WEBVTT 00:00:07.273 --> 00:00:11.778 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% BETTY: We cannot fail when we stand strong together. 00:00:11.845 --> 00:00:14.881 align:start line:63% position:30% size:40% And we need you to stand with us 00:00:14.948 --> 00:00:19.552 align:center line:63% position:50% size:63% and all who care about the future of our family, 00:00:19.619 --> 00:00:22.021 align:center line:63% position:50% size:38% and our nation, and our world. 00:00:22.088 --> 00:00:25.458 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% We can make a difference through Jesus Christ. 00:00:25.525 --> 00:00:28.628 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65% James and Betty talk about the depravity of the world 00:00:28.695 --> 00:00:30.930 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68% and what we can do about it by showing others 00:00:30.997 --> 00:00:33.700 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50% God's unconditional and redemptive love. 00:00:33.767 --> 00:00:35.969 align:center line:10% position:50% size:28% Next on LIFE Today! 00:00:42.642 --> 00:00:49.182 align:end line:10% position:90% size:03% ♪ 00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:55.054 align:start line:63% position:10% size:58% JAMES: Betty and I want 00:00:55.121 --> 00:00:56.222 align:start line:63% position:10% size:73% to welcome you to Life Today. 00:00:56.289 --> 00:00:57.323 align:start line:63% position:10% size:50% We are talking about 00:00:57.390 --> 00:00:58.792 align:start line:63% position:10% size:63% the concerns that we have 00:00:58.858 --> 00:01:00.393 align:start line:63% position:10% size:45% as grandparents of 00:01:00.460 --> 00:01:03.296 align:start line:63% position:10% size:43% 30 grandchildren. 00:01:03.363 --> 00:01:04.764 align:start line:63% position:10% size:68% Our family is just so happy 00:01:04.831 --> 00:01:06.065 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% and so full of God. 00:01:06.132 --> 00:01:07.200 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% It makes Betty and me want 00:01:07.267 --> 00:01:08.435 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% to know all the things 00:01:08.501 --> 00:01:10.203 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% we can share with you 00:01:10.270 --> 00:01:11.504 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% that would in some way 00:01:11.571 --> 00:01:13.039 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% inspire your family 00:01:13.106 --> 00:01:14.307 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% and your children 00:01:14.374 --> 00:01:15.341 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% and the grandchildren 00:01:15.408 --> 00:01:17.076 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% and great-grandchildren 00:01:17.143 --> 00:01:18.144 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% because of the love 00:01:18.211 --> 00:01:19.245 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% and life of God. 00:01:19.312 --> 00:01:20.313 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% We're looking for more 00:01:20.380 --> 00:01:21.514 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% and more ways that 00:01:21.581 --> 00:01:22.515 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% we can help you. 00:01:22.582 --> 00:01:23.650 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% We try in every way we can 00:01:23.716 --> 00:01:24.818 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% to bring people that 00:01:24.884 --> 00:01:26.152 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% will just pour God's life 00:01:26.219 --> 00:01:27.821 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% on you because we're just 00:01:27.887 --> 00:01:29.456 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% instruments of God 00:01:29.522 --> 00:01:30.690 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% that really and truly 00:01:30.757 --> 00:01:31.958 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% want to point to him 00:01:32.025 --> 00:01:34.427 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% and them and others. 00:01:34.494 --> 00:01:35.628 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% We want people 00:01:35.695 --> 00:01:36.996 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% to see him in you. 00:01:37.063 --> 00:01:38.064 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% We want to be 00:01:38.131 --> 00:01:39.098 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% a blessing to you. 00:01:39.165 --> 00:01:40.333 align:start line:63% position:10% size:63% We're asking you to write 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:41.634 align:start line:63% position:10% size:53% or email this address 00:01:41.701 --> 00:01:43.336 align:start line:63% position:10% size:65% or write, and tell us ways 00:01:43.403 --> 00:01:45.738 align:start line:63% position:10% size:53% we can help you more. 00:01:45.805 --> 00:01:46.940 align:start line:63% position:10% size:50% You may want to say, 00:01:47.006 --> 00:01:48.141 align:start line:63% position:10% size:63% James, can we find a time 00:01:48.208 --> 00:01:49.476 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% when we can be together? 00:01:49.542 --> 00:01:50.710 align:start line:63% position:10% size:65% Could we ever be in a room 00:01:50.777 --> 00:01:51.878 align:start line:63% position:10% size:50% where we can ask you 00:01:51.945 --> 00:01:53.112 align:start line:63% position:10% size:35% our questions? 00:01:53.179 --> 00:01:54.380 align:start line:63% position:10% size:58% Well, ask us about that 00:01:54.447 --> 00:01:55.582 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% because we're looking -- 00:01:55.648 --> 00:01:57.150 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% we're 80 years old now 00:01:57.217 --> 00:01:58.318 align:start line:63% position:10% size:45% and probably lived 00:01:58.384 --> 00:01:59.452 align:start line:63% position:10% size:40% maybe 80 percent 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:00.687 align:start line:63% position:10% size:53% of our 100-year life. 00:02:00.753 --> 00:02:01.788 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% We don't know how long 00:02:01.855 --> 00:02:02.922 align:start line:63% position:10% size:48% it is, we just know 00:02:02.989 --> 00:02:04.123 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% we're going to be living 00:02:04.190 --> 00:02:05.625 align:start line:63% position:10% size:73% with every fiber of our being 00:02:05.692 --> 00:02:07.160 align:start line:63% position:10% size:63% to see his will fulfilled 00:02:07.227 --> 00:02:08.428 align:start line:63% position:10% size:45% through his family 00:02:08.495 --> 00:02:10.129 align:start line:63% position:10% size:65% on his earth for his glory 00:02:10.196 --> 00:02:11.664 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% and his kingdom purpose. 00:02:11.731 --> 00:02:12.799 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% And you've been a part 00:02:12.866 --> 00:02:13.967 align:start line:63% position:10% size:20% of that. 00:02:14.033 --> 00:02:15.168 align:start line:63% position:10% size:70% We want to be more effective 00:02:15.235 --> 00:02:16.336 align:start line:63% position:10% size:53% than we've ever been. 00:02:16.402 --> 00:02:17.670 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% Betty, as I look at what 00:02:17.737 --> 00:02:20.073 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% God did in the New Testament, 00:02:20.139 --> 00:02:21.274 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% the disciples were getting 00:02:21.341 --> 00:02:23.409 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% so busy, people pulling them 00:02:23.476 --> 00:02:24.878 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% in every direction. 00:02:24.944 --> 00:02:26.212 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% They needed to get somebody 00:02:26.279 --> 00:02:27.447 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% to serve the tables 00:02:27.514 --> 00:02:28.882 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% of the widows and help them. 00:02:28.948 --> 00:02:31.417 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% So they said, "Find seven men 00:02:31.484 --> 00:02:32.552 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% to do these things so we can 00:02:32.619 --> 00:02:33.853 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% give ourselves to these 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:35.221 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% other responsibilities." 00:02:35.288 --> 00:02:37.690 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% So they chose seven 00:02:37.757 --> 00:02:38.992 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% and one of them was a man 00:02:39.058 --> 00:02:40.193 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% by the name of Stephen. 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:41.394 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% Now you've got to hear this 00:02:41.461 --> 00:02:44.330 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% because Betty, this is what -- 00:02:44.397 --> 00:02:45.465 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% and I know this may sound 00:02:45.532 --> 00:02:47.133 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% strange to some people 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:49.068 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% but I feel like this girl 00:02:49.135 --> 00:02:50.169 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% that I'm married to, 00:02:50.236 --> 00:02:51.971 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% this beautiful woman, 00:02:52.038 --> 00:02:53.072 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% I feel like she has 00:02:53.139 --> 00:02:55.008 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% the impact of Stephen. 