WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:05.939 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:10.510 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Max Lucado: So, ask the Lord to use these stories to strengthen 00:00:10.510 --> 00:00:13.814 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% you and to guide you and to instruct you. 00:00:13.814 --> 00:00:15.215 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Truth is you're not alone. 00:00:15.215 --> 00:00:19.887 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You may feel like you are alone, but just as God told Elijah, "I 00:00:19.887 --> 00:00:22.956 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% have other people, and you stay close to your Heavenly Father, 00:00:22.956 --> 00:00:26.460 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and he's gonna bring those other people into your world to give 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:27.828 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% you encouragement." 00:00:27.828 --> 00:00:30.831 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% announcer: Max Lucado invites you to follow the example of 00:00:30.831 --> 00:00:34.935 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Elijah and live with unbreakable courage, next. 00:00:35.869 --> 00:00:45.879 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:45.879 --> 00:00:53.887 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.887 --> 00:00:56.256 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robison, this 00:00:56.256 --> 00:00:57.724 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% is Blynda Lane. 00:00:57.724 --> 00:00:59.059 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Blynda Lane: Hello, Randy. 00:00:59.059 --> 00:01:01.328 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: Are you ready to do the first-ever interview with Max 00:01:01.328 --> 00:01:03.230 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Lucado on his new book? 00:01:03.230 --> 00:01:05.432 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: First ever, I don't think that happens very often. 00:01:05.432 --> 00:01:08.735 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% That's pretty exciting to market, but "Unbreakable 00:01:08.735 --> 00:01:10.337 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Courage," I need this. 00:01:10.337 --> 00:01:11.705 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Randy: Do you? 00:01:11.705 --> 00:01:13.473 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Blynda: I do, I need this message. 00:01:13.473 --> 00:01:14.808 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Randy: Why? 00:01:14.808 --> 00:01:17.511 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: Well, I--you know, think about when I--you get older and 00:01:17.511 --> 00:01:19.813 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% you just think, "Am I really gonna have an opportunity to 00:01:19.813 --> 00:01:21.181 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% ever need courage again?" 00:01:21.181 --> 00:01:22.649 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You know, you feel like your courage is needed when you're 00:01:22.649 --> 00:01:24.084 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% younger to do all these crazy things. 00:01:24.084 --> 00:01:26.687 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Okay, I am somebody who--I jump out of planes. 00:01:26.687 --> 00:01:28.088 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% I go down--I scuba dive. 00:01:28.088 --> 00:01:29.456 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% I love those kind of things. 00:01:29.456 --> 00:01:30.791 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% I do love those things. 00:01:30.791 --> 00:01:34.094 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But it's funny, the courage that you need when you're my age is, 00:01:34.094 --> 00:01:38.098 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% am I going to know how to be a good mother-in-law? 00:01:38.098 --> 00:01:42.202 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Am I gonna know how to close my mouth whenever my adult kids are 00:01:42.202 --> 00:01:45.372 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% making choices that I would think they don't need to make? 00:01:45.372 --> 00:01:48.175 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, it's not necessarily about the courage to 00:01:48.175 --> 00:01:52.245 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% do these, you know, adventurous things, physical things. 00:01:52.245 --> 00:01:56.516 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It's the courage to get through everyday life and face hard 00:01:56.516 --> 00:01:59.486 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% decisions and difficult relationships. 00:01:59.486 --> 00:02:00.954 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Welcome back, like, it's good to see you again. 00:02:00.954 --> 00:02:02.322 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Max: It is so good to see you. 00:02:02.322 --> 00:02:05.158 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: So, I love that you look at one of your favorite Bible 00:02:05.158 --> 00:02:10.397 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% characters who is very human and brought some lessons to us in 00:02:10.397 --> 00:02:11.732 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% this latest book. 00:02:11.732 --> 00:02:13.100 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Let's jump into that if we could. 00:02:13.100 --> 00:02:19.106 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Max: Elijah has always been an encouragement to me and a source 00:02:19.106 --> 00:02:27.014 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% of--kind of an enigmatic figure who could do such extraordinary 00:02:27.014 --> 00:02:32.486 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% things and yet then emotionally go to such depths. 