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. 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:09.409 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Benny Tate: Let me tell you something, there's power in 00:00:09.409 --> 00:00:12.613 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% somebody believing in you, and if we would let one another know 00:00:12.613 --> 00:00:16.483 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% we're proud of each other, maybe we wouldn't struggle with pride 00:00:16.483 --> 00:00:18.485 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% the way we do. 00:00:18.485 --> 00:00:24.024 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Just having somebody to believe in you, somebody to say you can 00:00:24.024 --> 00:00:28.762 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% do it, somebody to give you that push, just give you 00:00:28.762 --> 00:00:30.097 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% that encouragement. 00:00:30.097 --> 00:00:33.333 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% The Bible says but exhort one another daily, because we all 00:00:33.333 --> 00:00:34.701 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% need it. 00:00:34.701 --> 00:00:36.703 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% announcer: Benny Tate, next. 00:00:36.703 --> 00:00:46.713 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.713 --> 00:00:53.954 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.954 --> 00:00:56.189 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robinson. 00:00:56.189 --> 00:01:00.294 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% This is Blynda Lane, and we are back with a wonderful guest. 00:01:00.294 --> 00:01:01.929 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% We know that you love him. 00:01:01.929 --> 00:01:04.531 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Benny Tate is with us, and if you missed the other program 00:01:04.531 --> 00:01:08.135 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% with Benny, after this is over, check out LifeToday.org and you 00:01:08.135 --> 00:01:09.469 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% can catch up on that. 00:01:09.469 --> 00:01:10.837 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Benny, welcome back. 00:01:10.837 --> 00:01:12.839 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Benny: Hey, I'm so excited to be back. 00:01:12.839 --> 00:01:15.309 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Always look forward to coming to "Life Today." 00:01:15.309 --> 00:01:16.944 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Blynda Lane: We're so happy to have you. 00:01:16.944 --> 00:01:20.580 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We touched in the last program on your book, "Yes You Can," but 00:01:20.580 --> 00:01:22.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% we wanna dive a little bit more into it. 00:01:22.716 --> 00:01:26.687 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% In the first program you spoke about a stepfather, and you were 00:01:26.687 --> 00:01:30.023 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% speaking really from the sense of how important words are and 00:01:30.023 --> 00:01:34.161 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% how we get no-s a lot of in our life, especially in our younger 00:01:34.161 --> 00:01:37.864 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% years, and you had a stepfather that really maybe spoke some 00:01:37.864 --> 00:01:42.336 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% harsher no-s to you, but that's not where the story ends, that's 00:01:42.336 --> 00:01:44.171 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% actually just more where it began. 00:01:44.171 --> 00:01:48.475 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Tell us about the journey to getting to the yes you can 00:01:48.475 --> 00:01:51.111 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% belief and what who influenced your life there? 00:01:51.111 --> 00:01:54.247 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Benny: Well, after I became a Christian, after a little while 00:01:54.247 --> 00:01:55.615 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I started preaching. 00:01:55.615 --> 00:01:58.585 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Now I was, listen, I was just as raw as could be. 00:01:58.585 --> 00:02:01.455 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I was preaching messages out of the book of Spasm. 00:02:01.455 --> 00:02:03.256 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% I didn't know it was Psalms. 00:02:03.256 --> 00:02:06.393 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% One night a lady asked me who the who the epistles were. 00:02:06.393 --> 00:02:08.562 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I said I think they were the apostles' wives. 00:02:08.562 --> 00:02:11.431 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I mean, I was just as raw as could be, but I 00:02:11.431 --> 00:02:12.766 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% started preaching. 00:02:12.766 --> 00:02:15.035 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And Blynda, I started preaching on street corners. 00:02:15.035 --> 00:02:18.805 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I started preaching in rescue missions, because God is not 00:02:18.805 --> 00:02:22.142 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% looking for ability, he's looking for availability. 00:02:22.142 --> 00:02:24.211 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Somebody said I'm praying for God to use me. 00:02:24.211 --> 00:02:27.381 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% no, you just get usable, and God will wear you out, 00:02:27.381 --> 00:02:29.816 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% because God has no plan B. 00:02:29.816 --> 00:02:32.919 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% We are the plan, there is no plan B. 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:36.790 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, I just started preaching, and my mother became 00:02:36.790 --> 00:02:39.760 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% a Christian, and she started dating a man. 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:43.864 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Later she married him, he became my stepfather. 00:02:43.864 --> 00:02:48.335 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% His name was Don Mason, and I'd had a stepfather who literally 00:02:48.335 --> 00:02:50.670 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% told me that I was ignorant. 00:02:50.670 --> 00:02:54.975 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I remember a time in my life when my mother--I had a sister 00:02:54.975 --> 00:02:57.244 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% and a stepbrother and sister she took us all to 00:02:57.244 --> 00:03:00.047 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 00:03:00.047 --> 00:03:02.616 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% She said we were going to get physicals, three of the four 00:03:02.616 --> 00:03:03.950 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% were going to get physicals. 00:03:03.950 --> 00:03:06.520 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I was going to get a mental evaluation, because I couldn't 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:08.822 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% learn, couldn't retain. 00:03:08.822 --> 00:03:10.857 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Remember, I was told I was ignorant, I was told I was 00:03:10.857 --> 00:03:13.593 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% stupid, so I just couldn't learn. 00:03:13.593 --> 00:03:15.162 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% So I got a new stepfather. 00:03:15.162 --> 00:03:17.998 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I was almost grown, and he said, "What are you gonna do with 00:03:17.998 --> 00:03:19.366 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% your life?" 00:03:19.366 --> 00:03:20.700 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And I said, "Well, I'm working as a janitor. 