00:02:55.074 --> 00:02:56.809 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% I feel she impacts people 00:02:56.876 --> 00:02:59.045 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% in a way that's amazing to me. 00:02:59.112 --> 00:03:00.380 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% One of the things I know 00:03:00.446 --> 00:03:01.915 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% for the rest of my life 00:03:01.981 --> 00:03:03.216 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% is I'm going to be spending 00:03:03.283 --> 00:03:05.251 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% more time with you, 00:03:05.318 --> 00:03:06.819 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% the viewer, and those 00:03:06.886 --> 00:03:09.556 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% who know us hearing him 00:03:09.622 --> 00:03:11.024 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30% through her. 00:03:11.090 --> 00:03:12.091 align:start line:63% position:10% size:43% I just know that. 00:03:12.158 --> 00:03:13.226 align:start line:63% position:10% size:58% You say, oh, thank God! 00:03:13.293 --> 00:03:14.260 align:start line:63% position:10% size:68% We've been praying for that 00:03:14.327 --> 00:03:15.295 align:start line:63% position:10% size:50% for years and years. 00:03:15.361 --> 00:03:16.396 align:start line:63% position:10% size:73% Because every time she starts 00:03:16.462 --> 00:03:17.497 align:start line:63% position:10% size:50% talking we just wish 00:03:17.564 --> 00:03:18.765 align:start line:63% position:10% size:68% you would go in the corner. 00:03:18.831 --> 00:03:19.866 align:start line:63% position:10% size:30% Well, I know 00:03:19.933 --> 00:03:20.934 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% you don't mean that. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:22.001 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% But we're going to do that. 00:03:22.068 --> 00:03:23.069 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% But Betty, here's 00:03:23.136 --> 00:03:24.437 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% what Stephen did. 00:03:24.504 --> 00:03:25.505 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% He did far more than 00:03:25.572 --> 00:03:27.273 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% wait on tables. 00:03:27.340 --> 00:03:28.508 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% He started preaching 00:03:28.575 --> 00:03:29.709 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% the word to the people 00:03:29.776 --> 00:03:30.944 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% in the highest places. 00:03:31.010 --> 00:03:32.045 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% I see you praying that 00:03:32.111 --> 00:03:33.212 align:start line:85% position:10% size:28% over people 00:03:33.279 --> 00:03:34.414 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% in the highest places. 00:03:34.480 --> 00:03:35.548 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% I see you speaking boldly 00:03:35.615 --> 00:03:36.749 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% to everybody we get around 00:03:36.816 --> 00:03:38.117 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% about what God wants 00:03:38.184 --> 00:03:39.352 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% and what we could do 00:03:39.419 --> 00:03:41.120 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% if we would just do it his way 00:03:41.187 --> 00:03:42.655 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% and do it together, 00:03:42.722 --> 00:03:44.290 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% the way he told us to. 00:03:44.357 --> 00:03:46.826 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Look what happened. 00:03:46.893 --> 00:03:49.395 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% He is literally calling 00:03:49.462 --> 00:03:51.264 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% the leaders to repentance. 00:03:51.331 --> 00:03:52.966 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% He just laid it on them. 00:03:53.032 --> 00:03:54.033 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% This guy that's supposed 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:55.101 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% to be taking care 00:03:55.168 --> 00:03:56.736 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% of the widows. 00:03:56.803 --> 00:04:01.541 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Then he caused such a stir 00:04:01.608 --> 00:04:03.776 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% he was about to be killed. 00:04:03.843 --> 00:04:04.911 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% I want you to follow this 00:04:04.978 --> 00:04:06.079 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% because there was 00:04:06.145 --> 00:04:07.747 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% a terrible thing going on. 00:04:07.814 --> 00:04:09.882 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Perhaps the most educated, 00:04:09.949 --> 00:04:12.552 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% perhaps the greatest 00:04:12.619 --> 00:04:15.655 align:start line:63% position:10% size:45% enemy and attacker 00:04:15.722 --> 00:04:18.791 align:start line:63% position:10% size:68% of Christianity in history, 00:04:18.858 --> 00:04:21.060 align:start line:63% position:10% size:35% Saul of Tarsus 00:04:21.127 --> 00:04:22.395 align:start line:63% position:10% size:48% was making progress 00:04:22.462 --> 00:04:24.998 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% destroying the church, 00:04:25.064 --> 00:04:26.633 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% trying to destroy the purpose 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:29.869 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% of God in every way. 00:04:29.936 --> 00:04:32.071 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% And all of a sudden, 00:04:32.138 --> 00:04:34.507 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% he shows up where 00:04:34.574 --> 00:04:37.010 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% there is a man named Stephen 00:04:37.076 --> 00:04:38.277 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% about to be stoned. 00:04:38.344 --> 00:04:40.813 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% Listen to him. 00:04:40.880 --> 00:04:42.081 align:start line:63% position:10% size:48% When they heard him 00:04:42.148 --> 00:04:43.750 align:start line:63% position:10% size:63% preaching he called them: 00:04:56.162 --> 00:04:57.897 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% So when these leaders, 00:04:57.964 --> 00:04:59.365 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% religious leaders, 00:04:59.432 --> 00:05:00.466 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% powerful leaders, 00:05:00.533 --> 00:05:01.701 align:start line:63% position:10% size:53% and political leaders 00:05:01.768 --> 00:05:03.336 align:start line:63% position:10% size:23% heard it: 00:05:25.091 --> 00:05:26.993 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% I've said many times, 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:29.829 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% already, Jesus, 00:05:29.896 --> 00:05:31.197 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% seated at the right hand 00:05:31.264 --> 00:05:33.332 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% of the Father is standing. 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:36.436 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% Betty, he is giving Stephen 00:05:36.502 --> 00:05:39.205 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% a standing ovation. 00:05:39.272 --> 00:05:42.608 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% That is a big deal. 00:06:06.966 --> 00:06:08.301 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Betty, this greatest enemy 00:06:08.367 --> 00:06:09.802 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% of the church, 00:06:09.869 --> 00:06:11.237 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% they're laying their robes 00:06:11.304 --> 00:06:15.875 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% while they stone Stephen. 00:06:15.942 --> 00:06:17.110 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% And they went on 00:06:17.176 --> 00:06:19.045 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% stoning Stephen. 00:06:19.112 --> 00:06:21.614 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% Now remember, Saul of Tarsus 00:06:21.681 --> 00:06:22.782 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% is making it clear, 00:06:22.849 --> 00:06:24.817 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% there is no Jesus. 00:06:24.884 --> 00:06:26.319 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% There never was a Savior 00:06:26.385 --> 00:06:28.554 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% named Jesus that was real. 00:06:28.621 --> 00:06:30.256 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% None of that happened! 00:06:30.323 --> 00:06:32.592 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30% It is a lie! 00:06:32.658 --> 00:06:34.427 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Destroy the church. 00:06:34.494 --> 00:06:36.095 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Destroy the gospel. 00:06:36.162 --> 00:06:37.330 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Destroy the name of Jesus 00:06:37.396 --> 00:06:38.664 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% with every fiber 00:06:38.731 --> 00:06:39.932 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% of his being. 00:06:39.999 --> 00:06:41.067 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% One of the most brilliant, 00:06:41.134 --> 00:06:42.502 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% most educated men perhaps 00:06:42.568 --> 00:06:44.804 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% in history, perhaps the church 00:06:44.871 --> 00:06:46.672 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% never had a greater enemy 00:06:46.739 --> 00:06:49.275 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% than Saul of Tarsus. 00:07:24.343 --> 00:07:26.012 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% What's the significance 00:07:26.078 --> 00:07:27.814 align:start line:85% position:10% size:20% of that? 00:07:27.880 --> 00:07:29.081 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Saul of Tarsus is standing 00:07:29.148 --> 00:07:30.383 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% there with the robes 00:07:30.449 --> 00:07:31.584 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% of the ones that are 00:07:31.651 --> 00:07:35.121 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% killing Stephen, stoning him. 00:07:35.188 --> 00:07:37.890 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% The Jesus that Saul was 00:07:37.957 --> 00:07:41.494 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% continually denying 00:07:41.561 --> 00:07:43.763 align:start line:63% position:10% size:40% revealed himself 00:07:43.830 --> 00:07:46.933 align:start line:63% position:10% size:43% in dying Stephen. 