WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.734 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by Friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:09.610 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: Coming up on "Life Today," with a promising career 00:00:09.610 --> 00:00:13.313 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in basketball, Colby Maier began to experience severe 00:00:13.313 --> 00:00:14.748 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% panic attacks. 00:00:14.748 --> 00:00:17.751 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Colby Maier: And it got really dark really fast for me. 00:00:17.751 --> 00:00:21.688 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I didn't know how to manage it, and I remember waking up in the 00:00:21.688 --> 00:00:26.526 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% middle of the night with panic attacks, with fear, with worry, 00:00:26.526 --> 00:00:29.730 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% really just a fear for my own health, for my life. 00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:31.765 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Didn't--wasn't sure what was going on. 00:00:31.765 --> 00:00:34.268 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% When you have these different panic attacks, you think it's, 00:00:34.268 --> 00:00:37.271 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% you know, the end of the world. 00:00:37.271 --> 00:00:47.281 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:47.281 --> 00:00:53.587 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.587 --> 00:00:56.056 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James Robison: You know, I just look forward to seeing you. 00:00:56.056 --> 00:00:58.492 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You say, well, you can't see me, and you're glad I can't. 00:00:58.492 --> 00:00:59.826 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% I'm James Robison. 00:00:59.826 --> 00:01:01.194 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Betty and I welcome you to "Life Today." 00:01:01.194 --> 00:01:02.529 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% Got a basketball player on today. 00:01:02.529 --> 00:01:03.864 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% I like basketball. 00:01:03.864 --> 00:01:05.232 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Matter of fact, can you believe this? 00:01:05.232 --> 00:01:08.568 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I played basketball in the state championship the day we got 00:01:08.568 --> 00:01:11.872 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% married, made 24 points in the first half, Betty, and they 00:01:11.872 --> 00:01:14.841 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% didn't hardly let me shoot the second, three people on me. 00:01:14.841 --> 00:01:17.544 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% But anyway, I really like basketball. 00:01:17.544 --> 00:01:19.313 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I got a basketball player here today. 00:01:19.313 --> 00:01:21.048 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% His name is Colby Maier. 00:01:21.048 --> 00:01:24.885 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And Colby, you played through high school, but you played into 00:01:24.885 --> 00:01:29.389 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% college, and as I understand, you were pretty good, but you 00:01:29.389 --> 00:01:32.459 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% had in the relation with basketball some things happen to 00:01:32.459 --> 00:01:34.928 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you that kind of set you up for the rest of your life. 00:01:34.928 --> 00:01:36.296 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Tell us about it. 00:01:36.296 --> 00:01:38.732 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Colby: Yeah, yeah, from the youngest age possible, I 00:01:38.732 --> 00:01:41.768 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% remember having a basketball in my hand, so four years old, my 00:01:41.768 --> 00:01:44.671 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% mother, she enrolled me in little dribblers, it was called, 00:01:44.671 --> 00:01:48.275 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% little kids running around, and I had no idea what I was doing. 00:01:48.275 --> 00:01:51.712 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% First time I caught the ball, I gave it to the opposing team. 00:01:51.712 --> 00:01:54.281 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I said I don't know what to do with this, here you go. 00:01:54.281 --> 00:01:57.617 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And there was a coach on that team, on that little dribbler's 00:01:57.617 --> 00:01:59.686 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% team, and he says, hey, what's your name? 00:01:59.686 --> 00:02:01.154 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% I said, "Colby." 00:02:01.154 --> 00:02:04.024 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% He said, "Kobe, like Kobe Bryant?" 00:02:04.024 --> 00:02:05.726 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I said, I don't know who that is. 00:02:05.726 --> 00:02:07.094 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% He says, "Check him out." 00:02:07.094 --> 00:02:09.262 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I checked him out, Kobe became my muse. 00:02:09.262 --> 00:02:10.831 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% I wanted to be just like him. 00:02:10.831 --> 00:02:12.599 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Betty: That's a good goal. 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:16.236 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Colby: Yeah, so that was the kickstart to just my love and 00:02:16.236 --> 00:02:17.904 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% passion for the game of basketball. 00:02:17.904 --> 00:02:19.406 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% James: But you got injured. 00:02:19.406 --> 00:02:22.709 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Colby: Yeah, yeah, so, you know, basketball took me to a lot 00:02:22.709 --> 00:02:24.044 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% of places. 00:02:24.044 --> 00:02:27.781 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I traveled all, you know, North America, places in Europe, and 00:02:27.781 --> 00:02:30.984 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% in my senior year of high school, I joined the British 00:02:30.984 --> 00:02:32.886 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Columbia provincial basketball team. 00:02:32.886 --> 00:02:34.588 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% So this is the highest level of Canadian 00:02:34.588 --> 00:02:36.990 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% basketball, provincially. 00:02:36.990 --> 00:02:40.127 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So it's the best high school basketball players right across 00:02:40.127 --> 00:02:41.561 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% the province of British Columbia. 00:02:41.561 --> 00:02:45.032 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And joined this team and played with guys who are in the 00:02:45.032 --> 00:02:48.502 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% NBA now, Kelly Olynyk, Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph, all these 00:02:48.502 --> 00:02:53.173 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% guys are playing in the NBA, and that year is my senior year, had 00:02:53.173 --> 00:02:56.510 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% all these NCAA Division I schools that were interested in 00:02:56.510 --> 00:02:59.780 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% recruiting me to go play at their schools. 00:02:59.780 --> 00:03:04.618 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And my senior year, I remember we were in a practice. 