00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:24.371 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I make $3.35 an hour, and I'm preaching. 00:03:24.371 --> 00:03:26.740 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I'm preaching at rescue missions." 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:29.776 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% He said, "I've heard you preach. 00:03:29.776 --> 00:03:31.978 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% You need to get in Bible college." 00:03:31.978 --> 00:03:33.947 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% I said, "No, no." 00:03:33.947 --> 00:03:37.784 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I said, "I barely got through school, I wasn't smart." 00:03:37.784 --> 00:03:39.152 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% He said, "You're smart." 00:03:39.152 --> 00:03:41.755 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% He said, "You enroll in Bible college." 00:03:41.755 --> 00:03:46.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% He said, "Every degree that you complete, I'll pay for." 00:03:46.426 --> 00:03:49.162 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Only say this, Randy, to give God the honor and the glory. 00:03:49.162 --> 00:03:51.665 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I went through an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree, a 00:03:51.665 --> 00:03:55.435 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% master's, and a doctorate. 00:03:55.435 --> 00:03:59.005 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% And I've made nothing but straight A-s. 00:03:59.005 --> 00:04:01.975 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Let me tell you something, there's power in somebody 00:04:01.975 --> 00:04:03.643 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% believing in you. 00:04:03.643 --> 00:04:06.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% There's power in somebody believing in you, and we need to 00:04:06.413 --> 00:04:09.483 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% believe in people before they accomplish anything. 00:04:09.483 --> 00:04:10.817 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Did you ever think about this? 00:04:10.817 --> 00:04:15.188 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% God looked down from heaven, Jesus was getting baptized, and 00:04:15.188 --> 00:04:20.927 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% he looks down from heaven and he says, "This is my beloved Son in 00:04:20.927 --> 00:04:22.729 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% whom I'm well-pleased." 00:04:22.729 --> 00:04:26.133 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Now, wait, he had never healed anybody, he had never walked on 00:04:26.133 --> 00:04:30.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the water, he had never raised anybody from the dead, but he 00:04:30.036 --> 00:04:33.940 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% looked down, and I challenge fathers today, Blynda, I would 00:04:33.940 --> 00:04:38.211 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% challenge, Randy, one of the most powerful things that you 00:04:38.211 --> 00:04:41.181 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% can say to somebody, I'm proud of you. 00:04:41.181 --> 00:04:44.684 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And if we would let one another know we're proud of each other, 00:04:44.684 --> 00:04:48.655 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% maybe we wouldn't struggle with pride the way we do. 00:04:48.655 --> 00:04:54.161 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Just having somebody to believe in you, somebody to say you can 00:04:54.161 --> 00:04:58.932 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% do it, somebody to give you that push, just give you 00:04:58.932 --> 00:05:00.267 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% that encouragement. 00:05:00.267 --> 00:05:03.537 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% The Bible says but exhort one another daily, because we all 00:05:03.537 --> 00:05:04.871 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% need it. 00:05:04.871 --> 00:05:08.241 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, I like your your Southern use of the word pride, 00:05:08.241 --> 00:05:10.810 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% because what you mean is is affirmation. 00:05:10.810 --> 00:05:12.145 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Benny: It's exactly right. 00:05:12.145 --> 00:05:15.849 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Acceptance, and you know, that's what God did with Jesus 00:05:15.849 --> 00:05:17.350 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% and that's what he does with us. 00:05:17.350 --> 00:05:18.718 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Benny: It's exactly right. 00:05:18.718 --> 00:05:20.187 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: But it almost feels like what you're saying, I've never 00:05:20.187 --> 00:05:22.355 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% thought of it this way, that maybe why man becomes so 00:05:22.355 --> 00:05:27.294 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% prideful in their own mind is because nobody's ever told them. 00:05:27.294 --> 00:05:29.162 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: They're looking for it, that self-affirmation, 00:05:29.162 --> 00:05:30.497 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% too, yeah. 00:05:30.497 --> 00:05:31.865 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Benny: That's exactly right. 00:05:31.865 --> 00:05:35.101 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% They desperately need it. 00:05:35.101 --> 00:05:40.407 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Look here, I preach on Sunday morning, thousands of people 00:05:40.407 --> 00:05:45.979 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% will come out the door, but when my wife says to me, "Benny, you 00:05:45.979 --> 00:05:51.218 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% did good," just makes me wanna charge hell with a water pistol. 00:05:51.218 --> 00:05:55.922 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, he just, you know, and so, hey, hey, everybody responds 00:05:55.922 --> 00:06:00.660 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% to praises and raises, and, we all need affirmation. 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:03.630 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Alright, how did that lead to the book, "Yes You Can"? 00:06:03.630 --> 00:06:06.399 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Because that's affirmation in the title right there. 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:07.734 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Benny: Yes, it is. 00:06:07.734 --> 00:06:10.837 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I was studying the book of Nehemiah, and I looked at 00:06:10.837 --> 00:06:14.307 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Nehemiah, and I realized, I thought, you know, he wasn't a 00:06:14.307 --> 00:06:17.911 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% prophet, he wasn't a priest, he was a cupbearer. 00:06:17.911 --> 00:06:22.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Actually what he would do, he would take the king's wine, if 00:06:22.716 --> 00:06:27.687 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% there was poison in the wine, he would die rather than the king. 00:06:27.687 --> 00:06:31.224 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know what it said to me, Randy, it said that Nehemiah the 00:06:31.224 --> 00:06:33.960 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% cupbearer was expendable. 00:06:33.960 --> 00:06:35.528 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% He was expendable. 