00:07:46.999 --> 00:07:49.068 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% "Father, forgive them. 00:07:49.135 --> 00:07:50.203 align:start line:63% position:10% size:38% They don't know 00:07:50.269 --> 00:07:53.239 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% what they're doing." 00:07:53.306 --> 00:07:56.742 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% Betty, when you think about 00:07:56.809 --> 00:08:00.112 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Jesus praying that prayer, 00:08:00.179 --> 00:08:01.881 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% they spit on him, 00:08:01.948 --> 00:08:03.716 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% they scourged him, whipped 00:08:03.783 --> 00:08:05.685 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% the flesh from his bones, 00:08:05.751 --> 00:08:07.253 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% put the cross on him, 00:08:07.320 --> 00:08:08.688 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% put him on the cross, 00:08:08.754 --> 00:08:10.122 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% put a crown of thorns on him, 00:08:10.189 --> 00:08:11.390 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% drove the spikes 00:08:11.457 --> 00:08:12.925 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% through his hands, his feet, 00:08:12.992 --> 00:08:15.828 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% thrust a spear into his side 00:08:15.895 --> 00:08:20.199 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% and Jesus, "Father, 00:08:20.266 --> 00:08:23.102 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% forgive them. 00:08:23.169 --> 00:08:24.470 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% They don't know 00:08:24.537 --> 00:08:25.938 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% what they're doing." 00:08:26.005 --> 00:08:27.340 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Everybody would say 00:08:27.406 --> 00:08:28.574 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% they knew exactly 00:08:28.641 --> 00:08:29.842 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% what they were doing. 00:08:29.909 --> 00:08:31.177 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% They did it deliberately. 00:08:31.244 --> 00:08:33.579 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% They did it pointedly. 00:08:33.646 --> 00:08:36.482 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% No, they didn't know. 00:08:36.549 --> 00:08:39.185 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Because Jesus knew, 00:08:39.252 --> 00:08:40.353 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% and Stephen knew what 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:44.891 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Jesus knew, those of you, 00:08:44.957 --> 00:08:47.059 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% and those people were 00:08:47.126 --> 00:08:49.462 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% so deceived by the father 00:08:49.528 --> 00:08:53.933 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% of lies, by the deceiver, 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.769 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% they actually did not know 00:08:56.836 --> 00:08:58.404 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% what they were doing. 00:08:58.471 --> 00:09:01.474 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% They were under his control. 00:09:01.540 --> 00:09:02.642 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% That's the way much 00:09:02.708 --> 00:09:05.344 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% of human life 00:09:05.411 --> 00:09:07.613 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% on planet Earth is today. 00:09:07.680 --> 00:09:09.582 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Totally under the control 00:09:09.649 --> 00:09:13.386 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% of the deceiver. 00:09:13.452 --> 00:09:16.222 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% And only God's mercy, 00:09:16.289 --> 00:09:18.157 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% God's forgiveness, 00:09:18.224 --> 00:09:19.859 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% God's unconditional 00:09:19.926 --> 00:09:22.995 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% redemptive love 00:09:23.062 --> 00:09:24.897 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% can set them free. 00:09:24.964 --> 00:09:29.602 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Saul of Tarsus walked away 00:09:29.669 --> 00:09:31.671 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% and became even more vicious 00:09:31.737 --> 00:09:33.673 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% toward the church 00:09:33.739 --> 00:09:35.541 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% and called on more strikes 00:09:35.608 --> 00:09:39.045 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% on the church when suddenly 00:09:39.111 --> 00:09:41.147 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% he was struck blind. 00:09:41.213 --> 00:09:44.817 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% He can't see. 00:09:44.884 --> 00:09:47.386 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% He is sent to Damascus 00:09:47.453 --> 00:09:50.556 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% to meet a man. 00:09:50.623 --> 00:09:51.824 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% But he heard Jesus, 00:09:51.891 --> 00:09:54.193 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% think about this, the Jesus 00:09:54.260 --> 00:09:57.396 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% that Saul was denying. 00:09:57.463 --> 00:09:58.831 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% And then he saw 00:09:58.898 --> 00:10:00.232 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% this living Jesus 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:02.134 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% in dying Stephen. 00:10:02.201 --> 00:10:06.138 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% That same Jesus meets Saul 00:10:06.205 --> 00:10:10.676 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% of Tarsus and Saul answers, 00:10:10.743 --> 00:10:12.912 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% "Lord, what do you want me 00:10:12.979 --> 00:10:14.947 align:start line:85% position:10% size:18% to do?" 00:10:15.014 --> 00:10:17.049 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% And he told him what to do 00:10:17.116 --> 00:10:18.784 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% to get his eyes opened. 00:10:18.851 --> 00:10:21.454 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% Boy, did he get them opened. 00:10:21.520 --> 00:10:23.189 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% And Saul of Tarsus 00:10:23.255 --> 00:10:25.091 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% became Paul the apostle. 00:10:25.157 --> 00:10:28.294 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Betty, I believe the kind 00:10:28.361 --> 00:10:30.930 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% of love that's in you, 00:10:30.997 --> 00:10:32.198 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% the kind of love that's 00:10:32.264 --> 00:10:35.267 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% in many of you who support us 00:10:35.334 --> 00:10:36.469 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% putting God's arms around 00:10:36.535 --> 00:10:38.771 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% the overlooked, Jesus said 00:10:38.838 --> 00:10:40.239 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% if you reach out 00:10:40.306 --> 00:10:42.341 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% to the poor, the hungry, 00:10:42.408 --> 00:10:44.610 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% the thirsty, the suffering, 00:10:44.677 --> 00:10:47.113 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% those in prison, 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:48.414 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% and you touch them 00:10:48.481 --> 00:10:49.682 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% and meet their need 00:10:49.749 --> 00:10:51.550 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% you do it to me. 00:10:51.617 --> 00:10:53.619 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% If you help the least of these 00:10:53.686 --> 00:10:54.754 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% you're ministering 00:10:54.820 --> 00:10:55.988 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% directly to me 00:10:56.055 --> 00:10:58.057 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% and you're my sheep. 00:10:58.124 --> 00:10:59.191 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Do you want to know 00:10:59.258 --> 00:11:00.493 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% who my sheep are? 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.596 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% That's them -- many of you. 00:11:03.662 --> 00:11:06.432 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Well, Saul saw that 00:11:06.499 --> 00:11:08.968 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% Jesus in dying Stephen, 00:11:09.035 --> 00:11:10.569 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% very much alive. 00:11:10.636 --> 00:11:14.306 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% And that Jesus converted Saul. 00:11:14.373 --> 00:11:15.608 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% And Saul of Tarsus, 00:11:15.674 --> 00:11:16.709 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% the biggest enemy of 00:11:16.776 --> 00:11:17.843 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% the church became 00:11:17.910 --> 00:11:19.345 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% the greatest champion 00:11:19.412 --> 00:11:21.313 align:start line:63% position:10% size:35% of the church, 00:11:21.380 --> 00:11:24.517 align:start line:63% position:10% size:65% the greatest force for God 00:11:24.583 --> 00:11:26.018 align:start line:63% position:10% size:40% as an individual 00:11:26.085 --> 00:11:27.586 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% in the New Testament day 00:11:27.653 --> 00:11:30.456 align:start line:63% position:10% size:58% and throughout history. 