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 --> 00:00:05.939 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.206 --> 00:00:07.574 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% announcer: Coming up. 00:00:07.574 --> 00:00:10.244 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Kim Maas: We were all created for something, and so whether 00:00:10.244 --> 00:00:13.881 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you are male or female, whether you are young or old, whatever 00:00:13.881 --> 00:00:18.085 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% ethnic tradition you are from, whatever place you find yourself 00:00:18.085 --> 00:00:22.656 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in life, God has called you to a purpose, and when he calls you 00:00:22.656 --> 00:00:27.060 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to a purpose, then he fills you and prepares you and equips you. 00:00:27.060 --> 00:00:30.597 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% He gives you muchness with which to fulfill that. 00:00:30.597 --> 00:00:33.367 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% announcer: Be brave, dream big, take risks, 00:00:33.367 --> 00:00:36.336 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% rise to your calling. 00:00:36.336 --> 00:00:46.346 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.346 --> 00:00:53.387 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.387 --> 00:00:55.756 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robinson, and 00:00:55.756 --> 00:00:59.259 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% we are here to encourage you today, especially you ladies, 00:00:59.259 --> 00:01:02.863 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% but gentlemen, hang on, because you're gonna learn some really 00:01:02.863 --> 00:01:05.999 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% valuable things to do that will free you up in some ways you 00:01:05.999 --> 00:01:07.367 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% might not have imagined. 00:01:07.367 --> 00:01:09.002 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% My guest is Kim Maas. 00:01:09.002 --> 00:01:13.774 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% She has a book called "Finding Our Muchness." 00:01:13.774 --> 00:01:15.676 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% And I originally had to look that word up. 00:01:15.676 --> 00:01:17.010 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Is that a real word? 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:19.313 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It is, and she's gonna tell you what it means, but even more so 00:01:19.313 --> 00:01:24.017 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% the spiritual freedom and reality and empowerment 00:01:24.017 --> 00:01:25.385 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% behind it. 00:01:25.385 --> 00:01:26.720 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% So, hang on, great program. 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:28.956 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Kim, welcome to "Life Today," good to see you. 00:01:28.956 --> 00:01:30.290 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Kim: Thank you, Randy. 00:01:30.290 --> 00:01:33.126 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Thank you so much for having me, it's been a while. 00:01:33.126 --> 00:01:35.228 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy: Yeah, was that introduction too much? 00:01:35.228 --> 00:01:36.563 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Kim: No, it was great. 00:01:36.563 --> 00:01:39.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: Well, let's hit the muchness idea, because I love, 00:01:39.166 --> 00:01:41.268 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% where you got it and what it means and how you apply it. 00:01:41.268 --> 00:01:43.136 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% What is muchness? 00:01:43.136 --> 00:01:47.140 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Kim: Well, I first heard the term, actually, in a movie, 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:50.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% "Alice in Wonderland," and I fell in love with the word then, 00:01:50.410 --> 00:01:52.946 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% but when I started to study scripture, you can find that 00:01:52.946 --> 00:01:59.119 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% word actually in the Hebrew called me'od in Deuteronomy 6:5. 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:01.955 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So it's in the Great Shema, we call it the shema, where it 00:02:01.955 --> 00:02:04.658 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all 00:02:04.658 --> 00:02:07.060 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% your mind and with all your me'od." 00:02:07.060 --> 00:02:11.164 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Me'od, you're very, very much, so your muchness. 00:02:11.164 --> 00:02:15.469 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What this really means is that all of the essence, the force, 00:02:15.469 --> 00:02:19.706 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the parts of your personality that God has poured into you 00:02:19.706 --> 00:02:24.678 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% with which he wants you to love him back with and to use to 00:02:24.678 --> 00:02:26.880 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% fulfill the call that's on your life. 00:02:26.880 --> 00:02:29.850 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Your strength, strength is the way I we've heard it, but 00:02:29.850 --> 00:02:32.386 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you're saying that it's deeper, it's typical of scripture. 00:02:32.386 --> 00:02:34.021 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% It's so much deeper than we realize. 00:02:34.021 --> 00:02:35.655 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Kim: Always, scripture's always like that. 00:02:35.655 --> 00:02:39.092 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: So, how do you apply this specifically? 00:02:39.092 --> 00:02:43.797 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I wanna ask, and look, I don't know where all you guys are at 00:02:43.797 --> 00:02:47.134 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% or what you've been taught, but I think, Kim, maybe there's some 00:02:47.134 --> 00:02:52.773 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% traditional teachings that prevent us from serving with all 00:02:52.773 --> 00:02:57.644 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% of our muchness, particularly women. 00:02:57.644 --> 00:03:02.382 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What have we maybe gotten a little off that that would free 00:03:02.382 --> 00:03:04.684 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% us up if we would understand this properly? 