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. 00:00:06.607 --> 00:00:09.877 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% announcer: Coming up, Nick Vujicic knows firsthand 00:00:09.877 --> 00:00:14.181 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the difficulties life can hold, but Jesus met him in his pain. 00:00:14.181 --> 00:00:16.250 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Nick Vujicic: To understand that he is with us is the 00:00:16.250 --> 00:00:17.584 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% greatest miracle. 00:00:17.584 --> 00:00:21.655 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% To know him and to let other people know that God loves you, 00:00:21.655 --> 00:00:24.524 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% he's with you, he's gonna pull you through it. 00:00:24.524 --> 00:00:29.463 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so the Holy Spirit is our present help in time of need, 00:00:29.463 --> 00:00:34.101 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% but he also delights when he uses other of his kids to help 00:00:34.101 --> 00:00:36.103 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% his hurting kids. 00:00:36.103 --> 00:00:46.113 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.113 --> 00:00:53.754 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.754 --> 00:00:56.790 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," we are back with Nick 00:00:56.790 --> 00:00:59.760 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Vujicic, and if you missed the other program, you can see that 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:01.295 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% at LifeToday.org. 00:01:01.295 --> 00:01:03.830 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% And we're talking about champions for the broken 00:01:03.830 --> 00:01:06.833 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% hearted, Blynda, and I know you've seen a champion's heart 00:01:06.833 --> 00:01:09.636 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% in Nick, so beautiful to see. 00:01:09.636 --> 00:01:12.806 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda Lane: The first show was so great, but what I just 00:01:12.806 --> 00:01:17.411 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% appreciate about you is your desire to call other people. 00:01:17.411 --> 00:01:20.814 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It's not just the life you've lived, you have such a heart to 00:01:20.814 --> 00:01:25.018 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% call other people to move and to work and to minister in the best 00:01:25.018 --> 00:01:28.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% way God has equipped them, it's just so awesome. 00:01:28.055 --> 00:01:31.091 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Nick: It's scriptural, so praise God for that, and anything good 00:01:31.091 --> 00:01:33.827 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that you see in me is from the Lord, and you know, I'm glad 00:01:33.827 --> 00:01:36.330 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that people are encouraged, but so many people come up to me and 00:01:36.330 --> 00:01:39.633 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% say, wow, you have a powerful testimony, you have a powerful 00:01:39.633 --> 00:01:43.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% ministry, and I'm like we all need to be the hands and feet, 00:01:43.036 --> 00:01:46.807 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% wherever we are for the one soul, to hear that God loves 00:01:46.807 --> 00:01:51.645 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% them and to actually be the love of God extended. 00:01:51.645 --> 00:01:55.349 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that means not just saying hi and being nice and all that, 00:01:55.349 --> 00:01:59.486 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% but getting to know them, and really getting to know your 00:01:59.486 --> 00:02:05.592 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% local community, even when it's not easy to hear what our 00:02:05.592 --> 00:02:09.596 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% communities are going through or within the church as well. 00:02:09.596 --> 00:02:12.632 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy: One of the barriers I know is that people think 00:02:12.632 --> 00:02:18.605 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% they're not qualified, or they recognize their own brokenness. 00:02:18.605 --> 00:02:22.476 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Is this something that only the experts can do? 00:02:22.476 --> 00:02:26.046 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% When I say something, I'm talking about reaching out and 00:02:26.046 --> 00:02:28.915 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% touching someone where they're at and being the hands and feet 00:02:28.915 --> 00:02:31.585 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% of Jesus, as you talked about in the last program. 00:02:31.585 --> 00:02:34.488 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Do I have to reach a certain level, or is this something that 00:02:34.488 --> 00:02:38.725 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% everybody should just kind of wade in and rely on God to pull 00:02:38.725 --> 00:02:40.093 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% them through? 00:02:40.093 --> 00:02:42.162 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Nick: Yeah, look, it depends on the conviction of the Holy 00:02:42.162 --> 00:02:43.897 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Spirit at that moment. 00:02:43.897 --> 00:02:47.968 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Anyone can open their mouth and say what, you know, God says 00:02:47.968 --> 00:02:49.336 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% to say. 00:02:49.336 --> 00:02:52.973 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And that's the beautiful thing, God can use anyone who says yes, 00:02:52.973 --> 00:02:55.475 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% God, use me. 00:02:55.475 --> 00:02:58.678 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it's not about the courage, it's not about, oh, well, what 00:02:58.678 --> 00:03:01.715 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% if they think about this, and I think it's that fear 00:03:01.715 --> 00:03:03.083 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% of rejection. 00:03:03.083 --> 00:03:06.453 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I think it's like, well, I don't think I can really help you, so 00:03:06.453 --> 00:03:08.355 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% I'm not gonna even try. 00:03:08.355 --> 00:03:13.293 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% What's beautiful is God uses us as the farmers, scattering 00:03:13.293 --> 00:03:18.398 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% seeds, and some seeds take root, some seeds don't, so for someone 00:03:18.398 --> 00:03:22.669 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% who doesn't feel qualified, so there's two things I want 00:03:22.669 --> 00:03:24.004 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% to say. 00:03:24.004 --> 00:03:27.874 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We all can plant seeds of love, hope, and joy in Jesus Christ 00:03:27.874 --> 00:03:29.209 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% through people. 00:03:29.209 --> 00:03:30.644 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% We all can do that. 00:03:30.644 --> 00:03:35.816 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The second thing is, this is a beautiful thing, people can see 00:03:35.816 --> 00:03:41.021 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% my physical appearance and kind of assume my brokenness on the 00:03:41.021 --> 00:03:44.391 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% inside, but the beautiful thing is that we're commissioned to be 00:03:44.391 --> 00:03:47.561 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% part of the great commission to share who were you before you 00:03:47.561 --> 00:03:49.062 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% met Jesus? 