00:11:30.523 --> 00:11:36.562 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% Betty, I see Stephen 00:11:36.629 --> 00:11:39.632 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% and his qualities in you. 00:11:39.698 --> 00:11:43.903 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% I watch you pray. 00:11:43.969 --> 00:11:45.171 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% I get up in the morning 00:11:45.237 --> 00:11:46.338 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30% and see you. 00:11:46.405 --> 00:11:47.506 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% Betty gets up at about four, 00:11:47.573 --> 00:11:51.477 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% I get up at about six; 00:11:51.544 --> 00:11:55.147 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% I've watched her for years. 00:11:55.214 --> 00:11:56.449 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Why do you care so deeply 00:11:56.515 --> 00:11:57.650 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% about our country? 00:11:57.716 --> 00:11:58.784 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Why do you care so deeply 00:11:58.851 --> 00:12:00.319 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% about freedom? 00:12:00.386 --> 00:12:01.687 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% BETTY: Because I know 00:12:01.754 --> 00:12:02.888 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% the true love of Jesus. 00:12:02.955 --> 00:12:04.290 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% I've experienced it. 00:12:04.356 --> 00:12:05.791 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% And you told the story 00:12:05.858 --> 00:12:07.126 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% of Stephen and Paul 00:12:07.193 --> 00:12:08.561 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% so beautifully, 00:12:08.627 --> 00:12:10.162 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% how God changed Saul 00:12:10.229 --> 00:12:11.931 align:start line:85% position:10% size:25% into Paul. 00:12:11.997 --> 00:12:14.166 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% A man of great stature. 00:12:14.233 --> 00:12:16.135 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% A man who touched many, 00:12:16.202 --> 00:12:17.603 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% many lives through 00:12:17.670 --> 00:12:19.004 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% Jesus Christ. 00:12:19.071 --> 00:12:20.806 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% I look at Stephen 00:12:20.873 --> 00:12:23.676 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% and I see you, even though 00:12:23.742 --> 00:12:25.244 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% I can't see you really 00:12:25.311 --> 00:12:26.512 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% but I know you because 00:12:26.579 --> 00:12:27.680 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% you've loved this ministry 00:12:27.746 --> 00:12:29.081 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30% for so long. 00:12:29.148 --> 00:12:31.750 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% You say I'm one person. 00:12:31.817 --> 00:12:34.220 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% Stephen was one person, 00:12:34.286 --> 00:12:35.621 align:start line:85% position:10% size:15% James. 00:12:35.688 --> 00:12:37.323 align:start line:85% position:10% size:28% And he said 00:12:37.389 --> 00:12:39.191 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% this little light of mine, 00:12:39.258 --> 00:12:41.660 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% I'm going to let it shine. 00:12:41.727 --> 00:12:43.796 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% He let it shine until 00:12:43.863 --> 00:12:46.165 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% he went to be with Jesus. 00:12:46.232 --> 00:12:48.134 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% And through that light, 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:51.570 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% many were touched because 00:12:51.637 --> 00:12:54.573 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% Paul went on for generations 00:12:54.640 --> 00:12:56.408 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% -- and still goes on. 00:12:56.475 --> 00:12:58.911 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% Paul was a great man of God. 00:12:58.978 --> 00:13:00.579 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% Yes, he was an evil man 00:13:00.646 --> 00:13:02.014 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30% at first but 00:13:02.081 --> 00:13:03.916 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% God changed his heart. 00:13:03.983 --> 00:13:05.151 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% And that's what he wants 00:13:05.217 --> 00:13:06.652 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% to do with everyone. 00:13:06.719 --> 00:13:08.020 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% I'm sorry I'm so passionate 00:13:08.087 --> 00:13:09.488 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% about it and what God wants 00:13:09.555 --> 00:13:12.358 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% to do with your life. 00:13:12.424 --> 00:13:13.425 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% You're not here just 00:13:13.492 --> 00:13:15.694 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% to sit at home and do nothing 00:13:15.761 --> 00:13:16.862 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% and weep and cry 00:13:16.929 --> 00:13:18.230 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% about our nation. 00:13:18.297 --> 00:13:20.399 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% You're here to serve God 00:13:20.466 --> 00:13:22.134 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% and to stand strong. 00:13:22.201 --> 00:13:23.435 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% You're not alone. 00:13:23.502 --> 00:13:25.371 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% There are many of us 00:13:25.437 --> 00:13:27.106 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% because most of all 00:13:27.173 --> 00:13:29.575 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% it is God through us. 00:13:29.642 --> 00:13:31.477 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% We cannot fail when 00:13:31.544 --> 00:13:34.079 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% we stand strong together. 00:13:34.146 --> 00:13:35.915 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% And we need you to stand 00:13:35.981 --> 00:13:38.417 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% with us and all those who 00:13:38.484 --> 00:13:40.586 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% care about the future 00:13:40.653 --> 00:13:42.922 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% of our family, and our nation, 00:13:42.988 --> 00:13:44.323 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% and our world. 00:13:44.390 --> 00:13:45.891 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% We can make a difference 00:13:45.958 --> 00:13:48.027 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% through Jesus Christ. 00:13:48.093 --> 00:13:49.395 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% JAMES: Betty, you know 00:13:49.461 --> 00:13:51.463 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% you recognize that we've been 00:13:51.530 --> 00:13:53.799 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% given great opportunities 00:13:53.866 --> 00:13:55.100 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% and privileges because of 00:13:55.167 --> 00:13:57.236 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% the freedom that love 00:13:57.303 --> 00:13:58.504 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% and people dying for 00:13:58.571 --> 00:14:01.540 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% that freedom gave us. 00:14:01.607 --> 00:14:03.442 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% And you're seeing people 00:14:03.509 --> 00:14:05.611 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% who don't seem to recognize 00:14:05.678 --> 00:14:07.813 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% that we have to choose 00:14:07.880 --> 00:14:09.648 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% the right leaders who will 00:14:09.715 --> 00:14:11.850 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% restore principles. 00:14:11.917 --> 00:14:13.519 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% What happens in your heart 00:14:13.586 --> 00:14:14.887 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% when you hear church people 00:14:14.954 --> 00:14:16.422 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% say, stay out of politics! 00:14:16.488 --> 00:14:18.324 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% Politics is dirty! 00:14:18.390 --> 00:14:19.658 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% If it is dirty it is because 00:14:19.725 --> 00:14:20.993 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% we've turned it over 00:14:21.060 --> 00:14:22.394 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% to dirty, deceived people. 00:14:22.461 --> 00:14:23.596 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% BETTY: That's right! 00:14:23.662 --> 00:14:24.830 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% We haven't cared, James. 00:14:24.897 --> 00:14:25.965 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% We've said, there is nothing 00:14:26.031 --> 00:14:27.266 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% we can do about it. 00:14:27.333 --> 00:14:28.434 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% Yes, there is. 00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.835 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% You live here. 00:14:29.902 --> 00:14:31.737 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% You live in this world. 