00:03:04.684 --> 00:03:09.222 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Kim: Well, I think that we need to understand that God calls all 00:03:09.222 --> 00:03:12.659 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% of us to a task in our lives. 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:14.494 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% We were all born for something. 00:03:14.494 --> 00:03:16.830 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% We were all created for something. 00:03:16.830 --> 00:03:21.234 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We were created to love him completely with everything that 00:03:21.234 --> 00:03:22.602 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% we are. 00:03:22.602 --> 00:03:25.839 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then we are all created with a purpose, and so whether you 00:03:25.839 --> 00:03:29.476 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% are male or female, whether you are young or old, whether you 00:03:29.476 --> 00:03:35.282 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% are whatever ethnic tradition you are from, whatever place you 00:03:35.282 --> 00:03:38.518 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% find yourself in life, whatever your education is, whatever your 00:03:38.518 --> 00:03:43.290 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% financial status is, God has called you to a purpose, and 00:03:43.290 --> 00:03:47.060 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% when he calls you to a purpose, then he fills you and prepares 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:50.931 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% you and equips you, he gives you muchness with which to 00:03:50.931 --> 00:03:52.299 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% fulfill that. 00:03:52.299 --> 00:03:55.669 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So I think that this book talks about many women in scripture 00:03:55.669 --> 00:03:59.706 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% who overcame many different obstacles and limitations, 00:03:59.706 --> 00:04:03.810 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% limitations placed on them by culture or society because of 00:04:03.810 --> 00:04:06.913 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% their gender, because of their ethnicity, because of their 00:04:06.913 --> 00:04:13.053 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% socioeconomic status that were limits to fulfilling the purpose 00:04:13.053 --> 00:04:18.758 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% for which God created them, but God then comes, and he says, 00:04:18.758 --> 00:04:20.594 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% "No, come along with me. 00:04:20.594 --> 00:04:24.264 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I have given you everything you need, and we're gonna fulfill 00:04:24.264 --> 00:04:27.400 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% this," if we'll trust him, and if we will love him with 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:28.768 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% everything that we are. 00:04:28.768 --> 00:04:33.039 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, Jesus totally wrecked the cultural limits that 00:04:33.039 --> 00:04:35.308 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% they, you know, put on him at the times, and he's continued, 00:04:35.308 --> 00:04:38.812 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% God's continued to do that throughout history, you know? 00:04:38.812 --> 00:04:44.751 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Just kind of how did God wreck some of your religious 00:04:44.751 --> 00:04:47.787 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% traditional limits that you grew up with? 00:04:47.787 --> 00:04:53.360 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Kim: Oh, I was born in a church that didn't believe that women 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:59.799 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% could be pastors or leaders, preachers, there were lots of 00:04:59.799 --> 00:05:04.437 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% limits placed on the tradition that I came out of, although it 00:05:04.437 --> 00:05:08.775 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% taught me to love scripture with everything, which is one of the 00:05:08.775 --> 00:05:12.145 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% reasons I've come to the place where I'm at now, because as 00:05:12.145 --> 00:05:15.315 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I've studied scripture, and I as I looked at scripture, as I 00:05:15.315 --> 00:05:18.885 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% began to interpret scripture according to the Hebrew and the 00:05:18.885 --> 00:05:23.156 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Greek and the various great traditions, and I discovered 00:05:23.156 --> 00:05:28.195 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that many of those things were not exactly the way that I was 00:05:28.195 --> 00:05:29.563 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% taught them. 00:05:29.563 --> 00:05:36.336 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So as I grew up, and I made some great mistakes in my life, there 00:05:36.336 --> 00:05:39.039 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% was a time when God really rescued me. 00:05:39.039 --> 00:05:43.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% When he came in, and I had an encounter with the Holy Spirit 00:05:43.410 --> 00:05:47.047 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and got filled with the Holy Spirit, and when that happened, 00:05:47.047 --> 00:05:51.651 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I heard him call me to ministry, and when I heard that, I said, 00:05:51.651 --> 00:05:54.854 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% "Lord, how can this possibly be? 00:05:54.854 --> 00:05:57.457 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Is this really from you?" you know? 00:05:57.457 --> 00:06:01.595 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so I had to do the studies, and I went to school, and I 00:06:01.595 --> 00:06:05.865 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% found out that theologically speaking that God can call any 00:06:05.865 --> 00:06:11.471 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% of us to whatever he decides, and he gifts and equips us, male 00:06:11.471 --> 00:06:16.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and female, to fulfill the call for which he calls us to. 00:06:16.343 --> 00:06:21.081 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So the Holy Spirit is poured out on all flesh, and the Holy 00:06:21.081 --> 00:06:26.553 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Spirit distributes his gifts to whomever he desires and wills, 00:06:26.553 --> 00:06:28.221 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% and it's not according to gender. 