00:03:49.062 --> 00:03:51.131 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% How did you meet him? 00:03:51.131 --> 00:03:52.966 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% What does that transformation look like? 00:03:52.966 --> 00:03:55.068 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% And what does that mean for you today? 00:03:55.068 --> 00:03:58.405 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Now, you may have arms and legs, but maybe you grew 00:03:58.405 --> 00:04:00.207 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% up fatherless. 00:04:00.207 --> 00:04:05.245 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% That's as big as a disability or even worse than having no limbs, 00:04:05.245 --> 00:04:09.049 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and for you to be used by God to find someone who doesn't have a 00:04:09.049 --> 00:04:14.788 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% father, and God can use you, the qualification is telling someone 00:04:14.788 --> 00:04:18.992 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I know how it feels to be brokenhearted too. 00:04:18.992 --> 00:04:22.062 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But don't worry, God is with you, and so sometimes we don't 00:04:22.062 --> 00:04:25.365 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% even want to share that, you know, we're vulnerable, I don't 00:04:25.365 --> 00:04:27.534 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% want them to know that I'm going through this. 00:04:27.534 --> 00:04:32.339 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Depression, anxiety, Nick still goes through this. 00:04:32.339 --> 00:04:36.776 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Today, I'm still going through counseling sometimes. 00:04:36.776 --> 00:04:40.347 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Today, I'm still going through ups and downs. 00:04:40.347 --> 00:04:43.517 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Today, I'm still under construction, and so we all can 00:04:43.517 --> 00:04:46.486 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% give our yes to God, and it's all for the sake of Christ. 00:04:46.486 --> 00:04:48.522 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% What did he give? His all. 00:04:48.522 --> 00:04:51.925 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% What can I give him? My all today. 00:04:51.925 --> 00:04:53.760 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: And you know what's interesting is I can think back 00:04:53.760 --> 00:04:56.563 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% into times in my life where there's been a moment of 00:04:56.563 --> 00:05:01.168 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% brokenness or disappointment or sadness, and when I step outside 00:05:01.168 --> 00:05:06.006 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% of that moment for a second and be helpful to someone else, 00:05:06.006 --> 00:05:10.043 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% minister to someone else, start serving in some capacity, all of 00:05:10.043 --> 00:05:14.181 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% a sudden I start finding purpose in what I'm going through, or it 00:05:14.181 --> 00:05:20.420 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% starts just at least becoming smaller in my view, and God's 00:05:20.420 --> 00:05:22.088 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% people start becoming more important. 00:05:22.088 --> 00:05:27.294 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So, how much of finding that part of your story and that 00:05:27.294 --> 00:05:30.764 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% brokenness that we all have, how much of that is more of kind of 00:05:30.764 --> 00:05:36.069 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% an invitation to start walking out what God might actually have 00:05:36.069 --> 00:05:38.672 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% in a full purpose for your life? 00:05:38.672 --> 00:05:42.142 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Nick: To me, I believe with all my heart, that's the absolute 00:05:42.142 --> 00:05:46.746 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% full potential of God's plan for your life, is to actually now 00:05:46.746 --> 00:05:50.850 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% share his love and what he's done for you with others. 00:05:50.850 --> 00:05:53.053 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That doesn't mean you have to write a book, it doesn't mean 00:05:53.053 --> 00:05:56.690 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that you have to become a speaker, but we are brothers and 00:05:56.690 --> 00:05:59.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% sisters in Christ, and we're like, well, I don't know if 00:05:59.426 --> 00:06:01.061 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% they're ever going to come to church or not. 00:06:01.061 --> 00:06:03.630 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You can still get to know your neighbor, you can still preach 00:06:03.630 --> 00:06:06.466 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the gospel, but within the church, this is what I want to 00:06:06.466 --> 00:06:12.539 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% talk about, so many people don't understand the untapped orchards 00:06:12.539 --> 00:06:15.942 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% of fruit trees for the body of Christ. 00:06:15.942 --> 00:06:20.447 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% If we just got to really know one another and really share 00:06:20.447 --> 00:06:23.850 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% what we're going through, not just hi, God bless you, you 00:06:23.850 --> 00:06:25.218 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% know, I'm praying for you. 00:06:25.218 --> 00:06:27.420 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% No you're not, you're lying in church. 00:06:27.420 --> 00:06:31.725 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And so many of us, it's like I feel unqualified. 00:06:31.725 --> 00:06:34.060 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I don't know how to start the conversations. 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:37.564 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This is something that we want the church to start conversing 00:06:37.564 --> 00:06:40.934 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% in, because in our community, whether we like it or not, 00:06:40.934 --> 00:06:44.170 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% whether we acknowledge it or not, there are brokenhearted 00:06:44.170 --> 00:06:48.041 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% people sitting in the pews every single Sunday waiting for 00:06:48.041 --> 00:06:51.878 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% someone to say, hey, can I share with you my story? 00:06:51.878 --> 00:06:55.448 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And when you share your story-- or can I hear your story? 00:06:55.448 --> 00:06:59.753 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It's about love, it's about conversing, and that gives room 00:06:59.753 --> 00:07:03.456 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% for the Holy Spirit to actually share the glory of God. 00:07:03.456 --> 00:07:06.092 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It's got nothing to do with you or how good you are. 00:07:06.092 --> 00:07:07.460 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% You've got it all together. 