WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 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. 00:00:06.673 --> 00:00:10.244 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Nick Vujicic: Eighty-seven countries, 3500 speeches, half a 00:00:10.244 --> 00:00:15.782 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% million hugs, my arms fell off, but it was definitely when COVID 00:00:15.782 --> 00:00:20.587 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% came, and we went to a very large church, and they trusted 00:00:20.587 --> 00:00:25.125 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% us to have a confidential meeting with 60 young people, 00:00:25.125 --> 00:00:28.262 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and I said, "What do you wish that your church would do 00:00:28.262 --> 00:00:29.596 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% for you?" 00:00:29.596 --> 00:00:32.165 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% announcer: Nick Vujicic challenges believers to be 00:00:32.165 --> 00:00:34.968 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% champions for the brokenhearted next. 00:00:36.003 --> 00:00:46.013 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.013 --> 00:00:53.654 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.654 --> 00:00:55.188 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robinson. 00:00:55.188 --> 00:00:57.057 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda Lane is with me again. How you doing, Blynda? 00:00:57.057 --> 00:00:58.558 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Blynda Lane: I'm great, happy to be here, 00:00:58.558 --> 00:01:00.027 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% wouldn't wanna be anywhere else. 00:01:00.027 --> 00:01:01.361 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: It's a great place to be, 00:01:01.361 --> 00:01:02.696 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% we're glad you're here, by the way. 00:01:02.696 --> 00:01:04.031 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% You met our guest. 00:01:04.031 --> 00:01:06.733 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I did, and he's had me laughing since the moment that I 00:01:06.733 --> 00:01:08.068 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% met him. 00:01:08.068 --> 00:01:09.436 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: Well, I want you to meet him. 00:01:09.436 --> 00:01:12.539 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Many of you know him, he's been on "Life Today" before. 00:01:12.539 --> 00:01:14.241 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Nick Vujicic is with us. 00:01:14.241 --> 00:01:15.575 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Nick, how you doing, buddy? 00:01:15.575 --> 00:01:16.977 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Nick: Good, Randy, hi, Blynda. 00:01:16.977 --> 00:01:18.345 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: So good to have you. 00:01:18.345 --> 00:01:21.315 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I wanna tell people real quickly about your new book, "Champions 00:01:21.315 --> 00:01:23.016 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% for the Brokenhearted." 00:01:23.016 --> 00:01:27.554 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I love this, and you know that's our heart here, to 00:01:27.554 --> 00:01:30.424 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% champion people who have been through so many things, but I 00:01:30.424 --> 00:01:34.661 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% wanna hear from you kind of what this--what does this mean 00:01:34.661 --> 00:01:36.029 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% to you? 00:01:36.029 --> 00:01:37.798 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Nick: Look, it's been 10 years since I've actually written a 00:01:37.798 --> 00:01:42.035 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% book, and I really feel even that last book was, what's a 00:01:42.035 --> 00:01:44.604 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% topic that we all need to do as a church? 00:01:44.604 --> 00:01:46.306 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% And that was about evangelism. 00:01:46.306 --> 00:01:49.977 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% This is the next thing that I really feel burdened for like 00:01:49.977 --> 00:01:51.345 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% never before. 00:01:51.345 --> 00:01:54.414 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% As I go and preach the gospel, what happened to them after? 00:01:54.414 --> 00:01:58.418 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What about their discipleship, and really their heart, because 00:01:58.418 --> 00:02:03.056 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we can go to church every week and feel like, okay, I've got 00:02:03.056 --> 00:02:07.294 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% my, you know, weekly church out of the way, we're busy, we're 00:02:07.294 --> 00:02:10.397 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% going, we're going, and we feel good, and then we're going to go 00:02:10.397 --> 00:02:11.765 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% through the week. 00:02:11.765 --> 00:02:15.202 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We go to church thinking that the brokenhearted are just out 00:02:15.202 --> 00:02:19.106 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% there somewhere in the world, but the brokenhearted are within 00:02:19.106 --> 00:02:22.542 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the church walls, too, and I feel like a lot of us are not 00:02:22.542 --> 00:02:27.014 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% really understanding how many of us even Christians who go to 00:02:27.014 --> 00:02:30.550 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% church on a weekly basis are going through their life with 00:02:30.550 --> 00:02:34.454 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jesus but still with a broken heart, because no one really 00:02:34.454 --> 00:02:37.557 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% stopped and said, hey, tell me a story, what has happened 00:02:37.557 --> 00:02:38.892 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% with you? 00:02:38.892 --> 00:02:40.761 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so you can have your soul saved, you can have your mind 00:02:40.761 --> 00:02:43.997 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% renewed, but you also need your heart healed, and that's part of 00:02:43.997 --> 00:02:46.366 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% the great commission as far as we are concerned. 00:02:46.366 --> 00:02:48.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: It's interesting, because I love in the book you 00:02:48.368 --> 00:02:52.639 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% say brokenness is the common denominator for humanity, so 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:56.443 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% it's not outside the church walls, it's inside and outside, 00:02:56.443 --> 00:02:59.913 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% but you also say in your book that it takes your eyes being 00:02:59.913 --> 00:03:02.149 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% open to see the brokenhearted. 00:03:02.149 --> 00:03:06.853 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, what was it for you that made you really start seeing the 00:03:06.853 --> 00:03:10.791 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% brokenhearted and wanting to write about that? 00:03:10.791 --> 00:03:13.026 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Nick: Look, it's been an incredible ride, Nick V 00:03:13.026 --> 00:03:18.598 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Ministries, 87 countries, 3500 speeches, half a million hugs, 00:03:18.598 --> 00:03:23.970 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% my arms fell off, but it was definitely when COVID came, and 00:03:23.970 --> 00:03:29.009 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% we went to a very large church, and they trusted us to have a 00:03:29.009 --> 00:03:32.579 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% confidential meeting with 60 young people. 