00:14:31.804 --> 00:14:33.472 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% You're not to be of this world 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:34.940 align:start line:63% position:10% size:63% but you're to live in it. 00:14:35.007 --> 00:14:36.275 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% You participate in it. 00:14:36.342 --> 00:14:37.810 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% Your family participates 00:14:37.876 --> 00:14:39.645 align:start line:63% position:10% size:33% in it, James. 00:14:39.712 --> 00:14:40.980 align:start line:63% position:10% size:68% You need to understand that 00:14:41.046 --> 00:14:42.414 align:start line:63% position:10% size:68% the decisions that are made 00:14:42.481 --> 00:14:44.984 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% for our country affect us. 00:14:45.050 --> 00:14:46.218 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% They affect your family. 00:14:46.285 --> 00:14:47.353 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% They affect everyone 00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:48.687 align:start line:85% position:10% size:28% around you. 00:14:48.754 --> 00:14:50.089 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% We must be concerned. 00:14:50.155 --> 00:14:51.857 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% We must participate 00:14:51.924 --> 00:14:53.726 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% in what is right. 00:14:53.792 --> 00:14:54.893 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% I hope you'll hear 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.228 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% that message today that 00:14:56.295 --> 00:14:57.563 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% we can't just sit around 00:14:57.630 --> 00:14:58.631 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% and say, oh, no! 00:14:58.697 --> 00:15:00.566 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% That stuff is dirty and ugly. 00:15:00.633 --> 00:15:02.635 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% That person has so many flaws. 00:15:02.701 --> 00:15:04.670 align:start line:85% position:10% size:23% So do we. 00:15:04.737 --> 00:15:06.205 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% But God still loves us 00:15:06.272 --> 00:15:07.406 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% and he said I can still 00:15:07.473 --> 00:15:09.541 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% use you with all those flaws. 00:15:09.608 --> 00:15:11.076 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% I can change you through 00:15:11.143 --> 00:15:12.511 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% some of those things, 00:15:12.578 --> 00:15:14.280 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% old habits that you have. 00:15:14.346 --> 00:15:15.681 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% I can make a difference. 00:15:15.748 --> 00:15:16.915 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% You've just got to trust me. 00:15:16.982 --> 00:15:18.784 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% JAMES: And recognize 00:15:18.851 --> 00:15:19.918 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% the principles that 00:15:19.985 --> 00:15:21.186 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% are unshakeable. 00:15:21.253 --> 00:15:22.288 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% They are proven principles 00:15:22.354 --> 00:15:23.489 align:start line:85% position:10% size:28% by history. 00:15:23.555 --> 00:15:24.623 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% You don't just have to 00:15:24.690 --> 00:15:25.658 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% read them in the Bible. 00:15:25.724 --> 00:15:26.759 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% All the principles at work 00:15:26.825 --> 00:15:28.027 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% are in the Bible. 00:15:28.093 --> 00:15:29.161 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% All of them are 00:15:29.228 --> 00:15:30.229 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% in our Constitution. 00:15:30.296 --> 00:15:31.330 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% They were put there 00:15:31.397 --> 00:15:32.431 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% in place by some men who 00:15:32.498 --> 00:15:33.499 align:start line:63% position:10% size:73% didn't know God but they knew 00:15:33.565 --> 00:15:34.733 align:start line:63% position:10% size:73% the principles worked because 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.901 align:start line:63% position:10% size:50% they could see them. 00:15:35.968 --> 00:15:37.202 align:start line:63% position:10% size:58% God said in Romans one, 00:15:37.269 --> 00:15:38.504 align:start line:63% position:10% size:58% "You're without excuse. 00:15:38.570 --> 00:15:39.605 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% I've revealed my truth 00:15:39.672 --> 00:15:41.006 align:start line:63% position:10% size:53% in what I've created. 00:15:41.073 --> 00:15:42.141 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% You can see it. 00:15:42.207 --> 00:15:43.575 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% You have no excuse." 00:15:43.642 --> 00:15:44.710 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% He made another statement 00:15:44.777 --> 00:15:45.911 align:start line:85% position:10% size:23% in there. 00:15:45.978 --> 00:15:47.012 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% You'll be given over to 00:15:47.079 --> 00:15:48.047 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% your appetites if you make 00:15:48.113 --> 00:15:49.315 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% your appetites your God. 00:15:49.381 --> 00:15:50.382 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% They'll control you. 00:15:50.449 --> 00:15:51.884 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% But he said something else, 00:15:51.950 --> 00:15:53.118 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% "They, "in Romans one, 00:15:53.185 --> 00:15:55.254 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% "changed my truth into a lie." 00:15:55.321 --> 00:15:56.822 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% As you read on you find out 00:15:56.889 --> 00:15:58.057 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% after you see people 00:15:58.123 --> 00:15:59.258 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% controlled by the enemy, 00:15:59.325 --> 00:16:00.426 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% controlled by their flesh, 00:16:00.492 --> 00:16:01.827 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% controlled by their appetites, 00:16:01.894 --> 00:16:03.095 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% even unnatural appetites 00:16:03.162 --> 00:16:04.430 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% in every direction, 00:16:04.496 --> 00:16:05.631 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% but then you go on to see 00:16:05.698 --> 00:16:06.732 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% all the evil. 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.866 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% Every evil thing 00:16:07.933 --> 00:16:09.001 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% you read in the paper 00:16:09.068 --> 00:16:10.069 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% or see on the news, 00:16:10.135 --> 00:16:11.370 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% all the ugly that you see 00:16:11.437 --> 00:16:12.838 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% is just listed right there. 00:16:12.905 --> 00:16:14.807 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% He said, "These things happen 00:16:14.873 --> 00:16:15.974 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% because you can't 00:16:16.041 --> 00:16:17.176 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% deal with them. 00:16:17.242 --> 00:16:18.243 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% You've been given 00:16:18.310 --> 00:16:19.378 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% a reprobate mind. 00:16:19.445 --> 00:16:20.412 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% You've been given 00:16:20.479 --> 00:16:21.547 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% a depraved mind. 00:16:21.613 --> 00:16:22.648 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% You can't think straight. 00:16:22.715 --> 00:16:24.416 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% If you change my truth 00:16:24.483 --> 00:16:26.585 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% into a lie you're incapable 00:16:26.652 --> 00:16:28.420 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% of thinking straight." 00:16:28.487 --> 00:16:29.755 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% One of the first things 00:16:29.822 --> 00:16:30.989 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% the enemy has done today 00:16:31.056 --> 00:16:32.524 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% is get us to deny God 00:16:32.591 --> 00:16:35.160 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% as God, as Father, as first 00:16:35.227 --> 00:16:37.463 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% and deny his truth. 00:16:37.529 --> 00:16:38.764 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% We don't think straight. 00:16:38.831 --> 00:16:39.998 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% We're being run by 00:16:40.065 --> 00:16:41.066 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% a country of people 00:16:41.133 --> 00:16:42.401 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% who don't think straight. 00:16:42.468 --> 00:16:43.602 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% They have been deceived 00:16:43.669 --> 00:16:44.970 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% and defeated to the point 00:16:45.037 --> 00:16:46.138 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% they are incapable 00:16:46.205 --> 00:16:48.474 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% of thinking rationally. 