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:09.996 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You know enough about the Bible, or I know how to talk 00:07:09.996 --> 00:07:11.631 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% to someone. 00:07:11.631 --> 00:07:15.502 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I'm just being obedient because that's what God's asked me to do 00:07:15.502 --> 00:07:17.337 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% is to be the hands and feet. 00:07:17.337 --> 00:07:20.273 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: It involves a lot of listening, I've found, and I 00:07:20.273 --> 00:07:23.243 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% don't always have time for listening, which requires me to 00:07:23.243 --> 00:07:26.913 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% lay down my own selfish desires and go I'll just listen. 00:07:26.913 --> 00:07:28.548 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% It's amazing what that can do. 00:07:28.548 --> 00:07:29.983 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Nick: So true. 00:07:29.983 --> 00:07:31.918 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Right? Hard lesson for talkers like me. 00:07:31.918 --> 00:07:36.256 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So you hit a bunch of areas, you talk about the trafficked, the 00:07:36.256 --> 00:07:39.926 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% unborn, the orphaned, the abused, the bullied, suicidal, 00:07:39.926 --> 00:07:43.897 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% disabled, poor, prisoner, veteran, widow, the Native 00:07:43.897 --> 00:07:45.965 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% American, which is a whole fascinating chapter. 00:07:45.965 --> 00:07:47.667 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I don't know that we'll get to it. 00:07:47.667 --> 00:07:51.771 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I wanna know of, as you've gone through and spoken to these 00:07:51.771 --> 00:07:57.177 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% people and seen their broken hearts, do you feel any 00:07:57.177 --> 00:08:01.348 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% particular call out to the church to pay attention to 00:08:01.348 --> 00:08:05.618 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% someone we may not have paid the kind of attention to that God 00:08:05.618 --> 00:08:06.953 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% wants us to? 00:08:06.953 --> 00:08:09.422 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Nick: I love that question, Randy, and the question--the 00:08:09.422 --> 00:08:11.991 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% answer to that is no. 00:08:11.991 --> 00:08:16.363 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I feel like we all must, according to our own faith, 00:08:16.363 --> 00:08:18.732 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% according to our own conviction, what's beautiful is this. 00:08:18.732 --> 00:08:23.870 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If I was a pastor, I would know this, that 1% of everyone who 00:08:23.870 --> 00:08:27.374 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% comes to the church that I'm pastoring at has a passion for 00:08:27.374 --> 00:08:31.378 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% evangelism, has a passion for foster kids, has a passion, 1%, 00:08:31.378 --> 00:08:36.883 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% 1%, 1%, 1%, 1%, I don't have any stats to share that, but that's 00:08:36.883 --> 00:08:41.921 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% based on 3500 speeches in 87 countries and a half a million 00:08:41.921 --> 00:08:45.658 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% conversations and hugs in 25 years. 00:08:45.658 --> 00:08:49.796 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so we get to see a lot, where there are people who have 00:08:49.796 --> 00:08:52.866 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% a passion for something, but we don't realize that the army's 00:08:52.866 --> 00:08:57.036 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there, it's not that the pastor now needs to be a jack of all 00:08:57.036 --> 00:09:00.673 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% trades, as the world would say, it's equipping the church, it's 00:09:00.673 --> 00:09:02.976 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% not equipping the pastor, it's equipping the church. 00:09:02.976 --> 00:09:06.546 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We are the church, and so, believe it or not, a lot of us 00:09:06.546 --> 00:09:09.449 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% are already called to some of these peoples in mission fields. 00:09:09.449 --> 00:09:12.619 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Are you saying 99% of the church isn't activated? 00:09:12.619 --> 00:09:13.953 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Is that some-- 00:09:13.953 --> 00:09:15.321 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Nick: A million percent. 00:09:15.321 --> 00:09:17.457 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% Exactly. 00:09:17.457 --> 00:09:21.728 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% In my opinion, I'm not saying like, again, like I think 5% of 00:09:21.728 --> 00:09:24.197 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% the churches that I've been to are actually doing some 00:09:24.197 --> 00:09:26.499 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% discipleship, some accountability for leadership, 00:09:26.499 --> 00:09:29.135 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and actually doing some community service that's beyond 00:09:29.135 --> 00:09:32.705 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Easter and Christmas, there's ministries. 00:09:32.705 --> 00:09:36.643 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% But to really discover like how has God called you? 00:09:36.643 --> 00:09:40.180 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like it's more like this is the church, these are the programs, 00:09:40.180 --> 00:09:44.184 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and how do you--how do we the church now do what God's called 00:09:44.184 --> 00:09:46.419 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% us to do through you? 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:47.754 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% That's the difference. 00:09:47.754 --> 00:09:50.423 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: Is it always this thought that somebody else will 00:09:50.423 --> 00:09:51.758 align:start line:69% position:50% size:16% do it? 00:09:51.758 --> 00:09:53.526 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Right, yeah, because when you say the church should be 00:09:53.526 --> 00:09:55.929 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% doing this, we usually think them. 00:09:55.929 --> 00:09:57.263 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Nick: The church. 00:09:57.263 --> 00:09:59.365 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: And you're saying the church right here. 00:09:59.365 --> 00:10:01.668 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Nick: Absolutely, so my dad was a pastor, right? 00:10:01.668 --> 00:10:04.404 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so when someone says, oh, pastor, you should do this, my 00:10:04.404 --> 00:10:06.739 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% dad always says great, go do it. 00:10:06.739 --> 00:10:08.107 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Blynda: Right, right. 