00:02:32.486 --> 00:02:40.794 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He's never died, you know, taken up in a whirlwind, he was alone 00:02:40.794 --> 00:02:44.931 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% against the two most evil characters. 00:02:44.931 --> 00:02:47.267 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And there's a reason nobody names their kids Ahab and 00:02:47.267 --> 00:02:48.735 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Jezebel, right? 00:02:48.735 --> 00:02:52.639 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Yeah, because they were evil, and yet he was 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:54.041 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% fearless against them. 00:02:54.041 --> 00:02:56.476 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% I mean, he stood them down. 00:02:56.476 --> 00:03:03.650 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Just one story, one dramatic story after another, the best 00:03:03.650 --> 00:03:11.491 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% known is calling fire down from to consume the false prophets, 00:03:11.491 --> 00:03:15.729 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% the altar, and then taking on the 850 false prophets. 00:03:15.729 --> 00:03:20.133 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then soon thereafter, just disappearing into the mountains, 00:03:20.133 --> 00:03:24.604 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% ready to--literally suicidal, ready to take his own life. 00:03:24.604 --> 00:03:28.442 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I think it's very practical for today because of the day we 00:03:28.442 --> 00:03:31.912 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% live in, Randy, you know, the--we've got struggles around 00:03:31.912 --> 00:03:34.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% us, we've got struggles within us. 00:03:34.514 --> 00:03:38.718 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We often feel outnumbered ourselves just like Elijah was. 00:03:38.718 --> 00:03:43.523 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We often find ourselves on that emotional roller coaster, 00:03:43.523 --> 00:03:46.560 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% enjoying God's presence one day and then wondering where he is 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:47.894 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% the next. 00:03:47.894 --> 00:03:51.231 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I call it unbreakable courage because he didn't break. 00:03:51.231 --> 00:03:52.566 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% He bent. 00:03:52.566 --> 00:03:55.235 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% He did, but he didn't break. 00:03:55.235 --> 00:03:59.673 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He finished strong, you know, and so, that's the reason we 00:03:59.673 --> 00:04:02.375 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% hold him up as such a great example. 00:04:02.375 --> 00:04:05.912 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I love that you say that word bent and not break, because 00:04:05.912 --> 00:04:09.483 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I think we feel like are we--are we able to show that kind of 00:04:09.483 --> 00:04:12.719 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% weakness that--you know, because I think about Elijah and I think 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.656 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% how could he have seen such incredible miracles and then 00:04:16.656 --> 00:04:19.626 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Jezebel kind of says one thing to him and he's--and he gets 00:04:19.626 --> 00:04:20.994 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% afraid, you know. 00:04:20.994 --> 00:04:23.830 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But then I--when I turn that on me and think about me, I think 00:04:23.830 --> 00:04:25.232 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% it doesn't take much. 00:04:25.232 --> 00:04:27.667 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Sometimes I often think, I don't even know if I, you know, really 00:04:27.667 --> 00:04:30.203 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% have enough grit, you know, because it doesn't take much to 00:04:30.203 --> 00:04:31.538 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% discourage me. 00:04:31.538 --> 00:04:35.075 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But I love that you said like being--bending doesn't mean that 00:04:35.075 --> 00:04:36.510 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% we're out of the game. 00:04:36.510 --> 00:04:38.912 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% How do you learn to have that kind of courage? 00:04:38.912 --> 00:04:40.247 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Is it all supernatural? 00:04:40.247 --> 00:04:42.215 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Is there something that we're responsible for? 00:04:42.215 --> 00:04:44.217 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Max: Where does it come from? 00:04:44.217 --> 00:04:53.493 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Yeah, you know, he, Elijah was such a raw guy, wooly, he didn't 00:04:53.493 --> 00:04:57.531 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% have a lot of political correctness to him. 00:04:57.531 --> 00:05:02.235 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% We don't know a lot about his--where it came from. 00:05:02.235 --> 00:05:06.540 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We know that he kind of came out of the rugged part of the world 00:05:06.540 --> 00:05:10.677 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% of his day, so much so they had their own distinct 00:05:10.677 --> 00:05:12.045 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% little accent. 00:05:12.045 --> 00:05:13.380 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Remember that phrase? 00:05:13.380 --> 00:05:14.748 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% What's your shibboleth? 