WEBVTT 01:00:00.663 --> 01:00:02.865 align:start line:79% position:10% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by Friends 01:00:02.932 --> 01:00:04.934 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 01:00:06.502 --> 01:00:09.706 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Benny Tate: I didn't have somebody telling me yes you can. 01:00:09.772 --> 01:00:12.408 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% I had somebody telling me that you will never amount 01:00:12.475 --> 01:00:13.743 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% to anything. 01:00:13.810 --> 01:00:16.512 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% I had somebody telling me that I was ignorant and I was 01:00:16.579 --> 01:00:20.483 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% illegitimate, and for many years I believed that, that I could 01:00:20.550 --> 01:00:24.854 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% not, that I would not amount to anything, that I was less than, 01:00:24.921 --> 01:00:28.191 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% and I think many people listening today, they believe 01:00:28.257 --> 01:00:32.161 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% the same thing, and so I just wanted to come alongside people 01:00:32.228 --> 01:00:34.230 align:start line:69% position:25% size:50% and say yes you can. 01:00:36.399 --> 01:00:46.342 align:start line:85% position:40% size:18% [music] 01:00:46.409 --> 01:00:53.483 align:start line:85% position:40% size:18% [music] 01:00:53.549 --> 01:00:55.251 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robinson, 01:00:55.318 --> 01:00:56.652 align:start line:69% position:20% size:58% Blynda Lane is with me. 01:00:56.719 --> 01:00:58.454 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Blynda Lane: Yeah, really, really happy to be here, because 01:00:58.521 --> 01:01:00.623 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% we have some awesome things to talk about. 01:01:00.690 --> 01:01:04.260 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Randy: We do, Benny Tate is back with us, and many of you in the 01:01:04.327 --> 01:01:07.563 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75% audience will remember Benny, but for those of you who don't 01:01:07.630 --> 01:01:11.901 align:start line:10% position:10% size:80% know him, he's a pastor of a large church in a small place in 01:01:11.968 --> 01:01:14.237 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73% Georgia, Rock Springs Church. 01:01:14.303 --> 01:01:19.008 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% He has a new book called "Yes You Can," and I will say this-- 01:01:19.075 --> 01:01:20.576 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% well, I'm sorry, Welcome back, Benny. 01:01:20.643 --> 01:01:22.945 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% Benny: It's an honor to be here, I'm so glad. 01:01:23.012 --> 01:01:26.916 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Randy: Here's kind of a question I have for the viewing audience, 01:01:26.983 --> 01:01:31.621 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% because the book is categorized by, you know, the book people as 01:01:31.687 --> 01:01:35.491 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% kind of a leadership book, and that word right there gets a lot 01:01:35.558 --> 01:01:38.694 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% of people going, eh, I'm out, I'm not a leader, you know, this 01:01:38.761 --> 01:01:40.063 align:start line:69% position:33% size:35% is not for me. 01:01:40.129 --> 01:01:42.231 align:start line:69% position:15% size:70% Let me reframe that for you. 01:01:42.298 --> 01:01:45.968 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% Do you have influence with anyone? 01:01:46.035 --> 01:01:49.172 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Because I think we all do, and that's why I think this is a 01:01:49.238 --> 01:01:50.706 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% great message for people, Benny. 01:01:50.773 --> 01:01:53.409 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% Benny: I believe that, and I believe everybody can 01:01:53.476 --> 01:01:54.877 align:start line:69% position:25% size:48% influence somebody. 01:01:54.944 --> 01:01:58.014 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% You know, as you look at the Bible in the very beginning, the 01:01:58.081 --> 01:02:03.753 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Bible says in Genesis 1:27, it talks about and God made man, 01:02:03.820 --> 01:02:06.022 align:start line:63% position:30% size:40% male and female, he created them. 01:02:06.089 --> 01:02:09.625 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% And then the next verse he says you're gonna have dominion, 01:02:09.692 --> 01:02:12.462 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% you're going to subdue, what was he saying? 01:02:12.528 --> 01:02:16.499 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% You're going to lead, you're going to impact, you're going to 01:02:16.566 --> 01:02:20.670 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% influence, and I just want people to know that they have an 01:02:20.736 --> 01:02:24.307 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% influence, and they have an impact over other people's 01:02:24.373 --> 01:02:25.741 align:start line:63% position:25% size:48% lives, and they can make a difference. 01:02:25.808 --> 01:02:27.910 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Randy: You know what I love about that passage in Genesis 01:02:27.977 --> 01:02:29.245 align:start line:69% position:18% size:65% that you're talking about? 01:02:29.312 --> 01:02:31.781 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% We hear dominion, and we hear subdue, and those terms have 01:02:31.848 --> 01:02:35.418 align:start line:63% position:25% size:48% been really misused by bad people. 01:02:35.485 --> 01:02:38.688 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% The word that that I think really communicates the original 01:02:38.754 --> 01:02:40.523 align:start line:69% position:23% size:53% meaning is cultivate. 01:02:40.590 --> 01:02:41.891 align:start line:69% position:18% size:65% Benny: It's exactly right. 01:02:41.958 --> 01:02:48.564 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Randy: You know this, we are to cultivate faith, truth, the 01:02:48.631 --> 01:02:51.667 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% freedom that Christ offers into the lives of others, whether 01:02:51.734 --> 01:02:54.704 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% it's a child, because I'm a mom at home, or it's a large 01:02:54.770 --> 01:02:57.406 align:start line:69% position:15% size:68% corporation, and so let's-- 01:02:57.473 --> 01:02:58.975 align:start line:69% position:25% size:50% Well, you know what? 01:02:59.041 --> 01:03:02.078 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Before we get into some of the principles, did you always think 01:03:02.145 --> 01:03:03.746 align:start line:69% position:20% size:58% that that would be you? 01:03:03.813 --> 01:03:07.183 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Benny: No, I didn't, I didn't think that would be me. 01:03:07.250 --> 01:03:11.320 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% I grew up in a very dysfunctional family. 01:03:11.387 --> 01:03:16.893 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Certainly Christ in church was not a part of our life, and God 01:03:16.959 --> 01:03:18.494 align:start line:69% position:20% size:60% did some amazing things. 01:03:18.561 --> 01:03:21.731 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% I didn't have somebody telling me yes you can. 01:03:21.797 --> 01:03:24.333 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% I had somebody telling me you can't. 01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:27.003 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% I had somebody telling me that you will never amount 01:03:27.069 --> 01:03:28.371 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% to anything. 