00:03:32.579 --> 00:03:35.749 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I said, "What do you wish that your church would do 00:03:35.749 --> 00:03:37.117 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% for you?" 00:03:37.117 --> 00:03:40.153 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And someone said, "I wish someone helped me to reach out 00:03:40.153 --> 00:03:43.790 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% to my friends at school who are cutting themselves." 00:03:43.790 --> 00:03:47.294 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And another one said, "I'm being sexually abused right now, but 00:03:47.294 --> 00:03:51.131 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% no one's ever asked me how am I really doing." 00:03:51.131 --> 00:03:54.601 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And so 1 in 3 girls, we're hearing stats, and so that 00:03:54.601 --> 00:03:58.538 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% interaction and the statistics that are coming out in America, 00:03:58.538 --> 00:04:04.478 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% 1 in 3 girls have already been raped by age 17, 1 in 5 boys by 00:04:04.478 --> 00:04:12.018 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% age 17, 1 in 5 men who go to church weekly are addicted 00:04:12.018 --> 00:04:13.353 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% to porn. 00:04:13.353 --> 00:04:15.856 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so if we can talk about human trafficking, which is one 00:04:15.856 --> 00:04:19.693 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% of the topics that we've chosen, the way that we've chosen this 00:04:19.693 --> 00:04:23.196 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% is understanding the topics as well, where you don't just want 00:04:23.196 --> 00:04:25.565 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to talk about human trafficking, you want to now go back to the 00:04:25.565 --> 00:04:27.267 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% root of where did this come from? 00:04:27.267 --> 00:04:30.937 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Well, if we start with the believers, for the demand for 00:04:30.937 --> 00:04:33.740 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% pornography and such, that's where we are at. 00:04:33.740 --> 00:04:39.479 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so years ago I sat down on a plane, and I said, "God, tell me 00:04:39.479 --> 00:04:43.817 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% all the ways that a human can suffer," and I didn't stop 00:04:43.817 --> 00:04:47.621 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% writing till 103. 00:04:47.621 --> 00:04:53.059 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% A year later is when I met June Hunt, who also had 103 different 00:04:53.059 --> 00:04:57.297 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% ways in how the human being can suffer and wrote 103 devotionals 00:04:57.297 --> 00:04:59.432 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% on each of those topics. 00:04:59.432 --> 00:05:02.969 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And so how do we then help and be the hands and feet? 00:05:02.969 --> 00:05:07.474 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We had to choose out of 103, which, you know, we have 12. 00:05:07.474 --> 00:05:10.610 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so we feel that the way that the world is going and the 00:05:10.610 --> 00:05:15.282 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% church health right now, these are the vulnerable, the 00:05:15.282 --> 00:05:19.819 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% marginalized, the wounded mind, and the silent suffering, and 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:23.423 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% these were the 4 categories of the 12 topics where we're like 00:05:23.423 --> 00:05:26.293 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% not many people are talking about this from the pulpit, and 00:05:26.293 --> 00:05:31.131 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we feel like this is the heart of God to reach the lost, yes, 00:05:31.131 --> 00:05:33.300 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% but to also heal the brokenhearted. 00:05:33.300 --> 00:05:37.737 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, it's interesting, because we do go to church, and 00:05:37.737 --> 00:05:40.473 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% we kind of feel like this is, you know, where--those of us 00:05:40.473 --> 00:05:43.443 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% who are a long time I will say we've all kind of got--we're 00:05:43.443 --> 00:05:45.478 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% all Christians, we're on the same team, you know, we're here 00:05:45.478 --> 00:05:48.014 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% to encourage each other, but you're right, once you start 00:05:48.014 --> 00:05:50.917 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% digging down, you find out that a lot of people are coming to 00:05:50.917 --> 00:05:55.288 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the church because they are wounded, they are hurting, they 00:05:55.288 --> 00:06:02.662 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% have the broken heart, and when you see this, you know, you've 00:06:02.662 --> 00:06:06.933 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% preached to so many people, where do you even begin? 00:06:06.933 --> 00:06:09.936 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Because I think for the average person who's like looking around 00:06:09.936 --> 00:06:12.572 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% in the church, they're going I don't even know. 00:06:12.572 --> 00:06:15.775 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I don't even know how to approach this with someone. 00:06:15.775 --> 00:06:19.512 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% How do you open that dialogue that can lead potentially to 00:06:19.512 --> 00:06:21.014 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% some healing? 00:06:21.014 --> 00:06:25.285 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Nick: Look, it's so good, we talk about each of these things, 00:06:25.285 --> 00:06:31.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we talk about addictions, we talk about abuse and bullying, 00:06:31.157 --> 00:06:34.561 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% the suicidal, the disabled. 00:06:34.561 --> 00:06:38.198 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We go through so many different topics there, and even sharing 00:06:38.198 --> 00:06:43.236 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% with experts, the telling signs of sometimes being, like, let's 00:06:43.236 --> 00:06:46.906 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% say if you're looking at a teenager, this is how you begin 00:06:46.906 --> 00:06:48.241 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% a conversation with them. 00:06:48.241 --> 00:06:50.777 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They're starting to withdraw, they're isolating themselves, 00:06:50.777 --> 00:06:55.348 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and you pick up on these things and kind of ways that if you're 00:06:55.348 --> 00:06:59.686 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% talking to a teenager to talk about the topic from not a 00:06:59.686 --> 00:07:04.057 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% microscope on them point of view, but to share about it, 00:07:04.057 --> 00:07:07.227 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% like trigger words like hazing, you know? 00:07:07.227 --> 00:07:09.729 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Do you know what hazing is? 00:07:09.729 --> 00:07:12.666 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Do your parents know what hazing is? 00:07:12.666 --> 00:07:16.