00:06:35.528 --> 00:06:39.366 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% He was expendable to everybody but God. 00:06:39.366 --> 00:06:42.302 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then I looked at this man who wasn't a prophet, he wasn't 00:06:42.302 --> 00:06:47.007 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% a priest, and how in 52 days he did this great accomplishment. 00:06:47.007 --> 00:06:51.378 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% They rebuilt the walls around the city of Jerusalem, the walls 00:06:51.378 --> 00:06:55.015 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that are literally wide enough to drive an automobile on in 00:06:55.015 --> 00:06:57.017 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% 52 days. 00:06:57.017 --> 00:07:01.021 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Fortune 500 companies today study the book of Nehemiah, 00:07:01.021 --> 00:07:05.325 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% because there's so many steps to success there. 00:07:05.325 --> 00:07:08.662 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But I found five levels of leadership, something I'd never 00:07:08.662 --> 00:07:09.996 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% seen before. 00:07:09.996 --> 00:07:12.165 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% First of all, when I looked at Nehemiah, I saw 00:07:12.165 --> 00:07:14.768 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% inward leadership. 00:07:14.768 --> 00:07:18.071 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% When Nehemiah's brother told him what was going on back home, 00:07:18.071 --> 00:07:22.676 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy, in the city, the walls were down, for four months 00:07:22.676 --> 00:07:26.246 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% before he even addressed the Persian king, he prayed 00:07:26.246 --> 00:07:28.481 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% and fasted. 00:07:28.481 --> 00:07:31.818 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The word for inward leadership that I talk about in this book 00:07:31.818 --> 00:07:33.887 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% is discipline. 00:07:33.887 --> 00:07:37.824 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Discipline is the gift that we give ourselves. 00:07:37.824 --> 00:07:42.362 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What begins in your life, what begins by desire, has to be 00:07:42.362 --> 00:07:45.131 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% maintained by discipline. 00:07:45.131 --> 00:07:50.437 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Four months, he just prayed, and what I challenge people to do in 00:07:50.437 --> 00:07:55.141 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the book, the most difficult person I've been leading now for 00:07:55.141 --> 00:08:00.380 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% 45 years, the most difficult person I've ever led is Benny 00:08:00.380 --> 00:08:03.450 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Tate, the most difficult person. 00:08:03.450 --> 00:08:07.320 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% The person I've had the most trouble with is myself. 00:08:07.320 --> 00:08:10.156 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And I talk to people about inward leadership. 00:08:10.156 --> 00:08:15.595 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I believe a leader stands out in a crowd, because the leader has 00:08:15.595 --> 00:08:18.665 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% learned how to be alone without the crowd. 00:08:18.665 --> 00:08:21.401 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% He's learned he's got inward leadership, right? 00:08:21.401 --> 00:08:24.204 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% He's developing, he's growing inward. 00:08:24.204 --> 00:08:27.040 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Sometimes a leader will say to me, I've got 30 years of 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:30.076 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% experience, but I'll spend time with him, he doesn't have 30 00:08:30.076 --> 00:08:34.013 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% years of experience, he's got 1 year of experience 30 times. 00:08:34.013 --> 00:08:37.884 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So the first level of leadership I start with, I start with that 00:08:37.884 --> 00:08:42.322 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% inward leadership, getting right with yourself. 00:08:42.322 --> 00:08:44.557 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Love thy neighbor as thyself. 00:08:44.557 --> 00:08:45.992 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% We gotta get right with ourselves. 00:08:45.992 --> 00:08:48.361 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: Because without it being right, you can't really move on 00:08:48.361 --> 00:08:50.363 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% to the other levels. 00:08:50.363 --> 00:08:51.731 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: Do I have you right? 00:08:51.731 --> 00:08:55.335 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And when you say 4 months of prayer and then 52 days to 00:08:55.335 --> 00:09:01.741 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% accomplish, that's a better than 2 to 1 ratio of prayer time to 00:09:01.741 --> 00:09:03.109 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% go time. 00:09:03.109 --> 00:09:04.444 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Benny: That's exactly right. 00:09:04.444 --> 00:09:08.114 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Do you know anybody-- I got that backwards, you know? 00:09:08.114 --> 00:09:11.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, my prayer time to my due time, it's like I pray a little 00:09:11.384 --> 00:09:15.722 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and work a lot to get something done, and I think maybe what I'm 00:09:15.722 --> 00:09:18.792 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% hearing from you is that I got that a little bit on the 00:09:18.792 --> 00:09:20.160 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% wrong side. 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:23.797 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Benny: Randy, before Pentecost, he told them to go to Jerusalem 00:09:23.797 --> 00:09:28.501 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% and wait for ten days, do nothing but pray, don't 00:09:28.501 --> 00:09:31.571 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% assimilate, no need of having strategic meetings, no need of 00:09:31.571 --> 00:09:34.107 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% having--just go and pray. 00:09:34.107 --> 00:09:36.776 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% They went and they prayed for ten days. 00:09:36.776 --> 00:09:40.713 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% They preached for 10 minutes and saw 3,000 saved. 00:09:40.713 --> 00:09:42.081 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Randy: Yeah, right? 00:09:42.081 --> 00:09:44.150 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Benny: What we're doing, we're preaching for ten days and 00:09:44.150 --> 00:09:48.721 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% praying for ten minutes and not seeing many people saved. 00:09:48.721 --> 00:09:52.392 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The average full-time Christian worker in America spends four 00:09:52.392 --> 00:09:58.031 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% minutes a day in devotion time with God, four minutes a day. 00:09:58.031 --> 00:10:01.034 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And if God's not doing something in us, certainly he can't do 00:10:01.034 --> 00:10:02.402 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% something through us. 00:10:02.402 --> 00:10:03.903 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Randy: Well, that's a good place to start. 00:10:03.903 --> 00:10:05.505 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Benny: It's a good place to start. 