00:03:04.618 --> 00:03:06.787 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It was right before this big event, it's called the Main 00:03:06.787 --> 00:03:08.188 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Event in Las Vegas. 00:03:08.188 --> 00:03:10.524 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's where all these scouts from all these different NCAA 00:03:10.524 --> 00:03:14.027 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Division I schools, they gather, and they come, and they wanna 00:03:14.027 --> 00:03:15.896 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% recruit you to their schools. 00:03:15.896 --> 00:03:20.567 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it was the practice before this big event in Las Vegas. 00:03:20.567 --> 00:03:23.070 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I remember I went up, we were doing a rebounding drill, 00:03:23.070 --> 00:03:26.239 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% went up in the air to grab the ball off the backboard, came 00:03:26.239 --> 00:03:31.278 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% down on a teammate's ankle, so my ankle tore all the ligaments 00:03:31.278 --> 00:03:34.614 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and tendons in my ankle, and you know, you can imagine putting 00:03:34.614 --> 00:03:37.250 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that much energy and focus into the game and to have something 00:03:37.250 --> 00:03:40.654 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% like that happen, it was like a big--it was a big moment, and I 00:03:40.654 --> 00:03:44.024 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% felt like I lost out on this opportunity to showcase my 00:03:44.024 --> 00:03:47.461 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% talent to these schools in the US, especially as a Canadian, we 00:03:47.461 --> 00:03:50.864 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% don't get a lot of opportunity like that in America. 00:03:50.864 --> 00:03:54.568 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So, I remember just feeling overwhelmed, feeling like I had 00:03:54.568 --> 00:03:59.439 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% lost my opportunity, feeling frustrated at God, didn't have a 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:02.409 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% relationship with him, didn't really know him in Jesus Christ, 00:04:02.409 --> 00:04:06.680 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% but felt I had a, you know, frustration, like why would he 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.048 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% let this happen? 00:04:08.048 --> 00:04:12.385 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I was sitting there with my foot in a bucket of ice while my 00:04:12.385 --> 00:04:15.622 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% teammates and my team was down in Las Vegas, and I was doing 00:04:15.622 --> 00:04:20.293 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the RICE, ICE, compression, elevation, that whole thing, and 00:04:20.293 --> 00:04:23.630 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I remember watching TV, and I was flicking through the 00:04:23.630 --> 00:04:28.235 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% channels, and I came across the animation "Joseph: King of 00:04:28.235 --> 00:04:32.239 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Dreams," and this is the whole story about the narrative of 00:04:32.239 --> 00:04:36.176 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Joseph, how his life, you know, he was betrayed by his brothers, 00:04:36.176 --> 00:04:38.845 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% thrown into a pit, sold into slavery into Potiphar's 00:04:38.845 --> 00:04:44.451 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% household, then into prison, but then God redeemed his story. 00:04:44.451 --> 00:04:47.254 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And God turned what the enemy meant for evil, and he turned it 00:04:47.254 --> 00:04:51.925 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% for good and redeemed Joseph from the pit, from the prison, 00:04:51.925 --> 00:04:54.895 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% and that story really ministered to me. 00:04:54.895 --> 00:04:59.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Thinking that, man, if God can redeem Joseph's situation, God 00:04:59.166 --> 00:05:01.201 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% can redeem my situation. 00:05:01.201 --> 00:05:04.638 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% He can turn it for good even when I can't see it. 00:05:04.638 --> 00:05:08.041 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so that summer I read the Bible from front to cover, 00:05:08.041 --> 00:05:12.812 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% beginning to end, gave my life to Jesus, was baptized, and I 00:05:12.812 --> 00:05:14.714 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% haven't looked back since, yeah. 00:05:14.714 --> 00:05:18.985 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% James: Okay, so I want you to tell us where this journey has 00:05:18.985 --> 00:05:22.522 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% ultimately led you and what it is you're doing now that will 00:05:22.522 --> 00:05:27.327 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% help our viewers, and I would say to every one of our viewers, 00:05:27.327 --> 00:05:30.297 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I believe this guy will help you and the people you love. 00:05:30.297 --> 00:05:34.000 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I believe that the people that he brings around him, too, that 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:38.738 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% are participating are gifted by God and called by God to 00:05:38.738 --> 00:05:41.541 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% minister his life to you. 00:05:41.541 --> 00:05:46.646 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I'm very impressed with him, so tell us, if you will, how you 00:05:46.646 --> 00:05:49.583 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% got into what you're into and what it is you're trying to 00:05:49.583 --> 00:05:53.486 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% accomplish and how our viewers can access it. 00:05:53.486 --> 00:05:56.890 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Colby: Yeah, yeah, well, you know, it really began with my 00:05:56.890 --> 00:06:00.927 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% journey after I came to the Lord and gave my life to Jesus. 00:06:00.927 --> 00:06:03.563 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, I always say that the birthmark of a believer is a 00:06:03.563 --> 00:06:04.931 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% bull's eye. 00:06:04.931 --> 00:06:08.335 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Life doesn't get easier when you follow Jesus, sometimes it 00:06:08.335 --> 00:06:09.703 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% gets challenging. 00:06:09.703 --> 00:06:12.839 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% There's challenges that we all have to go through, so when I 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:15.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% had my injury, and I had a subsequent injury actually later 00:06:15.675 --> 00:06:19.412 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% on when I played college in university basketball in Canada, 00:06:19.412 --> 00:06:22.515 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% I broke my C7, T1, and T3. 