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And understand, like, this happens and what does that 00:07:16.036 --> 00:07:17.370 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% look like? 00:07:17.370 --> 00:07:22.542 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And just bullying where patterns of even suicidal thoughts before 00:07:22.542 --> 00:07:23.877 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% they're gonna tell you. 00:07:23.877 --> 00:07:25.645 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% They're not gonna come up to you and say, "Hey, I've thought 00:07:25.645 --> 00:07:28.715 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% about giving up," but you need to have that friendship. 00:07:28.715 --> 00:07:32.452 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so we look at it from a peer to peer or a church member to 00:07:32.452 --> 00:07:35.789 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% church member, and really it's people your age who are 00:07:35.789 --> 00:07:37.123 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% looking out. 00:07:37.123 --> 00:07:40.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so we actually believe that this book is going to go on fire 00:07:40.226 --> 00:07:43.897 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% for young people who know that their friends are suffering, who 00:07:43.897 --> 00:07:47.434 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% know that there are people out there and helping people, like, 00:07:47.434 --> 00:07:52.806 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% be the light of Jesus Christ and not feel intimidated by some of 00:07:52.806 --> 00:07:57.243 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% these topics and how to actually have a friendship where you get 00:07:57.243 --> 00:08:01.247 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% people talking by sharing sometimes as well, your story, 00:08:01.247 --> 00:08:04.284 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and if it's not your story, it's from the mission point for 00:08:04.284 --> 00:08:05.652 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% your school. 00:08:05.652 --> 00:08:08.988 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Let's talk about bullying as far as a mission, shining the light 00:08:08.988 --> 00:08:13.259 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% of Jesus at your school, and then it turns out, oh yeah, I am 00:08:13.259 --> 00:08:16.563 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% being picked on, I am thinking of giving up because of that. 00:08:16.563 --> 00:08:18.331 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: It makes sense that you would have a heart for 00:08:18.331 --> 00:08:19.666 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% that, particularly. 00:08:19.666 --> 00:08:23.970 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% For those watching that may not know your full story, you speak 00:08:23.970 --> 00:08:27.974 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% about having suicidal thoughts and being bullied and being born 00:08:27.974 --> 00:08:32.779 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% with a disability started your life really kind of on a 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:35.248 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% different rockier road than most. 00:08:35.248 --> 00:08:36.616 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Tell us a little bit about that. 00:08:36.616 --> 00:08:38.985 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Nick: And so that's where the beginnings of how do you 00:08:38.985 --> 00:08:41.621 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% sincerely have the compassion for the lost and 00:08:41.621 --> 00:08:42.956 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% the brokenhearted? 00:08:42.956 --> 00:08:45.859 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It was not only just thinking of committing suicide but 00:08:45.859 --> 00:08:52.265 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% attempting to drown myself at age 10 and believing I had no 00:08:52.265 --> 00:08:54.401 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% hope, and God wasn't there for me. 00:08:54.401 --> 00:08:55.969 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% I prayed for arms and legs. 00:08:55.969 --> 00:08:57.871 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% He didn't give me a miracle. 00:08:57.871 --> 00:09:00.640 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Had no idea that when you don't get a miracle, you can still be 00:09:00.640 --> 00:09:05.011 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% a miracle for him, but knowing that his grace is sufficient, 00:09:05.011 --> 00:09:08.248 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that he can use your broken pieces, if you give your broken 00:09:08.248 --> 00:09:12.519 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% pieces a chance in his hands, that was when I was 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:14.554 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% healed, redeemed. 00:09:14.554 --> 00:09:20.093 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God helped me just to reach out and heal one more person's heart 00:09:20.093 --> 00:09:22.796 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% in knowing they're beautiful just the way that they are, and 00:09:22.796 --> 00:09:24.164 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% so that's where it began. 00:09:24.164 --> 00:09:27.801 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That's where my whole evangelical ministry began at 00:09:27.801 --> 00:09:32.739 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% age 19 years old, and, you know, just realizing that every single 00:09:32.739 --> 00:09:37.076 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% person that you walk by, we all hide our pain really well. 00:09:37.076 --> 00:09:41.714 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I knew how well I held my pain back from my parents, 00:09:41.714 --> 00:09:43.249 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% from everyone. 00:09:43.249 --> 00:09:47.654 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so you never know the person who's at the grocery store or 00:09:47.654 --> 00:09:49.989 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% walking by you, walking their dog. 00:09:49.989 --> 00:09:53.593 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I actually was walking my dog as a teenager and refusing to go 00:09:53.593 --> 00:09:57.096 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% home until I actually looked at someone in the eye and said, 00:09:57.096 --> 00:10:01.267 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% hey, I love you, Jesus loves you, and that was because I 00:10:01.267 --> 00:10:05.171 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% asked God, God, give me your eyes to see them the way you 00:10:05.171 --> 00:10:06.506 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% see them. 00:10:06.506 --> 00:10:09.843 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so, you just don't know what seeds of love, hope, or an 00:10:09.843 --> 00:10:13.012 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% engagement about just, hey, how can I pray for you? 00:10:13.012 --> 00:10:15.114 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Well, I'm gonna pray for you anyway, so you might as well 00:10:15.114 --> 00:10:16.516 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% tell me. 00:10:16.516 --> 00:10:17.917 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% So there's ways around that. 00:10:17.917 --> 00:10:22.922 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% So that began because of that life journey. 