01:03:28.437 --> 01:03:30.106 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% I had somebody telling me that I was ignorant 01:03:30.173 --> 01:03:33.075 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% and I was illegitimate and would really never 01:03:33.142 --> 01:03:34.744 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% accomplish anything in my life. 01:03:34.810 --> 01:03:36.512 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% Randy: Like, literally telling you these things. 01:03:36.579 --> 01:03:39.048 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Benny: Literally telling me that, and what I want people to 01:03:39.115 --> 01:03:43.152 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% understand, Randy, is Proverbs says death and life is in the 01:03:43.219 --> 01:03:44.587 align:start line:69% position:25% size:50% power of the tongue. 01:03:44.654 --> 01:03:48.791 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% I want people to understand that words really do matter. 01:03:48.858 --> 01:03:53.429 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% This beautiful world that we get to live in, the Bible says, and 01:03:53.496 --> 01:03:54.764 align:start line:69% position:38% size:23% God said. 01:03:54.830 --> 01:03:56.132 align:start line:69% position:25% size:48% How was it created? 01:03:56.199 --> 01:03:59.802 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% It was created through words, and I want our listeners to know 01:03:59.869 --> 01:04:02.572 align:start line:69% position:15% size:70% that words really do matter. 01:04:02.638 --> 01:04:05.274 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% They mattered in my life, they mattered in my life, and for 01:04:05.341 --> 01:04:09.345 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% many years I believed that, that I could not, that I would not 01:04:09.412 --> 01:04:13.449 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% amount to anything, that I was less than, and I think many 01:04:13.516 --> 01:04:16.919 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% people listening today, they believe the same thing. 01:04:16.986 --> 01:04:20.957 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% They say by the time a child reaches 18 years of age, it's 01:04:21.023 --> 01:04:28.598 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% been told 148,000 times no or you can't, no or you can't. 01:04:28.664 --> 01:04:32.335 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% And so I just wanted to come alongside people, I just wanted 01:04:32.401 --> 01:04:37.573 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% to come alongside people and say yes you can, yes you can. 01:04:37.640 --> 01:04:42.612 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% You can do exploits through the Lord, and that's what God's 01:04:42.678 --> 01:04:43.946 align:start line:69% position:38% size:25% taught me. 01:04:44.013 --> 01:04:45.982 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Blynda: Well, and you've had in your life, I mean, you would be 01:04:46.048 --> 01:04:49.385 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% able to single-handedly name miracles that God has done, 01:04:49.452 --> 01:04:52.822 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% because you've been a pastor now for 36 years, is that correct? 01:04:52.888 --> 01:04:57.260 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% Blynda, I have been at the same church for 36 years. 01:04:57.326 --> 01:04:59.762 align:start line:69% position:13% size:75% We started out with 25 people. 01:04:59.829 --> 01:05:02.265 align:start line:69% position:13% size:73% The average age was deceased. 01:05:02.331 --> 01:05:04.300 align:start line:69% position:28% size:45% I mean, 25 people. 01:05:04.367 --> 01:05:08.204 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% I mean, literally, I say to that pastor out there today, this 01:05:08.271 --> 01:05:09.905 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% pastor, I don't know what I'm gonna do. 01:05:09.972 --> 01:05:15.378 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Well, I often say when I started out, to supplement my income, I 01:05:15.444 --> 01:05:19.148 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% sold furniture, I sold my living room suite my bedroom suite, my 01:05:19.215 --> 01:05:20.850 align:start line:69% position:28% size:45% dining room suite. 01:05:20.916 --> 01:05:23.719 align:start line:63% position:28% size:43% We were small but I thought tall. 01:05:23.786 --> 01:05:27.089 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% I pastored in a place called Milner, Georgia, and I've had 01:05:27.156 --> 01:05:31.193 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% the wonderful privilege of being those people's pastor for 01:05:31.260 --> 01:05:33.663 align:start line:69% position:38% size:23% 36 years. 01:05:33.729 --> 01:05:35.665 align:start line:69% position:13% size:75% And I've seen God do exploits. 01:05:35.731 --> 01:05:40.970 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% I've seen the faithfulness of God, and I tell a story from the 01:05:41.037 --> 01:05:47.043 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% very beginning, you know, about my wife and how my wife and I, 01:05:47.109 --> 01:05:51.514 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% we dated just a couple of times, Blynda, and I was in love. 01:05:51.580 --> 01:05:53.783 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% I mean, just a couple of times, I was in love. 01:05:53.849 --> 01:05:55.151 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% Somebody said that's puppy love. 01:05:55.217 --> 01:05:57.420 align:start line:63% position:28% size:45% I said it's real to the dogs, amen? 01:05:57.486 --> 01:06:01.023 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% I mean, just a couple of times I wanted to get married, and she 01:06:01.090 --> 01:06:05.261 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% said, "Benny, if we get married, you're gonna have to ask daddy 01:06:05.328 --> 01:06:06.996 align:start line:69% position:20% size:60% for my hand in marriage. 01:06:07.063 --> 01:06:10.099 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% You're gonna literally have to ask my father for my hand 01:06:10.166 --> 01:06:11.467 align:start line:69% position:33% size:33% in marriage." 01:06:11.534 --> 01:06:15.071 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% I did just that, and he said, "I don't recommend you 01:06:15.137 --> 01:06:16.439 align:start line:69% position:33% size:33% get married." 01:06:16.505 --> 01:06:19.975 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% He said, "You don't need to marry my daughter." 01:06:20.042 --> 01:06:21.711 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% I said, "Mr. Roberts, would you explain 01:06:21.777 --> 01:06:24.213 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% why I would not need to marry your daughter?" 01:06:24.280 --> 01:06:27.049 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% He said, "Well, my daughter has seizures. 01:06:27.116 --> 01:06:30.019 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% My daughter will have eight or ten seizures a day. 01:06:30.086 --> 01:06:33.522 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% My daughter will take 13 or 14 pills a day. 01:06:33.589 --> 01:06:36.659 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% My daughter will have a seizure and gush up blood. 01:06:36.726 --> 01:06:40.029 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% My daughter will have a seizure and lose 5 pounds. 