00:10:05.505 --> 00:10:09.275 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: So, okay, so thinking about more of the leadership 00:10:09.275 --> 00:10:14.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% qualities, because where I find a lot of interest is I'm married 00:10:14.047 --> 00:10:17.884 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to a really strong leader, so I look at him, and I think about 00:10:17.884 --> 00:10:19.586 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% what leadership looks like. 00:10:19.586 --> 00:10:24.524 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% When I reflect on myself, I don't always see strong leader. 00:10:24.524 --> 00:10:28.595 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I see somebody devoted to the Lord, somebody who wants to lead 00:10:28.595 --> 00:10:31.464 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% their family, their children, but what would you say to the 00:10:31.464 --> 00:10:36.302 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% person who hasn't identified themselves as a strong leader? 00:10:36.302 --> 00:10:38.905 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Would you still say everyone is a leader? 00:10:38.905 --> 00:10:41.741 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Benny: Yes, and I would take them to the second level 00:10:41.741 --> 00:10:43.076 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% of leadership. 00:10:43.076 --> 00:10:47.113 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The second level of leadership is lateral leadership. 00:10:47.113 --> 00:10:50.183 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You say, well, Pastor Benny, in the organizational chart, 00:10:50.183 --> 00:10:54.087 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I'm not high, I'm low in the organizational chart. 00:10:54.087 --> 00:10:58.324 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Or maybe we have a lateral positions, we're the same in the 00:10:58.324 --> 00:11:00.693 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% organization, what is the word there? 00:11:00.693 --> 00:11:02.996 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% The word there is serve. 00:11:02.996 --> 00:11:05.899 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What I would say to our listeners today, if you say I'm 00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:09.402 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% not this strong leader, but I wanna have influence, here's 00:11:09.402 --> 00:11:11.104 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% what I would challenge you to do. 00:11:11.104 --> 00:11:14.507 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% In your organization, you start serving. 00:11:14.507 --> 00:11:18.344 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You just start serving, because always remember if serving is 00:11:18.344 --> 00:11:21.614 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% beneath you, leading will always be above you. 00:11:21.614 --> 00:11:25.285 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% If you just start serving, before long, what's going to 00:11:25.285 --> 00:11:29.889 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% happen, people are gonna say you can depend on Blynda. 00:11:29.889 --> 00:11:32.792 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Well, Blynda's there when the going gets hard. 00:11:32.792 --> 00:11:36.696 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Boy, when there's a task to do, Blynda's there. 00:11:36.696 --> 00:11:40.400 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% When we're going through a difficult time, she shows up. 00:11:40.400 --> 00:11:44.070 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% And see, it's lateral leadership. 00:11:44.070 --> 00:11:46.673 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% God showed me something in the upper room. 00:11:46.673 --> 00:11:50.143 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I was in the upper room, and I started thinking about this is 00:11:50.143 --> 00:11:53.479 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% where Jesus came in, and he took a basin and towel and washed the 00:11:53.479 --> 00:11:57.216 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% disciples' feet, and then I realized all 12 of those walked 00:11:57.216 --> 00:12:00.453 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% past the basins and towels. 00:12:00.453 --> 00:12:04.557 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it was like God said to me, yes, because the world today is 00:12:04.557 --> 00:12:09.896 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% into titles, but Jesus was into towels, and he said to me, 00:12:09.896 --> 00:12:14.400 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Blynda and Randy, there's basins and towels in every 00:12:14.400 --> 00:12:17.904 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% relationship, you've just got to look for them. 00:12:17.904 --> 00:12:20.640 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% So, so how do you lead laterally? 00:12:20.640 --> 00:12:24.677 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% You lead laterally through serving other people. 00:12:24.677 --> 00:12:28.781 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jesus said let the greatest among you be your servant, and 00:12:28.781 --> 00:12:32.952 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Martin Luther King Jr. said any man or woman can be great, 00:12:32.952 --> 00:12:37.023 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% because any man or woman can serve. 00:12:37.023 --> 00:12:40.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: That's not where most of us start when we want to be 00:12:40.226 --> 00:12:43.930 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% leaders, but that's the biblical way. 00:12:43.930 --> 00:12:46.232 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% There's just no way around it. 00:12:46.232 --> 00:12:47.900 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% So what do you do? 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:52.171 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I know a lot of good people who have done their best to be 00:12:52.171 --> 00:12:56.643 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% servant leaders, they've tried to cultivate, you know, the 00:12:56.643 --> 00:13:02.015 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% things in their lives that scripture tells us to cultivate, 00:13:02.015 --> 00:13:07.286 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and then something comes along and life just hits 'em hard. 00:13:07.286 --> 00:13:11.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know, we talked about in the last program, you wanted to have 00:13:11.157 --> 00:13:14.761 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% children, never were able to, you know, you expect 00:13:14.761 --> 00:13:16.129 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% that miracle. 00:13:16.129 --> 00:13:20.099 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I have a license plate frame that says expect a miracle, 00:13:20.099 --> 00:13:23.136 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% because that was, you know, Oral Roberts University, expect a 00:13:23.136 --> 00:13:26.839 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% miracle, and I believe in that posture, but I've also lost a 00:13:26.839 --> 00:13:28.341 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% sister to cancer. 00:13:28.341 --> 00:13:31.044 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I've seen other disappointments, and I know people have been 00:13:31.044 --> 00:13:33.346 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% through hard times. 00:13:33.346 --> 00:13:36.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What do you say to that person that's hitting that wall and 00:13:36.716 --> 00:13:38.451 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% life is just hard, and they're feeling a little 00:13:38.451 --> 00:13:40.353 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% bit discouraged? 