NEXT! LISA BEVERE INSPIRES WOMEN
TO AVOID THE SAME MISTAKES SHE MADE.
>> SO I PICKED MY COLLEGE, NOT ACCORDING TO MY MAJOR
BUT ACCORDING TO WHO PLAYBOY MAGAZINE
HAD RANKED AS SOME OF THE TOP PARTY SCHOOLS,
AND THAT WAS THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
SO I WENT OUT THERE. WAS WILD.
AND I THOUGHT REBELLION WAS FREEDOM.
I JUST DID EVERYTHING AND FOUND OUT I HAD BECOME
THE PERSON I DIDN'T WANT TO BE.
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Betty: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE
OUR DEAR FRIEND, LISA BEVERE
WITH US.
I'M BETTY AND THIS IS JAMES.
James: WELL, AND WE DO HAVE
A WONDERFUL AUDIENCE.
YOU'RE REALLY GREAT.
IT IS SUPER TO SEE PEOPLE
IN LOVE WITH THE LORD.
AND A LOT OF YOU
REALLY LIKE LISA.
YOU'VE HEARD HER.
I INVITED FRIENDS
TO BE HERE IN PERSON WITH HER
AND I CAN TELL
THEY'RE GLAD THEY'RE HERE.
LISA, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
THE FIRST PROGRAM WHERE
WE TALKED ABOUT, REALLY,
THE BOOK IS A DEVOTIONAL BOOK
ABOUT STRONG AND YOU SHARED
THAT STRONG IS NOT WRONG
AND WRONG IS NOT STRONG,
IT'S NOT RIGHT.
YOU JUST REALLY TOOK OFF.
WE ACTUALLY REFERENCED
THAT YOU TAUGHT HERE
IN THE STUDIO PURITY'S POWER.
THE STUDIO AUDIENCE WAS
JUST FILLED WITH GIRLS
AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE
HOW OPEN AND
HOW HONEST YOU WERE.
I THOUGHT, DEAR GOD!
BUT I JUST WATCHED
PEOPLE CHANGE.
IT WASN'T LIKE...
THERE WAS NOT ONE THING
OUT OF PLACE.
I'M JUST THINKING GOD,
HOW DESPERATELY WE NEED
TO HEAR THIS.
YOU KNOW WHEN I HAD
THE FIRST DATE WITH BETTY,
I CAME FROM A BROKEN HOME,
AND I LIVED IN TOTAL POVERTY.
I MEAN I LIVED IN
THE ROUGHEST NEIGHBORHOOD
YOU CAN LIVE IN.
AND I WENT OUT WITH THIS GIRL
AND I'M TELLING YOU,
WHEN I WENT BACK TO
THE PASTOR'S HOUSE WHERE
I WAS VISITING AND STAYING,
I DROPPED DOWN ON MY KNEES
AND I STARTED CRYING.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD.
I SAID, "GOD, I MET
A PURE GIRL.
I MET A REALLY PURE GIRL."
IF YOU REMEMBER I TOLD YOU
THE NEXT FEW TIMES I WAS
WITH YOU, THAT IT REALLY
GOT ME BECAUSE I'D ALWAYS
WISHED THERE WOULD BE GIRLS
LIKE THAT BECAUSE A LOT
OF BOYS ARE WISHING GIRLS
WOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT
BUT I THOUGHT, GOSH,
I DON'T WANT THAT
KIND OF GIRL.
I TOLD YOU, I SAID, "YOU NEED
TO BE STRONG, BECAUSE
SOMETIMES I WON'T BE SO HOLY.
AND I WANT YOU
TO BE REAL STRONG."
LET ME JUST TELL YOU,
STRONG IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
I WENT WITH THIS GIRL
FOUR YEARS.
SHE MAKES WALKER LOOK LIKE
HE AIN'T A RANGER, HE AIN'T
GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH KARATE.
HE KNOW NOTHING!
THIS GIRL HAS GOT MORE
DEFENSE MOVES THAN
ANYBODY ON THE PLANET.
[Laughter]
I WILL PUT A MOVE ON HER NOW
AND SHE'LL SAY,
"I'M STILL STRONG!"
[Laughter]
LISA, YOU REALLY,
REALLY HELPED A LOT.
YOU KNEW BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN
JOURNEY AND I KNOW YOUR STORY.
YOU DIDN'T PRACTICE THAT
UNTIL YOU MET
THE ESSENCE OF PURITY.
I KNOW IT IS BIG TO YOU --
AND IT IS BIG TO YOU BECAUSE
YOU HAD FOUR BOYS.
ALL RIGHT, TALK TO US ABOUT
PURITY BECAUSE THAT'S
ONE OF THE STRENGTHS
YOU TALK ABOUT IN THIS
INCREDIBLE DEVOTION BOOK.