01:06:40.096 --> 01:06:42.431 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% Son, you don't know what you're getting into. 01:06:42.498 --> 01:06:44.834 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% Whatever you do, don't do this." 01:06:44.900 --> 01:06:48.637 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% But Randy, I loved her, 42 years later, by the way, I still love 01:06:48.704 --> 01:06:52.475 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% her, 42 years later I still love her, and I said I wanna 01:06:52.541 --> 01:06:53.843 align:start line:69% position:38% size:25% marry her. 01:06:53.909 --> 01:06:56.779 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Blynda, we got married, we were so young we didn't know whether 01:06:56.846 --> 01:06:59.248 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% to go on a honeymoon or summer camp. 01:06:59.315 --> 01:07:03.486 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% I mean, we were just kids, but we got married, and you know, he 01:07:03.552 --> 01:07:05.121 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% was correct. 01:07:05.187 --> 01:07:06.889 align:start line:69% position:28% size:43% She had seizures. 01:07:06.956 --> 01:07:10.092 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% We'd go to church, she'd have a seizure, we'd go shopping, she'd 01:07:10.159 --> 01:07:15.064 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% have a seizure, had to hire people to stay with her, and she 01:07:15.131 --> 01:07:17.032 align:start line:69% position:18% size:65% was just a very sick girl. 01:07:17.099 --> 01:07:19.001 align:start line:69% position:15% size:70% She went to the Mayo Clinic. 01:07:19.068 --> 01:07:22.972 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% The Mayo Clinic said that--we were just kids. 01:07:23.038 --> 01:07:27.042 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% The Mayo Clinic said she had a scar on her brain. 01:07:27.109 --> 01:07:32.548 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% The Mayo Clinic said it's too delicate to touch surgically. 01:07:32.615 --> 01:07:34.683 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% She'll always have those seizures, she'll always have 01:07:34.750 --> 01:07:37.486 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% those seizures, just just go home, take the medication, it 01:07:37.553 --> 01:07:41.023 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% will help to moderate the seizures, but she'll always 01:07:41.090 --> 01:07:42.925 align:start line:69% position:38% size:25% have them. 01:07:42.992 --> 01:07:46.729 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% But that little girl believed that God could do miracles. 01:07:46.796 --> 01:07:50.032 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% I say to our listeners today, God can do a miracle. 01:07:50.099 --> 01:07:53.235 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% With men things are impossible, but with God all things 01:07:53.302 --> 01:07:54.603 align:start line:69% position:33% size:33% are possible. 01:07:54.670 --> 01:07:57.506 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% According to your faith, be it unto you. 01:07:57.573 --> 01:08:00.109 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% The only thing that's gonna determine the size of your catch 01:08:00.176 --> 01:08:02.244 align:start line:69% position:20% size:60% is the size of your net. 01:08:02.311 --> 01:08:05.548 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% You believe God for big things because the God we serve 01:08:05.614 --> 01:08:07.483 align:start line:69% position:40% size:20% is able. 01:08:07.550 --> 01:08:12.121 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% And she said to me, she said, "Benny, God has touched me, and 01:08:12.188 --> 01:08:15.124 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% I don't have to take that medication anymore." 01:08:15.191 --> 01:08:18.327 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Me being a man of faith, I said, "You need to keep taking 01:08:18.394 --> 01:08:19.995 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% those pills. 01:08:20.062 --> 01:08:22.465 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% You need to keep taking those pills." 01:08:22.531 --> 01:08:26.168 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% And that went on for a while, and one day, Randy, I said to 01:08:26.235 --> 01:08:31.540 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% that little wife, I said, "Barbara, I've talked to the 01:08:31.607 --> 01:08:36.545 align:start line:63% position:28% size:43% Lord," and I said this to the Lord. 01:08:36.612 --> 01:08:40.115 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% I said, "God, I'll tell you what, she'll take the medication 01:08:40.182 --> 01:08:43.285 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Monday through Friday, but on Saturday and Sunday she don't 01:08:43.352 --> 01:08:44.954 align:start line:69% position:30% size:40% have to take it. 01:08:45.020 --> 01:08:49.225 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Because I know how to put my hand over her nose and mouth. 01:08:49.291 --> 01:08:52.862 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% I know how to get her out of those seizures." 01:08:52.928 --> 01:08:55.064 align:start line:69% position:18% size:63% And the Lord spoke to me. 01:08:55.130 --> 01:09:01.003 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% And Blynda, he said, "Son, what can you do that I can't do? 01:09:01.070 --> 01:09:04.573 align:start line:63% position:28% size:43% What can you do that I can't do?" 01:09:04.640 --> 01:09:10.145 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% I got in a '79 Ford Fairmont, I left work, I walked home, and I 01:09:10.212 --> 01:09:14.884 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% saw that little wife, and I said, "Barbara, you don't ever 01:09:14.950 --> 01:09:20.055 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% have to take that medication anymore, I believe." 01:09:20.122 --> 01:09:24.693 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Randy and Blynda, that's been over 30 years ago, from 8 or 10 01:09:24.760 --> 01:09:28.397 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% seizures a day, she's never had one since. 01:09:28.464 --> 01:09:30.132 align:start line:69% position:18% size:65% Let me tell you something. 01:09:30.199 --> 01:09:34.570 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% God was showing me Daniel 11:32, the people that do know their 01:09:34.637 --> 01:09:37.473 align:start line:63% position:25% size:48% God shall be strong and do exploits. 01:09:37.540 --> 01:09:39.975 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% The people that do know their God shall be strong and 01:09:40.042 --> 01:09:41.410 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% do exploits. 01:09:41.477 --> 01:09:46.582 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% What I want our listeners to know is we serve a great God. 01:09:46.649 --> 01:09:49.718 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% We need to quit saying impossible, and we need to start 01:09:49.785 --> 01:09:56.125 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% saying him possible, that all things are possible through him. 01:09:56.192 --> 01:10:01.764 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% So, Pastor in this church of 30 years, 36 years, I've had no 01:10:01.830 --> 01:10:04.233 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% problem believing God can do exploits. 01:10:04.300 --> 01:10:06.368 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% I've had no problem believing that God could raise 01:10:06.435 --> 01:10:07.736 align:start line:69% position:33% size:33% up buildings. 01:10:07.803 --> 01:10:09.705 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% I've had no problem that God could send the staff. 