00:10:08.107 --> 00:10:09.442 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Nick: Go do it, go do it. 00:10:09.442 --> 00:10:11.344 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: And also, I mean, scripturally there are various 00:10:11.344 --> 00:10:15.648 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% parts, there are many parts to one body, and I do know that 00:10:15.648 --> 00:10:18.084 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there has been disappointment in churches because someone has 00:10:18.084 --> 00:10:20.119 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% said, you know, we really need to do a better job reaching the 00:10:20.119 --> 00:10:22.021 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% veterans in our community. 00:10:22.021 --> 00:10:26.559 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then that's it, but what I hear you saying is that God has 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:30.396 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% designed us that if he's put that on our hearts, if he says, 00:10:30.396 --> 00:10:33.099 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy, you need to reach the veterans in your community, I 00:10:33.099 --> 00:10:35.435 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% can go to the church for support and for help, but I need to 00:10:35.435 --> 00:10:37.136 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% follow up on that call. 00:10:37.136 --> 00:10:40.907 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If he says go reach the Native Americans in the reservation in 00:10:40.907 --> 00:10:44.911 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% my state, I need to follow up on that call and not be a follower 00:10:44.911 --> 00:10:48.348 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% in the calling of God waiting for the church to go do 00:10:48.348 --> 00:10:51.017 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% something, but to be the church and do something. 00:10:51.017 --> 00:10:53.586 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Nick: And it's very-- absolutely, I couldn't have said 00:10:53.586 --> 00:10:54.954 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% it better. 00:10:54.954 --> 00:10:56.623 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, Randy, the problem is, though, as a pastor, like, well, 00:10:56.623 --> 00:10:57.991 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% how do I equip the church? 00:10:57.991 --> 00:11:00.593 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% That's why we have the Champions for the Brokenhearted series 00:11:00.593 --> 00:11:03.630 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% at NickVMinistries.org. 00:11:03.630 --> 00:11:07.300 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Years ago God gave me a list of 103 different ways in how the 00:11:07.300 --> 00:11:10.003 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% human being can suffer, and we've now actually joint 00:11:10.003 --> 00:11:13.406 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% ministry partnership with Champions for the Brokenhearted 00:11:13.406 --> 00:11:17.410 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to equip the church, to even if they want counseling, to learn 00:11:17.410 --> 00:11:20.246 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% how to have lay counseling for some of these people in 00:11:20.246 --> 00:11:22.382 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% different situations. 00:11:22.382 --> 00:11:27.153 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We've offered that on the website, but this book is to 00:11:27.153 --> 00:11:29.088 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% light an ember. 00:11:29.088 --> 00:11:31.024 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% I think some people don't even realize. 00:11:31.024 --> 00:11:35.562 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% This is not, oh, let's add fuel to an ember or fire or fan 00:11:35.562 --> 00:11:37.030 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% the flame. 00:11:37.030 --> 00:11:40.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Many people don't realize that 1 in 3 girls at your church have 00:11:40.900 --> 00:11:44.470 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% already been raped by age 17, 1 out of 5 boys have already been 00:11:44.470 --> 00:11:46.339 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% raped, and it's in the church too. 00:11:46.339 --> 00:11:48.308 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% "It's not," no, it is. 00:11:48.308 --> 00:11:51.110 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And there's suicide, and there's addiction, and there's 00:11:51.110 --> 00:11:54.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% pornographic stuff that people are not talking about, and so 00:11:54.514 --> 00:11:58.718 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% it's all important, and so it's almost like, okay, let's be the 00:11:58.718 --> 00:12:03.690 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% church, but here's the way that we could equip the church from 00:12:03.690 --> 00:12:08.161 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the leadership's perspective and still have that safe space, 00:12:08.161 --> 00:12:12.131 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% though, to be transparent and be engaged the way that God's 00:12:12.131 --> 00:12:13.800 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% called us to be the hands and feet. 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:17.370 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: So, expand on that a little with this ministry, if 00:12:17.370 --> 00:12:19.539 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% you say this is kind of what helps light the spark, where 00:12:19.539 --> 00:12:21.574 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% does that go from there? 00:12:21.574 --> 00:12:24.978 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% If somebody were to come find you on the website, what is 00:12:24.978 --> 00:12:26.312 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% that doing? 00:12:26.312 --> 00:12:27.914 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% How is that helping activate each person? 00:12:27.914 --> 00:12:32.285 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Nick: I love that, every church should be that place, that well, 00:12:32.285 --> 00:12:37.256 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% where as they dig deeper into that, they can actually see a 00:12:37.256 --> 00:12:40.126 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% lot of videos on NickVMinistries.org. 00:12:40.126 --> 00:12:44.230 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I actually look right into the camera for all the people groups 00:12:44.230 --> 00:12:47.734 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and actually preach the gospel according to what they've 00:12:47.734 --> 00:12:49.202 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% gone through. 00:12:49.202 --> 00:12:52.605 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Interviewing experts in the fields from human trafficking 00:12:52.605 --> 00:12:56.576 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and foster care and all these kinds of things, and so we want 00:12:56.576 --> 00:13:00.647 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to be a resource to the church with videos, with conversational 00:13:00.647 --> 00:13:03.