00:06:28.221 --> 00:06:30.257 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, well it's not according to all the things that 00:06:30.257 --> 00:06:34.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% we want to put on it, and that's the beauty of God's kingdom, 00:06:34.894 --> 00:06:36.229 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:06:36.229 --> 00:06:40.367 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He has made us a kingdom of every tribe, every ethnicity, 00:06:40.367 --> 00:06:44.004 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% male, female, every age, and there is a place and a calling 00:06:44.004 --> 00:06:46.906 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% for all of us, and that's really what I want people to hear as 00:06:46.906 --> 00:06:49.476 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% you're listening to this conversation today is that don't 00:06:49.476 --> 00:06:54.147 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% be limited by your tradition, by your church, in a sense, you 00:06:54.147 --> 00:06:57.183 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% know, if it's not-- if it's a little off, certainly 00:06:57.183 --> 00:06:58.551 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% by culture. 00:06:58.551 --> 00:07:02.522 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Forget about that, God's economy is different than this world's 00:07:02.522 --> 00:07:04.057 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% economy, and he calls all of us. 00:07:04.057 --> 00:07:08.595 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so I wanna go in a little bit more detail, because you 00:07:08.595 --> 00:07:10.864 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% were on the verge of divorce. 00:07:10.864 --> 00:07:12.465 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Kim: Yes I was. 00:07:12.465 --> 00:07:15.969 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: Tell us how God entered into that, which really led to 00:07:15.969 --> 00:07:19.806 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% this opening up on freedom in your, you know, your whole 00:07:19.806 --> 00:07:22.509 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% ministry in your life. 00:07:22.509 --> 00:07:25.478 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Kim: Yeah, I grew up not knowing there was a call in my life 00:07:25.478 --> 00:07:26.813 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% at all. 00:07:26.813 --> 00:07:33.486 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then I did get saved at the age of 13, and it was glorious, 00:07:33.486 --> 00:07:36.856 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% and I knew it was the real thing. 00:07:36.856 --> 00:07:40.694 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I wanted Jesus so much, but then when I was a teenager, I just 00:07:40.694 --> 00:07:43.596 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% sort of walked away from the Lord, and it was during those 00:07:43.596 --> 00:07:48.501 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% years that I met my husband, and we were a blind date, and I got 00:07:48.501 --> 00:07:51.905 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% pregnant, we got married, and after we were married I 00:07:51.905 --> 00:07:54.774 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% discovered that he was a drug addict and alcoholic. 00:07:54.774 --> 00:07:58.244 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I hadn't known him long enough to understand all that, and of 00:07:58.244 --> 00:08:01.014 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% course, I was pretty dysfunctional in my own self, 00:08:01.014 --> 00:08:03.283 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% and so I didn't recognize any of that. 00:08:03.283 --> 00:08:06.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so right around the 3 1/2-year mark of our marriage, 00:08:06.786 --> 00:08:12.492 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we already had 2 little girls, I just decided I couldn't do 00:08:12.492 --> 00:08:13.860 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% it anymore. 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:15.628 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I just couldn't tolerate it anymore. 00:08:15.628 --> 00:08:20.233 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so I left him, and I filed for divorce, and we separated, 00:08:20.233 --> 00:08:24.037 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and we were separated about 6 months, and during that time I 00:08:24.037 --> 00:08:25.405 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% met a woman. 00:08:25.405 --> 00:08:28.041 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I was interviewing for a job, because in those days I was a 00:08:28.041 --> 00:08:29.642 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% nurse, I wasn't a minister. 00:08:29.642 --> 00:08:33.847 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I didn't know yet that I had a call on my life, and so I was 00:08:33.847 --> 00:08:37.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% interviewing for a job position, and this woman said to me that 00:08:37.083 --> 00:08:41.788 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% she was leaving her position and interviewing me for her 00:08:41.788 --> 00:08:45.625 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% position, because she was planting a church with her 00:08:45.625 --> 00:08:48.194 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% husband, a Vineyard church, which I had no idea what 00:08:48.194 --> 00:08:49.529 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% that meant. 00:08:49.529 --> 00:08:52.098 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I didn't understand theology at that time or the 00:08:52.098 --> 00:08:53.466 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% different views. 00:08:53.466 --> 00:08:54.968 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I didn't know what it meant to be spirit-filled, 00:08:54.968 --> 00:08:56.302 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% any of those things. 00:08:56.302 --> 00:09:01.674 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so I said, oh, well, okay, and I decided to tell her 00:09:01.674 --> 00:09:03.009 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% everything that was going on. 00:09:03.009 --> 00:09:05.712 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I was in the middle of a divorce, and my husband was a 00:09:05.712 --> 00:09:09.416 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% drug addict and alcoholic, and my-- I was working a couple of 00:09:09.416 --> 00:09:12.519 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% jobs already trying to make ends meet, it was really a 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:13.887 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% tough situation. 