00:10:22.922 --> 00:10:25.358 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: You brought up something that I wanna address, because, 00:10:25.358 --> 00:10:30.063 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you know, when people hurt us or life circumstances hurt us, we 00:10:30.063 --> 00:10:34.801 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% lose a loved one, you face a divorce, a child, you know, has 00:10:34.801 --> 00:10:38.738 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% an addiction, those, those will all break your heart, right? 00:10:38.738 --> 00:10:42.509 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% These are all traumatic situations where we need to deal 00:10:42.509 --> 00:10:43.877 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% with it. 00:10:43.877 --> 00:10:48.281 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But even deeper, and this is what you touched on is when you 00:10:48.281 --> 00:10:50.216 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% feel like-- 00:10:50.216 --> 00:10:52.552 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And this is the wrong way to put it, so take it-- 00:10:52.552 --> 00:10:53.887 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% I hope you'll hear me. 00:10:53.887 --> 00:10:56.422 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% You feel like God's broken your heart. 00:10:56.422 --> 00:11:01.494 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% In other words, you have an expectation, and God doesn't 00:11:01.494 --> 00:11:02.862 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% meet that. 00:11:02.862 --> 00:11:04.197 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Nick: So well said. 00:11:04.197 --> 00:11:05.565 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Randy: You know what I mean. 00:11:05.565 --> 00:11:07.534 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I don't know that you can get over any of the life 00:11:07.534 --> 00:11:10.136 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% circumstance broken-heart situations if you've got 00:11:10.136 --> 00:11:12.405 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% that there. 00:11:12.405 --> 00:11:13.940 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Nick: A hundred percent. 00:11:13.940 --> 00:11:17.310 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: So, where do you--what do you say to those who are 00:11:17.310 --> 00:11:18.645 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% like, you know what? 00:11:18.645 --> 00:11:20.013 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% I have this disappointment. 00:11:20.013 --> 00:11:22.048 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There's a show, I did a program a while back where we talked 00:11:22.048 --> 00:11:24.617 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% about asking God for forgiveness, and people 00:11:24.617 --> 00:11:27.353 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% corrected me, you don't ask God for forgiveness, because he's 00:11:27.353 --> 00:11:31.424 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% perfect, but the point was this, we have disappointments, we have 00:11:31.424 --> 00:11:34.928 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% expectations, we have unfulfilled prayers, and that 00:11:34.928 --> 00:11:38.164 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% creates something where we-- it's up to us to change, right? 00:11:38.164 --> 00:11:39.532 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% I get that. 00:11:39.532 --> 00:11:40.867 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Where do you start? 00:11:40.867 --> 00:11:43.503 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Nick: We start at the truth, and the truth is that God never 00:11:43.503 --> 00:11:47.540 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% inflicts the pain in New Testament, in understanding 00:11:47.540 --> 00:11:52.579 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% after Jesus Christ and the grace and the mercy that we have, is 00:11:52.579 --> 00:11:56.783 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% as we hunger and thirst for God, his grace is sufficient and 00:11:56.783 --> 00:11:58.151 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% covers us. 00:11:58.151 --> 00:12:01.154 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We know he won't give us always what we want, but he'll always 00:12:01.154 --> 00:12:03.189 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% give us what we need. 00:12:03.189 --> 00:12:06.159 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% He never promises a smooth life. 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:08.962 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% The infliction is from the curse of sin. 00:12:08.962 --> 00:12:12.231 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And pain and suffering, disabilities, and death itself 00:12:12.231 --> 00:12:14.601 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% was the curse of sin, which Jesus broke. 00:12:14.601 --> 00:12:19.339 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If Jesus lives in me, he breaks the sin in my life, that cycle, 00:12:19.339 --> 00:12:24.277 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and condemnation in hell, and also he resurrected, and so I 00:12:24.277 --> 00:12:26.946 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% have the Spirit of God that raised Jesus Christ from the 00:12:26.946 --> 00:12:28.715 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% dead lives in me. 00:12:28.715 --> 00:12:32.151 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I am a new creation, but then it also says I am 00:12:32.151 --> 00:12:33.586 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% under construction. 00:12:33.586 --> 00:12:36.289 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It also says that all things come together for the good for 00:12:36.289 --> 00:12:39.492 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% those who love him, and in that construction and how God uses 00:12:39.492 --> 00:12:42.528 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% your broken pieces, he will complete the work that he 00:12:42.528 --> 00:12:44.364 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% started in you. 00:12:44.364 --> 00:12:46.866 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% And so I'm a work in progress. 00:12:46.866 --> 00:12:48.635 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Nick still goes through depression. 00:12:48.635 --> 00:12:50.269 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Nick still goes through anxiety. 00:12:50.269 --> 00:12:53.239 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% There are still times where I am angry at God, like, how could 00:12:53.239 --> 00:12:54.774 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% you let this happen? 00:12:54.774 --> 00:12:56.142 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Why is this stuck? 00:12:56.142 --> 00:12:59.545 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% It's been 7 months, I don't understand. 00:12:59.545 --> 00:13:02.382 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Sometimes you pray, sometimes you fast, sometimes you get 00:13:02.382 --> 00:13:05.918 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% counseling, sometimes you get prayer warriors to pray for you, 00:13:05.918 --> 00:13:08.955 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and nothing changes, and you're like, God, where are you? 00:13:08.955 --> 00:13:12.592 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I want you to know that he is not disappointed in how 00:13:12.592 --> 00:13:16.129 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you feel. 00:13:16.129 --> 00:13:20.433 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And how you feel, you bring it to God and you realize, okay, I 00:13:20.433 --> 00:13:21.801 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% am going to get through this. 00:13:21.801 --> 00:13:25.104 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Philippians 4:13, "I can endure all things through Christ who 00:13:25.104 --> 00:13:29.308 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% strengthens me," and understanding this, this is the 00:13:29.308 --> 00:13:30.677 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% beautiful thing. 