01:10:09.772 --> 01:10:12.308 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% I've had no problem believing that God could send the 01:10:12.374 --> 01:10:14.610 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% resources, because I've seen him do it. 01:10:14.677 --> 01:10:16.645 align:start line:69% position:18% size:65% I've seen him do miracles. 01:10:16.712 --> 01:10:21.483 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% And you know, I cannot--he never said I could, he can, he 01:10:21.550 --> 01:10:22.851 align:start line:69% position:23% size:53% always said he would. 01:10:22.918 --> 01:10:24.286 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% Randy: Can I ask you the hard question? 01:10:24.353 --> 01:10:25.654 align:start line:63% position:25% size:48% Benny: Yes, you can ask me anything. 01:10:25.721 --> 01:10:28.591 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Randy: Because you joked about the average age of your church 01:10:28.657 --> 01:10:31.126 align:start line:69% position:20% size:60% founders being deceased. 01:10:31.193 --> 01:10:33.062 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% Are they all deceased now, by the way? 01:10:33.128 --> 01:10:34.396 align:start line:69% position:15% size:70% Benny: No, no, no, they're-- 01:10:34.463 --> 01:10:35.764 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% Randy: Well, your five your original five. 01:10:35.831 --> 01:10:39.301 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Benny: Original five, one of my greatest--one of my things that 01:10:39.368 --> 01:10:43.772 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% I take the most pride in, the five men who hired me, Elvis 01:10:43.839 --> 01:10:45.774 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% Butler, Jimmy Landers, Don Thomas. 01:10:45.841 --> 01:10:47.109 align:start line:69% position:15% size:68% Randy: You got their names. 01:10:47.176 --> 01:10:51.413 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Benny: Yes, Howard Niblett, Sammy Pelt, all five of those 01:10:51.480 --> 01:10:55.484 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% men who hired me, when they passed, I preached 01:10:55.551 --> 01:10:56.885 align:start line:69% position:30% size:38% their funerals. 01:10:56.952 --> 01:11:01.991 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% They were still active in the church, they were still serving. 01:11:02.057 --> 01:11:04.493 align:start line:63% position:28% size:45% You know, Henry Ford said it best. 01:11:04.560 --> 01:11:07.463 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% He said coming together is the beginning, staying together 01:11:07.529 --> 01:11:09.131 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% is progress. 01:11:09.198 --> 01:11:12.401 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Staying together is progress, working together success. 01:11:12.468 --> 01:11:14.670 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% And so we just worked together. 01:11:14.737 --> 01:11:16.605 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% Randy: Here's the hard question for you, though. 01:11:16.672 --> 01:11:17.940 align:start line:69% position:30% size:38% Benny: Yes sir. 01:11:18.007 --> 01:11:21.143 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Randy: Them or anybody else in your church, did you ever pray 01:11:21.210 --> 01:11:25.414 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% for and believe for, and they didn't get the physical healing 01:11:25.481 --> 01:11:29.184 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% that that we all ask for or even died? 01:11:29.251 --> 01:11:35.658 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% Benny: Yes, Randy, we have to trust that God--faith is 01:11:35.724 --> 01:11:39.862 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% believing he can and hoping he will, believing he can and 01:11:39.928 --> 01:11:45.100 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% hoping he will, and what I mean by that, certainly what I didn't 01:11:45.167 --> 01:11:49.471 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% tell you, what I would want our listeners to know, Jesus said 01:11:49.538 --> 01:11:53.842 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% there's not a greater among you than John the Baptist, but if 01:11:53.909 --> 01:11:56.745 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% you study John the Baptist's life, the Bible says he did 01:11:56.812 --> 01:11:58.113 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% no miracles. 01:11:58.180 --> 01:12:00.883 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Now, wait, Jesus said there's not a greater among you than 01:12:00.949 --> 01:12:04.586 align:start line:63% position:30% size:40% John, but yet he did no miracles. 01:12:04.653 --> 01:12:08.424 align:start line:10% position:28% size:45% Randy, my wife and I prayed that God 01:12:08.490 --> 01:12:11.627 align:start line:10% position:20% size:58% would touch her of those seizures, he did. 01:12:11.694 --> 01:12:14.930 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65% Randy, we also prayed that she could have a baby. 01:12:14.997 --> 01:12:18.600 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70% We prayed, Randy, we fasted. 01:12:18.667 --> 01:12:23.505 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Randy, we wanted to have a baby just like everybody else. 01:12:23.572 --> 01:12:27.543 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% Physically, Randy, she was never able to have a baby. 01:12:27.609 --> 01:12:28.977 align:start line:69% position:28% size:45% It never happened. 01:12:29.044 --> 01:12:31.947 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% You say, well, pastor, how do you handle that? 01:12:32.014 --> 01:12:34.016 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% I'll tell you how I handle that. 01:12:34.083 --> 01:12:38.387 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% It's God's sovereignty that helps me keep my sanity. 01:12:38.454 --> 01:12:42.091 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% It's the fact that God's too loving to be unkind, he's too 01:12:42.157 --> 01:12:45.828 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% wise to be mistaken, and when we can't trace his hand, we can 01:12:45.894 --> 01:12:47.362 align:start line:69% position:30% size:40% trust his heart. 01:12:47.429 --> 01:12:49.531 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% We trust the sovereignty of God. 01:12:49.598 --> 01:12:54.336 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Randy, as the older, and Blynda, the older I get, there's been 01:12:54.403 --> 01:12:59.441 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% many times in my life when I've crawled up on top of Romans 8 01:12:59.508 --> 01:13:07.649 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% and 28 and said we know that all things work together for good to 01:13:07.716 --> 01:13:09.585 align:start line:69% position:25% size:48% them that love God. 01:13:09.651 --> 01:13:10.953 align:start line:69% position:33% size:35% You know what? 01:13:11.019 --> 01:13:15.390 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Many times people will say to me when I get to heaven, I'm going 01:13:15.457 --> 01:13:18.060 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% to ask the Lord this, I'm going to ask the Lord this and that, 01:13:18.127 --> 01:13:19.595 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% and I'm going to ask why didn't this happen? 01:13:19.661 --> 01:13:21.430 align:start line:69% position:25% size:50% Why did that happen? 01:13:21.497 --> 01:13:27.669 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% But you know the Bible says in John 16:23, "In that day they'll 01:13:27.736 --> 01:13:29.705 align:start line:69% position:30% size:38% ask me nothing. 01:13:29.772 --> 01:13:33.642 align:start line:63% position:25% size:48% In that day they'll ask me nothing." 01:13:33.709 --> 01:13:38.981 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% I believe in that day, Randy, it will all make sense. 