Lisa: WELL, AND FIRST OF ALL,
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES
THE PURITY CULTURE IN
THE CHURCH HAS ACTUALLY
JUST HEAPED ON MORE LEGALISM.
SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
PURITY IN THE SENSE OF
A PURE DEVOTION TO GOD.
SO I WAS NOT RAISED
TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
I WAS RAISED TO BE
AN EXCEPTIONAL HEATHEN.
I WAS THE KIND OF GIRL
THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE LIKED
AND THE ONE THAT
BETTY WAS NOT.
SO I WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE
AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
BECAUSE I FOUND OUT IT WAS
THE BIGGEST PARTY SCHOOL.
SO I PICKED MY COLLEGE,
NOT ACCORDING TO MY MAJOR
BUT ACCORDING TO WHO PLAYBOY
MAGAZINE HAD RANKED AS SOME
OF THE TOP PARTY SCHOOLS,
AND THAT WAS
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
SO I WENT OUT THERE.
WAS WILD.
I THOUGHT REBELLION
WAS FREEDOM.
I JUST DID EVERYTHING
AND FOUND OUT I HAD BECOME
THE PERSON I DIDN'T
WANT TO BE.
I REMEMBER BETWEEN MY JUNIOR
AND MY SENIOR YEAR IN COLLEGE
DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL,
AND ON THE BACK ROADS
OF INDIANA AND SINGING
AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS TO
MAKE SURE I COULD STAY AWAKE
AC/DC, I'M ON THE HIGHWAY
TO HELL.
AND I THOUGHT, I THINK I AM.
I THINK I MIGHT BE ACTUALLY
EXACTLY ON THAT HIGHWAY.
I HAD NOTHING GOOD.
I BROUGHT NOTHING PURE.
THEN I HEARD THE GOSPEL
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
I DIDN'T HEAR A GOSPEL
OF YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD,
I HEARD ABOUT A GOOD GOD.
AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT
THIS GOD WHO LOVED ME,
WHO ACTUALLY SHARED THE GOSPEL
WITH ME IS NOW MY HUSBAND
OF 38 YEARS BUT HE WAS
MISSIONARY DATE, I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT WAS WRONG.
HE DIDN'T TELL ME
THAT WAS WRONG.
SO HE'D TAKEN ME OUT BECAUSE
HE HAD SEEN ME AT BREAKFAST
IN A BIKINI TOP
AND CUTOFF SHORTS THAT I HAD
SLIT UP TO THE WAIST BAND
SO EVERYBODY KNEW I DIDN'T
HAVE UNDERWEAR ON.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I FELT LIKE
THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
TO KNOW, BUT AT THE TIME,
WHEN YOU'RE A HEATHEN,
YOU'RE LIKE THIS IS
WHAT YOU DO.
SO ANYWAY, I WENT OUT
WITH JOHN.
FIRST DATE I THOUGHT
ABOUT FREE FOOD.
THAT'S WHY I WENT TO
A BIBLE STUDY PICNIC.
BUT THERE WAS A SONG
WHERE I LOOKED AT THE WORDS
BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS
MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE
BECAUSE THEY WERE
RAISING THEIR HANDS.
I'M LIKE, DO YOU HAVE
A QUESTION?
LIKE WHY ARE YOUR HANDS
IN THE AIR?
I LOOKED DOWN AND THERE WAS
A SONG; IT SAYS THAT
WHEN GOD WOULD LOOK AT ME
HE WOULD NO LONGER SEE ME,
HE WOULD SEE JESUS.
I HAD AN AWARENESS THAT
I NEEDED A COVERING.
SO THAT NIGHT I WENT
WALKING ON THE CAMPUS.
JOHN AND I TALKED.
I INTERRUPTED HIM.
I SAID, "I WANT TO GET
BORN AGAIN.
WHATEVER THIS THING IS,
I WANT TO DO IT."
HE SAID, "OKAY, I'M NOT
DONE PREACHING."
THEN I STARTED GETTING SCARED
THAT THE RAPTURE WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I HAD SEEN
THE END OF THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
I WAS LIKE I'M GOING
TO LOSE MY HEAD.
THIS GUY IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR
IN SOME CLOUD THING.
BUT ANYWAY, HE DID GET
TO PRAY WITH ME.
AND I GOT...
HE SAID, "NOW YOU'RE SAVED."
I SAID, "WHAT DOES
THAT EVEN MEAN?"
HE SAID, "IT MEANS
YOUR WHOLE AGAIN, SPIRIT,
SOUL, AND BODY."
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
A JOURNEY TOWARDS WHOLENESS.