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% starters, but also give this out. 00:13:03.016 --> 00:13:06.719 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You don't know if this book itself is going to inspire 00:13:06.719 --> 00:13:10.423 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% someone in your church, because when you know that you're not 00:13:10.423 --> 00:13:14.794 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% the only one, that's why we don't share our pain. 00:13:14.794 --> 00:13:18.264 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We feel like we're the only one, and no one's gonna understand, 00:13:18.264 --> 00:13:21.501 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and no one can actually heal my heart anyway, they didn't even 00:13:21.501 --> 00:13:25.772 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% know what to say, but this book actually, I think, prepares the 00:13:25.772 --> 00:13:29.308 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% heart for even hearts that are gonna be healed just through 00:13:29.308 --> 00:13:30.677 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% this book. 00:13:30.677 --> 00:13:33.446 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: I appreciate you wanting to kind of kickstart a lot of 00:13:33.446 --> 00:13:35.648 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% the church into action. 00:13:35.648 --> 00:13:39.619 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You mentioned maybe even if it's a small percentage, but some 00:13:39.619 --> 00:13:43.256 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% churches, some people who are the church, right? 00:13:43.256 --> 00:13:44.590 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Nick: That are active. 00:13:44.590 --> 00:13:49.729 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: Are actually bringing hope to the brokenhearted. 00:13:49.729 --> 00:13:53.700 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% What do you see when people take that step, they take that risk, 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:55.334 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% they put themselves out there? 00:13:55.334 --> 00:13:57.070 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% What do you see God doing? 00:13:57.070 --> 00:14:02.775 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Nick: If you don't engage in how God has designed you to engage, 00:14:02.775 --> 00:14:07.213 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% which is to give, you have freely received, you've freely 00:14:07.213 --> 00:14:13.252 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% been freed from your prison of depression, anxiety, suicidal 00:14:13.252 --> 00:14:17.323 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% thoughts, ups and downs in your life, all you want to do is help 00:14:17.323 --> 00:14:23.396 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% someone else, and the joy that overcomes you, this is what I've 00:14:23.396 --> 00:14:28.034 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% been made to do, and even if it's only one person that comes 00:14:28.034 --> 00:14:33.206 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to God and finds healing, it's all glory to him, but that's the 00:14:33.206 --> 00:14:35.241 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% fullness of the joy that I've experienced. 00:14:35.241 --> 00:14:37.376 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: One person comes to Christ, all of heaven rejoices. 00:14:37.376 --> 00:14:38.745 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Nick: Amen. 00:14:38.745 --> 00:14:40.913 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: So, I mean I say to people, you know, all the time, 00:14:40.913 --> 00:14:43.583 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% do you wanna make all of heaven rejoice? 00:14:43.583 --> 00:14:46.652 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Then that one who's right in front of you, that's where 00:14:46.652 --> 00:14:48.020 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% you minister. 00:14:48.020 --> 00:14:51.724 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, yeah, we all--we're all equipped by Christ oftentimes in 00:14:51.724 --> 00:14:53.092 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the moment. 00:14:53.092 --> 00:14:55.828 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Do you ever feel like you're kind of hanging out there kind 00:14:55.828 --> 00:14:59.499 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% of risking yourself, not ready to do the ministry, or do you 00:14:59.499 --> 00:15:00.867 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% feel always prepared? 00:15:00.867 --> 00:15:04.470 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Because I find that half the time I just gotta go, and I 00:15:04.470 --> 00:15:08.641 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% gotta rely on God to follow up and to take care of things. 00:15:08.641 --> 00:15:10.009 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Nick: We have to be ready. 00:15:10.009 --> 00:15:11.344 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Am I always ready, Randy? 00:15:11.344 --> 00:15:12.712 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% No, I'm not. 00:15:12.712 --> 00:15:16.048 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I go through airports sometimes, and I'm like I don't want to 00:15:16.048 --> 00:15:18.618 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% talk to another human being. 00:15:18.618 --> 00:15:23.956 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that's transparently true, but you never know what God can 00:15:23.956 --> 00:15:25.525 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% do with that seed. 00:15:25.525 --> 00:15:29.328 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And you can cut open an apple, and you can count how many seeds 00:15:29.328 --> 00:15:33.466 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% are in an apple, but you can't count how many orchards are in 00:15:33.466 --> 00:15:35.034 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% that one seed. 00:15:35.034 --> 00:15:38.704 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% And so God knows that we're not perfect. 00:15:38.704 --> 00:15:41.874 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I'm not perfect, no one's perfect, but do all that you 00:15:41.874 --> 00:15:45.611 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% can, and the fixing our eyes on Jesus is he is the 00:15:45.611 --> 00:15:46.946 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% perfect example. 00:15:46.946 --> 00:15:48.314 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% He never said no. 00:15:48.314 --> 00:15:51.651 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% He always was ready to reach out and do. 00:15:51.651 --> 00:15:53.419 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: Yeah, I think he's just looking for willingness. 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:55.988 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: Absolutely, and I was going to say I feel like there 00:15:55.988 --> 00:15:59.792 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% are people watching right now who have experienced their 00:15:59.792 --> 00:16:01.594 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% own brokenheartedness. 00:16:01.594 --> 00:16:05.998 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% They have had struggles in their life that they never expected or 00:16:05.998 --> 00:16:08.367 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% would have asked for, and you can understand that. 00:16:08.367 --> 00:16:10.570 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I just wanna say to you right now, there's a number on 00:16:10.570 --> 00:16:11.938 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the screen. 00:16:11.938 --> 00:16:14.841 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If you would call that number, we have people who will pray 00:16:14.841 --> 00:16:17.043 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% with you, pray for you. 00:16:17.043 --> 00:16:19.979 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% They will--they can pray for healing, they can pray for 00:16:19.979 --> 00:16:24.183 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% clarity of mind, but really they're just there to lift you 00:16:24.183 --> 00:16:26.152 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% up, to bring your need to the Father. 