01:13:39.047 --> 01:13:44.353 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% And I believe till that day four times the Bible says the just 01:13:44.419 --> 01:13:48.757 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% shall live by faith, and we just trust the Lord. 01:13:48.824 --> 01:13:51.994 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Randy: With all your heart, and you don't lean on your own 01:13:52.060 --> 01:13:55.230 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% understanding, because I can't figure it all out, I don't know, 01:13:55.297 --> 01:13:57.666 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% but I will acknowledge him in all my ways. 01:13:57.733 --> 01:13:59.735 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% And you know what he promises, don't you? 01:13:59.802 --> 01:14:01.103 align:start line:69% position:13% size:73% Benny: He'll direct my paths. 01:14:01.170 --> 01:14:02.437 align:start line:69% position:25% size:50% Randy: That's right. 01:14:02.504 --> 01:14:03.806 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% Benny: He sure will, and he has. 01:14:03.872 --> 01:14:09.511 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% And so he's--there's been so many times, you know, Randy, our 01:14:09.578 --> 01:14:11.914 align:start line:69% position:20% size:58% church started growing. 01:14:11.980 --> 01:14:14.550 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% Our church started growing, it started expanding. 01:14:14.616 --> 01:14:18.320 align:start line:63% position:25% size:48% We went to multiple services, and-- 01:14:18.387 --> 01:14:23.258 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Blynda: Maybe to make it more unbelievable, tell the audience 01:14:23.325 --> 01:14:24.593 align:start line:69% position:15% size:70% the area that you come from. 01:14:24.660 --> 01:14:25.961 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% What's the population of your city? 01:14:26.028 --> 01:14:28.397 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Benny: Oh, population, I pastor, as I say, in Milner, Georgia, 01:14:28.463 --> 01:14:33.735 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Blynda, the population is a little over 700 people, I think 01:14:33.802 --> 01:14:35.070 align:start line:69% position:38% size:25% right now. 01:14:35.137 --> 01:14:37.139 align:start line:69% position:18% size:63% Our ZIP code's E-I-E-I-O. 01:14:37.206 --> 01:14:39.808 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% I mean, those--I mean, we're just kind of out there. 01:14:39.875 --> 01:14:41.243 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% Blynda: And the church right now is how big? 01:14:41.310 --> 01:14:44.713 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% Benny: Well, Sunday they said we had, I think, 6500. 01:14:44.780 --> 01:14:48.183 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% Blynda: A city of 700 with a church of 6500, the math is 01:14:48.250 --> 01:14:49.551 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% not mathing. 01:14:49.618 --> 01:14:52.020 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Benny: So, Blynda when I hear people say location, location, 01:14:52.087 --> 01:14:55.157 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% location, I say no, no, no, God can do--again, God can 01:14:55.224 --> 01:14:56.491 align:start line:69% position:35% size:30% do anything. 01:14:56.558 --> 01:14:57.860 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% Blynda: Exceedingly, abundantly. 01:14:57.926 --> 01:15:00.295 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Benny: But we, our church started growing, and we decided 01:15:00.362 --> 01:15:04.333 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% and felt like we--they came to me on one occasion, and they 01:15:04.399 --> 01:15:07.669 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% said, "While you're preaching, would you stay still?" 01:15:07.736 --> 01:15:09.004 align:start line:69% position:15% size:68% I said, "What do you mean?" 01:15:09.071 --> 01:15:11.306 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% They said, "Well, you move, you move from side to side." 01:15:11.373 --> 01:15:14.276 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% I said, "Why do you need me to stay still?" 01:15:14.343 --> 01:15:18.213 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% They said, "Well, people are sitting on the porch, they can't 01:15:18.280 --> 01:15:20.115 align:start line:69% position:23% size:53% get in the building." 01:15:20.182 --> 01:15:26.154 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% So, Blynda, we decided that we needed to do something. 01:15:26.221 --> 01:15:29.992 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% So I go to our team, and they said, oh, no, we can't build. 01:15:30.058 --> 01:15:31.793 align:start line:69% position:25% size:50% We can't go in debt. 01:15:31.860 --> 01:15:34.129 align:start line:69% position:23% size:53% We cannot go in debt. 01:15:34.196 --> 01:15:38.367 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Now, debt, here's what I try to say, you know, when I came into 01:15:38.433 --> 01:15:42.971 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% this world, I owed my mother 9 months room and board, amen? 01:15:43.038 --> 01:15:44.339 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% So, I mean, there's an element. 01:15:44.406 --> 01:15:46.008 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% I came into this world in debt. 01:15:46.074 --> 01:15:49.378 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% I came into this world in debt, and so finally they said we 01:15:49.444 --> 01:15:50.946 align:start line:69% position:25% size:48% can't go into debt. 01:15:51.013 --> 01:15:53.415 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% And so I called a meeting with my leadership. 01:15:53.482 --> 01:15:55.918 align:start line:69% position:13% size:73% I said we've got two options. 01:15:55.984 --> 01:16:01.223 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% I said number one, we can borrow money and build a new building. 01:16:01.290 --> 01:16:05.093 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Or I said there's option number two, we can go out front and I 01:16:05.160 --> 01:16:12.100 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% can put on the marquee out front, go to hell, we're full. 01:16:12.167 --> 01:16:14.903 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% Randy: Tell me Hell is the next town in Georgia. 01:16:14.970 --> 01:16:18.707 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Benny: No, no, no, no, I said we put up go to hell, we're full. 01:16:18.774 --> 01:16:20.042 align:start line:69% position:15% size:68% And I said so we've gotta-- 01:16:20.108 --> 01:16:22.411 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% I said, folks, I'm standing on the porch. 01:16:22.477 --> 01:16:25.080 align:start line:69% position:13% size:73% I'm seeing people drive away. 01:16:25.147 --> 01:16:27.783 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% We can't see people drive away, we gotta do it. 01:16:27.849 --> 01:16:34.523 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% But Randy, I went to try to borrow the money, and banks 01:16:34.589 --> 01:16:38.126 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% would say to me you don't have the clientele of people. 01:16:38.193 --> 01:16:39.995 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% Randy: Right, demographically you didn't. 01:16:40.062 --> 01:16:41.830 align:start line:63% position:25% size:48% Benny: You don't have the clientele. 