00:13:40.353 --> 00:13:45.558 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What I would say to that person is God still has a plan for 00:13:45.558 --> 00:13:46.926 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% your life. 00:13:46.926 --> 00:13:48.761 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% God still has a purpose. 00:13:48.761 --> 00:13:51.864 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% I think many times we forget. 00:13:51.864 --> 00:13:58.371 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Paul becomes a Christian, and in Acts chapter 9 verses 14, the 00:13:58.371 --> 00:14:02.909 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Bible says this, it says--Jesus said this, he said Paul is a 00:14:02.909 --> 00:14:04.744 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% chosen vessel. 00:14:04.744 --> 00:14:06.279 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% He's a chosen vessel. 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.081 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% What a high honor. 00:14:08.081 --> 00:14:13.853 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He said he's a chosen vessel to bear my name unto the Gentiles, 00:14:13.853 --> 00:14:17.590 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% unto kings, unto the children of Israel. 00:14:17.590 --> 00:14:24.764 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And then verse 15 says, "For I will show him the many things 00:14:24.764 --> 00:14:28.134 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% that he must suffer for my name's sake." 00:14:28.134 --> 00:14:31.571 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% This is what I've learned, Randy, about life. 00:14:31.571 --> 00:14:37.477 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And Randy, I know what it is to walk through difficult times. 00:14:37.477 --> 00:14:40.613 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I've had great pain. 00:14:40.613 --> 00:14:45.918 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I can say to our listeners today, I want them to know I 00:14:45.918 --> 00:14:48.454 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% identify with great pain. 00:14:48.454 --> 00:14:53.292 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% A.W. Tozer said, "I doubt that God can bless a man or woman 00:14:53.292 --> 00:14:57.296 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% greatly until he first hurts them deeply." 00:14:57.296 --> 00:15:00.433 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And here's what I would say even to that preacher, that pastor, 00:15:00.433 --> 00:15:04.537 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% that Christian worker that's struggling, the greater the 00:15:04.537 --> 00:15:08.441 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% struggle, the greater the anointing. 00:15:08.441 --> 00:15:15.348 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% John the Baptist, Jesus said there was not a greater than he. 00:15:15.348 --> 00:15:17.784 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% There's not a greater than he. 00:15:17.784 --> 00:15:23.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But John got thrown in prison, and Blynda, he started saying, 00:15:23.823 --> 00:15:27.193 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% "Is he really the Christ? 00:15:27.193 --> 00:15:30.630 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Or should we look for another?" 00:15:30.630 --> 00:15:35.434 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And Jesus sent word to him, "John, blessed is he that's not 00:15:35.434 --> 00:15:37.804 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% offended in me." 00:15:37.804 --> 00:15:40.640 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% That you're just going to trust me. 00:15:40.640 --> 00:15:44.076 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% You're gonna trust me though things are hard. 00:15:44.076 --> 00:15:47.613 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Though things are difficult, you're gonna trust me. 00:15:47.613 --> 00:15:52.118 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so I would say to the listeners today, Randy, things 00:15:52.118 --> 00:15:56.889 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% don't come to stay, things come to pass. 00:15:56.889 --> 00:16:00.726 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You know, Randy, I thought about those Shadrach, Meshach, 00:16:00.726 --> 00:16:03.296 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% and Abednego. 00:16:03.296 --> 00:16:06.899 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You say, somebody says, well, why didn't God deliver them out 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:08.734 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% of the fire? 00:16:08.734 --> 00:16:11.971 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% He delivered them in the fire. 00:16:11.971 --> 00:16:16.075 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy, I read that scripture that king looked down, and you 00:16:16.075 --> 00:16:18.678 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% know the story, they came out of the fire, their clothes are not 00:16:18.678 --> 00:16:20.012 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% even smelling like smoke. 00:16:20.012 --> 00:16:22.415 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Well, you can't even go in the Waffle House and that 00:16:22.415 --> 00:16:23.850 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% happen, amen? 00:16:23.850 --> 00:16:27.720 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% They come out there, and the king looks down in the fire, and 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:31.791 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% he said, "I thought we cast three men, I see a fourth one." 00:16:31.791 --> 00:16:33.159 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% I see a fourth one. 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:35.862 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Now, you know, Randy, read the scripture close. 00:16:35.862 --> 00:16:40.600 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It never says that the three Hebrews saw the fourth man. 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:42.335 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% It never says, read it closely. 00:16:42.335 --> 00:16:45.204 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% It never says they saw the fourth man. 00:16:45.204 --> 00:16:48.207 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% But the fourth man was with them, and today there may be 00:16:48.207 --> 00:16:52.278 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% some people that feel like God's a million miles away, but I want 00:16:52.278 --> 00:16:55.481 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% them to know God's with you, because God's not a feeling, 00:16:55.481 --> 00:16:56.816 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% God's a fact. 00:16:56.816 --> 00:17:00.253 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Maybe we have to walk through difficult times. 00:17:00.253 --> 00:17:03.890 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Maybe even today, Blynda, I'm walking through a very difficult 00:17:03.890 --> 00:17:10.062 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% time, because God wants to show somebody the fourth man, and how 00:17:10.062 --> 00:17:12.531 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I respond really does make a difference. 