00:09:13.887 --> 00:09:15.488 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Well, she did the craziest thing ever. 00:09:15.488 --> 00:09:19.726 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% She invited me to be part of their new church. 00:09:19.726 --> 00:09:21.828 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% It's like I don't know how that works, but okay. 00:09:21.828 --> 00:09:24.664 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: HR may not like that, but okay, God's good with it. 00:09:24.664 --> 00:09:26.166 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Kim: I guess it's the right place, right? 00:09:26.166 --> 00:09:29.135 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The right place for sinners, and so I started going to their 00:09:29.135 --> 00:09:32.906 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% church, and after just a couple of weeks, I decided to buy 00:09:32.906 --> 00:09:34.274 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% myself a Bible. 00:09:34.274 --> 00:09:38.445 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I hadn't read my Bible in a long time, I hadn't. 00:09:38.445 --> 00:09:44.851 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I felt, you know, dirty, I felt bad, I felt really like the 00:09:44.851 --> 00:09:46.186 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% chief of sinners. 00:09:46.186 --> 00:09:49.689 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, I think that's always the thing is that you know, you 00:09:49.689 --> 00:09:52.625 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% know when you're not walking with the Lord if you have ever 00:09:52.625 --> 00:09:54.961 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% walked with the Lord, and I knew that. 00:09:54.961 --> 00:09:56.729 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I just didn't know how to make my way back. 00:09:56.729 --> 00:09:59.399 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I felt like I was so far gone, you know? 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:01.634 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% And so, I told her everything. 00:10:01.634 --> 00:10:06.039 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% She prayed for me, I went home, later that day I opened up my 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:10.610 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Bible, and when I opened up my Bible, I heard the audible voice 00:10:10.610 --> 00:10:11.945 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% of God. 00:10:11.945 --> 00:10:15.682 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Now, I didn't know he could even speak, I didn't know he would 00:10:15.682 --> 00:10:20.220 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% speak, I didn't know that he would speak to me, and he just 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:23.289 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% said, "Go home, and I will take care of everything." 00:10:23.289 --> 00:10:26.292 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And I remember being totally freaked out. 00:10:26.292 --> 00:10:30.230 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It was so loud on the outside, on the inside, like totally 00:10:30.230 --> 00:10:31.564 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% enveloped me. 00:10:31.564 --> 00:10:35.335 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I didn't exactly know what to do with it, but I-- and as soon as 00:10:35.335 --> 00:10:41.140 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that fear passed, then I was angry, and I stood up and I was 00:10:41.140 --> 00:10:45.211 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% just like, Lord, do you understand what you're asking me 00:10:45.211 --> 00:10:46.546 align:start line:69% position:50% size:16% to do? 00:10:46.546 --> 00:10:47.914 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Do you understand he has not changed? 00:10:47.914 --> 00:10:50.383 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Do you understand how bad that was? 00:10:50.383 --> 00:10:53.653 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I gave him all the reasons, but I had this knowing in my 00:10:53.653 --> 00:10:58.424 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% heart that I was either going to obey him for the rest of my 00:10:58.424 --> 00:11:02.629 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% life, or I was gonna walk away for the rest of my life, and so 00:11:02.629 --> 00:11:05.865 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I made my decision, and I went home to my husband. 00:11:05.865 --> 00:11:11.271 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And he was pretty much the same for about 4 years. 00:11:11.271 --> 00:11:14.641 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You know, that's the thing I think, as a minister I meet 00:11:14.641 --> 00:11:17.443 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% people all the time, they hear the voice of the Lord, they hear 00:11:17.443 --> 00:11:21.281 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% a prophetic word, they think it comes to pass immediately, 00:11:21.281 --> 00:11:22.615 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% not always. 00:11:22.615 --> 00:11:25.084 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Sometimes we have to walk it out faithfully. 00:11:25.084 --> 00:11:26.419 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: Most often, I think. 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:30.323 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Kim: Just believing, yeah, and it was really difficult, and at 00:11:30.323 --> 00:11:34.661 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the end of 4 years it was the night before Thanksgiving, and I 00:11:34.661 --> 00:11:39.165 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% was up all night crying and asking the Lord, I don't 00:11:39.165 --> 00:11:41.434 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% understand, I thought you said this. 00:11:41.434 --> 00:11:44.504 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Maybe I didn't hear you, maybe I'm crazy, maybe, you know, 00:11:44.504 --> 00:11:48.608 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% maybe my family's right that I'm gonna end up alone again, and 00:11:48.608 --> 00:11:53.179 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% now I have 3 children now, and I never heard from the Lord. 00:11:53.179 --> 00:11:56.849 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And early in the wee hours of that morning, my husband came 00:11:56.849 --> 00:12:00.420 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% home after being gone all night doing drugs and drinking with 00:12:00.420 --> 00:12:05.024 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% his friends, and he had had an encounter with the Lord. 00:12:05.024 --> 00:12:10.096 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, he came in and said, "I know you're not going to believe me," 00:12:10.096 --> 00:12:13.633 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% he said, "but something has happened," and I said, 00:12:13.633 --> 00:12:16.135 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% "I don't really care, I'm leaving anyway." 