00:13:30.677 --> 00:13:33.813 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's not just to reach out, it's understanding that we all can 00:13:33.813 --> 00:13:37.750 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% help people but also engage in ministry. 00:13:37.750 --> 00:13:41.854 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If you've been raped, I don't know what that is, and I'm sorry 00:13:41.854 --> 00:13:47.360 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% for that, but if you find God and you find redemption and 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:52.031 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% healing, you can actually be used more powerfully than anyone 00:13:52.031 --> 00:13:56.235 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% who doesn't know what that feels like, because your story, your 00:13:56.235 --> 00:13:59.505 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% history is his story, and so this is a commissioning to 00:13:59.505 --> 00:14:03.776 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% remember that this is how God can use your pain to reach out 00:14:03.776 --> 00:14:06.379 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to someone else, and maybe it's not tomorrow, maybe it's not a 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:09.816 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% year, maybe it's 10 years from now, but if you were used by the 00:14:09.816 --> 00:14:12.985 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Lord Jesus Christ to actually help bring the knowledge and 00:14:12.985 --> 00:14:16.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% understanding of his love to one person who then goes to 00:14:16.823 --> 00:14:20.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% eternity, then all our pain is worthwhile. 00:14:20.727 --> 00:14:23.329 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I just want to challenge the church, if God can use a man 00:14:23.329 --> 00:14:26.332 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% without arms and legs to be his hands and feet, then God can use 00:14:26.332 --> 00:14:28.801 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% any willing heart. 00:14:28.801 --> 00:14:32.572 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: I absolutely love that, and I do think that you talk a 00:14:32.572 --> 00:14:36.008 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% lot about the role of the church, and you say revivals 00:14:36.008 --> 00:14:37.577 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% aren't going to happen in stadiums, they're going to 00:14:37.577 --> 00:14:40.279 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% happen in the one on ones, and they're going to happen in 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:41.647 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% the churches. 00:14:41.647 --> 00:14:43.182 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Can the church do more than it's doing? 00:14:43.182 --> 00:14:44.517 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Nick: I believe so. 00:14:44.517 --> 00:14:50.223 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% In fact, in 2026, we really believe that the grace of the 00:14:50.223 --> 00:14:54.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% window of asking for forgiveness as a country and to repent 00:14:54.727 --> 00:14:57.096 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% is closing. 00:14:57.096 --> 00:14:59.899 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% I really believe it's closing quick. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:04.270 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I think we know too much, where if we were really the 00:15:04.270 --> 00:15:08.875 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% church, we're in Dallas, 32,000 homeless veterans. 00:15:08.875 --> 00:15:11.377 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% We talk about veterans. 00:15:11.377 --> 00:15:13.946 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We have a half a million churches more than capable to 00:15:13.946 --> 00:15:17.517 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% pick up the foster kids and kids waiting for an adoption. 00:15:17.517 --> 00:15:19.952 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% There's a half a million kids waiting, half a million 00:15:19.952 --> 00:15:22.722 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% churches, where are we? 00:15:22.722 --> 00:15:25.958 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% There's many still in poverty, and instead of pointing the 00:15:25.958 --> 00:15:30.163 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% finger at the inner city community who just got raped and 00:15:30.163 --> 00:15:34.600 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% now gets pregnant, and we just say keep the baby, why can't we 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:40.106 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% come in and try help the poor and those people to get 00:15:40.106 --> 00:15:43.109 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% financial literacy and opportunities as well, to 00:15:43.109 --> 00:15:46.546 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% actually be the church and get counseling? 00:15:46.546 --> 00:15:51.818 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I feel like the counseling, the help, there is much that I think 00:15:51.818 --> 00:15:57.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the church does need to do, and it's just a calling of a trumpet 00:15:57.557 --> 00:16:01.561 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% blowing from the wall, and this is actually where the book 00:16:01.561 --> 00:16:03.296 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% came from. 00:16:03.296 --> 00:16:04.997 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Randy: I think one of the misconceptions we have in 00:16:04.997 --> 00:16:10.002 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% scripture is, you know, from the Old Testament, following the law 00:16:10.002 --> 00:16:12.972 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% that, you know, salvation somehow comes out of that. 00:16:12.972 --> 00:16:19.846 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Obviously Paul unwinds all that, and he puts the works after the 00:16:19.846 --> 00:16:22.782 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% faith, you know, you're born again, it's a gift of God, you 00:16:22.782 --> 00:16:25.918 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% don't earn it, but then says you were created for good works. 00:16:25.918 --> 00:16:31.457 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then James puts it very bluntly, I mean kind of rudely. 