00:16:26.152 --> 00:16:27.753 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% So call that number. Don't be afraid. 00:16:27.753 --> 00:16:29.856 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% We are all here. We're in this together. 00:16:29.856 --> 00:16:33.559 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% This is how we walk through a life of brokenness, because I 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:39.932 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% love how you make it so normal to say we're all broken. 00:16:39.932 --> 00:16:42.568 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% We're all broken. 00:16:42.568 --> 00:16:47.607 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: You know, I find that we don't always get rescued from 00:16:47.607 --> 00:16:50.610 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% our broken situations, right? 00:16:50.610 --> 00:16:53.479 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You know, you've prayed for limbs, you don't have limbs. 00:16:53.479 --> 00:16:56.782 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We all, you know, prayed for my sister to be healed from cancer, 00:16:56.782 --> 00:16:58.284 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% she died, we buried her. 00:16:58.284 --> 00:17:04.523 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We all have these broken situations, we all have a past, 00:17:04.523 --> 00:17:09.595 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and though God doesn't eliminate the past or necessarily fix all 00:17:09.595 --> 00:17:14.367 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% of the present, he gives us his presence. 00:17:14.367 --> 00:17:19.105 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He says, "I'll be with you through the brokenness," and I 00:17:19.105 --> 00:17:23.009 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% think when we look at it that way and understand that when we 00:17:23.009 --> 00:17:26.212 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% go to other people, we're not there to fix them, we're not 00:17:26.212 --> 00:17:30.616 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% there to give them false hope, to give them platitudes, we're 00:17:30.616 --> 00:17:36.188 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there to say God's with me in my brokenness, he's with you in 00:17:36.188 --> 00:17:37.556 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% yours too. 00:17:37.556 --> 00:17:41.594 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And just to kind of reduce the whole conversations that we've 00:17:41.594 --> 00:17:44.163 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% had for a couple of programs, I think if anybody would walk away 00:17:44.163 --> 00:17:48.134 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% with anything, it's that, it's his presence, and in his 00:17:48.134 --> 00:17:51.170 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% presence there are amazing things. 00:17:51.170 --> 00:17:53.906 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Nick: There's healing, amen, amen. 00:17:53.906 --> 00:17:59.312 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And the healing of our heart and our mind and the rescuing of our 00:17:59.312 --> 00:18:00.846 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% soul is the number one. 00:18:00.846 --> 00:18:03.883 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% If I die of cancer, I go home. 00:18:03.883 --> 00:18:06.752 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% My dad died of cancer, we prayed, I'm sorry for your loss, 00:18:06.752 --> 00:18:09.989 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and I'm sorry for everyone's losses, but death here on earth 00:18:09.989 --> 00:18:14.293 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% is the ultimate healing, and so sometimes God gives people 00:18:14.293 --> 00:18:17.496 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% physical healing, sometimes God doesn't. 00:18:17.496 --> 00:18:20.733 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But to understand that he is with us is the greatest miracle. 00:18:20.733 --> 00:18:25.204 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% To know him and to let other people know that God loves you, 00:18:25.204 --> 00:18:28.574 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% he's with you, he's going to pull you through, and we don't 00:18:28.574 --> 00:18:33.879 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% know what, why, and how long, and--but we're here with you. 00:18:33.879 --> 00:18:38.751 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so the Holy Spirit is our present help in time of need, 00:18:38.751 --> 00:18:43.389 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% but he also delights when he uses other of his kids to help 00:18:43.389 --> 00:18:44.724 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% his hurting kids. 00:18:44.724 --> 00:18:46.425 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Randy: Yes, it's so good. 00:18:46.425 --> 00:18:48.961 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And you can be a champion for the brokenhearted. 00:18:48.961 --> 00:18:51.297 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% You can also get the book, because it's a good guide. 00:18:51.297 --> 00:18:54.533 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It'll encourage you, it'll help you, but most of all, it'll 00:18:54.533 --> 00:18:58.704 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% guide you into being who God has created you to be. 00:18:58.704 --> 00:19:02.174 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% There are some brokenhearted people that no matter where 00:19:02.174 --> 00:19:06.145 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you're at, you can reach out with love and say God is with 00:19:06.145 --> 00:19:08.514 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% you, and we do it through his people. 00:19:08.514 --> 00:19:09.949 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% We're his church, we're his hands, his feet, right? 00:19:09.949 --> 00:19:12.885 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We've said it a half a dozen times in these two shows. 00:19:12.885 --> 00:19:18.524 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Would you consider reaching out and being a champion today? 00:19:18.524 --> 00:19:20.526 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Watch this. 00:19:22.828 --> 00:19:26.766 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: Across rural Africa, families depend on rivers like 00:19:26.766 --> 00:19:30.936 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% this for their daily water, but behind each drop lies a 00:19:30.936 --> 00:19:32.338 align:start line:85% position:50% size:41% difficult truth. 00:19:32.338 --> 00:19:35.841 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% What does that mean for their quality of life? 00:19:35.841 --> 00:19:39.612 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% Anabela is a nurse from the rural clinics in the area. 00:19:39.612 --> 00:19:42.348 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% She has dedicated her life to helping families in the 00:19:42.348 --> 00:19:44.350 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% surrounding villages. 00:19:44.917 --> 00:19:46.919 align:start line:85% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:18.617 --> 00:20:21.754 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% announcer: Severina is just one of many mothers in the area that 00:20:21.754 --> 00:20:25.758 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% has no choice but to rely on this water for her family. 00:20:27.226 --> 00:20:29.228 align:start line:85% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:21:13.739 --> 00:21:15.074 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% Randy: I can't even imagine. 