00:17:12.531 --> 00:17:14.834 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Randy: And how you go into it, you know? 00:17:14.834 --> 00:17:17.536 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Because you know what they said, our God can deliver us, we 00:17:17.536 --> 00:17:21.941 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% believe he will, but even if he doesn't, it's whatever happens, 00:17:21.941 --> 00:17:25.611 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I know where my faith is, because they knew that that 00:17:25.611 --> 00:17:26.946 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% wasn't the end. 00:17:26.946 --> 00:17:29.715 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You know, someone talked to me about why did Jesus have to 00:17:29.715 --> 00:17:33.786 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% suffer so brutally on a cross and then die? 00:17:33.786 --> 00:17:36.289 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I said, you know, there's a lot of great theological 00:17:36.289 --> 00:17:38.491 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% answers, but for me I go, you know what? 00:17:38.491 --> 00:17:42.128 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I think Jesus was saying two things, I understand 00:17:42.128 --> 00:17:44.130 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% suffering, okay? 00:17:44.130 --> 00:17:47.767 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I'm there, I'll walk through you with it, and then your greatest 00:17:47.767 --> 00:17:50.836 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% fear, which is death, watch me conquer it. 00:17:50.836 --> 00:17:52.371 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Benny: Amen. Randy: It's not the end. 00:17:52.371 --> 00:17:54.707 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Blynda: It's not the end. Benny: Amen. 00:17:54.707 --> 00:17:56.075 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Randy: Yeah, so I'm with you. 00:17:56.075 --> 00:17:57.777 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: But it's hard sometimes in that practical 00:17:57.777 --> 00:17:59.812 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% to walk out that trust. 00:17:59.812 --> 00:18:02.615 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Do you have a final encouragement to the viewer 00:18:02.615 --> 00:18:05.785 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% about how to walk out that trust, that surrender when they 00:18:05.785 --> 00:18:09.522 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% really find themselves questioning how are they in this 00:18:09.522 --> 00:18:12.124 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% place when God feels so distant? 00:18:12.124 --> 00:18:17.797 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Benny: What I would say to them, I would say to them God's word, 00:18:17.797 --> 00:18:21.300 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I would say trust the promises of God. 00:18:21.300 --> 00:18:24.804 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I would say to our listeners, Blynda, we don't live our lives 00:18:24.804 --> 00:18:29.141 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% based on explanations, we live our lives based on the promises 00:18:29.141 --> 00:18:30.509 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% of God. 00:18:30.509 --> 00:18:35.281 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So you cling to those promises, you cling to the promise that 00:18:35.281 --> 00:18:39.018 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God is--we went through the fire, we went through the water, 00:18:39.018 --> 00:18:40.953 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% but the Lord brought us out. 00:18:40.953 --> 00:18:47.793 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You just--many times, Blynda, I've gone to sleep at night 00:18:47.793 --> 00:18:49.895 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% holding my Bible. 00:18:49.895 --> 00:18:51.597 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% You say, Pastor, you're a nut. 00:18:51.597 --> 00:18:53.833 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Well, I'm screwed on the right boat, amen? 00:18:53.833 --> 00:18:57.903 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I've gone to sleep at night holding my Bible, just leaning 00:18:57.903 --> 00:19:00.473 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% into the promises of God, because you can't 00:19:00.473 --> 00:19:01.807 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% always explain. 00:19:01.807 --> 00:19:05.811 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Apologetics won't always give the answer, academics won't 00:19:05.811 --> 00:19:09.348 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% always give the answer, we have to trust God and God's 00:19:09.348 --> 00:19:13.519 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% sovereignty, that God's going to see us through. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:16.489 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: I've got a promise for people right now, because we're 00:19:16.489 --> 00:19:20.092 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% working on a project that's gonna need your involvement, and 00:19:20.092 --> 00:19:22.194 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% that promise, you've probably heard me say comes out of 00:19:22.194 --> 00:19:25.765 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Proverbs, it's if you're generous to the poor, you lend 00:19:25.765 --> 00:19:28.801 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% to God, and he will repay you. 00:19:28.801 --> 00:19:32.171 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I'd like to be repaid by God, and I know that's probably not 00:19:32.171 --> 00:19:35.941 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% financial, it's probably ways that money can't even buy, but 00:19:35.941 --> 00:19:42.782 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the point is this, God promises to honor your gift to those who 00:19:42.782 --> 00:19:44.116 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% are in need. 00:19:44.116 --> 00:19:46.819 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% He loves a cheerful giver. 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:50.556 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Where we've got an opportunity, we're gonna ask you to give. 00:19:50.556 --> 00:19:54.927 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We're gonna ask you to join with us in sharing his life, his 00:19:54.927 --> 00:19:59.632 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% love, and his healing with people desperately in need. 00:19:59.632 --> 00:20:02.034 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Watch this, and you'll see how you can be a part. 00:20:06.605 --> 00:20:10.076 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: For some children, life begins in the shadows with 00:20:10.076 --> 00:20:13.345 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% challenges most people will never have to face. 00:20:13.345 --> 00:20:17.683 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Born with physical disabilities, their days are filled with pain, 00:20:17.683 --> 00:20:22.388 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% limitation, and silence, not because they lack courage, it's 00:20:22.388 --> 00:20:25.558 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% because their body stands in the way of their dreams. 00:20:25.558 --> 00:20:28.094 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% But suffering does not always have to be the end of 00:20:28.094 --> 00:20:29.462 align:start line:85% position:50% size:31% their story. 00:20:29.462 --> 00:20:32.865 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% Life Outreach's medical mission partners provide hope in the 00:20:32.865 --> 00:20:34.867 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% form of corrective surgeries. 00:20:34.867 --> 00:20:38.604 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Skilled hands of surgeons reconstruct twisted limbs, 00:20:38.604 --> 00:20:41.674 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% allowing a child to walk normally for the first time in 00:20:41.674 --> 00:20:43.008 align:start line:85% position:48% size:28% their life. 00:20:43.008 --> 00:20:46.846 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% A repaired cleft lip or cleft palate restores a smile that 00:20:46.846 --> 00:20:48.180 align:start line:85% position:50% size:35% never existed. 