00:16:31.457 --> 00:16:33.059 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Faith without works is dead. 00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:36.762 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If you're not doing the thing, your faith doesn't mean 00:16:36.762 --> 00:16:39.498 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% anything, and I think that's what I hear you saying and 00:16:39.498 --> 00:16:42.168 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% really calling the church out to do. 00:16:42.168 --> 00:16:45.571 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Nick: And generally I'm not saying that every church is bad. 00:16:45.571 --> 00:16:48.908 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I'm gonna call it, 95% of the church ain't really doing what 00:16:48.908 --> 00:16:52.078 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% they're doing, truly with discipleship, with 00:16:52.078 --> 00:16:57.250 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% accountability, with so many things, and there are so many 00:16:57.250 --> 00:17:01.153 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% still reiterations of and that fruit shall be go be with the 00:17:01.153 --> 00:17:03.956 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% widow, which is another one, widow, widower, that's a topic 00:17:03.956 --> 00:17:07.393 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% that, you know, go visit the poor, go visit the prisoner, 00:17:07.393 --> 00:17:10.429 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% that's another group of people that, you know. 00:17:10.429 --> 00:17:13.299 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And talking about just mission field, we're thinking it's 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:14.667 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% over there. 00:17:14.667 --> 00:17:16.969 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% You know, it's here right now. 00:17:16.969 --> 00:17:20.239 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And also the Native American sovereign nations, there's 340 00:17:20.239 --> 00:17:21.574 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% of them. 00:17:21.574 --> 00:17:25.344 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I've been to a couple of them, and it's right there, and we're 00:17:25.344 --> 00:17:31.617 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% like, yeah, God, we gathered, we worshiped, we did our thing, and 00:17:31.617 --> 00:17:35.121 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% it's like I think this is the common denominator of the 00:17:35.121 --> 00:17:38.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% calling, of the unification of the church. 00:17:38.557 --> 00:17:42.528 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Together we really could move the needle to be the world 00:17:42.528 --> 00:17:45.598 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% changers that we believe God's called us to be one soul at 00:17:45.598 --> 00:17:46.966 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% a time. 00:17:46.966 --> 00:17:49.702 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, I'd like to talk more about that, so we'd love to 00:17:49.702 --> 00:17:51.637 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% have you back for another program after this one. 00:17:51.637 --> 00:17:53.105 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Nick: That'd be awesome, thank you. 00:17:53.105 --> 00:17:56.943 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: But right now, actually, we have a great opportunity to 00:17:56.943 --> 00:18:01.247 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% do the thing, to put our faith into action. 00:18:01.247 --> 00:18:04.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And you know, Nick's been around the world. 00:18:04.083 --> 00:18:06.252 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Those of us at Life Outreach International, we've been around 00:18:06.252 --> 00:18:10.489 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the world, and wherever the need is, is where we're called to 00:18:10.489 --> 00:18:13.659 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% step in and be the hands and feet of Jesus. 00:18:13.659 --> 00:18:17.096 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So here's an easy opportunity for you to get started. 00:18:17.096 --> 00:18:20.499 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Many of you have supported this Water for Life outreach, 00:18:20.499 --> 00:18:21.834 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% thank you. 00:18:21.834 --> 00:18:25.137 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% In 2026 we have a wonderful goal, but we can't do it 00:18:25.137 --> 00:18:26.472 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% without you. 00:18:26.472 --> 00:18:31.243 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So watch this and see how you can put your faith into action 00:18:31.243 --> 00:18:33.245 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% and bring life to others. 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:43.089 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:18:43.089 --> 00:18:45.691 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: Why would anybody drink this? 00:18:45.691 --> 00:18:51.130 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% This water is so polluted by animals and people and runoff 00:18:51.130 --> 00:18:53.599 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% and environment. 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:57.470 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I don't even want to touch it, much less drink it. 00:18:57.470 --> 00:18:59.939 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I certainly wouldn't give it to my children. 00:18:59.939 --> 00:19:04.910 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But you know, for many people, they don't have a choice. 00:19:04.910 --> 00:19:10.116 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% A water source like this is the only water they can find, and 00:19:10.116 --> 00:19:12.918 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% it's deadly. 00:19:12.918 --> 00:19:16.622 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James Robison: You know, if you were thirsty, in Africa or in 00:19:16.622 --> 00:19:20.593 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% many of the remote parts of the world, you'd walk up to a stream 00:19:20.593 --> 00:19:23.029 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% like this, you'd say, oh, I've got great water, but what you 00:19:23.029 --> 00:19:25.464 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% don't realize is in this area alone, 00:19:25.464 --> 00:19:31.370 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% thousands of people got cholera, serious severe diarrhea, 00:19:31.370 --> 00:19:34.106 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% many people it cost them their children. 00:19:36.375 --> 00:19:38.377 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:55.561 --> 00:19:57.563 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Betty Robison: And they can't do anything about it, because it's 00:19:57.563 --> 00:19:58.931 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% all the water that they have. 00:19:58.931 --> 00:20:00.266 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% I just can't even imagine. 00:20:00.266 --> 00:20:03.302 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% This little baby is so precious, so beautiful, her mother loves 00:20:03.302 --> 00:20:07.006 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% her so much, and I wanna see this little baby live healthy 00:20:07.006 --> 00:20:11.444 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% because we've given some fresh water to them. 00:20:11.444 --> 00:20:16.482 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy: As we give water for life, we give life to so 00:20:16.482 --> 00:20:17.817 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% many people. 00:20:17.817 --> 00:20:21.987 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They're asking us, they are begging us, if you could just 00:20:21.987 --> 00:20:25.724 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% give us fresh clean water, we wouldn't be so sick, we could 00:20:25.724 --> 00:20:29.495 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% work to grow our crops, we could take care of our families, and 00:20:29.495 --> 00:20:32.364 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% it starts with you. 00:20:32.364 --> 00:20:36.635 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Let's give water for life so people can live. 00:20:40.005 --> 00:20:43.876 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy: You are the answer to the problem. 00:20:43.876 --> 00:20:45.778 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% We can give them clean water. 