00:21:15.074 --> 00:21:18.144 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% You know, I'm a father, I'm a grandfather now, and I'm a man, 00:21:18.144 --> 00:21:20.980 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% I wanna go in, and I wanna fix the situation, which is why I 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:25.484 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% get so excited about Water for Life, because I know that we can 00:21:25.484 --> 00:21:26.852 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% make a difference. 00:21:26.852 --> 00:21:29.889 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% We can go into those situations, and we can give them clean 00:21:29.889 --> 00:21:31.257 align:start line:85% position:48% size:38% drinking water. 00:21:31.257 --> 00:21:35.594 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% Blynda, I'm curious, you're a mother, you're a very 00:21:35.594 --> 00:21:37.830 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% young grandmother. 00:21:37.830 --> 00:21:41.133 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% What do you--what does it do to you when you see the pain that 00:21:41.133 --> 00:21:42.501 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% these mothers go through? 00:21:42.501 --> 00:21:44.637 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Well, it is, it's so heartbreaking, and even as 00:21:44.637 --> 00:21:50.276 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% we've seen today, there's no limit a mom will not go to to 00:21:50.276 --> 00:21:54.547 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% protect, to provide, to help your child survive, and yet 00:21:54.547 --> 00:21:56.882 align:start line:85% position:50% size:61% these moms are helpless. 00:21:56.882 --> 00:22:00.619 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% They have the same desire I have as a mom to want to protect my 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:02.521 align:start line:85% position:50% size:65% child, and yet they can't. 00:22:02.521 --> 00:22:05.257 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Without our help, they can't, and they have to watch their 00:22:05.257 --> 00:22:06.592 align:start line:85% position:50% size:45% children get sick. 00:22:06.592 --> 00:22:07.960 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% I can't even imagine. 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:12.498 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% If my child has a fever, I will do anything I can to figure out 00:22:12.498 --> 00:22:14.200 align:start line:85% position:47% size:58% how to help that child. 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.568 align:start line:85% position:48% size:43% They're helpless. 00:22:15.568 --> 00:22:18.270 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Randy: They are, and you know what's interesting is having 00:22:18.270 --> 00:22:21.040 align:start line:79% position:48% size:43% been there, they do what they can. 00:22:21.040 --> 00:22:23.008 align:start line:79% position:48% size:43% They will try to filter the water. 00:22:23.008 --> 00:22:25.611 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% They will try--it's hard to boil sometimes if you can't 00:22:25.611 --> 00:22:28.013 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% build a fire, and you don't have something to boil in, 00:22:28.013 --> 00:22:29.348 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% it's very difficult. 00:22:29.348 --> 00:22:31.517 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% That's why when we go in, we just say, look, we have the 00:22:31.517 --> 00:22:35.354 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% solution, we have the ability, we have the capability and the 00:22:35.354 --> 00:22:41.126 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% means to solve this problem of clean drinking water. 00:22:41.126 --> 00:22:45.598 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% And if you have the power to do something good, don't you want 00:22:45.598 --> 00:22:46.966 align:start line:10% position:48% size:23% to do it? 00:22:46.966 --> 00:22:48.300 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% I know so many of you do. 00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:52.171 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Let me tell you how it works, $4800 will on average drill one 00:22:52.171 --> 00:22:56.041 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% water well that will last on average 70 years. 00:22:56.041 --> 00:23:00.112 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% That's water for life, clean drinking water. 00:23:00.112 --> 00:23:02.114 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% Just be a part of it. 00:23:02.114 --> 00:23:04.183 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% There's no part that's too small. 00:23:04.183 --> 00:23:08.020 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% A $144 gift will provide the same clean drinking water for 00:23:08.020 --> 00:23:09.355 align:start line:10% position:50% size:25% 30 people. 00:23:09.355 --> 00:23:13.525 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% A gift of $48 will do that for 10 people. 00:23:13.525 --> 00:23:18.230 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% Here's where I come from, just so you know. 00:23:18.230 --> 00:23:23.636 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% We're in a position to save lives. 00:23:23.636 --> 00:23:27.973 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% We represent Christ on this earth. 00:23:27.973 --> 00:23:31.110 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% James, the half brother of Jesus, says that faith without 00:23:31.110 --> 00:23:33.646 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% works is dead. 00:23:33.646 --> 00:23:37.549 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% We're told that we were created for good works. 00:23:37.549 --> 00:23:40.286 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% This is our opportunity. 00:23:40.286 --> 00:23:45.991 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Every crisis we face is an opportunity to say let me show 00:23:45.991 --> 00:23:47.393 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% you what goodness looks like. 00:23:47.393 --> 00:23:50.562 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Let me show you what hope looks like. 00:23:50.562 --> 00:23:53.832 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Let me show you what God looks like. 00:23:53.832 --> 00:23:55.467 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% And it's very simple, Blynda. 00:23:55.467 --> 00:23:58.604 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% That's why I get excited about mission outreach is because as 00:23:58.604 --> 00:24:01.273 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% hard as it is to see the situation that these people are 00:24:01.273 --> 00:24:03.175 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% living in, I know, you know what? 00:24:03.175 --> 00:24:06.145 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% God's put us in a position to show them his love. 00:24:06.145 --> 00:24:08.080 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% Blynda: And if we can do something, let's do it. 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:09.415 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% Why would we not? 00:24:09.415 --> 00:24:12.151 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% It's an expression of God's love to someone else, and that's why 00:24:12.151 --> 00:24:13.485 align:start line:10% position:48% size:28% we're here. 00:24:13.485 --> 00:24:14.853 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Randy: It is, and it's simple. 00:24:14.853 --> 00:24:17.222 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% That's why I invite you to be a part of Mission Water for Life. 00:24:17.222 --> 00:24:20.459 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:26.065 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% Let's be the love of God in people's lives today. 