SEE, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
THAT THE GOD THAT I WENT
TO CHURCH TO MEET
CARED ABOUT MY SEXUALITY.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
HE CARED ABOUT MY BODY.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND...
THOSE WERE ALL THINGS
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS I HAD
SQUANDERED MY LIFE IN
PROMISCUITY AND NOW I MET
SOMEBODY THAT I WANTED
TO GIVE EVERYTHING TO
AND I DIDN'T FEEL WORTHY.
NOW JOHN NEVER MADE ME FEEL
UNWORTHY BUT I DIDN'T
FEEL WORTHY.
SO I REMEMBER WE WERE LIVING
IN DALLAS AT THE TIME.
WE WENT WALKING AROUND A LAKE
AND I KNEW JOHN WAS GOING
TO ASK ME TO MARRY HIM.
I KNEW JOHN WAS A VIRGIN.
I THOUGHT, HE DOESN'T
DESERVE ME.
HE DESERVES SOMEONE BETTER.
HE DOESN'T DESERVE SOMEBODY
THAT'S SQUANDERED THEIR LIFE.
WHEN I MET WITH JOHN I SAID,
"I NEED TO TALK TO YOU."
HE SAID, "OKAY, BUT I NEED
TO TALK TO YOU FIRST."
HE SAID, "I WAS PRAYING,"
AND HE SAID, "GOD SAID THAT
HE SEES YOU AS A NEW CREATION.
HE SAID THAT THE OLD THINGS
HAVE PASSED AWAY AND BEHOLD
ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW."
I SAID, "BUT NO, THAT'S WHAT
YOU NEED TO KNOW.
I'M LIKE BASICALLY A HO."
AND HE WAS LIKE, "NO!
IF GOD SAYS -- IF GOD SAYS
YOU'RE A NEW CREATION
THEN WE ARE NOT GOING
TO ARGUE WITH HIM."
AND CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?
THAT LOVE DOES MORE TO WASH
AWAY SHAME AND GUILT
THAN ANY LIST OF RULES
EVER COULD.
MOST PEOPLE NOWADAYS HAVE
HAD ENCOUNTERS THAT MAYBE
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE.
MAYBE THEY SAW SOMETHING
ON THE INTERNET.
MAYBE SOMEBODY TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
MAYBE THEY'VE DONE THINGS
THAT THEY WISH THEY HADN'T.
OR MAYBE THEY'RE SO AFRAID
THEY'RE SHUT DOWN.
SO WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS WE HAVE A GENERATION
IN A SEXUAL NIGHTMARE.
AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE
TO RESPOND TO THIS NIGHTMARE
IS WE HAVE HANDED OUT
A LIST OF RULES.
AND THE RULES GO LIKE:
DON'T BE AFRAID.
WELL, THIS IS SCARY.
THERE ARE NO NIGHTMARES,
THERE ARE NO MONSTERS.
YES, THERE IS.
AND SO I REMEMBER WHEN MY BOYS
WERE LITTLE AND THEY WOKE
IN THE NIGHT AND THEY HAD
A NIGHTMARE, IF JOHN WAS
GONE, I'D PUT THEM IN BED
WITH ME AND I SANG THEM SONGS
AND I TOLD THEM STORIES
TO PUT BACK TO SLEEP
WHAT HAD BEEN AWAKENED
IN THE WRONG MANNER.
WE HAVE A GENERATION
OF YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN
AND I'M EVEN SADLY GOING
TO SAY, OLD MEN, OLD WOMEN
BECAUSE IT IS COMING
IN CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY
WHO HAD THEIR SEXUALITY
AWAKENED IN THE WRONG MANNER.
AND WHEN IT IS AWAKENED
IN THE WRONG MANNER OR
THE WRONG TIME IT AWAKENS AS
LUST AND LUST WILL DRIVE YOU.
IT WILL SHAME YOU,
IT WILL DRIVE YOU.
AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IS PUT IT BACK TO SLEEP.
ZEPHANIAH 3:17 SAYS,
"THE LORD YOUR GOD
IS MIGHTY TO SAVE."
THIS IS WHAT I LOVE.
IT IS NOT ABOUT MY STRENGTH.
THE LORD YOUR GOD
IS MIGHTY TO SAVE.
THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY,
"HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU
WITH SINGING.
HE WILL QUIET YOU
WITH HIS LOVE."
WE HAVE DONE THE
"GIVE THEM RULES"
AND WE'VE DONE THE "NO RULES"
AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE
LANDED US INTO TWO DITCHES.