00:20:45.778 --> 00:20:52.318 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We are prepared in over 20 nations to drill 350 wells or 00:20:52.318 --> 00:20:55.454 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% more, I hope, this year. 00:20:55.454 --> 00:20:59.859 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% But we're relying on viewers just like yourself, and you need 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:03.462 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% to know that there is nothing too small. 00:21:03.462 --> 00:21:08.734 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Saving one life, two lives is huge. 00:21:08.734 --> 00:21:11.103 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Let me give you the breakdown real quick so you understand. 00:21:11.103 --> 00:21:14.874 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% The average well for us costs $4800. 00:21:14.874 --> 00:21:17.843 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% There are some places that are very difficult to reach. 00:21:17.843 --> 00:21:21.814 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% There are some places where to get to actual clean water you 00:21:21.814 --> 00:21:24.950 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% have to drill quite deep. 00:21:24.950 --> 00:21:28.154 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% But we go in, and we make it a well that will last for an 00:21:28.154 --> 00:21:30.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% average of 70 years. 00:21:30.723 --> 00:21:32.925 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% It's totally enclosed. 00:21:32.925 --> 00:21:36.662 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% This is truly water for life, because it is clean 00:21:36.662 --> 00:21:38.030 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% drinking water. 00:21:38.030 --> 00:21:42.835 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% It changes a village, it changes a region. 00:21:42.835 --> 00:21:46.972 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% We believe we have impacted nations through this, but again 00:21:46.972 --> 00:21:48.941 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% it's all because of you. 00:21:48.941 --> 00:21:51.377 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Some of you can drill an entire well, and I would encourage you 00:21:51.377 --> 00:21:53.879 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% if you can do that, please do that. 00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:56.649 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You'll bless so many people. 00:21:56.649 --> 00:21:59.485 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Some of you can join with others, $48 will help provide 00:21:59.485 --> 00:22:02.721 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% clean drinking water for a lifetime for an average of 10 00:22:02.721 --> 00:22:09.562 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% people, a gift of $144 would do the same for 30 people. 00:22:09.562 --> 00:22:12.131 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% But here's the important thing, and Blynda, I know you 00:22:12.131 --> 00:22:13.465 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% know this. 00:22:13.465 --> 00:22:16.468 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I know you believe this, when we go in, and we give someone clean 00:22:16.468 --> 00:22:20.973 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% drinking water, it's a good work, but when we go in and we 00:22:20.973 --> 00:22:25.778 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% give clean drinking water, and we preach salvation in the name 00:22:25.778 --> 00:22:28.714 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% of Jesus Christ, it's a God work. 00:22:28.714 --> 00:22:30.549 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Blynda: It's a God work, and it makes me think, you said 00:22:30.549 --> 00:22:32.918 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% something a minute ago about even if it was just one person. 00:22:32.918 --> 00:22:37.957 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% You know, one person can't do everything, but every person, 00:22:37.957 --> 00:22:42.061 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% every person can do something, and that something that you sow 00:22:42.061 --> 00:22:45.097 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% into this ministry will change someone's life. 00:22:45.097 --> 00:22:47.499 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It will save someone's life. 00:22:47.499 --> 00:22:49.935 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Randy: It is, and I've seen this, I've been blessed to go to 00:22:49.935 --> 00:22:53.038 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% a lot of places where we have drilled a water well because of 00:22:53.038 --> 00:22:56.942 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% viewers just like you, and I've seen the difference it makes. 00:22:56.942 --> 00:22:59.945 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% It changes the health of a village. 00:22:59.945 --> 00:23:03.582 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% It changes sort of the temperature of the spirit, I 00:23:03.582 --> 00:23:07.519 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% would say, of a village, because those who are so brokenhearted 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:11.190 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% because they've lost children in the past, they know that death 00:23:11.190 --> 00:23:13.292 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% has been pushed away. 00:23:13.292 --> 00:23:18.464 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% And we tell them, everywhere we go we tell them we are here 00:23:18.464 --> 00:23:22.668 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% because of God's love for you, that God has put a love in our 00:23:22.668 --> 00:23:27.239 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% hearts that we want to express to you through this simple act. 00:23:27.239 --> 00:23:33.178 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% So, again, I would invite you to join us to share God's love in 00:23:33.178 --> 00:23:37.616 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% word and deed through Mission Water for Life. 00:23:37.616 --> 00:23:42.454 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:23:42.454 --> 00:23:45.924 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Every day thousands of lives are lost to waterborne 00:23:45.924 --> 00:23:48.827 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% disease, and nearly half of those are children under the age 00:23:48.827 --> 00:23:50.195 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% of five. 00:23:50.195 --> 00:23:53.499 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Mission Water for Life, you can give mothers hope and 00:23:53.499 --> 00:23:57.803 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% children a future as we provide clean, fresh drinking water, 00:23:57.803 --> 00:24:00.105 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% free from the fear of death. 00:24:00.105 --> 00:24:04.209 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With your gift today, you can help drill and establish 350 00:24:04.209 --> 00:24:05.978 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% water wells this year. 00:24:05.978 --> 00:24:09.882 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 5 00:24:09.882 --> 00:24:14.953 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% children, a gift of $48 will help provide for 10, and $144 00:24:14.953 --> 00:24:18.223 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% will help provide life-giving water for 30 people for 00:24:18.223 --> 00:24:19.558 align:start line:10% position:48% size:28% a lifetime. 