00:16:48.540 --> 00:16:50.743 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Betty, we can change that. 00:16:50.809 --> 00:16:51.910 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% We can put people 00:16:51.977 --> 00:16:53.746 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% in leadership who know 00:16:53.812 --> 00:16:55.647 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% there is a God, who may not 00:16:55.714 --> 00:16:57.082 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% please him all the time, 00:16:57.149 --> 00:16:58.317 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% all of them too 00:16:58.384 --> 00:16:59.351 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% will have failed. 00:16:59.418 --> 00:17:00.452 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% There is none of us 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.620 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% who haven't failed. 00:17:01.687 --> 00:17:02.855 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Nobody who wrote the Bible 00:17:02.921 --> 00:17:04.156 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% had failed to fail. 00:17:04.223 --> 00:17:05.290 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% They all failed. 00:17:05.357 --> 00:17:06.358 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Some of them failed 00:17:06.425 --> 00:17:07.793 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% miserably, terribly! 00:17:07.860 --> 00:17:08.894 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Beyond anything you could 00:17:08.961 --> 00:17:09.995 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% imagine, and yet they were 00:17:10.062 --> 00:17:11.463 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% used of God mightily, 00:17:11.530 --> 00:17:13.832 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% even to pen the things 00:17:13.899 --> 00:17:16.635 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% that change our life today 00:17:16.702 --> 00:17:18.370 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% when we receive them. 00:17:18.437 --> 00:17:21.206 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% All right, you were praying 00:17:21.273 --> 00:17:22.341 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% that Christians 00:17:22.408 --> 00:17:23.709 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% will come together. 00:17:23.776 --> 00:17:26.178 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% You study the challenges. 00:17:26.245 --> 00:17:27.913 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% You study the issues. 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:29.748 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% You bring them to me. 00:17:29.815 --> 00:17:30.949 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% You help me find 00:17:31.016 --> 00:17:32.017 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% the very best candidates 00:17:32.084 --> 00:17:33.752 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% based on their belief system; 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.887 align:start line:85% position:10% size:15% right? 00:17:34.953 --> 00:17:35.954 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% BETTY: I do my best. 00:17:36.021 --> 00:17:37.022 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% JAMES: Is that what 00:17:37.089 --> 00:17:38.090 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% you want our people to do? 00:17:38.157 --> 00:17:39.191 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30% BETTY: I do. 00:17:39.258 --> 00:17:40.292 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% I want you to care enough 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:41.393 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% to listen to the heart 00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:42.461 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% of the people that 00:17:42.528 --> 00:17:43.829 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% we're electing, James, 00:17:43.896 --> 00:17:46.598 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% and to know that they may 00:17:46.665 --> 00:17:47.833 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% not be perfect like 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:49.134 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% James said, and I've said, 00:17:49.201 --> 00:17:51.003 align:start line:63% position:10% size:70% we're not any of us perfect, 00:17:51.069 --> 00:17:52.738 align:start line:63% position:10% size:65% but they love the country. 00:17:52.805 --> 00:17:53.972 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% They want what's right 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.240 align:start line:63% position:10% size:40% for the country. 00:17:55.307 --> 00:17:56.508 align:start line:63% position:10% size:55% So we've got to listen 00:17:56.575 --> 00:17:57.910 align:start line:63% position:10% size:53% to the issues, James, 00:17:57.976 --> 00:18:00.078 align:start line:63% position:10% size:60% and understand what will 00:18:00.145 --> 00:18:01.547 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% make a difference in our way 00:18:01.613 --> 00:18:02.948 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% of life for our families 00:18:03.015 --> 00:18:05.317 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% and the future of our country. 00:18:05.384 --> 00:18:07.486 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% JAMES: Father, 00:18:07.553 --> 00:18:10.456 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% this girl changes my life 00:18:10.522 --> 00:18:13.492 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% in some way every day. 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.195 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% Thank you for her. 00:18:16.261 --> 00:18:17.496 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% Would you help us with 00:18:17.563 --> 00:18:19.765 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% all the people watching 00:18:19.832 --> 00:18:22.501 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% to join together as a family 00:18:22.568 --> 00:18:23.669 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% that's so committed 00:18:23.735 --> 00:18:24.870 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% to your will being done 00:18:24.937 --> 00:18:26.839 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% on earth that we can 00:18:26.905 --> 00:18:28.507 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% inspire it to happen? 00:18:28.574 --> 00:18:29.942 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% In Jesus' name. 00:18:30.008 --> 00:18:33.612 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% Listen. My dream, 00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:37.182 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% Betty's dream, our dream 00:18:37.249 --> 00:18:40.219 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% is to see his will done 00:18:40.285 --> 00:18:42.588 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% on his earth because 00:18:42.654 --> 00:18:44.523 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% the king has come, 00:18:44.590 --> 00:18:46.458 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% and he's in us, 00:18:46.525 --> 00:18:47.626 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% and the kingdom of heaven 00:18:47.693 --> 00:18:49.428 align:start line:85% position:10% size:23% is in us. 00:18:49.495 --> 00:18:50.596 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% Now, we pray, "Thy will 00:18:50.662 --> 00:18:52.264 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% be done on earth" but 00:18:52.331 --> 00:18:54.466 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% we can help it happen. 00:18:54.533 --> 00:18:57.035 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% Would you join and do it? 00:18:57.102 --> 00:18:59.171 align:start line:85% position:10% size:25% Please do. 00:18:59.238 --> 00:19:00.739 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% We've got to choose wise, 00:19:00.806 --> 00:19:04.376 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% principled leaders this year. 00:19:04.443 --> 00:19:05.844 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% Principled leaders! 00:19:05.911 --> 00:19:08.280 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% And then we've got to insist 00:19:08.347 --> 00:19:09.581 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% that they restore 00:19:09.648 --> 00:19:11.016 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% those principles, 00:19:11.083 --> 00:19:13.519 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% put them back in place. 00:19:13.585 --> 00:19:17.155 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% Would you help us continue 00:19:17.222 --> 00:19:19.525 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% to rescue people? 00:19:19.591 --> 00:19:21.560 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% To give them a chance? 00:19:21.627 --> 00:19:23.462 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% To set them free? 00:19:23.529 --> 00:19:24.763 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% I want you to make 00:19:24.830 --> 00:19:25.964 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% the largest gift 00:19:26.031 --> 00:19:27.766 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% you've ever made to help us 00:19:27.833 --> 00:19:29.735 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% set captives free 00:19:29.801 --> 00:19:31.937 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% and give them life. 00:19:32.004 --> 00:19:33.972 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% Watch closely. 00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:16.942 align:start line:79% position:13% size:75% The woman who rescued Nuan from the store was a Christian 00:21:17.009 --> 00:21:18.944 align:center line:79% position:50% size:43% and eventually Nuan made her way 00:21:19.011 --> 00:21:20.979 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45% to the LIFE Center in Southeast Asia. 00:21:21.046 --> 00:21:23.482 align:start line:79% position:15% size:70% Nuan shares what it was like to grow up safe 00:21:23.548 --> 00:21:25.917 align:center line:79% position:50% size:53% from the threats of human trafficking. 00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:57.015 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% JAMES: Just so beautiful! 00:21:57.082 --> 00:21:58.583 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% It's so beautiful. 