IT IS TIME TO PRESS INTO GOD
AND SAY, "GOD, I NEED YOU
TO SAVE ME FROM THIS NIGHTMARE
I FOUND MYSELF TRAPPED IN"
-- A NIGHTMARE OF PORNOGRAPHY,
A NIGHTMARE OF PROMISCUITY,
A NIGHTMARE WHERE I FEEL
LIKE AS A WOMAN I CANNOT
SAY NO BECAUSE
I'VE SAID YES.
OR I CANNOT SAY NO BECAUSE
SOMEBODY TOOK MY ABILITY
TO SAY NO AWAY FROM ME.
AND GOD WANTS TO PUT THIS
BACK TO SLEEP.
AND LEGALISM WON'T PUT IT
BACK TO SLEEP AND SHAME
WON'T PUT IT BACK TO SLEEP
AND FEAR WON'T PUT IT
BACK TO SLEEP.
ONLY GOD CAN PUT IT BACK
TO SLEEP.
THAT IS WHAT HE DID FOR ME.
HE SAID, "LISA, I'M GOING
TO PUT BACK TO SLEEP
WHAT IS AWAKENED IN LUST
AND I'M GOING TO REAWAKE IT
IN INTIMACY AND LOVE."
James: CAN WE JUST PAUSE
JUST A MOMENT HERE.
I WANT ALL OF YOU AT HOME,
YOU HEARD SO MUCH TRUTH
COMING STRAIGHT FROM GOD.
LISA, IT IS SUCH A...
IT IS AS PERFECT AS
A PERSON CAN SAY TRUTH.
AND IT WAS SAID IN AS PERFECT
AND AS PURE LOVE AS
YOU CAN SAY IT.
AND IT WAS SAID TOTALLY
REDEMPTIVE --
UNCONDITIONAL,
REDEMPTIVE LOVE.
AND FATHER, THERE ARE
SO MANY TRAPPED.
AND BOY, DID SHE PUT IT RIGHT.
WE'RE DAMAGED GOODS.
WE'VE BEEN EXPOSED.
LORD, DAVID SAW A WOMAN
BATHING AND TODAY,
LITTLE BOYS CAN SEE WOMEN,
MANY MORE THAN ONE BATHING,
DOING SO MANY AWFUL THINGS
THAT WILL GRAB THEIR HEART
AND CAPTURE THEM AT ALL AGES,
BOTH SEXES, AND
THEY'RE TRAPPED.
LORD, I PRAY YOU'D LIFT
THE SHAME OFF.
AND GOD, LISA HAS PUT IT
SO WELL AND YOU'D BREAK THE
SHACKLES AND SET THEM FREE.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN DO IT.
AND LET ME JUST LOOK AT ALL
OF YOU IN THE STUDIO
AND ALL OF YOU HERE,
HE WANTS TO DO IT.
HE IS ABLE TO DO IT.
DON'T PUT YOURSELF DOWN.
DON'T PUT PEOPLE DOWN.
LISA, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU
COULD HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER.
SOMEHOW, JOHN EVIDENTLY
GETS THIS TOO, BECAUSE
YOU SAID HE HAS A LESSON
THAT HE TEACHES ABOUT...
Lisa: PORN FREE.
James: PORN FREE -- RATHER
THAN BORN FREE, PORN FREE.
WHERE WOULD THEY GET IT
IF THEY WANT TO GO ONLINE
AND GET IT?
Lisa: THEY CAN GO TO
OUR MESSENGER WEBSITE AND IT
IS IN OUR MESSENGER COURSES.
James: ALL RIGHT,
HERE'S THE THING.
GOD HAS PUT IN BOTH OF YOU
AS A COUPLE AND YOUR HONESTY.
I HOPE ALL OF YOU HERE
IN THE STUDIO REALIZE
WHAT YOU HEARD WAS
NOT NATURAL ABILITY.
THIS IS A SUPERNATURAL
DIVINE ENABLING FLOWING
THROUGH HER.
THIS WAS GOD SPEAKING TO MEN
AND TO WOMEN THROUGH A WOMAN.
DO YOU AGREE, BETTY?
Betty: ABSOLUTELY!
James: AS CLEARLY,
AS PERFECTLY AS CHRIST LIKE
AS NON-CONDEMNING,
AS REDEMPTIVELY AS
YOU'LL EVER HEAR IT.
LISA, YOU WANTED TO TALK TO
AND ALL OF THIS IS THESE
LITTLE POINTS ALONG THIS LINE
ARE IN THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK
ABOUT BEING STRONG;
OWNING UP AND LETTING GO.
WOW! THEN SHE HAS THIS
LITTLE STATEMENT AT THE END
OF EVERY ONE, "WHEN I OWN
MY MISTAKES AND ACCEPT
THE MERCY I DON'T DESERVE,
THAT'S WHEN I'M STRONG."