00:05:14.748 --> 00:05:17.184 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, that's a--that's an old way they would identify who 00:05:17.184 --> 00:05:19.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the bad person was because nobody could say the word like 00:05:19.786 --> 00:05:23.123 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% they could, so it'd be kind of like a hillbilly or a 00:05:23.123 --> 00:05:26.526 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% redneck like yours truly, right? 00:05:26.526 --> 00:05:30.263 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We have our own region, he kind of came out of a raw and rugged 00:05:30.263 --> 00:05:36.803 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% region, and somewhere in this wilderness upbringing 00:05:36.803 --> 00:05:39.039 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% he had, he had an encounter with God, 00:05:39.039 --> 00:05:41.041 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% and we're just not told what it is, 00:05:41.041 --> 00:05:45.378 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% but by the time we meet him, he has the courage to walk 00:05:45.378 --> 00:05:52.852 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% into the throne room of Ahab and Jezebel, who without a doubt are 00:05:52.852 --> 00:05:57.857 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% by far and above, the worst king and queen in Israel's history. 00:05:57.857 --> 00:06:01.294 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And at that point, God responded by saying, "Okay, I've got 00:06:01.294 --> 00:06:02.629 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% one guy. 00:06:02.629 --> 00:06:05.799 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I've got an early version of John the Baptist I can send in 00:06:05.799 --> 00:06:10.670 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there," and he just unleashed Elijah into their world, and he 00:06:10.670 --> 00:06:14.641 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% teaches us how to have that courage, how to have 00:06:14.641 --> 00:06:16.009 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% that strength. 00:06:16.009 --> 00:06:18.712 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Our prayer is that we'll always be surrounded by people who are 00:06:18.712 --> 00:06:20.747 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% of like faith and keep us strong. 00:06:20.747 --> 00:06:22.382 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But we're--that's not the truth. 00:06:22.382 --> 00:06:24.017 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% We're gonna find ourselves alone. 00:06:24.017 --> 00:06:26.219 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% We're gonna find ourselves struggling. 00:06:26.219 --> 00:06:28.221 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% We're gonna find ourselves needing courage. 00:06:28.221 --> 00:06:31.524 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We're gonna find ourselves off in the distant land like a 00:06:31.524 --> 00:06:33.593 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Canaanite land just like Elijah was. 00:06:33.593 --> 00:06:37.664 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% There's just chock full of these stories, and I really think that 00:06:37.664 --> 00:06:41.635 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the reason these stories are in the Bible is so that we can read 00:06:41.635 --> 00:06:45.472 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% them today and say, okay, on those--during those seasons that 00:06:45.472 --> 00:06:49.276 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I feel beat up and done in, I'm gonna draw courage from the life 00:06:49.276 --> 00:06:50.610 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% of Elijah. 00:06:50.610 --> 00:06:52.812 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: All right, here's the hard question for me, because 00:06:52.812 --> 00:06:55.815 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% when I look at that and you mentioned the cultural upheaval, 00:06:55.815 --> 00:06:57.517 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% you mentioned the evil rulers, right? 00:06:57.517 --> 00:06:59.019 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% They have in Jezebel. 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:01.855 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I can look at that story of Elijah and go, okay, I can apply 00:07:01.855 --> 00:07:03.189 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% that to my life. 00:07:03.189 --> 00:07:06.359 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I need to stand up against any evil in the world, and people 00:07:06.359 --> 00:07:09.529 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% say, "Things are worse today than they've ever been." 00:07:09.529 --> 00:07:10.964 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% And I'm like, no, not true. 00:07:10.964 --> 00:07:13.933 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I mean just look at Elijah's life. 00:07:13.933 --> 00:07:18.738 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I can't, however, go kill a bunch of prophets of 00:07:18.738 --> 00:07:20.473 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% Baal, right? 00:07:20.473 --> 00:07:23.710 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And Jesus kind of--he taught us a different way to even approach 00:07:23.710 --> 00:07:29.883 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% it but yet have the same courage, right? 00:07:29.883 --> 00:07:32.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% So, where do you go when you see some of these 00:07:32.786 --> 00:07:35.522 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% radical things in the Old Testament where they're 00:07:35.522 --> 00:07:40.126 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% slaughtering their enemies and things like that, and bring some 00:07:40.126 --> 00:07:44.564 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% core truths from that but through the filter of Christ as 00:07:44.564 --> 00:07:48.635 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% to how we stand against the evil today. 