00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:51.717 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% Prayer and a caring, Christ-centered staff is 00:20:51.717 --> 00:20:54.186 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% important to these children's well-being and their 00:20:54.186 --> 00:20:56.122 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% physical restoration. 00:20:56.122 --> 00:20:58.124 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% male: So, let's pray. 00:20:58.557 --> 00:21:00.559 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:21:13.105 --> 00:21:16.408 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% announcer: This is what it looks like when God uses willing hands 00:21:16.408 --> 00:21:19.778 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% to bring healing, restoration, and hope. 00:21:19.778 --> 00:21:22.681 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% And for the countless numbers of children still waiting for 00:21:22.681 --> 00:21:26.452 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% corrective surgery, it will take willing, compassionate people to 00:21:26.452 --> 00:21:28.454 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% support this medical mission. 00:21:28.454 --> 00:21:32.091 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Be a part of restoring and renewing hope for precious 00:21:32.091 --> 00:21:33.459 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% children like these. 00:21:37.329 --> 00:21:38.697 align:start line:85% position:50% size:75% Randy: Ah, look at that smile. 00:21:38.697 --> 00:21:40.466 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% Don't you love those smiles? 00:21:40.466 --> 00:21:41.800 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% You know, they go-- 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:43.169 align:start line:79% position:48% size:48% Blynda: The stories never get old. 00:21:43.169 --> 00:21:48.607 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% I know, you see an embarrassment in the deformity, if I can use 00:21:48.607 --> 00:21:50.442 align:start line:85% position:50% size:81% that word, to a smile, you know. 00:21:50.442 --> 00:21:54.246 align:start line:74% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I know, it's amazing to--the transformational, the 00:21:54.246 --> 00:21:58.117 align:start line:74% position:50% size:75% before/afters that you see, the insecurity that turns into 00:21:58.117 --> 00:22:00.085 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% confidence, you know? 00:22:00.085 --> 00:22:03.923 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% The maybe despair that turns into joy and hope, it's just so 00:22:03.923 --> 00:22:07.426 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% beautiful to see, and these are people who have been affected by 00:22:07.426 --> 00:22:12.164 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% the generous giving of our--of the people watching, but also 00:22:12.164 --> 00:22:13.599 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% we're in such need. 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:17.403 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Like, the need is now greater than what we have. 00:22:17.403 --> 00:22:19.071 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Randy: You know, there's an interesting thing in a lot of 00:22:19.071 --> 00:22:21.540 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% those cultures in Africa, a lot of them are very superstitious, 00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:26.045 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% they have different non-biblical beliefs, and one of them is that 00:22:26.045 --> 00:22:29.248 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% those children who have the bowed legs or maybe the cleft 00:22:29.248 --> 00:22:33.285 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% lip or whatever it is, that they are cursed. 00:22:33.285 --> 00:22:35.821 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% And you know what we say, the before and after? 00:22:35.821 --> 00:22:41.560 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% We say, no, you are blessed, and that's only because of Christ, 00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:46.198 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% and we preach in a gentle and appropriate way to everyone who 00:22:46.198 --> 00:22:48.767 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% comes through there--we just love them in Jesus's name. 00:22:48.767 --> 00:22:51.837 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And you know what it costs them to have these surgeries that 00:22:51.837 --> 00:22:53.205 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% they can't afford? 00:22:53.205 --> 00:22:55.574 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% Costs them nothing, you know why? 00:22:55.574 --> 00:22:57.810 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Because of people just like you. 00:22:57.810 --> 00:23:01.280 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Right now we have the opportunity to have more before 00:23:01.280 --> 00:23:04.049 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% and after stories, to create more smiles, to have more 00:23:04.049 --> 00:23:10.089 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% children going from that limp to a run if you will participate. 00:23:10.089 --> 00:23:15.361 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% It costs $600,000 to renovate and to expand that facility 00:23:15.361 --> 00:23:19.164 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% right there, because there's a long, long waiting list. 00:23:19.164 --> 00:23:22.668 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Children come from all over, not just Zimbabwe, but many 00:23:22.668 --> 00:23:26.005 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% countries around there, they need help. 00:23:26.005 --> 00:23:28.073 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And our doctors are dedicated. 00:23:28.073 --> 00:23:30.943 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% They are doing as much as they can. 00:23:30.943 --> 00:23:35.748 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Our mission partners on the ground are just the best. 00:23:35.748 --> 00:23:39.618 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% They need us to come alongside them, not literally to go live 00:23:39.618 --> 00:23:43.188 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% in Zimbabwe, though, you know, if God's calling you, go. 00:23:43.188 --> 00:23:45.691 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% They just need us to support them by expanding the 00:23:45.691 --> 00:23:50.329 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% facilities, by offering more surgeries at no cost, and that's 00:23:50.329 --> 00:23:52.364 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% why we're coming to you today. 00:23:52.364 --> 00:23:54.667 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% This is a what we call a one-time project. 00:23:54.667 --> 00:23:56.702 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% It's not like the ongoing things with Mission Feeding. 00:23:56.702 --> 00:23:58.337 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% This is a one-time thing. 00:23:58.337 --> 00:24:06.712 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Can you jump in and give 126, 1,026, maybe 100,000, whatever 00:24:06.712 --> 00:24:10.316 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% God has enabled you to do, whatever he's put in your hands, 00:24:10.316 --> 00:24:14.286 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% are you willing to give that back and say yes, I wanna 00:24:14.286 --> 00:24:18.524 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% support those people in the field, I wanna share God's love 00:24:18.524 --> 00:24:22.127 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% and life with people who need to hear the gospel and to 00:24:22.127 --> 00:24:23.829 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% experience it? 00:24:23.829 --> 00:24:27.199 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I believe we can do it, but I know we can only do it with your 00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:31.270 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% help, so I would invite you into this wonderful work, this 00:24:31.270 --> 00:24:34.173 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% wonderful expression of God's love. 00:24:34.173 --> 00:24:38.177 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Go online, go to the phone, I say make the best gift you can, 00:24:38.177 --> 00:24:41.213 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% but you know, the best gift is the one made out of a cheerful 00:24:41.213 --> 00:24:43.449 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% heart and out of obedience. 