"I'M STRONG WHEN I OWN
MY MISTAKES AND ACCEPT
THE MERCY I DON'T DESERVE."
GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
A SUPERNATURAL GIFT.
I PRAY YOU INCREASE IT,
LORD, IN BOTH LISA AND JOHN.
I PRAY YOU HELP THEM GUARD
THEIR TIME, THEIR THOUGHTS,
THEIR ACTIONS, AND LORD,
CONTINUE TO LET THEM BE
A BEAUTIFUL CHANNEL THROUGH
WHICH YOU JUST FLOW YOUR LIFE
AND YOUR LOVE, IN JESUS' NAME.
YOU WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT VIRTUE.
Lisa: YEAH!
SO VIRTUE IS POWERFUL.
THERE IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR VIRGINITY THAT MAYBE
IT WAS STOLEN FROM THEM
OR MAYBE THEY DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF IT
BUT THEY CAN STILL
RECOVER THEIR VIRTUE.
AND WE GET OUR VIRTUE,
WHICH IS THIS FORCE FROM GOD.
AND ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT
I FEEL CAPTURES THIS BETTER
THAN ANY OTHER WOMAN IS
THE WOMAN IN JOHN EIGHT;
THE OBVIOUSLY GUILTY WOMAN
CAUGHT IN ADULTERY.
I WAS AN OBVIOUSLY
GUILTY WOMAN.
SO AS AN OBVIOUSLY GUILTY
WOMAN I NEEDED TO KNOW
WHAT JESUS WOULD SAY TO HER.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS
INTERACTION YOU'VE GOT
THE PHARISEES, YOU'VE GOT
THE CROWD THAT'S THE OBSERVER.
THEN YOU HAVE JESUS MAKING
HIS STATEMENT THAT
EVERYBODY LOVES TO QUOTE,
"YOU WHO ARE WITHOUT SIN
CAST THE FIRST STONE."
THEY GO AWAY IT SAYS, ONE BY
ONE, THE OLDEST ONES FIRST.
BECAUSE THE OLDER YOU ARE
THE MORE YOU KNOW
YOU NEED MERCY.
THEY GO AWAY UNTIL
IT IS JUST THE WOMAN,
JESUS, AND THE CROWD.
AND JESUS ASKS HER.
HE SAYS, "WHERE ARE
YOUR ACCUSERS?
ARE THERE ANY LEFT?"
SHE'S LIKE, "THEY'RE GONE."
THIS ACTUALLY REALLY
SHOCKED ME BECAUSE IF
I WAS THAT WOMAN OBVIOUSLY
GUILTY, MAYBE WRAPPED IN
A BED SHEET, AS SOON AS
THE LAST PERSON THAT COULD
THROW A STONE, I'D BE LIKE
THANK YOU, JESUS,
I'M OUT OF HERE.
BUT THIS WOMAN WAITED
BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT CONTENT
TO HEAR WHAT JESUS SAID
ABOUT HER, SHE WAS
WAITING UNTIL JESUS SPOKE
DIRECTLY TO HER.
WHEN HE LOOKED AT HER,
HE SAID, "NEITHER DO
I CONDEMN YOU."
THEN HE SAID, "GO AND SIN
NO MORE."
AND THERE'S A CHAPTER BREAK
BUT THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T
BE BECAUSE IT SAYS WHEN
JESUS SPOKE AGAIN HE SAID,
"I'M THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
SEE WE NEED TO HAVE
A GENERATION THAT HEARS
WHEN JESUS SAYS, "GO AND SIN
NO MORE," HE IS NOT SAYING,
"YOU DO THIS AGAIN, YOU'RE
UNDER A PILE OF STONES."
HE IS SAYING, "I AM
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
I AM THE ONE WHO EMPOWERS
YOU TO LEAVE SHAME AND SHADOW
AND YOU WALK IN ME
AND YOU WILL NO LONGER
WALK IN DARKNESS."
James: AND YOU WILL KNOW
THE TRUTH WHEN YOU ABIDE
IN ME AND IT MAKES YOU FREE.
THIS IS THE FREEDOM
HE OFFERS ALL OF US,
NOT CONDEMNATION.
LISA, JUST THANK YOU.
I HOPE YOU'LL GET THIS
INCREDIBLE BOOK THAT JUST
TOUCHES ON ALL THE AREAS
OF STRENGTH THAT WE ALL NEED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU, GOD AND THANK YOU,
LISA FOR SHARING?
[Cheers & Applause]
THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING GOD
AS YOUR STRENGTH.
I BELIEVE WE COULD SHOW
EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET
WHAT THE GREATEST FATHER
LOOKS LIKE THROUGH HIS FAMILY
THAT LIVES THE WAY
HE WANTS US TO LIVE.