00:06:22.515 --> 00:06:29.422 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And when I broke my neck, I was in a neck brace for months and 00:06:29.422 --> 00:06:33.793 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% no mobility, no basketball, nothing like that, and I didn't 00:06:33.793 --> 00:06:37.897 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% realize that I was coping with all this anxiety through sport, 00:06:37.897 --> 00:06:40.300 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% through athletics, you know, through just staying healthy and 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:44.704 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% active, that when I had this injury, I didn't realize all the 00:06:44.704 --> 00:06:46.773 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% just the thought--the destructive thought patterns 00:06:46.773 --> 00:06:49.809 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% that I had, the anxiety, the depression, it all came 00:06:49.809 --> 00:06:51.211 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% creeping in. 00:06:51.211 --> 00:06:54.914 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so I had to deal with this, and it got really dark really 00:06:54.914 --> 00:06:56.283 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% fast for me. 00:06:56.283 --> 00:06:59.986 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I didn't know how to manage it, and I remember waking up in the 00:06:59.986 --> 00:07:04.824 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% middle of the night with panic attacks, with fear, with worry, 00:07:04.824 --> 00:07:08.028 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% really just a fear for my own health, for my life. 00:07:08.028 --> 00:07:10.063 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Didn't--wasn't sure what was going on. 00:07:10.063 --> 00:07:12.599 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% When you have these different panic attacks, you think it's, 00:07:12.599 --> 00:07:14.801 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% you know, the end of the world. 00:07:14.801 --> 00:07:17.771 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James: It's hard to believe how many teenagers are having these 00:07:17.771 --> 00:07:19.572 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% today, people of all ages. 00:07:19.572 --> 00:07:23.443 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% In other words, it's very, very serious, more serious almost 00:07:23.443 --> 00:07:25.111 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% than you can make it sound like it is. 00:07:25.111 --> 00:07:27.414 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Colby: It is an epidemic, we're dealing with a mental health 00:07:27.414 --> 00:07:30.417 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% epidemic today, and so many young people are struggling with 00:07:30.417 --> 00:07:33.420 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% this, and they're struggling with it sometimes alone, 00:07:33.420 --> 00:07:35.855 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% sometimes in a silo, they don't know who to talk to, they don't 00:07:35.855 --> 00:07:37.357 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% know who to share this with. 00:07:37.357 --> 00:07:40.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I remember going through this season of my life and 00:07:40.727 --> 00:07:43.263 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% thinking, man, I felt so abandoned by God. 00:07:43.263 --> 00:07:44.631 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I knew that he was there. 00:07:44.631 --> 00:07:47.567 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I knew that, you know, Jesus was my personal Lord and savior, but 00:07:47.567 --> 00:07:49.803 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% I didn't feel his presence. 00:07:49.803 --> 00:07:53.907 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I felt a void, I felt empty, I felt abandoned, forsaken, 00:07:53.907 --> 00:07:57.777 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% anxious, and I couldn't figure out what it was. 00:07:57.777 --> 00:08:01.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I remember my father, you know, after weeks this was going 00:08:01.514 --> 00:08:05.118 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% on, this depression, anxiety, my father came up to me and he told 00:08:05.118 --> 00:08:07.921 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% me something in the darkest season of my life. 00:08:07.921 --> 00:08:11.725 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I believe God uses our earthly parents and fathers figures to 00:08:11.725 --> 00:08:16.329 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% speak to us, and my father told me, he says, "Colby," he says, 00:08:16.329 --> 00:08:18.698 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% "I know that God's not done with you. 00:08:18.698 --> 00:08:20.066 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% He's got a big plan for your life. 00:08:20.066 --> 00:08:23.903 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He's gonna do something through you, and this is just the 00:08:23.903 --> 00:08:25.472 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% beginning of your story. 00:08:25.472 --> 00:08:29.008 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He's not done, and he's gonna get you through this." 00:08:29.008 --> 00:08:33.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I remember hearing those words from my father, right? 00:08:33.413 --> 00:08:36.383 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% The affection of my Heavenly Father through the life and 00:08:36.383 --> 00:08:38.485 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% words of my earthly Father. 00:08:38.485 --> 00:08:42.689 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That gave me the light that I needed to really believe that 00:08:42.689 --> 00:08:46.192 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% God was going to get me through this season, that this wasn't 00:08:46.192 --> 00:08:49.629 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% the end, and that's what I needed to get through. 00:08:49.629 --> 00:08:53.767 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And going through that season, I remember, if this is how people 00:08:53.767 --> 00:08:58.104 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% feel, I want to be that light to them in their situation. 00:08:58.104 --> 00:09:00.407 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I want to speak hope into their darkness. 00:09:00.407 --> 00:09:05.512 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I wanna be able to give them the light of life through the gospel 00:09:05.512 --> 00:09:07.147 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% of Jesus Christ. 00:09:07.147 --> 00:09:09.716 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that was my inspiration for getting online. 00:09:09.716 --> 00:09:12.952 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We've grown our platform to over 4 million across all of our 00:09:12.952 --> 00:09:16.289 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% platforms on social media, and it's just me speaking hope and 00:09:16.289 --> 00:09:19.159 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% life from the Word of God to people on the other end of that 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:22.862 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% screen, and it's been amazing to see how many people have reached 00:09:22.862 --> 00:09:26.132 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% out and said I was in a dark place, I was, you know, fighting 00:09:26.132 --> 00:09:30.437 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% for my life, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, and I came 00:09:30.437 --> 00:09:36.209 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% across your video, and it saved my life, it's unbelievable. 