01:16:41.897 --> 01:16:43.932 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50% If you built it, you couldn't pay for it. 01:16:43.999 --> 01:16:47.936 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% If you built it, you couldn't pay for it, but one bank 01:16:48.003 --> 01:16:53.008 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% consented, and we borrowed the money, and they sat down and 01:16:53.075 --> 01:16:57.646 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% said, you know, if you make the payments 27 years, hopefully we 01:16:57.713 --> 01:16:59.614 align:start line:69% position:20% size:58% can get our money back. 01:16:59.681 --> 01:17:01.283 align:start line:10% position:28% size:45% Blynda, we paid that building off. 01:17:01.350 --> 01:17:06.388 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70% The Lord paid that building off in 3 years and 9 months. 01:17:06.455 --> 01:17:07.723 align:start line:10% position:20% size:58% Blynda: Won't he do it? 01:17:07.789 --> 01:17:09.725 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75% Benny: Won't he do it, Blynda? 01:17:09.791 --> 01:17:14.463 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% And that's what--so I have no problem today saying to our 01:17:14.529 --> 01:17:18.066 align:start line:63% position:28% size:43% listeners our God can do anything. 01:17:18.133 --> 01:17:22.738 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% You believe God, you trust God, you just lean into him. 01:17:22.804 --> 01:17:26.708 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% D.L. Moody said if God's your partner, make your plans big. 01:17:26.775 --> 01:17:29.745 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% I'd say to our listeners, God's our partner, let's make our 01:17:29.811 --> 01:17:31.079 align:start line:69% position:38% size:25% plans big. 01:17:31.146 --> 01:17:32.447 align:start line:69% position:28% size:43% Randy: I love it. 01:17:32.514 --> 01:17:36.618 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% All right, and out of that, you have written, "Yes You Can," 01:17:36.685 --> 01:17:40.255 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% which by the way, we would love to send to you if you 01:17:40.322 --> 01:17:43.225 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% participate in the mission outreaches, but I gotta tell 01:17:43.291 --> 01:17:45.394 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% you, but you know what we do around here. 01:17:45.460 --> 01:17:49.798 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% We see great needs around the world, and they're bigger 01:17:49.865 --> 01:17:51.166 align:start line:69% position:40% size:20% than us. 01:17:51.233 --> 01:17:52.501 align:start line:69% position:25% size:50% Benny: Yes they are. 01:17:52.567 --> 01:17:54.770 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Randy: And we got one right now with this expansion/renovation 01:17:54.836 --> 01:17:58.206 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% of a hospital in Zimbabwe where children are getting these 01:17:58.273 --> 01:18:04.513 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% miraculous surgical procedures and surgeons, godly men 01:18:04.579 --> 01:18:07.249 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% partnering with God, acknowledging that they can't do 01:18:07.315 --> 01:18:11.019 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% it all, but giving what they can and their skill and changing 01:18:11.086 --> 01:18:14.022 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% these kids' lives, and it provides a witness back to the 01:18:14.089 --> 01:18:16.058 align:start line:63% position:28% size:45% family and back to the communities. 01:18:16.124 --> 01:18:19.027 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% I mean, it's this whole big deal, but it's a little bit 01:18:19.094 --> 01:18:20.395 align:start line:69% position:30% size:38% bigger than us. 01:18:20.462 --> 01:18:23.432 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% I mean, what would you say to our viewers when we say, you 01:18:23.498 --> 01:18:27.669 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% know, together we think we can do this. 01:18:27.736 --> 01:18:29.304 align:start line:69% position:28% size:43% You think we can? 01:18:29.371 --> 01:18:33.408 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Benny: Unequivocally, unequivocally, any time, Randy, 01:18:33.475 --> 01:18:36.812 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% that God shows you a problem, even our listeners today, you're 01:18:36.878 --> 01:18:41.049 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% watching, God has showed you a problem, any time that God shows 01:18:41.116 --> 01:18:45.387 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% you a problem, he wants you to be a part of the solution. 01:18:45.454 --> 01:18:50.592 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% He wants us to be--Christ has no hands but our hands to do his 01:18:50.659 --> 01:18:55.630 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% work today, has no feet but our feet to lead men in the way, no 01:18:55.697 --> 01:18:59.367 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% tongue but our tongue to tell them how he died, no help but 01:18:59.434 --> 01:19:03.338 align:start line:63% position:28% size:43% our help to bring men to his side. 01:19:03.405 --> 01:19:07.142 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% What an opportunity, what an opportunity for us to be 01:19:07.209 --> 01:19:10.312 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% involved in something bigger than ourselves. 01:19:10.378 --> 01:19:12.013 align:start line:69% position:13% size:73% That's the basis of our book. 01:19:12.080 --> 01:19:17.452 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% Our book is basically around Nehemiah rebuilding those walls. 01:19:17.519 --> 01:19:19.554 align:start line:63% position:23% size:53% I go through five levels of leadership. 01:19:19.621 --> 01:19:23.225 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% I go through five levels of leadership that's applicable to 01:19:23.291 --> 01:19:26.795 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% every person, and when I take you through those five levels of 01:19:26.862 --> 01:19:31.199 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% leadership, it shows you how you can accomplish 01:19:31.266 --> 01:19:32.734 align:start line:69% position:23% size:55% something substantial. 01:19:32.801 --> 01:19:35.837 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% And today with our listeners, with our partners, we can 01:19:35.904 --> 01:19:38.940 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% accomplish something that's going to change the world. 01:19:39.007 --> 01:19:41.042 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% Randy: Absolutely, you've done it, you've proven it, and I 01:19:41.109 --> 01:19:43.979 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% appreciate that, but now we want you to be a part of proving it. 01:19:44.045 --> 01:19:47.849 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% We'd love to send you Benny's book, "Yes You Can," request it 01:19:47.916 --> 01:19:52.587 align:start line:69% position:13% size:73% when you participate in this. 01:19:52.654 --> 01:19:54.523 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% John Yeatts: Hi, I'm John Yeatts, director of World 01:19:54.589 --> 01:19:56.892 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% Missions for Life Outreach International. 01:19:56.958 --> 01:20:00.195 align:start line:10% position:10% size:78% Although rare, Blount's Disease is a reality for thousands of 01:20:00.262 --> 01:20:03.098 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75% children worldwide that causes the knee and the leg to 01:20:03.165 --> 01:20:04.566 align:start line:10% position:35% size:30% bow outward. 01:20:04.633 --> 01:20:07.802 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73% It's very painful, and I want you to see a young man named 01:20:07.869 --> 01:20:11.173 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70% Plasdus, how his life was dramatically changed through 01:20:11.239 --> 01:20:13.975 align:start line:10% position:25% size:48% corrective surgery. 