I HAVE MANY DREAMS AND
HE CARES ABOUT ALL OF THEM.
WHEN WE DELIGHT IN HIM,
HE GIVES US THE DESIRES
AND DREAMS OF OUR HEART
BUT WE MUSTN'T MAKE THEM
AN IDOL.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENED TO ME?
AND MAYBE YOU SAY, WELL,
IT IS JUST BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOTTEN OLDER
AND YOU'RE 76 NOW.
BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHERE I AM, LISA.
I ONLY HAVE ONE DREAM NOW,
I WANT TO SEE
HIS DREAM FULFILLED.
I WANT TO SEE THE DESIRES
OF MY FATHER'S HEART FULFILLED
FOR HIS FAMILY,
THROUGH HIS FAMILY.
Lisa: THAT THEY MIGHT BE ONE.
James: ABSOLUTELY! EXACTLY!
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN
CAUGHT UP IN THAT.
I'M TELLING YOU,
WHEN YOU REALLY WANT THAT...
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO ME?
"I LOVE TO SHARE MY DREAMS
WITH SOMEBODY WHO
REALLY CARES ABOUT MY DREAMS
AND MY DESIRES."
I'M TELLING IT TO EVERYBODY
IN THE STUDIO AND EVERYBODY
WATCHING, WE'RE HERE
ON GOD'S EARTH, GOD'S GARDEN
TO FULFILL HIS DREAMS,
HIS DESIRES AND HIS VISION.
FATHER, I PRAY WE'LL DO IT,
IN JESUS' NAME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY THANKS
TO LISA FOR BLESSING US?
[Cheers & Applause]
LISA, YOU'VE BEEN WITH US
MANY TIMES TO THE MISSION
FIELDS AND THEY REALLY WORK.
AND THESE VIEWERS ARE
THE ONES THAT MAKE THEM
ALL HAPPEN.
WE CAN THANK GOD FOR
THE MISSIONARIES THAT LEAVE
THEIR COMFORT TO GO INTO
SUFFERING TO OFFER HOPE
AND LIFE AND A FUTURE --
FREEDOM!
BUT YOU'RE THE ONES THAT
ENABLE THEM TO BE THERE.
YOU'RE THE ONES THAT
ENABLE THEM TO STAY THERE.
YOU'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE
ALL THE VEHICLES POSSIBLE.
YOU'RE THE ONES THAT
MAKE ALL THE RESOURCES
AND THE FOOD POSSIBLE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN
MISSION FEEDING AND BOY,
WE NEED A MIRACLE.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN AND
I WANT YOU TO HEAR GOD,
NOT JUST THROUGH JUST WHAT
MISSIONARIES SAY OR DO,
BUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO
THROUGH YOU FOR
HIS KINGDOM PURPOSE.
WATCH PRAYERFULLY.
THE DEATH OF ONE'S CHILD
HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS SOMETHING
THAT LIVES WITH A PARENT FOREVER.
FOR MOTHERS LIKE THESE, THE DEATH OF ONE CHILD
IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE NOT LONG FORGOTTEN BECAUSE
THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF MULTIPLE CHILDREN.
Isak: FOR ME IT IS DIFFICULT TO FATHOM
AND I THINK YOU'LL FIND THE SAME THING.
THAT IT JUST BLOWS YOUR MIND TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS VILLAGE HAVE GONE THROUGH.
YOU KNOW THE HOUSE JUST BEHIND ME
AND THE FAMILY THAT'S THERE, THEY'VE BURIED TWO CHILDREN
-- THREE CHILDREN IN THE LAST YEAR.
THE DEVASTATING REALITY IS CHILDREN'S DEATHS
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ARE CONTINUING TO OCCUR FROM
THE SIMPLE FACT THEIR MOTHERS
DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD FOR THEM.
Isak: THIS IS A MOTHER WHO LOST
THIS LITTLE GIRL'S TWIN, AND TWO OTHER CHILDREN
OF THE AGE OF THREE, SIX, AND EIGHT IN JANUARY
OF THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED HER FAMILY.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT... HOW DO YOU STOP THIS DEATH?
HOW DO YOU STOP A VILLAGE LIKE THIS FROM
BURYING CHILD AFTER CHILD?
HOW DO YOU STOP THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT THESE FAMILIES
GO THROUGH BECAUSE LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU.
THESE ARE CHILDREN WHO WHEN THEY DIE,
THEIR MOTHER AND THEIR FATHER, A PIECE OF THEIR HEART DIES
AS THEY BURY THEIR CHILD.