00:21:58.650 --> 00:22:00.018 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38% Thank you, God! 00:22:00.085 --> 00:22:01.520 align:start line:10% position:10% size:25% Thank you! 00:22:01.586 --> 00:22:02.821 align:start line:10% position:10% size:15% Betty, 00:22:02.888 --> 00:22:04.089 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% it is what our supporters 00:22:04.156 --> 00:22:05.390 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43% have helped us do 00:22:05.457 --> 00:22:06.625 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% for so many years. 00:22:06.692 --> 00:22:07.893 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28% I love you. 00:22:07.959 --> 00:22:09.261 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43% Would you help us 00:22:09.327 --> 00:22:10.829 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40% reach even more? 00:22:10.896 --> 00:22:12.397 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58% Doesn't that bless you? 00:22:12.464 --> 00:22:13.665 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65% BETTY: Oh, it really does. 00:22:13.732 --> 00:22:16.201 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70% God truly sent her an angel; 00:22:16.268 --> 00:22:18.437 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% it was watching over her. 00:22:18.503 --> 00:22:20.572 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75% That was because of your love, 00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.907 align:start line:10% position:10% size:25% your care, 00:22:21.973 --> 00:22:23.542 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% by helping us to be able 00:22:23.608 --> 00:22:25.210 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53% to have these places, 00:22:25.277 --> 00:22:26.712 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% these missionaries to go 00:22:26.778 --> 00:22:28.714 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55% and be there for them. 00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:30.315 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% That woman took her away 00:22:30.382 --> 00:22:31.650 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73% from the evil that was fixing 00:22:31.717 --> 00:22:34.419 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48% to be put upon her, 00:22:34.486 --> 00:22:36.421 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% the heartache, the pain, 00:22:36.488 --> 00:22:38.590 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% and she offered her life. 00:22:38.657 --> 00:22:44.329 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58% She chose right, James. 00:22:44.396 --> 00:22:46.631 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% JAMES: We not only 00:22:46.698 --> 00:22:48.200 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% get them like that 00:22:48.266 --> 00:22:49.534 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50% and boy, we're going 00:22:49.601 --> 00:22:50.702 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48% after it full-time. 00:22:50.769 --> 00:22:52.037 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70% We work with law enforcement 00:22:52.104 --> 00:22:53.505 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55% to do our best to work 00:22:53.572 --> 00:22:55.640 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73% with somebody to rescue them. 00:22:55.707 --> 00:22:57.142 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53% We build LIFE Centers 00:22:57.209 --> 00:22:58.477 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28% everywhere. 00:22:58.543 --> 00:22:59.878 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40% We built perhaps 00:22:59.945 --> 00:23:01.146 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% the largest in the world. 00:23:01.213 --> 00:23:02.614 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65% Sometimes you see glimpses 00:23:02.681 --> 00:23:04.116 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58% of how beautiful it is. 00:23:04.182 --> 00:23:05.584 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48% We used to show you 00:23:05.650 --> 00:23:06.752 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68% the children there singing, 00:23:06.818 --> 00:23:07.986 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48% singing in English, 00:23:08.053 --> 00:23:09.087 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33% and all happy 00:23:09.154 --> 00:23:10.355 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40% but we found out 00:23:10.422 --> 00:23:11.690 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% if we showed their faces 00:23:11.757 --> 00:23:12.858 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% and they were seen 00:23:12.924 --> 00:23:14.025 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58% they would be kidnapped 00:23:14.092 --> 00:23:15.193 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33% on the street 00:23:15.260 --> 00:23:16.328 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65% to try and take them back. 00:23:16.394 --> 00:23:17.529 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70% So we have to only show them 00:23:17.596 --> 00:23:18.663 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% from the backside. 00:23:18.730 --> 00:23:19.898 align:start line:10% position:10% size:35% That's so sad. 00:23:19.965 --> 00:23:20.999 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% But you made it possible 00:23:21.066 --> 00:23:22.300 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% for thousands of children 00:23:22.367 --> 00:23:23.502 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% to go through that home, 00:23:23.568 --> 00:23:24.669 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70% and then all the other homes 00:23:24.736 --> 00:23:25.904 align:start line:10% position:10% size:30% in the other 00:23:25.971 --> 00:23:27.005 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55% third world countries. 00:23:27.072 --> 00:23:28.240 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40% You are the ones 00:23:28.306 --> 00:23:29.374 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40% that rescue them 00:23:29.441 --> 00:23:30.642 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68% just like Nuan was rescued. 00:23:30.709 --> 00:23:31.843 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48% What a beautiful -- 00:23:31.910 --> 00:23:32.978 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43% isn't she pretty? 00:23:33.044 --> 00:23:34.112 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43% Isn't that great? 00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:35.247 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55% That's what love does. 00:23:35.313 --> 00:23:36.348 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43% Love never fails. 00:23:36.414 --> 00:23:37.449 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43% Would you help us 00:23:37.516 --> 00:23:38.583 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50% put more loving arms 00:23:38.650 --> 00:23:39.785 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28% around more 00:23:39.851 --> 00:23:40.886 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% desperately needy people? 00:23:40.952 --> 00:23:42.053 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53% Would you make a gift 00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:43.221 align:start line:10% position:10% size:25% right now? 00:23:43.288 --> 00:23:44.523 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70% We've got a group of friends 00:23:44.589 --> 00:23:45.857 align:start line:10% position:10% size:30% that gave us 00:23:45.924 --> 00:23:48.493 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% a $320,000 matching gift 00:23:48.560 --> 00:23:50.195 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50% challenge right now. 00:23:50.262 --> 00:23:52.497 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43% So you give $128, 00:23:52.564 --> 00:23:53.832 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65% you don't rescue just one, 00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:56.034 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38% you rescue two. 00:23:56.101 --> 00:23:58.303 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75% I always ask you to think big. 00:23:58.370 --> 00:24:00.005 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% If you give $1280, 00:24:00.071 --> 00:24:02.974 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50% you will rescue ten. 00:24:03.041 --> 00:24:04.476 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40% But not ten now, 00:24:04.543 --> 00:24:06.278 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% it will be doubled to 20. 00:24:06.344 --> 00:24:07.779 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% Could you do that? 00:24:07.846 --> 00:24:09.414 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55% Would you do it today? 00:24:09.481 --> 00:24:12.551 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75% Please, go get your bank card. 00:24:12.617 --> 00:24:14.052 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50% Use it like a check. 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:15.687 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63% Always use them that way. 00:24:15.754 --> 00:24:17.088 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70% If you write a check though, 00:24:17.155 --> 00:24:18.490 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40% make it to LIFE. 00:24:18.557 --> 00:24:20.125 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50% But whatever you do, 00:24:20.192 --> 00:24:21.827 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65% please call us or email us 00:24:21.893 --> 00:24:23.261 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38% and let us know 00:24:23.328 --> 00:24:24.629 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% what's going in the mail 00:24:24.696 --> 00:24:25.864 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38% or going online 00:24:25.931 --> 00:24:27.232 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% because we need to know. 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:29.267 align:start line:10% position:10% size:75% And your gift will be doubled. 00:24:29.334 --> 00:24:31.536 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48% You're giving life. 00:24:31.603 --> 00:24:32.938 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50% You're giving people 00:24:33.004 --> 00:24:34.339 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33% a new future. 