00:09:36.209 --> 00:09:38.178 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Betty Robinson: Isn't it something that's really needed 00:09:38.178 --> 00:09:40.213 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% today, because there's a lot of people that they don't have 00:09:40.213 --> 00:09:42.615 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% someone close by that they can turn, encourage? 00:09:42.615 --> 00:09:43.950 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% You had your dad. 00:09:43.950 --> 00:09:47.987 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He encouraged you, and the ploy of the enemy is to sep--make us 00:09:47.987 --> 00:09:51.124 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% feel separated from God, as Christians even. 00:09:51.124 --> 00:09:54.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He wants us to feel way off, but God says, "I'll never leave you 00:09:54.894 --> 00:09:58.598 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% nor forsake you," and we just have to be reminded of that and 00:09:58.598 --> 00:10:02.435 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% then try to surround ourselves with those that believe God is 00:10:02.435 --> 00:10:05.038 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% the true God, and he is always there for us. 00:10:05.038 --> 00:10:08.408 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so, therefore, that's what you do, you encourage people 00:10:08.408 --> 00:10:11.211 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% when maybe they might be sitting by themselves and say I wonder 00:10:11.211 --> 00:10:13.513 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% what they're doing and then see your your site and 00:10:13.513 --> 00:10:14.881 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% get encouraged. 00:10:14.881 --> 00:10:16.216 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I think that's wonderful. 00:10:16.216 --> 00:10:17.584 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Colby: Yeah, and we need community. 00:10:17.584 --> 00:10:19.919 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, just like what you said, we need each other, because we, 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:21.554 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% you know, none of us live on an island. 00:10:21.554 --> 00:10:23.923 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% You know, people are going through the same thing all 00:10:23.923 --> 00:10:26.726 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% around the world, and we need to know that we're in this together 00:10:26.726 --> 00:10:29.729 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and that we have a good father in heaven who's with us even in 00:10:29.729 --> 00:10:31.130 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% our suffering, you know? 00:10:31.130 --> 00:10:33.833 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% That's an amazing thing, amazing concept. 00:10:33.833 --> 00:10:36.369 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% James: You know, God's given you a beautiful countenance, and 00:10:36.369 --> 00:10:40.106 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% he's given you a, I believe, a wonderful gift to communicate, 00:10:40.106 --> 00:10:43.877 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and I don't question you had a great gift in basketball. 00:10:43.877 --> 00:10:49.048 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I had one myself, and, you know, really the Lord told me when I 00:10:49.048 --> 00:10:50.984 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% asked him why I couldn't, because I could have played on a 00:10:50.984 --> 00:10:55.455 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% national championship undefeated team, but I asked God, I said, 00:10:55.455 --> 00:10:57.957 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% "Why did you not let me do that?" 00:10:57.957 --> 00:11:01.127 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And it was a while before he answered me, but I do have a 00:11:01.127 --> 00:11:03.263 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% conversational relationship with the Father. 00:11:03.263 --> 00:11:06.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I hope that's not hard for you or others to understand, but I 00:11:06.900 --> 00:11:08.268 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% really do. 00:11:08.268 --> 00:11:10.470 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I didn't have a father to have a conversation with, but I have 00:11:10.470 --> 00:11:14.140 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the Father, and he converses with me, and I asked him, said, 00:11:14.140 --> 00:11:16.976 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% "Why did you not let me--" you know, I could have played on 00:11:16.976 --> 00:11:21.014 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% that undefeated national champion team, and what's 00:11:21.014 --> 00:11:22.382 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% the deal? 00:11:22.382 --> 00:11:25.385 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And the Lord said, "Because you're so competitive, and 00:11:25.385 --> 00:11:29.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you're so determined, and you're so nonstop, you would have had 00:11:29.055 --> 00:11:34.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to suffer a life-changing injury, and I didn't want you to 00:11:34.727 --> 00:11:39.432 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% spend your life with the effect of a life-changing injury, and 00:11:39.432 --> 00:11:41.601 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% that's why I didn't let you." 00:11:41.601 --> 00:11:42.936 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Does that make sense? 00:11:42.936 --> 00:11:48.074 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Do you think the injury you had, probably it was life-changing, 00:11:48.074 --> 00:11:50.777 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and you could have really hurt yourself really bad. 00:11:50.777 --> 00:11:53.780 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You could have--had you continued and it happened again 00:11:53.780 --> 00:11:56.015 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% and again, crippled you totally. 00:11:56.015 --> 00:11:58.151 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% So, do you believe God uses things like that? 00:11:58.151 --> 00:12:02.021 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And now when you look at it, are you glad that you're helping 00:12:02.021 --> 00:12:04.490 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% heal the lives of so many broken people? 00:12:04.490 --> 00:12:05.858 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Colby: You know what? 00:12:05.858 --> 00:12:07.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% For a while, people always asked me, hey, do you ever wonder 00:12:07.894 --> 00:12:10.330 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% how--where you could have gone with the game of basketball, you 00:12:10.330 --> 00:12:12.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% know, if you didn't have these injuries, where you could have 00:12:12.198 --> 00:12:13.566 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% ended up? 00:12:13.566 --> 00:12:15.635 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And do you ever look, you know, they ask me, do you ever, you 00:12:15.635 --> 00:12:17.904 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% know, kind of look back with regret? 00:12:17.904 --> 00:12:20.206 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% I said, "Regret?" 00:12:20.206 --> 00:12:23.843 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And what I gave up does not compare with what I gained in 00:12:23.843 --> 00:12:25.278 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Jesus Christ. 00:12:25.278 --> 00:12:26.613 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% It does not compare. 00:12:26.613 --> 00:12:28.881 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I'm not looking backward, I'm looking forward. 