WHAT DO WE DO YOU SAY? IT'S SIMPLE.
WE BRING MISSION FEEDING TO THIS VILLAGE
AND WE SAVE THIS VILLAGE CHILDREN'S LIVES.
James: THAT'S ISAK PRETORIUS,
PETER AND ANN PRETORIUS' SON.
AND HE'S JUST A TREASURE.
HE'S AN EXAMPLE OF GOD'S LOVE
THROUGH A YIELDED MISSIONARY.
BETTY, WE'VE SEEN THOSE
BEAUTIFUL MOTHERS WITH
A BROKEN HEART AND THOSE
LITTLE CHILDREN THAT
ARE REALLY THE GREATEST
TREASURE IN THEIR LIFE.
THEY DON'T HAVE GREAT MEANS
AND ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURES
LIKE WE DO.
THEIR FAMILY IS
THEIR PLEASURE.
AND IT'S THEIR JOY AND
THEY'RE SUCH AWESOME MOMS.
HARD TO IMAGINE HOW MUCH PAIN
THEY FEEL JUST BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T GIVE THEIR CHILD
SOMETHING THEY NEED.
BUT WE CAN.
AND BETTY, OUR VIEWERS HAVE
LITERALLY HELPED US SAVE
OVER 15 MILLION CHILDREN
AND PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT
WERE DESPERATE LIKE THAT.
THAT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION,
THAT IS A FACT.
WE'VE LED FAR MORE PEOPLE
THAN THAT NUMBER TO CHRIST
IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE
THEY'VE SEEN THE LOVE OF GOD
AND THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT
THE GOD OF THIS LOVE
AND HOW TO KNOW HIM
THROUGH CHRIST.
SO BETTY, I'M BELIEVING
EVERY BELIEVER WATCHING
TODAY IS GOING TO MAKE
A GIFT TO HELP US FEED
350,000 CHILDREN RIGHT NOW
THAT WE HAVE FOUND
THAT NEED OUR HELP.
GIFTS OF $30, $50, OR $100
FEED THREE, FIVE
OR TEN CHILDREN.
BETTY, WHAT DO YOU LONG TO SEE
EVERYBODY WATCHING US
DO RIGHT NOW?
Betty: YOU KNOW AS I WATCHED
THAT ALONG WITH YOU,
MY FIRST RESPONSE
WAS THANK YOU, JESUS!
THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE
OF MYSELF, TO GIVE OF YOU
AND TO GIVE HOPE TO THOSE
MOTHERS THAT LOVE THEIR
CHILDREN AS MUCH AS
WE LOVE OUR OWN CHILDREN.
THANK YOU GOD THAT I CAN
REACH OUT IN LOVE AND
SUPPORT TO FEED THESE
PRECIOUS LITTLE ONES THAT NEED
AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN
AROUND AND PLAY AND
BE CHILDREN LIKE GOD
CREATED THEM TO BE.
SO PLEASE JOIN WITH US.
LET'S BE THAT BLESSING,
LET'S BE THAT HOPE
FOR THIS MOTHER.
James: FATHER, I ASK YOU
TO TOUCH EVERY HEART RIGHT NOW
AND THEY'LL RESPOND IN LOVE;
IN JESUS' NAME.
WOULD YOU GO GET YOUR BANKCARD
AND KNOW I'M GOING TO USE IT
LIKE A CHECK?
OR IF YOU WRITE A CHECK,
JUST KNOW THAT I'M GOING
TO MAKE A CHECK TO LIFE
BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT I'M GIVING.
BUT GET YOUR BANKCARD
AND GO ONLINE OR DIAL
THE NUMBER THAT'S THERE
AS A PRAYER LINE AND SAY,
"HERE'S MY GIFT OF $30,
$50, OR $100 TO FEED THREE,
FIVE OR TEN CHILDREN
FOR THE NEXT MONTHS."
WILL YOU DO THAT
RIGHT NOW PLEASE?
JUST GO AND GET IT.
AND KNOW THAT THE MOMENT
YOU PUT THAT GIFT IN THE MAIL
AND WE LET THE MISSIONARIES
KNOW, "THE HELP YOU PRAY FOR
THAT THOSE PARENTS,
THOSE MOTHERS LONG FOR,
THAT THOSE CHILDREN
DESPERATELY NEED
IS ON THE WAY."
YOU'RE GOING TO MEET
THE NEED JOYFULLY.
WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL GIFTS
TO SEND YOU.
THE GLOBAL IMPACT BIBLE
IS REALLY QUITE PHENOMENAL.
WE HAVE THE JOURNAL TOO.
BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL
HELP US WITH TEN, THIS BIBLE
SHOWS YOU IN THE WORD
ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS
AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
EFFECTED BY THE WORD OF GOD.