01:20:14.042 --> 01:20:17.913 align:start line:10% position:10% size:78% Kafwa Sichilima: I met Plasdus, he was a shy guy, reserved at 01:20:17.979 --> 01:20:19.281 align:start line:10% position:25% size:48% the time, you know? 01:20:19.347 --> 01:20:23.818 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63% And I asked him a simple question, how has it been 01:20:23.885 --> 01:20:25.153 align:start line:10% position:40% size:20% for you? 01:20:25.220 --> 01:20:29.524 align:start line:10% position:20% size:60% I just saw tears started rolling down his eyes. 01:20:29.591 --> 01:20:34.629 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70% And he opened up and started saying, "My friends actually 01:20:34.696 --> 01:20:36.164 align:start line:10% position:35% size:30% laugh at me. 01:20:36.231 --> 01:20:42.771 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70% And it's been so difficult for me to just handle this." 01:20:42.837 --> 01:20:45.574 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68% Ilho Moho: It was a bit of a complex operation, but it 01:20:45.640 --> 01:20:47.242 align:start line:10% position:38% size:25% went well. 01:20:47.309 --> 01:20:52.614 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68% In 6 months, he has progressed very, very well. 01:20:52.681 --> 01:20:55.450 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75% So the smile and the encouragement Plasdus gave us, 01:20:55.517 --> 01:20:58.086 align:start line:10% position:25% size:50% it was so promising. 01:20:58.153 --> 01:21:01.590 align:start line:10% position:10% size:80% John: Wow, how amazing it is to see Plasdus running like nothing 01:21:01.656 --> 01:21:03.325 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63% had ever happened to him. 01:21:03.391 --> 01:21:06.061 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70% This is a result of the dedication of our God-gifted 01:21:06.127 --> 01:21:08.730 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63% surgeons who performed the life-changing surgery 01:21:08.797 --> 01:21:10.165 align:start line:10% position:35% size:30% for Plasdus. 01:21:10.232 --> 01:21:12.834 align:start line:10% position:13% size:73% Without this medical mission outreach, he would suffer the 01:21:12.901 --> 01:21:14.502 align:start line:10% position:28% size:43% rest of his life. 01:21:14.569 --> 01:21:17.472 align:start line:10% position:10% size:78% I encourage you to partner with us and help provide surgeries 01:21:17.539 --> 01:21:20.008 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70% not only for Blount's Disease but a whole range of 01:21:20.075 --> 01:21:22.177 align:start line:10% position:20% size:58% pediatric disabilities. 01:21:22.244 --> 01:21:26.381 align:start line:10% position:10% size:78% Because you give, we can keep smiles on the faces of not only 01:21:26.448 --> 01:21:28.917 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53% Plasdus, but children just like him. 01:21:28.984 --> 01:21:30.285 align:start line:10% position:33% size:35% God bless you. 01:21:30.352 --> 01:21:32.354 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 01:21:38.126 --> 01:21:41.363 align:start line:85% position:40% size:18% [music] 01:21:41.429 --> 01:21:44.099 align:start line:58% position:25% size:50% Randy: That's just one story, and gosh, 01:21:44.165 --> 01:21:46.901 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% what a great story it is, I love that. 01:21:46.968 --> 01:21:50.538 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% Blynda: I mean, at the end when he says I feel good now, I mean, 01:21:50.605 --> 01:21:52.173 align:start line:63% position:18% size:65% how life-changing for him. 01:21:52.240 --> 01:21:54.276 align:start line:58% position:23% size:53% The trajectory of his life is different. 01:21:54.342 --> 01:21:55.610 align:start line:58% position:25% size:48% Randy: It does, it changes everything. 01:21:55.677 --> 01:21:59.147 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% Blynda: It changes everything, and it's so amazing that a gift 01:21:59.214 --> 01:22:03.385 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% that we give can have that kind of impact on--that's not just 01:22:03.451 --> 01:22:06.254 align:start line:58% position:28% size:45% one life, it's hundreds of lives. 01:22:06.321 --> 01:22:08.723 align:start line:58% position:15% size:70% Randy: It is, because here's the thing you need to know. 01:22:08.790 --> 01:22:10.525 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% I want you to know this. 01:22:10.592 --> 01:22:15.764 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% Every child that comes in there is met first by a chaplain. 01:22:15.830 --> 01:22:20.101 align:start line:58% position:15% size:70% The families receive prayer right there on the spot, and 01:22:20.168 --> 01:22:22.537 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% many, for you know, many of them, they come from miles and 01:22:22.604 --> 01:22:26.107 align:start line:58% position:15% size:70% miles around, even countries around to this facility in 01:22:26.174 --> 01:22:30.478 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% Zimbabwe, and they haven't heard the gospel necessarily, they 01:22:30.545 --> 01:22:33.515 align:start line:58% position:13% size:73% haven't seen it in action the way that we're showing it to 01:22:33.581 --> 01:22:37.886 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% them, they haven't been told you don't have to pay for this 01:22:37.952 --> 01:22:41.690 align:start line:58% position:18% size:65% life-changing surgery, but that's what we tell them. 01:22:41.756 --> 01:22:45.493 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% They haven't been told that your child can have a different 01:22:45.560 --> 01:22:48.730 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% future, that they can have hope, but that's what we tell them. 01:22:48.797 --> 01:22:54.069 align:start line:58% position:13% size:73% They may not have heard about Jesus, about the one God who 01:22:54.135 --> 01:22:57.672 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% loves them and what's good for them, but that's what we tell 01:22:57.739 --> 01:23:00.475 align:start line:58% position:15% size:70% them, and then we show it to them, the dedication of the 01:23:00.542 --> 01:23:03.645 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% doctors there and the nurses, the whole staff, it's beautiful. 01:23:03.712 --> 01:23:07.048 align:start line:58% position:23% size:53% That's why we are partnering with them. 01:23:07.115 --> 01:23:12.587 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% But that one story was just one of many and even a smaller 01:23:12.654 --> 01:23:16.758 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% fraction of those who are waiting right now to receive a 01:23:16.825 --> 01:23:19.761 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% surgery that will change their lives, perhaps even save 01:23:19.828 --> 01:23:21.096 align:start line:63% position:35% size:30% their lives. 01:23:21.162 --> 01:23:24.366 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% And so, Blynda, when I look at this one story, I celebrate it, 01:23:24.432 --> 01:23:28.803 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% but when I look at the long line of children needing medical 01:23:28.870 --> 01:23:34.576 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% attention, I'm both grieved and also excited at the opportunity, 01:23:34.642 --> 01:23:37.011 align:start line:58% position:25% size:50% because I know people will respond. 01:23:37.078 --> 01:23:39.214 align:start line:58% position:15% size:68% That story will be repeated again and again and again. 01:23:39.280 --> 01:23:42.917 align:start line:58% position:15% size:70% Blynda: And I think if we understand that our response 01:23:42.984 --> 01:23:45.754 align:start line:58% position:15% size:70% actually makes a difference, then I think it does, and I 01:23:45.820 --> 01:23:48.289 align:start line:58% position:23% size:53% think if we can do something, we should. 