00:12:16.135 --> 00:12:18.504 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But about 3 weeks later we sat down at the kitchen table, and 00:12:18.504 --> 00:12:23.409 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we talked, and he said that on his way home a presence filled 00:12:23.409 --> 00:12:26.446 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% the car, and he knew it was Jesus. 00:12:26.446 --> 00:12:28.081 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% He was an unbeliever, you know? 00:12:28.081 --> 00:12:31.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But he knew it was Jesus, and he said he felt the still, small 00:12:31.384 --> 00:12:35.188 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% voice of the Lord speaking to him on the inside, and he said 00:12:35.188 --> 00:12:38.825 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the Lord said to him that, "You're about to lose everything 00:12:38.825 --> 00:12:42.729 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% that-- you're about to lose everything you've ever loved 00:12:42.729 --> 00:12:45.732 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% unless you give your life into my hands," and so he gave his 00:12:45.732 --> 00:12:49.202 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% life to Jesus, and he was instantly delivered of all of 00:12:49.202 --> 00:12:53.239 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% his drugs and alcohol, and it was a miracle, and we just went 00:12:53.239 --> 00:12:55.808 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% on from there, and now we've been married 45 years. 00:12:55.808 --> 00:12:57.877 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Randy: Forty five years. 00:12:57.877 --> 00:13:00.413 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Wow, I mean, God is such a God. 00:13:00.413 --> 00:13:02.215 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Well, one, he's patient. 00:13:02.215 --> 00:13:03.583 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Kim: Yeah, he is. 00:13:03.583 --> 00:13:07.787 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: You know, wanting none to perish, the scripture says, but 00:13:07.787 --> 00:13:10.390 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% the restoration, the redemption. 00:13:10.390 --> 00:13:15.228 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You talked about feeling dirty yourself when you were trying 00:13:15.228 --> 00:13:18.064 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to, you know, find your way back to God, which he's right there. 00:13:18.064 --> 00:13:19.899 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% You just kind of gotta turn around, right? 00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:22.468 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Repentance, you turn around. 00:13:22.468 --> 00:13:25.638 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There is a woman that you write about in "Finding Our Muchness" 00:13:25.638 --> 00:13:28.975 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% that you say that you relate to. 00:13:28.975 --> 00:13:34.681 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Tell us why that dirty woman means so much to you. 00:13:34.681 --> 00:13:37.784 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Kim: Well, as I started writing this book, I was-- I actually 00:13:37.784 --> 00:13:43.322 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% was very surprised that this woman wrecked me so much, and-- 00:13:43.322 --> 00:13:46.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% but I think it's exactly what you said, I could relate to her, 00:13:46.793 --> 00:13:48.361 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:13:48.361 --> 00:13:51.097 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's in the 7th chapter, and she's called the sinner of the 00:13:51.097 --> 00:13:54.500 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% city, and she was known as a prostitute. 00:13:54.500 --> 00:14:02.308 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% She was ostracized by everyone, and in that time, Simon the 00:14:02.308 --> 00:14:05.578 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Pharisee, he invites Jesus to come to his house for dinner, 00:14:05.578 --> 00:14:09.315 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% and we think, oh, you know, finally Jesus is gonna show 00:14:09.315 --> 00:14:13.419 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% himself for who he is, and the Pharisees are gonna know him, 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:17.990 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% but really, Simon was inviting him to his house to vet him in a 00:14:17.990 --> 00:14:22.128 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% way to show that he wasn't who he said he was, you know? 00:14:22.128 --> 00:14:26.466 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that he wasn't the Messiah, he wasn't the prophet that 00:14:26.466 --> 00:14:28.067 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% everybody said, that he doesn't know. 00:14:28.067 --> 00:14:33.272 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so while he goes to dinner, Jesus shows up for dinner, and I 00:14:33.272 --> 00:14:36.442 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% call it in the house of the religious spirit, because a 00:14:36.442 --> 00:14:40.279 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% religious spirit isn't-- in many circles I think we understand 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:44.851 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that as an actual demon, and I think that's possibly true, but 00:14:44.851 --> 00:14:50.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in this passage, it's actually a system that comes to pass among 00:14:50.723 --> 00:14:57.563 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% elites of a religious circle that begin to make decisions on 00:14:57.563 --> 00:15:00.633 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% who's measuring up and who doesn't measure up, and of 00:15:00.633 --> 00:15:03.569 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% course, a sinner doesn't really measure up, now do they? 00:15:03.569 --> 00:15:08.074 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so this woman who obviously had had some kind of encounter 00:15:08.074 --> 00:15:13.279 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% with him beforehand, but she comes throwing herself at 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:17.917 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jesus's feet in this-- during this dinner, and she's weeping 00:15:17.917 --> 00:15:22.555 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% over his feet, and she takes down her hair, which is actually 00:15:22.555 --> 00:15:27.126 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% an act of a prostitute, but she's not thinking, she just 00:15:27.126 --> 00:15:29.162 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% wants to worship Jesus. 