00:07:48.635 --> 00:07:50.003 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Is that a good question? 00:07:50.003 --> 00:07:53.406 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Max: That's a great question because there are many people 00:07:53.406 --> 00:07:57.477 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% who kind of skip over some of the things in Elijah's story. 00:07:57.477 --> 00:08:02.449 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like he--destroying those 850 false prophets, and I don't get 00:08:02.449 --> 00:08:06.519 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% all that, but then again, I didn't live in that day and age 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:12.692 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and I don't wanna try to explain away the barbaric nature of 00:08:12.692 --> 00:08:18.765 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that, but that was an era, that was a time and Elijah was 00:08:18.765 --> 00:08:20.133 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% being obedient. 00:08:20.133 --> 00:08:24.537 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% What we can walk away from is--are the principles 00:08:24.537 --> 00:08:26.506 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% like obedience. 00:08:26.506 --> 00:08:29.175 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Can you imagine what it would have been like to walk up to 00:08:29.175 --> 00:08:34.013 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that altar where those priests are dancing around and you'd be 00:08:34.013 --> 00:08:36.616 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% the one who--the only one. 00:08:36.616 --> 00:08:41.654 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, envision 850 priests, I mean 800--a room full of, and 00:08:41.654 --> 00:08:44.457 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you're the only one, and they want you--they would just soon 00:08:44.457 --> 00:08:49.262 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% you be dead, and then he takes them on. 00:08:49.262 --> 00:08:53.466 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% That's the kind of courage that I think that God wants to give 00:08:53.466 --> 00:08:55.935 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% us in this day and age. 00:08:55.935 --> 00:09:00.106 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I think we're living in a day that is seeing some fruit 00:09:00.106 --> 00:09:01.474 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% of prayer. 00:09:01.474 --> 00:09:03.843 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I think we're seeing some answered prayer, but I don't 00:09:03.843 --> 00:09:09.616 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% think we live in a culture that is friendly to our faith. 00:09:09.616 --> 00:09:14.120 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I do believe we live in a society that is trying to make 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:18.792 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% money off of disbelief rather than foster belief. 00:09:18.792 --> 00:09:21.795 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I love the wonderful things that are happening, the revivals that 00:09:21.795 --> 00:09:23.363 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% we're hearing about. 00:09:23.363 --> 00:09:26.466 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Wonderful ministries like yours that are fruitful, touching 00:09:26.466 --> 00:09:28.101 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% lives all over the world. 00:09:28.101 --> 00:09:33.006 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I love reading about revivals, even in Iran, hearing about the 00:09:33.006 --> 00:09:35.408 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% underground revivals taking place. 00:09:35.408 --> 00:09:38.645 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, I'm not at all one who is despairing of the day we live 00:09:38.645 --> 00:09:41.014 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% in, yet I'm not naive either. 00:09:41.014 --> 00:09:46.252 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I mean it is tough to live with a phone that a young person is 00:09:46.252 --> 00:09:49.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% two clicks away from seeing pictures no man 00:09:49.823 --> 00:09:53.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% should ever see, or no person, especially no young man, 00:09:53.226 --> 00:09:56.129 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% so it's an odd era in which we live. 00:09:56.129 --> 00:09:58.164 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% So, let's equip one another. 00:09:58.164 --> 00:10:01.968 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And the purpose of books like the story--of this story of 00:10:01.968 --> 00:10:06.372 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Elijah, here's a picture of a guy who truly was outnumbered. 00:10:06.372 --> 00:10:09.576 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I mean, he was the only person that he knew of faith. 00:10:09.576 --> 00:10:13.246 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Later on in the story, God will say, "I have more here, but I've 00:10:13.246 --> 00:10:15.048 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% just not revealed them to you yet." 00:10:15.048 --> 00:10:18.017 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% For most of his ministry, I mean, it was just him and his 00:10:18.017 --> 00:10:19.352 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% lonesome, right? 00:10:19.352 --> 00:10:22.555 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He didn't have a church office to go to and 300 people would 00:10:22.555 --> 00:10:23.923 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% come listen to him preach. 