00:24:19.558 --> 00:24:23.395 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you "Discovering the Joy of 00:24:23.395 --> 00:24:24.797 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Reading God's Word." 00:24:24.797 --> 00:24:28.467 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Whether you've read the Bible for years or are just beginning, 00:24:28.467 --> 00:24:31.970 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% this book invites you to experience Scripture in a fresh, 00:24:31.970 --> 00:24:33.372 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% more intimate way. 00:24:33.372 --> 00:24:37.643 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request "A Life of 00:24:37.643 --> 00:24:39.378 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Compassion" coffee table book. 00:24:39.378 --> 00:24:43.248 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Capturing Life Outreach's heart for the world, each page pairs 00:24:43.248 --> 00:24:47.453 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field photography, 00:24:47.453 --> 00:24:50.823 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% making God's Word visible in action. 00:24:50.823 --> 00:24:55.327 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:24:55.327 --> 00:25:00.866 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% for 250 people or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a complete 00:25:00.866 --> 00:25:06.004 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% well and request Life's beautiful 2026 bronze sculpture, 00:25:06.004 --> 00:25:07.573 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% "The Good Shepherd." 00:25:07.573 --> 00:25:12.644 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:25:12.644 --> 00:25:14.546 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% Isak Pretorius: We've just watched mothers coming down from 00:25:14.546 --> 00:25:18.784 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% this village to the water source here, and mothers in this area, 00:25:18.784 --> 00:25:22.154 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% mothers like these have been explaining to us how this is 00:25:22.154 --> 00:25:23.522 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% their only water source. 00:25:23.522 --> 00:25:26.458 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% This is where they wash as they do now, wash their dishes. 00:25:26.458 --> 00:25:29.595 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% Just over here they try and collect water where they can 00:25:29.595 --> 00:25:32.598 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% keep it a little bit cleaner, but they've explained to us how 00:25:32.598 --> 00:25:34.433 align:start line:53% position:50% size:56% this water is actually contaminated. 00:25:34.433 --> 00:25:37.903 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% Their children get sick, they get sick, they get diarrhea, and 00:25:37.903 --> 00:25:42.074 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% they've even explained to us how children have died here because 00:25:42.074 --> 00:25:43.475 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% of that sickness. 00:25:43.475 --> 00:25:44.810 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% We know what that is. 00:25:44.810 --> 00:25:47.179 align:start line:53% position:50% size:65% That's waterborne diseases that are in this water. 00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:50.315 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% This is unclean water, but it's the only water that they have. 00:25:50.315 --> 00:25:55.087 align:start line:53% position:45% size:73% One mother said to us, "If we don't drink this, we don't 00:25:55.087 --> 00:25:56.588 align:start line:58% position:48% size:38% drink anything. 00:25:56.588 --> 00:25:59.124 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% There's nothing keeping." 00:25:59.124 --> 00:26:03.762 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% Can you imagine having to take contaminated water back to your 00:26:03.762 --> 00:26:07.999 align:start line:53% position:45% size:73% children knowing that it will make them sick and that it 00:26:07.999 --> 00:26:10.569 align:start line:53% position:50% size:45% possibly will cost them their lives? 00:26:10.569 --> 00:26:13.505 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% That's why we have to keep Mission Water for Life going, we 00:26:13.505 --> 00:26:16.442 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% have to keep drilling wells, we have to keep putting the pumps 00:26:16.442 --> 00:26:20.112 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% on those, we have to keep bringing fresh, clean water, and 00:26:20.112 --> 00:26:22.948 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% so what we need you to do is we need you to open your hearts and 00:26:22.948 --> 00:26:26.819 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% to respond and to give the best gift that you can give, because 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:31.924 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% that gift today is a gift of water, it's a gift of life. 00:26:35.794 --> 00:26:37.729 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Randy: I really do hope you make the best gift you can. 00:26:37.729 --> 00:26:42.167 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% You can be that champion for some brokenhearted people. 00:26:42.167 --> 00:26:43.602 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Nick's been such a blessing, Blynda. 00:26:43.602 --> 00:26:45.137 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% It's just great to have him here. 00:26:45.137 --> 00:26:46.472 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Blynda: Yes, thank you. 00:26:46.472 --> 00:26:48.607 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Where can people find you if they want to explore more about 00:26:48.607 --> 00:26:49.942 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% what you're doing? 00:26:49.942 --> 00:26:51.310 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Nick: Thanks for having me. 00:26:51.310 --> 00:26:54.580 align:start line:53% position:50% size:75% NickVMinistries.org/book is where you can check out, where 00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:59.451 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% you can get a copy, maybe get a couple for some friends, family, 00:26:59.451 --> 00:27:01.119 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% Bible studies at church. 00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:03.288 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% We want everyone to be engaged, to be champions for 00:27:03.288 --> 00:27:04.790 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% the broken-hearted. 00:27:04.790 --> 00:27:07.226 align:start line:53% position:47% size:58% Randy: We appreciate you guys being with us. 00:27:07.226 --> 00:27:08.927 align:start line:53% position:48% size:48% Join us for another program with Nick. 00:27:08.927 --> 00:27:10.295 align:start line:53% position:47% size:58% And by the way, you can catch all our programs 00:27:10.295 --> 00:27:11.630 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% at LifeToday.org. 00:27:11.630 --> 00:27:13.632 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% We'll see you again next time. 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International. 00:28:16.228 --> 00:28:18.297 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt 00:28:18.297 --> 00:28:19.631 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% purposes of Life. 00:28:19.631 --> 00:28:22.100 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The ministry features specific outreaches as examples of the 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.602 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% programs it supports and conducts. 00:28:23.602 --> 00:28:25.737 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Gifts are considered to be without restriction as to use 00:28:25.737 --> 00:28:27.472 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% unless explicitly stipulated by the donor. 00:28:27.472 --> 00:28:29.474 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% The ministry is a member of the ECFA.