00:12:28.881 --> 00:12:30.216 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% James: And that's so true. 00:12:30.216 --> 00:12:33.219 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And of course, I was already doing the Jesus ministry. 00:12:33.219 --> 00:12:35.755 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% That's why I just thought I could do both, but I thought it 00:12:35.755 --> 00:12:39.459 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% was interesting how he showed me I couldn't because of that 00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:42.295 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% spirit of competition and determination. 00:12:42.295 --> 00:12:46.499 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So, he actually gave me a way out, and I say thank you, God. 00:12:46.499 --> 00:12:50.770 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And you--what would you like for people to hear right now 00:12:50.770 --> 00:12:53.606 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that would direct you, and let's just say where would you tell 00:12:53.606 --> 00:12:57.744 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% them to go online to kind of see what all's available? 00:12:57.744 --> 00:13:01.180 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If all of our viewers and listeners, where would you tell 00:13:01.180 --> 00:13:04.517 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% them to go and they can see easily online what it is you're 00:13:04.517 --> 00:13:06.219 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% offering, where would they go? 00:13:06.219 --> 00:13:09.255 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Colby: Yeah, they can go to the academyofthebible.org, or they 00:13:09.255 --> 00:13:11.224 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% can go on my social media profile. 00:13:11.224 --> 00:13:14.193 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I'm across all platforms, and they can check out my videos 00:13:14.193 --> 00:13:17.163 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% there, and if maybe they're going through a dark season, 00:13:17.163 --> 00:13:20.233 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% that would be a great doorway to get them. 00:13:20.233 --> 00:13:23.503 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% James: What are you hoping our viewers will hear today that 00:13:23.503 --> 00:13:26.873 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% might help them take the steps forward or even go to where you 00:13:26.873 --> 00:13:28.741 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% can help them, or what do you want them to hear? 00:13:28.741 --> 00:13:31.678 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Colby: Yeah, I would say that, you know, if you're in a place, 00:13:31.678 --> 00:13:34.881 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% a dark place, if you feel like maybe you're in a season where 00:13:34.881 --> 00:13:37.750 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you don't feel the presence of God and you feel alone, 00:13:37.750 --> 00:13:42.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% forsaken, or abandoned, I want you to know just like my dad 00:13:42.055 --> 00:13:46.192 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% told me when I was 20 years old, he told me that, you know, God 00:13:46.192 --> 00:13:48.961 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% was gonna get me through this season, and I believe the same 00:13:48.961 --> 00:13:50.997 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% to be true for you as well. 00:13:50.997 --> 00:13:53.766 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% That no matter what your battle is, your anxiety, your 00:13:53.766 --> 00:13:56.135 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% depression, your fear, your worry, the thing that keeps you 00:13:56.135 --> 00:13:59.205 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% up at night, I want you to know that there's a good father in 00:13:59.205 --> 00:14:01.941 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% heaven, and he knows you by name. 00:14:01.941 --> 00:14:06.012 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The Bible says that we cast all of our anxiety upon him, because 00:14:06.012 --> 00:14:07.847 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% he cares for us. 00:14:07.847 --> 00:14:09.515 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And that's a promise of scripture. 00:14:09.515 --> 00:14:12.285 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% It's rooted in the Word of God. 00:14:12.285 --> 00:14:15.221 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So I want you to know right now that no matter what your 00:14:15.221 --> 00:14:17.857 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% frustration might be, and no matter what pain you're dealing 00:14:17.857 --> 00:14:22.261 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% with, that God is gonna get you through this season, that he's 00:14:22.261 --> 00:14:24.397 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% gonna get you through this season, and there's hope 00:14:24.397 --> 00:14:25.732 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% for you. 00:14:25.732 --> 00:14:29.168 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James: And there can be some heavy seasons, Betty and I have 00:14:29.168 --> 00:14:36.209 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% been married 62 years, and we've been through some challenges. 00:14:36.209 --> 00:14:40.646 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Perhaps what many say is the heaviest burden a couple can 00:14:40.646 --> 00:14:46.552 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% bear, a person can bear, and that's the loss of a child and a 00:14:46.552 --> 00:14:51.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% very exceptional child at that in that our daughter was full of 00:14:51.157 --> 00:14:54.026 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jesus from the time it's almost like she was able 00:14:54.026 --> 00:14:55.595 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% to communicate. 00:14:55.595 --> 00:15:00.500 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% She was most popular, most beautiful, she was most loved, 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:05.004 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% and she was most like Jesus, Robin was. 00:15:05.004 --> 00:15:06.873 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% She had a beautiful family, beautiful marriage. 00:15:06.873 --> 00:15:12.311 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Her husband loved her so deeply, seven years, never one time not 00:15:12.311 --> 00:15:16.749 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% holding her in his arms, so to speak, and the three children, 00:15:16.749 --> 00:15:20.253 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% one of them is a leader in the church, The Church on the Move 00:15:20.253 --> 00:15:24.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in Oklahoma, and her son, our daughter's son, Chris, is one of 00:15:24.157 --> 00:15:27.093 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% the pastor leaders in the church, and his children are 00:15:27.093 --> 00:15:28.628 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% just beautiful. 00:15:28.628 --> 00:15:32.698 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And Betty, you know, when we said goodbye to Robin, toughest 00:15:32.698 --> 00:15:34.667 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% thing that ever happened in our lives. 00:15:34.667 --> 00:15:36.002 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Only God can get you through it. 00:15:36.002 --> 00:15:39.572 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Betty: That's right, and I think your message today is you're 00:15:39.572 --> 00:15:41.307 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% not alone. 