00:10:23.923 --> 00:10:25.492 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% I mean he kept looking over his shoulder. 00:10:25.492 --> 00:10:28.261 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% No one was following him, but he was faithful. 00:10:28.261 --> 00:10:32.665 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He never did give up, and that's what I think is so imitable 00:10:32.665 --> 00:10:34.634 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% about Elijah. 00:10:34.634 --> 00:10:38.972 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: So, when I think about that story, he has this 00:10:38.972 --> 00:10:43.309 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% incredible miracle that happens, then he gets a little bit afraid 00:10:43.309 --> 00:10:44.744 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% and runs into the wilderness. 00:10:44.744 --> 00:10:47.413 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I always love the fact that in the Scriptures, it talks 00:10:47.413 --> 00:10:51.584 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% about that basically Jesus or God sent an angel to give him 00:10:51.584 --> 00:10:53.253 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% food and a nap, you know, that's always-- 00:10:53.253 --> 00:10:54.587 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Max: Food and a nap. 00:10:54.587 --> 00:10:56.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: A little snack and a nap, because we all need that. 00:10:56.823 --> 00:11:00.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But there's a part of that where he goes away into some silence 00:11:00.727 --> 00:11:02.128 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% and solitude. 00:11:02.128 --> 00:11:07.100 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that's kind of when he gets that refreshment from the Lord 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:08.434 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% to say, "Hey, you're not alone. 00:11:08.434 --> 00:11:11.571 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Don't you know that back there are all of these people who 00:11:11.571 --> 00:11:12.939 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% serve me?" 00:11:12.939 --> 00:11:16.743 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Was there something important about--I always thought of his 00:11:16.743 --> 00:11:20.847 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% running away as cowardly, but in a way, God met him in that--in 00:11:20.847 --> 00:11:23.750 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% that place and really built some more courage in him. 00:11:23.750 --> 00:11:26.052 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Max: We are surprised that he ran away though, aren't we? 00:11:26.052 --> 00:11:29.622 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You know, after what he had just seen after seven years of 00:11:29.622 --> 00:11:31.457 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% drought come to an end. 00:11:31.457 --> 00:11:35.929 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% After he prays and sees a cloud like--what does it say, like a 00:11:35.929 --> 00:11:38.798 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% fist in the sky, the prayer of a distant fist I've heard 00:11:38.798 --> 00:11:40.166 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% it called. 00:11:40.166 --> 00:11:43.102 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He did so many good things and then like I say, Jezebel is 00:11:43.102 --> 00:11:47.473 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% angry at him and he just collapses and he goes off for 00:11:47.473 --> 00:11:53.012 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% weeks, for weeks, and he wants to die. 00:11:53.012 --> 00:11:57.784 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I can't say that I have ever been like that. 00:11:57.784 --> 00:12:05.858 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I can say that I have grew up in a home of a mother who battled 00:12:05.858 --> 00:12:10.964 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% depression, and I would watch her mood swings. 00:12:10.964 --> 00:12:16.736 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And now looking back in those days--she was born in 1916, 00:12:16.736 --> 00:12:22.909 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% right, so she she lived in a day that it wasn't discussed and 00:12:22.909 --> 00:12:25.812 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% wasn't--and consequently wasn't treated. 00:12:25.812 --> 00:12:29.549 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I thought I wish I had known the story of Elijah to tell her, 00:12:29.549 --> 00:12:32.619 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% because she would take--she called 'em the blues, say I got 00:12:32.619 --> 00:12:34.420 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% the blues today, Max. 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:36.956 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And Dad would give us kind of a look of the eye like let's 00:12:36.956 --> 00:12:39.359 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% don't--you know, leave her alone, leave her alone, 00:12:39.359 --> 00:12:40.693 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know. 00:12:40.693 --> 00:12:42.562 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% And I've experienced exhaustion. 00:12:42.562 --> 00:12:44.097 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% I think y'all both have. 00:12:44.097 --> 00:12:45.465 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% I know you have. 00:12:45.465 --> 00:12:50.937 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What part of Elijah's downcast spirit was some form of 00:12:50.937 --> 00:12:55.775 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% depression, or what part of it is just being exhausted? 