THEY WERE NOT NECESSARILY
GREAT CHRISTIANS OR LEADERS
OR PREACHERS, BUT THEY WERE
IMPACTED BY THE WORD OF GOD,
AND IT IMPACTED EVERYTHING
AROUND THEM.
IT IS A PHENOMENAL,
PHENOMENAL BOOK.
WE ALSO HAVE
THE BEAUTIFUL BRONZE
OF "A MOTHER'S STRENGTH."
THESE PRECIOUS LADIES NOT
ONLY GO AND GET THE WATER
OR THE LOAD BUT THEY SO OFTEN
ARE CARRYING A CHILD,
SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONE,
AND LEADING OTHERS.
A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF
THE FATHER'S LOVE
THROUGH THESE MOTHERS.
AND WE'RE SHARING
THE FATHER'S LOVE WHEN
WE GIVE THEM LIFE AND HOPE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR MAKING THAT CALL.
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT.
MISSION FEEDING BEGAN WITH A PROMISE TO BE THERE
IN TIMES OF CRISIS FOR THOUSANDS OF HURTING
AND HUNGRY CHILDREN IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED YOUR HELP
TO SAVE LIVES BY FEEDING AND CARING FOR CHILDREN
ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA.
WITH FOOD RESERVES GONE AND MANY AREAS
EXPERIENCING SEVERE FAMINE,
WE URGENTLY NEED TO REPLENISH OUR SUPPLIES TO REACH
THE 350,000 CHILDREN WHO ARE COUNTING ON US.
YOUR GIFT OF LOVE CAN BE THE MIRACLE ANSWER
TO A DESPERATE MOTHER'S PRAYER.
CALL NOW WITH YOUR LIFESAVING GIFT OF $30, $50, OR $100
THAT WILL HELP FEED AND CARE FOR
THREE, FIVE OR TEN CHILDREN FOR THREE FULL MONTHS.
WITH YOUR GIFT WE'LL SEND YOU
THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF LIFE JOURNAL.
THIS SOFTCOVER JOURNAL INCLUDES PICTURES
FROM THE MISSION FIELD AND INSPIRING SCRIPTURES
AS A REMINDER OF YOUR IMPACT IN GIVING TO BLESS LIVES
AROUND THE WORLD.
WITH YOUR GIFT OF $100 OR MORE,
PLEASE REQUEST THE GLOBAL IMPACT BIBLE.
THIS ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION
PRESENTS A FASCINATING GUIDE TO THE IMPACT
OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK OF ALL TIME
FILLED WITH QUOTES FROM WELL-KNOWN FIGURES,
PHOTOGRAPHS AND REPRODUCTIONS OF FINE ART.
IT HIGHLIGHTS THE MANY SURPRISING WAYS
SCRIPTURE HAS SHAPED CIVILIZATION.
FINALLY WITH YOUR GIFT OF $1,000 OR MORE
TO HELP FEED AND CARE FOR 100 CHILDREN
BE SURE TO REQUEST OUR COMMEMORATIVE
BRONZE SCULPTURE, "A MOTHER'S STRENGTH."
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY.
James: YOU KNOW I REALLY FEEL
LIKE WE'VE BEEN BLESSED THIS
WEEK TO HAVE LISA WITH US.
LIKE I TOLD YOU AND YOU'VE
HEARD IF YOU'VE LISTENED
TO HER, SHE'S KIND OF BEEN
WITH US ALL OVER THE WORLD
SHARING JESUS.
THIS IS PHENOMENAL.
I PRAY EVERYONE WATCHING
WILL HELP US FEED A CHILD,
$30, $50, $100, WHATEVER
YOU CAN DO -- $1,000 IF YOU
CAN DO IT BECAUSE
100 KIDS NEED YOUR HELP.
AND WE'RE SENDING YOU SOME
INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL GIFTS
THAT WILL BLESS YOU.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE
LISA'S BOOK STRONG,
I GUARANTEE YOU
IT WILL BLESS YOU.
YOU SAY, "JAMES, WE'RE GOING
TO HELP YOU FEED THOSE KIDS.
WOULD YOU SEND US
LISA'S BOOK?"
YES, WE WILL!
WOULD YOU JOIN US TO SAY
THANKS TO LISA AGAIN?
AND THANKS TO GOD FOR LISA.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU.
THANK ALL OF YOU!
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU!
GREAT DAY!
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
♪
James: AND WE MUST NOT LET ONE THING
THE ENEMY THROWS AT US GET US OFF TRACK.
OFFERING HOPE TO THE CHURCH STANDING TOGETHER.
NEXT WEEK ON LIFE TODAY!
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.