00:15:41.307 --> 00:15:45.411 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There's someone there ready to walk you through this time with 00:15:45.411 --> 00:15:48.381 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% you and the Lord and hold your heart. 00:15:48.381 --> 00:15:50.283 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% And that's what means so much to us. 00:15:50.283 --> 00:15:54.387 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's not all the words you can say, but it's the prayer and the 00:15:54.387 --> 00:15:58.524 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% love that you feel from someone that really, really cares, and I 00:15:58.524 --> 00:16:01.627 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% think I feel like that's what your ministry is doing. 00:16:01.627 --> 00:16:05.398 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Hey, they're desperate, they need someone to talk to, someone 00:16:05.398 --> 00:16:08.000 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% to pray with them, someone to guide them. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.569 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Is that what you're all about? 00:16:09.569 --> 00:16:10.903 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Colby: And you know what? 00:16:10.903 --> 00:16:13.039 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It's just sometimes that one thing, that word of kindness 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:15.775 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that sometimes we take for granted, you know, what thing 00:16:15.775 --> 00:16:19.545 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% could I say maybe to this person in this season that might change 00:16:19.545 --> 00:16:21.747 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% their way of thinking, that might change their life? 00:16:21.747 --> 00:16:24.483 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I think sometimes we overlook those words, and so our 00:16:24.483 --> 00:16:27.253 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% words are powerful, you know, life and death is on the tongue. 00:16:27.253 --> 00:16:28.588 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% So, how will we use it? 00:16:28.588 --> 00:16:29.956 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% To speak life or to speak death? 00:16:29.956 --> 00:16:33.926 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I wanna speak life, and I wanna speak, you know, God's 00:16:33.926 --> 00:16:35.828 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Word over people's lives. 00:16:35.828 --> 00:16:39.999 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James: Father, I see your glory and your grace all over Colby. 00:16:39.999 --> 00:16:43.369 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I want you to bless him beyond anything he ever imagined, and I 00:16:43.369 --> 00:16:46.405 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% want you to bless all the people that come for help, because 00:16:46.405 --> 00:16:49.342 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% they're actually gonna connect with you, and they're gonna get 00:16:49.342 --> 00:16:52.612 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% the highest level of help in Jesus's name. 00:16:52.612 --> 00:16:55.481 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Colby, I'm really believing God's gonna bless you mightily, 00:16:55.481 --> 00:16:57.550 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% and you can get there on the screen. 00:16:57.550 --> 00:17:00.286 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We're trying to put up some contact points where you can go 00:17:00.286 --> 00:17:01.654 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% to him. 00:17:01.654 --> 00:17:05.024 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I'm looking down here at a book I wanna give all our viewers. 00:17:05.024 --> 00:17:06.592 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% This is gonna really bless you. 00:17:06.592 --> 00:17:08.561 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Here's what we're gonna ask you to do. 00:17:08.561 --> 00:17:12.064 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% We're right now in our Water for Life program. 00:17:12.064 --> 00:17:15.701 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We're sending this to anyone who will help us, so to speak, give 00:17:15.701 --> 00:17:17.503 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% a cup of water. 00:17:17.503 --> 00:17:20.806 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I'm gonna tell you right now, we've been hit pretty hard 00:17:20.806 --> 00:17:23.009 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% financially like a lot of people have. 00:17:23.009 --> 00:17:24.410 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% We've been hurting. 00:17:24.410 --> 00:17:26.312 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% First time I ever thought I might have to call the 00:17:26.312 --> 00:17:31.484 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% missionaries and tell some of them, maybe 50 of them or even 00:17:31.484 --> 00:17:35.221 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% more, your village won't get the well. 00:17:35.221 --> 00:17:37.556 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% We're short, and we are short right now. 00:17:37.556 --> 00:17:39.225 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% We need a miracle. 00:17:39.225 --> 00:17:43.663 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I want you to listen to a mother, a grandmother. 00:17:43.663 --> 00:17:47.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I want you to listen to what she says, and I want you to be the 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:51.304 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% answer to the great need, and you can be. 00:17:51.304 --> 00:17:54.774 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% You can be the miracle that is needed. 00:17:54.774 --> 00:17:56.809 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Watch prayerfully. 00:18:03.349 --> 00:18:05.751 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: Right now people around the world are suffering 00:18:05.751 --> 00:18:07.653 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% the effects of a deadly poison. 00:18:11.357 --> 00:18:13.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And there's little they can do to avoid it. 00:18:15.428 --> 00:18:17.430 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:01.907 --> 00:19:04.944 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: The deadly poison of unsafe water takes a toll on 00:19:04.944 --> 00:19:08.114 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% every victim it touches. 00:19:08.114 --> 00:19:11.984 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% In the most tragic cases, the poison takes that 00:19:11.984 --> 00:19:14.653 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% which cannot be given back. 00:19:15.821 --> 00:19:17.823 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:42.848 --> 00:19:45.518 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Betty: As I'm here with this little child, as precious as he 00:19:45.518 --> 00:19:49.655 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% is, he's probably between two and three years old, maybe four, 00:19:49.655 --> 00:19:53.459 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% but you know, he may not make it past five, four or five if he 00:19:53.459 --> 00:19:55.394 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% doesn't have the water that he needs. 