00:24:34.406 --> 00:24:36.641 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45% Thank you so much! 00:24:37.642 --> 00:24:39.644 align:start line:79% position:28% size:43% Innocent children and young people 00:24:39.711 --> 00:24:41.813 align:center line:79% position:50% size:48% longing to be loved and cared for 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:43.882 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45% are being abducted and sold 00:24:43.949 --> 00:24:46.117 align:center line:79% position:50% size:53% at the hands of violent predators, 00:24:46.184 --> 00:24:49.955 align:center line:79% position:50% size:73% forced into the evil industry of human trafficking. 00:24:50.021 --> 00:24:51.957 align:start line:58% position:30% size:40% Through Mission: Rescue Life 00:24:52.023 --> 00:24:54.192 align:center line:58% position:50% size:43% you can reach out to warn children 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:56.261 align:start line:58% position:25% size:50% who are at risk for sex trafficking, 00:24:56.328 --> 00:24:58.263 align:center line:58% position:50% size:43% rescue those already enslaved, 00:24:58.330 --> 00:25:01.533 align:center line:58% position:50% size:60% and restore young lives, and give them a future. 00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:04.603 align:start line:58% position:20% size:58% With a generous $320,000 matching gift, 00:25:04.669 --> 00:25:06.605 align:center line:58% position:43% size:33% now your gift of $128 00:25:06.671 --> 00:25:08.607 align:center line:58% position:43% size:35% to help rescue one child 00:25:08.673 --> 00:25:10.609 align:start line:58% position:15% size:53% can be doubled to help two children. 00:25:10.675 --> 00:25:12.611 align:start line:58% position:20% size:38% Your $64 gift will be matched 00:25:12.677 --> 00:25:14.613 align:center line:58% position:38% size:30% to help save one child 00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:16.615 align:center line:58% position:43% size:53% from the horrors of human trafficking. 00:25:16.681 --> 00:25:18.617 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48% And a $32 Mission Rescue gift 00:25:18.683 --> 00:25:20.619 align:center line:58% position:35% size:38% will be doubled to $64. 00:25:20.685 --> 00:25:22.621 align:start line:58% position:15% size:40% To say thank you for your gift, 00:25:22.687 --> 00:25:24.656 align:center line:53% position:40% size:40% we will send you Worship, Wisdom, and Wonder. 00:25:24.723 --> 00:25:26.958 align:start line:58% position:15% size:60% The pages of this beautifully crafted book 00:25:27.025 --> 00:25:29.294 align:center line:58% position:38% size:53% are rich with words that will inspire you 00:25:29.361 --> 00:25:31.997 align:center line:58% position:45% size:70% as you experience the worship found in Psalms, 00:25:32.063 --> 00:25:35.133 align:center line:58% position:48% size:75% receive life-giving direction through the wisdom of Proverbs 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:38.270 align:center line:58% position:43% size:63% and be reminded of the wonder of our God. 00:25:38.336 --> 00:25:40.939 align:start line:58% position:18% size:40% With your gift of $128 or more, 00:25:41.006 --> 00:25:43.842 align:center line:53% position:35% size:45% you'll receive the Refuge of Life framed artwork, 00:25:43.909 --> 00:25:45.844 align:center line:58% position:38% size:50% a beautiful, matted picture frame 00:25:45.911 --> 00:25:47.846 align:center line:10% position:38% size:30% with printed scripture 00:25:47.913 --> 00:25:49.848 align:center line:10% position:45% size:68% that reminds you to set your mind on worship 00:25:49.915 --> 00:25:52.884 align:center line:10% position:40% size:43% through the words of Isaiah 44:3. 00:25:52.951 --> 00:25:55.654 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60% Finally, please consider a gift of $1280, 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:58.156 align:center line:10% position:35% size:48% which will now help save 20 children. 00:25:58.223 --> 00:26:01.059 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68% And you may request our inspiring bronze sculpture, 00:26:01.126 --> 00:26:03.061 align:center line:63% position:35% size:43% "A Cup of Water." 00:26:03.128 --> 00:26:06.097 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63% Please call, write, or make your gift online. 00:26:08.199 --> 00:26:09.367 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53% JAMES: You know it is 00:26:09.434 --> 00:26:10.502 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63% God's love through people 00:26:10.568 --> 00:26:11.603 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55% like you that put that 00:26:11.670 --> 00:26:13.104 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58% beautiful face on Nuan. 00:26:13.171 --> 00:26:14.205 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68% You know we can put a smile 00:26:14.272 --> 00:26:15.774 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48% on everybody's face 00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.942 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48% if we would restore 00:26:17.008 --> 00:26:18.076 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38% the principles. 00:26:18.143 --> 00:26:19.744 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58% Let's do that together. 00:26:19.811 --> 00:26:21.012 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35% Would you join 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.213 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55% and let's be a family? 00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:23.782 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73% You write us at that address, 00:26:23.848 --> 00:26:25.050 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53% email us, and give us 00:26:25.116 --> 00:26:26.217 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43% your suggestions. 00:26:26.284 --> 00:26:28.119 align:start line:58% position:10% size:75% We want to be family with you. 00:26:28.186 --> 00:26:29.354 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38% We want to know 00:26:29.421 --> 00:26:30.822 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53% how we can bless you. 00:26:30.889 --> 00:26:31.990 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43% But let's correct 00:26:32.057 --> 00:26:33.425 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43% America's course. 00:26:33.491 --> 00:26:35.126 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73% Let's restore the foundation. 00:26:35.193 --> 00:26:36.127 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60% Let's put the principles 00:26:36.194 --> 00:26:37.495 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35% back in place. 00:26:37.562 --> 00:26:38.797 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45% Would you do that? 00:26:38.863 --> 00:26:39.898 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38% Would you do it 00:26:39.965 --> 00:26:41.399 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68% with conviction and courage 00:26:41.466 --> 00:26:43.034 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53% and total commitment? 00:26:43.101 --> 00:26:45.170 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55% Hey, we sure love you. 00:26:45.236 --> 00:26:46.972 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53% I hope you know that. 00:26:47.038 --> 00:26:48.673 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70% Betty, you blessed us today. 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.442 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35% You always do. 00:26:50.508 --> 00:26:52.143 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43% And you bless us! 00:26:52.210 --> 00:26:54.145 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73% And you bless a lot of people 00:26:54.212 --> 00:26:56.781 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43% with us every day 00:26:56.848 --> 00:26:58.416 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73% and we want to say thank you. 00:26:58.483 --> 00:27:00.185 align:start line:58% position:10% size:38% Let's not stop. 00:27:00.251 --> 00:27:02.354 align:start line:58% position:10% size:43% Let's pour it on. 00:27:09.327 --> 00:27:15.567 align:end line:10% position:90% size:03% ♪ 00:27:24.142 --> 00:27:31.549 align:end line:10% position:90% size:03% ♪ 00:27:40.492 --> 00:27:46.097 align:end line:10% position:90% size:03% ♪ 00:27:47.198 --> 00:27:50.168 align:start line:10% position:23% size:55% Introducing the all-new LifeToday.org. 00:27:50.235 --> 00:27:52.771 align:start line:10% position:20% size:58% Dive into your favorite LIFE Today programs. 00:27:52.837 --> 00:27:55.206 align:start line:10% position:25% size:50% Explore impactful ministry outreaches! 00:27:55.273 --> 00:27:58.009 align:center line:10% position:50% size:65% And discover life-changing spiritual resources. 00:27:58.076 --> 00:28:01.379 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58% Visit LifeToday.org and experience the best of LIFE! 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:05.750 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% >> And we have a generation who is going on the highways 00:28:05.817 --> 00:28:09.421 align:center line:63% position:50% size:63% and the byways trying to find out who they are. 00:28:09.487 --> 00:28:11.589 align:center line:10% position:50% size:28% Lisa Bevere next week! 00:28:12.590 --> 00:28:16.061 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73% LIFE Today is made possible by the supporters of LIFE Outreach International. 00:28:16.127 --> 00:28:19.164 align:center line:10% position:50% size:70% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt purposes of LIFE. 00:28:19.230 --> 00:28:21.232 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53% The ministry features specific outreaches 00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.301 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68% as examples of the programs it supports and conducts. 00:28:23.368 --> 00:28:25.370 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63% Gifts are considered to be without restriction 00:28:25.437 --> 00:28:27.505 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68% as to use unless explicitly stipulated by the donor. 00:28:27.572 --> 00:28:29.808 align:center line:10% position:50% size:60% The ministry is a member of the ECFA.