEART.
I MEAN AT 12, SHE IS
THE BREADWINNER
FOR THE FAMILY.
HER DAD'S IN JAIL.
HER MOM RAN OFF WITH
A YOUNGER MAN.
SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
AND SHE SAID, "I CAN'T
STOP DOING THIS."
SO SHE GOES OUT EVERY NIGHT
PICKING UP CANS,
PRAYING THAT SOMEHOW
THAT SHE WON'T BE ONCE MORE
DRAGGED INTO THAT ROOM.
WE CAN'T ABANDON HER!
Betty: SHEILA, AS I WAS
WATCHING, FIRST OF ALL
IT BREAKS MY HEART --
AS A MOTHER IT BREAKS MY HEART
BECAUSE A MOTHER WANTS
TO HOLD THEIR BABIES CLOSE,
THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEM.
AND FOR HER MOTHER TO HAVE
RUN OFF AND LEFT HER
LITTLE ONES THERE DEFENSELESS,
IT BREAKS MY HEART.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOU,
WE NEED TO GET ANGRY ENOUGH
THAT WE SAY,
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
STOP THIS EVIL!"
AND WE HAVE THE POWER --
ALMIGHTY POWER
WITHIN US TO DO THAT.
WE CAN START WITH SENDING
THE HELP TO THE MISSION
WORKERS THERE THAT WILL HELP
THESE CHILDREN AND BRING
THESE CHILDREN OUT.
THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO PLAY,
HOW TO SMILE, HOW TO TRUST
SOMEONE'S LOVE FOR THEM
AND JUST HAVE A NEW BEGINNING
IN LIFE.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL REACH OUT
BIG OUT OF YOUR HEART
AND LET'S HELP
THESE LITTLE ONES.
Shiela: BECAUSE SOME
OF THE MISSIONARIES THAT
ARE OVER THERE, THEY'RE
LITERALLY PEOPLE THAT
HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES.
ONE OF THE GUYS THAT
WE WORK WITH, HE WAS LIKE ONE
OF THE HEAD POLICE OFFICERS
ON THE EAST COAST
HERE IN THE STATES.
HE AND HIS WIFE GAVE UP
THEIR JOB; HE QUIT BEFORE
HIS BIG GOLDEN PENSION
AND THEY'RE OVER THERE.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE SAID,
"WE'RE STAYING HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BOOTS
ON THE GROUND BUT
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
PLEASE KEEP HELPING US
BECAUSE IF YOU HELP US
WE CAN REACH THEM."
James: LET ME JUST SAY
TO YOU THAT HERE'S THE KEY --
YOU'RE THE KEY.
YOU'RE THE KEY TO
THE MIRACULOUS RELEASE
OF GOD'S LOVE IN THIS REGARD.
WOULD YOU GO GET A BANKCARD
OR WOULD YOU GO
GET YOUR CHECKBOOK AND
JUST MAKE A CHECK TO LIFE?
OR TAKE YOUR BANKCARD
AND USE IT LIKE A CHECK.
YOU CAN EITHER GO ONLINE
OR YOU CAN DIAL THAT NUMBER
THAT'S ALWAYS THERE
IF YOUR HEART BREAKS
AND YOU SAY, "PRAY FOR ME."
BY THE WAY, THAT LINE
IS PAID FOR BY LOVE.
SOMEBODY WHO LOVES MAKES IT
POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO CALL.
BUT WOULD YOU CALL IT NOW?
NOT AS A PRAYER LINE BUT
A LIFE LINE AND YOU TAKE
THAT BANKCARD AND SAY
I'M GOING TO RESCUE ONE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A $128 GIFT.
I'M GOING TO WRITE A CHECK
FOR $128 KNOWING IT WILL
BE DOUBLED AND YOU'RE GOING
TO RESCUE TWO.
OR THE $64 WILL BE DOUBLED
TO RESCUE ONE.
AND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE
AND I BELIEVE YOU'LL DO IT,
YOU'LL RESCUE TEN WITH
A $1280 GIFT THAT WILL
BE DOUBLED, AND NOW IT IS 20.