00:24:43.449 --> 00:24:45.451 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% If that's you, join us. 00:24:46.985 --> 00:24:49.321 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% announcer: Many children in Africa are born with severe 00:24:49.321 --> 00:24:52.224 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% deformities or suffer life-altering injuries, 00:24:52.224 --> 00:24:55.661 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% conditions like club feet, windswept legs, and untreated 00:24:55.661 --> 00:24:59.098 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% fractures force them to live in pain because help is out 00:24:59.098 --> 00:25:00.466 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of reach. 00:25:00.466 --> 00:25:02.668 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But you can offer healing today. 00:25:02.668 --> 00:25:06.538 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Our mission partner in Zimbabwe runs a children's hospital now 00:25:06.538 --> 00:25:10.843 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% at capacity and in urgent need of renovation and expansion. 00:25:10.843 --> 00:25:14.513 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% With a $600,000 goal and only a short period of time to raise 00:25:14.513 --> 00:25:18.450 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the necessary funds, your best gift today helps children 00:25:18.450 --> 00:25:22.388 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% receive the surgical care they need at no cost to the families. 00:25:22.388 --> 00:25:26.024 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Together we can heal precious lives and reveal the love 00:25:26.024 --> 00:25:27.359 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of Jesus. 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:30.796 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you the "Global Impact of 00:25:30.796 --> 00:25:33.866 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Life" Journal, featuring inspiring photos from 00:25:33.866 --> 00:25:35.200 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Life's outreaches. 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:38.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This beautiful journal is a reminder that your prayers and 00:25:38.036 --> 00:25:41.240 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% partnership are making a global 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bronze sculpture, The 00:26:09.968 --> 00:26:11.336 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Good Shepherd. 00:26:11.336 --> 00:26:14.339 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:17.443 --> 00:26:19.812 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Randy: I do hope you're going online or go to the phone making 00:26:19.812 --> 00:26:21.146 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% the best gift you can. 00:26:21.146 --> 00:26:24.283 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% And by the way, if you would request "Yes You Can" by Benny 00:26:24.283 --> 00:26:26.985 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Tate, we'd love to send it to you, because we know it will 00:26:26.985 --> 00:26:28.353 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% encourage you. 00:26:28.353 --> 00:26:31.924 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% And Benny, I wanna thank you, because for years now, you've 00:26:31.924 --> 00:26:34.092 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% been a supporter of our outreaches. 00:26:34.092 --> 00:26:35.427 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Why do you support those? 00:26:35.427 --> 00:26:37.996 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% Benny: Because I believe in what you're doing. 00:26:37.996 --> 00:26:41.166 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% John Wesley said the world is my parish. 00:26:41.166 --> 00:26:42.835 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% The world is my parish. 00:26:42.835 --> 00:26:46.338 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% You all are making a difference in the world. 00:26:46.338 --> 00:26:49.408 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% When you do it to the least of these you've done it unto me, 00:26:49.408 --> 00:26:52.077 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% and so I just wanna be a part. 00:26:52.077 --> 00:26:57.883 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% I feel like I have been blessed because of our financial support 00:26:57.883 --> 00:27:00.953 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% of what "Life Today" is doing, and I'm gonna continue. 00:27:00.953 --> 00:27:03.255 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Randy: As someone who's been there in the field and seen the 00:27:03.255 --> 00:27:06.258 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% difference that it makes, I wanna thank you personally. 00:27:06.258 --> 00:27:10.462 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% And I actually wanna thank everyone who has supported and 00:27:10.462 --> 00:27:13.465 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% continues to support, and for those of you who have not, I do 00:27:13.465 --> 00:27:15.701 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% hope you'll come on board. 00:27:15.701 --> 00:27:18.770 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Yes you can, Benny would say, and thank you for being here. 00:27:18.770 --> 00:27:20.138 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% I've been blessed, you've been blessed, Blynda? 00:27:20.138 --> 00:27:21.473 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% Blynda: It's been a great, great time. 00:27:21.473 --> 00:27:22.908 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Randy: If you missed the other program with Benny Tate, 00:27:22.908 --> 00:27:24.943 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% go to LifeToday.org and come back. 00:27:24.943 --> 00:27:27.746 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% We'll see you next time on "Life Today." 00:27:27.746 --> 00:27:37.756 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:37.756 --> 00:27:47.766 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:47.766 --> 00:27:57.776 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:57.776 --> 00:28:00.746 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:28:02.147 --> 00:28:03.782 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Jentezen Franklin: And you have to decide, are you gonna be a 00:28:03.782 --> 00:28:05.350 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% worrier or a warrior? 00:28:05.350 --> 00:28:08.520 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Are you gonna be somebody who's gonna pray about it, or you 00:28:08.520 --> 00:28:09.855 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% gonna worry about it? 00:28:09.855 --> 00:28:12.624 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% announcer: Jentezen Franklin, next week. 00:28:12.624 --> 00:28:14.927 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: "Life Today" is made possible by the supporters of 00:28:14.927 --> 00:28:16.261 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:28:16.261 --> 00:28:18.297 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt 00:28:18.297 --> 00:28:19.665 align:start 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 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