01:23:48.356 --> 01:23:49.657 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% I think it's that simple. 01:23:49.724 --> 01:23:52.494 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% Randy: No doubt, let me break it down for you, because right now 01:23:52.560 --> 01:23:56.731 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% what we need to do is expand that facility there in Zimbabwe, 01:23:56.798 --> 01:24:01.302 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% the operating rooms, the recovery areas, and we need to 01:24:01.369 --> 01:24:05.140 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% give those doctors and nurses the ability to take care of all 01:24:05.206 --> 01:24:07.675 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% the children that need care. 01:24:07.742 --> 01:24:14.349 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% So what we're looking at is a $600,000 project to restore, to 01:24:14.416 --> 01:24:18.019 align:start line:58% position:10% size:80% expand, to renovate so that more people can hear the gospel and 01:24:18.086 --> 01:24:21.756 align:start line:58% position:18% size:65% see it in action, and we're asking you for that. 01:24:21.823 --> 01:24:25.960 align:start line:58% position:15% size:68% You know, Blynda and I, my parents, we're not doctors. 01:24:26.027 --> 01:24:30.832 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% We need those surgeons there in Zimbabwe to do the actual work, 01:24:30.899 --> 01:24:32.200 align:start line:63% position:28% size:45% but you know what? 01:24:32.267 --> 01:24:37.238 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% They need us to enable them to do the work, and we need you to 01:24:37.305 --> 01:24:39.207 align:start line:63% position:30% size:40% accomplish this. 01:24:39.274 --> 01:24:42.210 align:start line:58% position:15% size:68% We have various gifts for different levels of giving. 01:24:42.277 --> 01:24:47.115 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% Maybe you can give $100 $1,000, $10,000, whatever God enables 01:24:47.182 --> 01:24:50.552 align:start line:58% position:10% size:78% you to give will be sufficient, because he'll multiply it like 01:24:50.618 --> 01:24:52.854 align:start line:58% position:18% size:65% the loaves and the fishes, and he'll bless it. 01:24:52.921 --> 01:24:54.789 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% He'll bless your obedience. 01:24:54.856 --> 01:24:57.592 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Will you partner with us today? 01:24:57.659 --> 01:25:00.895 align:start line:58% position:15% size:70% Will you help us reach out and say yes, we want to help 01:25:00.962 --> 01:25:02.630 align:start line:63% position:33% size:35% more children? 01:25:02.697 --> 01:25:07.135 align:start line:58% position:13% size:75% Pick up the phone, go online, make the best gift you can and 01:25:07.202 --> 01:25:12.073 align:start line:58% position:13% size:73% know that you will be sharing his love and his life around 01:25:12.140 --> 01:25:13.942 align:start line:63% position:38% size:25% the world. 01:25:14.008 --> 01:25:16.277 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% announcer: Many children in Africa are born with severe 01:25:16.344 --> 01:25:19.180 align:start line:63% position:20% size:58% deformities or suffer life-altering injuries, 01:25:19.247 --> 01:25:22.617 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% conditions like club feet, windswept legs, and untreated 01:25:22.684 --> 01:25:26.054 align:start line:63% position:15% size:70% fractures force them to live in pain because help is out 01:25:26.120 --> 01:25:27.422 align:start line:69% position:38% size:23% of reach. 01:25:27.489 --> 01:25:29.624 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% But you can offer healing today. 01:25:29.691 --> 01:25:33.495 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Our mission partner in Zimbabwe runs a children's hospital now 01:25:33.561 --> 01:25:37.799 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% at capacity and in urgent need of renovation and expansion. 01:25:37.866 --> 01:25:41.469 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% With a $600,000 goal and only a short period of time to raise 01:25:41.536 --> 01:25:45.406 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% the necessary funds, your best gift today helps children 01:25:45.473 --> 01:25:49.344 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% receive the surgical care they need at no cost to the families. 01:25:49.410 --> 01:25:52.981 align:start line:63% position:13% size:73% Together we can heal precious lives and reveal the love 01:25:53.047 --> 01:25:54.315 align:start line:69% position:38% size:23% of Jesus. 01:25:54.382 --> 01:25:57.752 align:start line:63% position:10% size:80% With a gift of any amount, we'll send you the "Global Impact of 01:25:57.819 --> 01:26:00.822 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60% Life" Journal, featuring inspiring photos from 01:26:00.889 --> 01:26:02.156 align:start line:69% position:28% size:45% Life's outreaches. 01:26:02.223 --> 01:26:04.993 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75% This beautiful journal is a reminder that your prayers and 01:26:05.059 --> 01:26:08.196 align:start line:63% position:23% size:55% partnership are making a global difference. 01:26:08.263 --> 01:26:12.800 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% With your gift of $126 or more, you may request "A Life of 01:26:12.867 --> 01:26:16.271 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Compassion" coffee table book, capturing Life Outreach's heart 01:26:16.337 --> 01:26:17.605 align:start line:69% position:33% size:35% for the world. 01:26:17.672 --> 01:26:21.242 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Each page pairs timeless Bible verses with vivid mission field 01:26:21.309 --> 01:26:25.547 align:start line:63% position:18% size:63% photography, making God's Word visible in action. 01:26:25.613 --> 01:26:29.817 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1,026 to help with the 01:26:29.884 --> 01:26:33.221 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% expansion of operating rooms so children are no longer turned 01:26:33.288 --> 01:26:36.925 align:start line:63% position:10% size:78% away and request Life's beautiful bronze sculpture, The 01:26:36.991 --> 01:26:38.293 align:start line:69% position:33% size:35% Good Shepherd. 01:26:38.359 --> 01:26:41.362 align:start line:63% position:15% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 01:26:44.699 --> 01:26:47.735 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75% Randy: Together we can do it, but we need to do it together, 01:26:47.802 --> 01:26:50.605 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75% so please go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you 01:26:50.672 --> 01:26:54.075 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53% can, and request this book by Benny Tate. 01:26:54.142 --> 01:26:56.044 align:start line:10% position:25% size:50% Blynda: Pastor Benny Tate, "Yes You Can." 01:26:56.110 --> 01:26:59.247 align:start line:10% position:23% size:53% It's gonna be a great book to dive into. 01:26:59.314 --> 01:27:01.449 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68% Would you stay around and let us dive in some more in 01:27:01.516 --> 01:27:02.784 align:start line:10% position:30% size:40% another program? 01:27:02.850 --> 01:27:04.152 align:start line:10% position:28% size:43% Benny: I would be honored to stay. 01:27:04.218 --> 01:27:05.486 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65% Blynda: Okay, let's do it. 01:27:05.553 --> 01:27:06.854 align:start line:10% position:28% size:45% Randy: Let's do it, and come back. 01:27:06.921 --> 01:27:08.723 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