00:15:29.162 --> 00:15:33.299 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And she takes down her hair, and she's drying his feet with her 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:37.403 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% hair, and it's the most excruciatingly-beautiful 00:15:37.403 --> 00:15:41.340 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% worship, and as you study the scripture, you begin to see how 00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:43.476 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% excruciatingly-beautiful it is. 00:15:43.476 --> 00:15:49.215 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% She is not aware of anyone or anything, she just needs to 00:15:49.215 --> 00:15:54.353 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% worship this Jesus who has forgiven her from all of her 00:15:54.353 --> 00:15:59.992 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% sin, all of this way she's been made to feel dirty, all of these 00:15:59.992 --> 00:16:03.596 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% things that she knows have been wrong in her life, and maybe 00:16:03.596 --> 00:16:06.866 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% she's done it knowingly, maybe some of it's not knowingly. 00:16:06.866 --> 00:16:10.269 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We don't know anything about her history, we don't know anything 00:16:10.269 --> 00:16:15.508 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% about her family, all we know is that she has to give him 00:16:15.508 --> 00:16:18.611 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% something that is of the greatest worth, and it's not 00:16:18.611 --> 00:16:22.215 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% actually her alabaster jar, it's actually her own self, it's her 00:16:22.215 --> 00:16:24.617 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% own heart, it's her worship. 00:16:24.617 --> 00:16:27.086 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And everyone in the room is judging her. 00:16:27.086 --> 00:16:31.657 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The Pharisee who you think is as the head of the church should 00:16:31.657 --> 00:16:35.228 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% understand that this woman has been forgiven and with her 00:16:35.228 --> 00:16:40.466 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% gratitude, but you know, I think sometimes we forget after we 00:16:40.466 --> 00:16:45.838 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% come into the church, from where we have been forgiven, you know, 00:16:45.838 --> 00:16:50.977 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the things that God has forgiven us for, and our gratitude begins 00:16:50.977 --> 00:16:59.085 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to wane, but this woman, in her most desperate moment to worship 00:16:59.085 --> 00:17:05.124 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Christ, you know, shows that system for what it really is. 00:17:05.124 --> 00:17:09.528 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Rather, what he should have done is thrown himself at his feet 00:17:09.528 --> 00:17:10.863 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% with this woman. 00:17:10.863 --> 00:17:13.599 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Simon should have thrown himself at Jesus's feet along with her 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.068 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% and said, "I also am a sinner. 00:17:16.068 --> 00:17:18.437 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% I also need to be forgiven." 00:17:18.437 --> 00:17:21.707 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So it's this beautiful, beautiful story of forgiveness 00:17:21.707 --> 00:17:25.645 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and this beautiful song, I call it the song that she sings, 00:17:25.645 --> 00:17:29.916 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% because we all have sung that song, you know, that but for the 00:17:29.916 --> 00:17:31.284 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% grace of God. 00:17:31.284 --> 00:17:34.253 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: Yeah, yeah, she worshiped with her muchness. 00:17:34.253 --> 00:17:35.588 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Kim: She did. 00:17:35.588 --> 00:17:36.923 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: Yeah, that's a beautiful thing. 00:17:36.923 --> 00:17:42.094 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And listen, if you feel like the sinner of the city, if you feel 00:17:42.094 --> 00:17:45.164 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% like maybe the church has rejected you, and maybe it has, 00:17:45.164 --> 00:17:50.369 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% or maybe you just know what you've done, you know, nobody 00:17:50.369 --> 00:17:53.406 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% needs to preach to you, we've got someone who's not wanting to 00:17:53.406 --> 00:17:56.142 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% preach to you but to pray with you. 00:17:56.142 --> 00:17:57.977 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% We have a telephone number right there. 00:17:57.977 --> 00:18:03.549 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You can pick it up, and we don't know all that you've done, all 00:18:03.549 --> 00:18:07.219 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the things you've been through, but we know the one who rescues 00:18:07.219 --> 00:18:12.658 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% you from everything, and it gives you much. 00:18:12.658 --> 00:18:16.729 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jesus gave everything, and when you give everything to him, he 00:18:16.729 --> 00:18:18.331 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% will transform you. 00:18:18.331 --> 00:18:22.101 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% He may save your marriage, may save your life, may save 00:18:22.101 --> 00:18:26.072 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% whatever it is like he did with Kim, but he'll be with you 00:18:26.072 --> 00:18:28.274 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% through whatever is to come. 00:18:28.274 --> 00:18:32.611 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Pick up the phone, someone will pray with you no matter where 00:18:32.611 --> 00:18:33.946 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% you're at. 00:18:33.946 --> 00:18:36.449 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And look, if you'd like to get-- we only touched, barely touched 00:18:36.449 --> 00:18:39.685 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% on some of the content of "Finding Our Muchness" by Kim 00:18:39.685 --> 00:18:42.822 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Maas, but I'd love to send that to you today. 