00:19:55.394 --> 00:19:58.464 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% He has water, but it's contaminated, and so many more 00:19:58.464 --> 00:20:01.767 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% children like him all around the world, they need our help. 00:20:01.767 --> 00:20:04.937 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Children like this, we wanna see them grow up and have a chance 00:20:04.937 --> 00:20:06.505 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% in life. 00:20:06.505 --> 00:20:09.742 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Let God touch your heart, and let's help these 00:20:09.742 --> 00:20:11.744 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% precious children. 00:20:16.816 --> 00:20:20.286 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% James: You know, as we were looking at those little children 00:20:20.286 --> 00:20:24.790 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that had lost their mother, and the older sister there got these 00:20:24.790 --> 00:20:29.395 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% little ones, and I remember holding so many of them and 00:20:29.395 --> 00:20:32.698 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% drilling water wells everywhere we knew there was accessible 00:20:32.698 --> 00:20:36.735 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% water that we could to get water to them. 00:20:36.735 --> 00:20:39.371 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% For the first time, Betty, I felt like I might have to call 00:20:39.371 --> 00:20:42.942 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% some of our missionaries and say we're short. 00:20:42.942 --> 00:20:45.611 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I've never had to make that call. 00:20:45.611 --> 00:20:49.548 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But I'm close right now, because we've had a real assault against 00:20:49.548 --> 00:20:53.085 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% us for the stand we've taken for what's really right in the 00:20:53.085 --> 00:20:57.523 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% nation and in the world, and we've tried to help people. 00:20:57.523 --> 00:21:00.192 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We help people that other people don't even like and they wish 00:21:00.192 --> 00:21:03.229 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you wouldn't help them like they just wish people they don't like 00:21:03.229 --> 00:21:04.830 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% were dead. 00:21:04.830 --> 00:21:06.165 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% We don't wish anybody dead. 00:21:06.165 --> 00:21:09.602 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% We want life, because Jesus is life. 00:21:09.602 --> 00:21:11.237 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% He's the water of life. 00:21:11.237 --> 00:21:15.207 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He offers life to every person, a new life, a new direction 00:21:15.207 --> 00:21:16.542 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% and help. 00:21:16.542 --> 00:21:20.279 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% What we're asking you right now, please, would you go and get 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:23.115 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% your bank card and use it like a check? 00:21:23.115 --> 00:21:26.785 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Would you go online or would you dial that number and please make 00:21:26.785 --> 00:21:28.454 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% the largest gift you can? 00:21:28.454 --> 00:21:32.358 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Forty eight dollars will give water to ten people the rest of 00:21:32.358 --> 00:21:33.759 align:start line:63% position:48% size:28% their life. 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:35.895 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% And you know what a well will do. 00:21:35.895 --> 00:21:37.897 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% It gives a whole village water for the rest of the 00:21:37.897 --> 00:21:39.465 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% people's lives. 00:21:39.465 --> 00:21:41.934 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% We've given millions of people water, we've led millions of 00:21:41.934 --> 00:21:44.403 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% people to Christ in those areas. 00:21:44.403 --> 00:21:49.175 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Please, Father, help them to hear you saying, "I'm the water 00:21:49.175 --> 00:21:50.576 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% of life." 00:21:50.576 --> 00:21:54.146 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% And you not only share water for life, you share the water 00:21:54.146 --> 00:21:55.681 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% of life. 00:21:55.681 --> 00:21:58.517 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Lord, I know you're saying that to your family. 00:21:58.517 --> 00:22:01.453 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Please help them to respond in Jesus's name. 00:22:01.453 --> 00:22:05.824 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Betty, I'm praying every person watching will make the best gift 00:22:05.824 --> 00:22:09.628 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% they can, because they are making the greatest gift. 00:22:09.628 --> 00:22:11.931 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% Betty: I hope you'll do what you can. 00:22:11.931 --> 00:22:15.834 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Any gift that God puts on your heart to give, it will be used 00:22:15.834 --> 00:22:17.803 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% wisely, I promise you. 00:22:17.803 --> 00:22:21.874 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% It'll give a drink of water to a thirsty child. 00:22:21.874 --> 00:22:25.444 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% This older child was left with the care of her siblings because 00:22:25.444 --> 00:22:28.180 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% they lost their mother to the bad water. 00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.548 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Please join with us. 00:22:29.548 --> 00:22:33.719 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Let's join together, and just-- let's do it right now. 00:22:33.719 --> 00:22:35.588 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% James: You know, I know probably some of the missionaries are 00:22:35.588 --> 00:22:41.827 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% hearing that Life may come up short, and I know it disturbs 00:22:41.827 --> 00:22:46.265 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% them, but please, we need a miracle right now, a miracle of 00:22:46.265 --> 00:22:48.701 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% love and a miracle of life. 00:22:48.701 --> 00:22:51.103 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Please make the best gift you can. 00:22:51.103 --> 00:22:53.439 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Some of you've never made a gift. 00:22:53.439 --> 00:22:55.941 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I hope you'll make one now and keep making them the rest of 00:22:55.941 --> 00:22:58.210 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% your life to give life. 00:22:58.210 --> 00:23:00.346 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Would you please? 00:23:00.346 --> 00:23:01.714 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Make the gift God put on your heart. 00:23:01.714 --> 00:23:04.984 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% We've got some beautiful gifts to send you, I promise you, that 00:23:04.984 --> 00:23:06.719 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% will bless you. 00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:08.721 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Thank you so much for doing it. 00:23:09.755 --> 00:23:13.192 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: Every day thousands of lives are lost to waterborne 00:23:13.192 --> 00:23:16.095 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% disease, and nearly half of those are children under the age 00:23:16.095 --> 00:23:17.463 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% of five. 00:23:17.463 --> 00:23:20.766 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Through Mission Water for Life, you can give mothers hope and 00:23:20.766 --> 00:23:25.504 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% children a future as we provide clean, fresh drinking water free 00:23:25.504 --> 00:23:27.373 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% from the fear of death. 