WE HAVE SOME GIFTS
TO SEND TO BLESS YOU
IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
AND THEY WILL BE A BLESSING
AND INSPIRATION TO YOU.
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING
TO RESCUE AND SET FREE
PRECIOUS CAPTIVES.
THANK YOU FOR GOING
TO THE PHONE.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING THAT
NUMBER AND SHARING LIFE.
Announcer: BEHIND THE BRIGHT
LIGHTS THERE IS A DARKNESS
WHERE A WORLD OF VIOLENCE
AND SEXUAL ABUSE RUNS RAMPANT
SCARRING THE SOULS OF
MILLIONS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
WITH THEIR BODIES BROKEN
AND HOPES CRUSHED,
THESE CHILDREN ARE TRAPPED
IN A NEVER-ENDING NIGHTMARE.
WITH YOUR HELP, MISSION:
RESCUE LIFE CAN SHINE
THE LIGHT OF GOD'S LOVE
IN THIS DARK WORLD TO REACH,
RESCUE AND RESTORE CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE
TO THE BEAUTY GOD DESIGNED
FOR THEM TO ENJOY.
WITH A GENEROUS OPPORTUNITY
OF A $320,000 MATCHING GIFT,
YOUR GIFT OF $128
TO HELP RESCUE A CHILD
WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP TWO CHILDREN.
YOUR $64 GIFT WILL BE MATCHED
TO HELP RESCUE ONE CHILD
FROM THE HORRORS
OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND A $32 RESCUE GIFT
WILL BE DOUBLED TO $64!
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT TODAY,
WE WILL SEND YOU THE NAMES
OF GOD PRAYER JOURNAL.
FROM ADONAI TO YAHWEH,
THIS JOURNAL IS FILLED
WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS
TO HELP YOU REFLECT
ON 31 DIFFERENT NAMES OF GOD
FOUND THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $128 OR MORE,
YOU'LL RECEIVE
THE NAMES OF GOD BIBLE.
THIS SPECIAL EDITION, NIV,
LARGE PRINT BIBLE IS ENGRAVED
WITH THE MANY NAMES OF GOD;
A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER
THAT THE GOD WE SERVE
IS INFINITELY GOOD.
FINALLY, PLEASE CONSIDER
A GIFT OF $1,280
WHICH WILL NOW HELP
RESCUE 20 CHILDREN
AND YOU MAY REQUEST THE
BEAUTIFUL "BRIDGE OF FAITH"
FRAMED CANVAS PRINT
BY THOMAS KINKADE.
PLEASE CALL, WRITE
OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE!
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James: I BEGAN THIS PROGRAM
JUST WITH -- I CAN'T TELL YOU
HOW MUCH THERE WAS A PRAYER
IN MY HEART FOR GOD
TO JUST SHOW US MIRACLES.
I FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY OUR
PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
TODAY BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE
IS A LOT OF MISSIONARIES
THAT THEY PROBABLY FOUND
SOME MORE GIRLS LIKE
THE ONE SHEILA WAS
JUST TALKING ABOUT,
THE ONE SHE SAW AND THE ONE
SHE REFERRED TO
AND HAD HER ARM AROUND.
I THINK THEY FOUND SEVERAL
AND I THINK THEY CRIED OUT
TO GOD IN THE LAST 24 HOURS,
THIS IS MORE THAN
WE SIGNED ON FOR.
PLEASE GIVE US ENOUGH
TO TAKE CARE OF THESE.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR ARMS
AROUND THEM; THEY WANT
TO KEEP THEIR ARMS
AROUND THEM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING
AN ANSWER TO PRAYER.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE
A GIFT, I PRAY YOU WILL.
GO ONLINE OR CALL THE NUMBER
AND LET'S GIVE LIFE.
WE HAVE SOME GIFTS
TO SEND YOU TO BLESS YOU
IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY,
AND THEY WILL BE A BLESSING
AND AN INSPIRATION TO YOU.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART
WE ALL THANK YOU FOR
SETTING CAPTIVES FREE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU, SHEILA
FOR BEING WITH US.
THANKS FOR SHARING
THE HEART OF GOD.
AGAIN, THANKS TO YOU!
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>> 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.