00:18:42.822 --> 00:18:44.390 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Here's how we'll do it. 00:18:44.390 --> 00:18:49.128 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We have an opportunity for you to demonstrate God's love to 00:18:49.128 --> 00:18:53.499 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% people who are in desperate need, desperate need. 00:18:53.499 --> 00:18:58.371 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Look at this and see how you can be God's hands and feet around 00:18:58.371 --> 00:18:59.705 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% the world. 00:18:59.705 --> 00:19:03.809 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And when you participate, we'd love to send you this book. 00:19:03.809 --> 00:19:06.812 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Watch this. 00:19:06.812 --> 00:19:09.248 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% John Yeatts: I had the privilege of visiting one of the hospitals 00:19:09.248 --> 00:19:12.284 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% of our medical mission partners in Africa. 00:19:12.284 --> 00:19:14.854 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% While there, I met some of their staff who were making 00:19:14.854 --> 00:19:16.455 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% their rounds. 00:19:16.455 --> 00:19:19.558 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% A meaningful time for me was being with some of the families 00:19:19.558 --> 00:19:23.396 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% and their children who were recovering from surgery. 00:19:23.396 --> 00:19:26.499 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Each and every day their medical staff see children who are born 00:19:26.499 --> 00:19:29.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% with serious physical conditions. 00:19:29.368 --> 00:19:33.305 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Many have never been able to walk normally because of having 00:19:33.305 --> 00:19:37.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% club feet or windswept legs or bowed legs. 00:19:37.343 --> 00:19:42.214 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Other conditions they see range from cleft lip, cleft palate, 00:19:42.214 --> 00:19:45.084 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% childhood injuries that impact bone growth and 00:19:45.084 --> 00:19:47.319 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% physical appearances. 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:50.423 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If not corrected in time, these children are destined to lead a 00:19:50.423 --> 00:19:55.361 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% life of misery and suffering, but that's where these gifted 00:19:55.361 --> 00:19:59.732 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% surgeons step in in a very unique way. 00:19:59.732 --> 00:20:02.668 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% Kalombo Kazadi: We are servants of the Lord. 00:20:02.668 --> 00:20:05.805 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% The Lord can do anything that you want to do without-- even 00:20:05.805 --> 00:20:09.942 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% without us, he can do, but he has chosen us so that we can 00:20:09.942 --> 00:20:12.745 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% help to do his work. 00:20:12.745 --> 00:20:15.347 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Joseph Theuri: And that's why even as medical people, we 00:20:15.347 --> 00:20:16.849 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% really have to depend on him. 00:20:16.849 --> 00:20:19.585 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% We have to pray for them who are the patients. 00:20:19.585 --> 00:20:22.121 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Pray for them when we are doing the operations. 00:20:22.121 --> 00:20:26.625 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Just because we know that we are just the hands of someone who is 00:20:26.625 --> 00:20:27.993 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% actually doing the work. 00:20:27.993 --> 00:20:31.964 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% You're just doing that small part, and then God does 00:20:31.964 --> 00:20:33.299 align:start line:10% position:48% size:23% the rest. 00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:36.235 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Kalombo: And it's a great joy that he's going to use me as one 00:20:36.235 --> 00:20:43.142 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% of the tools to make his work perfect again. 00:20:43.142 --> 00:20:46.512 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% John: It is wonderful seeing children walk and run and play 00:20:46.512 --> 00:20:51.183 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% with smiles and laughter in ways they never could before. 00:20:51.183 --> 00:20:54.954 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Life Outreach's medical partners are restoring dignity and 00:20:54.954 --> 00:20:57.656 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% transforming lives of precious children through these 00:20:57.656 --> 00:21:00.793 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% reconstructive surgeries. 00:21:00.793 --> 00:21:03.863 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% I invite you to join us in supporting Life's medical 00:21:03.863 --> 00:21:08.467 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% missions outreach with your prayers, your love, and your 00:21:08.467 --> 00:21:12.371 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% financial support so that even more children can experience 00:21:12.371 --> 00:21:16.075 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% healing, hope, and lasting change. 00:21:16.075 --> 00:21:19.512 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:21:20.446 --> 00:21:23.782 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: What you're seeing there is a biblical principle that I 00:21:23.782 --> 00:21:25.918 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% wanna stress to you right now, and you can go all the way back 00:21:25.918 --> 00:21:29.288 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% to God using Moses to deliver the Israelites. 00:21:29.288 --> 00:21:32.758 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God could have done that without Moses, but you know what he 00:21:32.758 --> 00:21:34.660 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% chooses to do? 