00:23:27.373 --> 00:23:31.477 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With your gift today, you can help drill and establish 350 00:23:31.477 --> 00:23:33.212 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% water wells this year. 00:23:33.212 --> 00:23:37.149 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 5 00:23:37.149 --> 00:23:42.254 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% children, a gift of $48 will help provide for 10, and $144 00:23:42.254 --> 00:23:45.491 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% will help provide life-giving water for 30 people for 00:23:45.491 --> 00:23:46.859 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% a lifetime. 00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:50.696 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you "Discovering the Joy of 00:23:50.696 --> 00:23:52.097 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Reading God's Word." 00:23:52.097 --> 00:23:55.734 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Whether you've read the Bible for years or are just beginning, 00:23:55.734 --> 00:23:59.238 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% this book invites you to experience scripture in a fresh, 00:23:59.238 --> 00:24:00.606 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% more intimate way. 00:24:00.606 --> 00:24:04.910 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request "A Life of 00:24:04.910 --> 00:24:06.645 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Compassion" coffee table book. 00:24:06.645 --> 00:24:10.516 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Capturing Life Outreach's heart for the world, each page pairs 00:24:10.516 --> 00:24:14.720 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field photography, 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:18.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% making God's Word visible in action. 00:24:18.157 --> 00:24:22.561 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:24:22.561 --> 00:24:28.133 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% for 250 people or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a complete 00:24:28.133 --> 00:24:33.272 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% well and request Life's beautiful 2026 bronze sculpture, 00:24:33.272 --> 00:24:34.807 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% "The Good Shepherd." 00:24:34.807 --> 00:24:38.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:24:40.145 --> 00:24:43.182 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Randy Robison: This water is filthy, it's cloudy, it's muddy, 00:24:43.182 --> 00:24:48.320 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% it's oily, and it's contaminated with worms, other things from 00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:51.023 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% animals that come to drink here. 00:24:51.023 --> 00:24:54.827 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% It's something that you and I would never, ever consider 00:24:54.827 --> 00:24:58.931 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% putting into our bodies, much less letting our children 00:24:58.931 --> 00:25:00.265 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% drink it. 00:25:00.265 --> 00:25:01.633 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Why do they do this? 00:25:01.633 --> 00:25:02.968 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Because they have no choice. 00:25:02.968 --> 00:25:06.839 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% That's why Mission Water for Life is so critical, and it's 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:09.341 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% why we have to move fast, because we have talked to 00:25:09.341 --> 00:25:12.778 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% families in many villages around here where they have lost 00:25:12.778 --> 00:25:16.882 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% children in recent months, especially young children. 00:25:16.882 --> 00:25:20.552 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% They tell me that when a child stops nursing and starts having 00:25:20.552 --> 00:25:24.056 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% to drink water, that's the most vulnerable point, but it 00:25:24.056 --> 00:25:26.024 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% shouldn't have to be that way. 00:25:26.024 --> 00:25:30.195 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% We should be able to come in here and give them a water well 00:25:30.195 --> 00:25:33.966 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% that goes down and gets clean drinking water. 00:25:33.966 --> 00:25:37.136 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Will you be a part of Water for Life? 00:25:37.136 --> 00:25:41.273 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% Let's stop this as quickly as possible. 00:25:41.273 --> 00:25:46.278 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Go to the phone, go online right now, make the best gift you can, 00:25:46.278 --> 00:25:50.249 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% and know that when you do, you are reaching them with the love 00:25:50.249 --> 00:25:55.454 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% of Jesus Christ in word and in deed. 00:25:55.454 --> 00:25:57.089 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% James: I'm really praying for the miracle. 00:25:57.089 --> 00:26:00.726 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% I don't wanna call up one missionary and say we came 00:26:00.726 --> 00:26:02.060 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% up short. 00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:04.696 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% Father, please, sure do love you. 00:26:04.696 --> 00:26:07.399 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Thank you so much for helping us put God's arms around people and 00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:11.136 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% give people who never had clean water the greatest gift, clean 00:26:11.136 --> 00:26:13.405 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% water and the water of life. 00:26:13.405 --> 00:26:15.441 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I hope you've enjoyed Colby. 00:26:15.441 --> 00:26:18.677 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Colby, I've really enjoyed being with you, and I'm praying that 00:26:18.677 --> 00:26:21.814 align:start line:53% position:50% size:75% people will go to the website, they'll get to know you, and 00:26:21.814 --> 00:26:24.016 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% you'll get to help them through all the challenges that 00:26:24.016 --> 00:26:25.350 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% you experienced. 00:26:25.350 --> 00:26:26.685 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% So bless you, my friend. 00:26:26.685 --> 00:26:28.053 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% Colby: Thank you. 00:26:28.053 --> 00:26:31.089 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% James: And please, continue to reach out and put God's arms 00:26:31.089 --> 00:26:34.726 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% around the overlooked and the least of these. 00:26:34.726 --> 00:26:36.595 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Thanks for helping us do 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