00:24:26.065 --> 00:24:29.501 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Every day thousands of lives are lost to waterborne 00:24:29.501 --> 00:24:32.438 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% disease, and nearly half of those are children under the age 00:24:32.438 --> 00:24:33.772 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% of five. 00:24:33.772 --> 00:24:37.109 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Mission Water for Life, you can give mothers hope and 00:24:37.109 --> 00:24:41.380 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% children a future as we provide clean, fresh drinking water, 00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:43.682 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% free from the fear of death. 00:24:43.682 --> 00:24:47.786 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With your gift today, you can help drill and establish 350 00:24:47.786 --> 00:24:49.555 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% water wells this year. 00:24:49.555 --> 00:24:53.492 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 5 00:24:53.492 --> 00:24:58.564 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% children, a gift of $48 will help provide for 10, and $144 00:24:58.564 --> 00:25:01.800 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% will help provide life-giving water for 30 people for 00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:03.168 align:start line:10% position:48% size:28% a lifetime. 00:25:03.168 --> 00:25:07.005 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you "Discovering the Joy of 00:25:07.005 --> 00:25:08.407 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Reading God's Word." 00:25:08.407 --> 00:25:12.044 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Whether you've read the Bible for years or are just beginning, 00:25:12.044 --> 00:25:15.547 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% this book invites you to experience Scripture in a fresh, 00:25:15.547 --> 00:25:16.982 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% more intimate way. 00:25:16.982 --> 00:25:21.220 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request "A Life of 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.988 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Compassion" coffee table book. 00:25:22.988 --> 00:25:26.825 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Capturing Life Outreach's heart for the world, each page pairs 00:25:26.825 --> 00:25:31.029 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field photography, 00:25:31.029 --> 00:25:34.500 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% making God's Word visible in action. 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:38.904 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:25:38.904 --> 00:25:44.476 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% for 250 people or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a complete 00:25:44.476 --> 00:25:49.581 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% well and request Life's beautiful 2026 bronze sculpture, 00:25:49.581 --> 00:25:51.183 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% "The Good Shepherd." 00:25:51.183 --> 00:25:56.555 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:25:56.555 --> 00:25:57.923 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% Randy: You really can make a difference. 00:25:57.923 --> 00:26:01.760 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% I hope you'll do whatever God puts on your heart today. 00:26:01.760 --> 00:26:04.596 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Together we can all be champions for the brokenhearted. 00:26:04.596 --> 00:26:05.964 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I've been blessed. 00:26:05.964 --> 00:26:07.299 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda, have you been blessed? 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.667 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I've been so blessed. 00:26:08.667 --> 00:26:10.769 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Nick, we're so encouraged by everything that your ministry 00:26:10.769 --> 00:26:12.104 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% does, that you do. 00:26:12.104 --> 00:26:14.740 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I think one of the things that I've caught that is so amazing 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:18.277 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% about you is you didn't just let the Lord heal you for the sake 00:26:18.277 --> 00:26:21.680 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% of having your heart healed and having your mind healed, it was 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:25.350 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% to pour out to others so that when they catch the vision they 00:26:25.350 --> 00:26:28.353 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% pour out, and we're just always catching the vision and always 00:26:28.353 --> 00:26:29.688 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% pouring out. 00:26:29.688 --> 00:26:32.024 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And I love that, because it's like a domino effect for the 00:26:32.024 --> 00:26:33.859 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% gospel to be spread throughout the world. 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:36.728 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Nick: I think that's what God designed us to do, to be empty 00:26:36.728 --> 00:26:39.598 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% vessels, to be filled up and then poured out, and that's a 00:26:39.598 --> 00:26:41.033 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% daily thing. 00:26:41.033 --> 00:26:44.937 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% You can't give out what you don't have, and so to walk with 00:26:44.937 --> 00:26:51.176 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% God, to walk humbly, to do justly, and to love mercy, it's 00:26:51.176 --> 00:26:57.282 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% pretty distilled to like, okay, I'm here for a quick vapor. 00:26:57.282 --> 00:27:01.186 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% How many people can learn about the love of God and his plan 00:27:01.186 --> 00:27:02.554 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% for them? 00:27:02.554 --> 00:27:04.923 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% God has a plan for me, God has a plan for them too. 00:27:04.923 --> 00:27:06.258 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Randy: Absolutely. 00:27:06.258 --> 00:27:08.026 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% Yes, you've been encouraged today. 00:27:08.026 --> 00:27:13.065 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Go share God's love with whoever he puts in front of you, and 00:27:13.065 --> 00:27:14.566 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% then come back for more encouragement. 00:27:14.566 --> 00:27:16.902 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% We'll see you next time on "Life Today." 00:27:16.902 --> 00:27:26.912 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:26.912 --> 00:27:36.922 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:36.922 --> 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line:10% position:48% size:43% purposes of Life. 00:28:19.665 --> 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 --> 00:28:23.635 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% programs it supports and conducts. 00:28:23.635 --> 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 --> 00:28:27.506 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% unless explicitly stipulated by the donor. 00:28:27.506 --> 00:28:29.508 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% The ministry is a member of the ECFA.