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:41.800 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He chooses to bring us into his plan, not because he needs it, 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:44.570 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% but because we need it. 00:21:44.570 --> 00:21:49.041 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You're seeing that right now in Zimbabwe at that hospital with 00:21:49.041 --> 00:21:53.345 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% those doctors, and wow, what a testimony, those doctors saying 00:21:53.345 --> 00:21:56.682 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% we are tools in God's hand. 00:21:56.682 --> 00:22:00.886 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Their skills that they have given to the Lord to help these 00:22:00.886 --> 00:22:05.424 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% children whose lives would be much more difficult without 00:22:05.424 --> 00:22:08.227 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% those surgeries, and you know what? 00:22:08.227 --> 00:22:14.066 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Their skill, their time, their expertise, they give freely. 00:22:14.066 --> 00:22:18.938 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Those children, the families of those children, they don't pay a 00:22:18.938 --> 00:22:20.739 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% thing for those surgeries. 00:22:20.739 --> 00:22:25.344 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Their lives are changed because of the love of God and the 00:22:25.344 --> 00:22:30.316 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% support of people just like you, and we need to do more. 00:22:30.316 --> 00:22:33.986 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Partner with what God is doing. 00:22:33.986 --> 00:22:36.121 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You will find blessing there. 00:22:36.121 --> 00:22:40.125 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% You know, Proverbs says that if you're generous to the poor, 00:22:40.125 --> 00:22:44.029 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% then you're loaning to God, and he will repay it. 00:22:44.029 --> 00:22:46.999 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% I mean, God doesn't need your loan. 00:22:46.999 --> 00:22:52.271 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% God is trying to give us a principle by which we can live 00:22:52.271 --> 00:22:57.543 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% that says if we will remember the poor, if we will be generous 00:22:57.543 --> 00:23:01.947 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% to the poor, if we will help those in need, then God will 00:23:01.947 --> 00:23:07.086 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% step in and bless us in ways that we can't even measure. 00:23:07.086 --> 00:23:08.454 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% That's that partnership. 00:23:08.454 --> 00:23:12.891 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% We have a need right now at that hospital in Zimbabwe. 00:23:12.891 --> 00:23:16.729 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% It's going to cost $600,000 to renovate that. 00:23:16.729 --> 00:23:20.065 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% That means expanding the operating rooms. 00:23:20.065 --> 00:23:24.069 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% It means giving more places for those children to recover and 00:23:24.069 --> 00:23:28.340 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% those families to stay and for those doctors to work. 00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:33.545 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% It means touching more lives, correcting more of those 00:23:33.545 --> 00:23:38.884 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% conditions, enabling more children to run, to smile, to 00:23:38.884 --> 00:23:44.857 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% play, and more importantly, to live a normal, productive life. 00:23:44.857 --> 00:23:46.825 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% You can give that to them. 00:23:46.825 --> 00:23:48.193 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You can give that to them today. 00:23:48.193 --> 00:23:51.864 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% In fact, we need to hear from you quickly, because this is a 00:23:51.864 --> 00:23:54.667 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% one-time thing, this is not an ongoing thing, this is we're 00:23:54.667 --> 00:23:58.237 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% going to expand it, and we're going to bless more children, 00:23:58.237 --> 00:24:01.040 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% but we need to hear from you right now. 00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:06.345 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Whatever gift you can make today will make a difference. 00:24:06.345 --> 00:24:09.848 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Some of you can give more financially towards that goal, 00:24:09.848 --> 00:24:14.219 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% but the most important thing is that you pause for a moment, you 00:24:14.219 --> 00:24:17.990 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% say, Lord, would you have me partner with you on this? 00:24:17.990 --> 00:24:21.126 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% And then you obey whatever he says. 00:24:21.126 --> 00:24:24.897 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% He will bless you however he wants to bless you, which is 00:24:24.897 --> 00:24:27.700 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% typically in the way you need it most. 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:31.403 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% But don't give to get, give because God has put it on your 00:24:31.403 --> 00:24:32.905 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% heart to be generous. 00:24:32.905 --> 00:24:34.907 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% That's the starting point. 00:24:34.907 --> 00:24:37.710 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And make the best gift you can. 00:24:37.710 --> 00:24:40.412 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% If you're in a position just to renovate that whole place by 00:24:40.412 --> 00:24:41.780 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% yourself, do it. 00:24:41.780 --> 00:24:43.916 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I know most of you are not. 00:24:43.916 --> 00:24:48.053 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% But let's come together, let's be a part of what God's doing. 00:24:48.053 --> 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