00:12:55.775 --> 00:12:58.945 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But it's so much to glean from that story, and you pointed it 00:12:58.945 --> 00:13:01.447 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% out that God sent an angel to him. 00:13:01.447 --> 00:13:04.384 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He did not think he was worthy of an angel, but then he was--he 00:13:04.384 --> 00:13:09.489 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% was ministered to by God, and he was given food and told to rest. 00:13:09.489 --> 00:13:11.924 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Couldn't it be more practical than that, you know? 00:13:11.924 --> 00:13:15.161 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then probably somebody today who just says--you know, the 00:13:15.161 --> 00:13:17.664 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% holiest thing you can do today is take a nap. 00:13:17.664 --> 00:13:20.333 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Just give your family a break, go take a nap. 00:13:20.333 --> 00:13:24.070 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You know, eat a good meal, you know, so those those kind of 00:13:24.070 --> 00:13:27.240 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% stories and illustrations come out of the life of Elijah and I 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:29.609 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% think that's why we like it so much. 00:13:29.609 --> 00:13:32.679 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: One thing I do appreciate as hard as parts of the Old 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:37.250 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Testament can be, even some of the harsher, you know, prophets 00:13:37.250 --> 00:13:39.786 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% are reading Jeremiah or something, you know, and at the 00:13:39.786 --> 00:13:44.090 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% end of it, though, God always, always, even to evil people, 00:13:44.090 --> 00:13:47.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% even to the people that have broken the covenant over and 00:13:47.226 --> 00:13:50.196 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% over and over and forsaken him and he calls them spiritual 00:13:50.196 --> 00:13:52.331 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% prostitutes and, you know, the prophets call them spiritual 00:13:52.331 --> 00:13:54.133 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% pro--all these harsh things. 00:13:54.133 --> 00:13:59.172 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There's always hope and there's always an invitation for people 00:13:59.172 --> 00:14:03.843 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% just to come back to God, and I think that's the beauty of 00:14:03.843 --> 00:14:05.211 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% his nature. 00:14:05.211 --> 00:14:08.448 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And of course in Christ, it really opens the door for that. 00:14:08.448 --> 00:14:14.053 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Do you see any hope for hope and for maybe some stability when 00:14:14.053 --> 00:14:16.689 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% you look even at Elijah's story? 00:14:16.689 --> 00:14:22.762 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Max: I think that these stories in the Old Testament are really 00:14:22.762 --> 00:14:26.499 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% well read understanding the Abrahamic covenant, you know, 00:14:26.499 --> 00:14:30.837 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that God made a covenant with Israel and that through Israel, 00:14:30.837 --> 00:14:37.043 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the world would be blessed and that God was fiercely protective 00:14:37.043 --> 00:14:41.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% in those times in which Israel did not behave like 00:14:41.047 --> 00:14:42.715 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% covenant people. 00:14:42.715 --> 00:14:45.318 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% He let them endure the consequences. 00:14:45.318 --> 00:14:48.755 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then also there are times in which people were leading the 00:14:48.755 --> 00:14:53.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% children of Israel away, astray sometimes from within like Ahab, 00:14:53.226 --> 00:14:56.662 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Ahab and Jezebel, other times from without. 00:14:56.662 --> 00:15:00.733 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And God was protective of them to the point where we today say 00:15:00.733 --> 00:15:03.703 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% how--it's a little barbaric, a little over that, 00:15:03.703 --> 00:15:05.338 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% but again, who am I? 00:15:05.338 --> 00:15:08.808 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He's made a covenant with these people ,and through these 00:15:08.808 --> 00:15:13.179 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% people, he is going to bring Jesus Christ into the world. 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:16.215 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Through these people the Scriptures are going to come, 00:15:16.215 --> 00:15:20.353 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the church is going to be born, the apostles are going to teach. 00:15:20.353 --> 00:15:24.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so, and I believe God's not finished with the Isra--with the 00:15:24.557 --> 00:15:26.759 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Jewish people, with Israel. 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.129 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And so, he's going to be protective of them, 00:15:30.129 --> 00:15:32.632 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% and sometimes that's gonna puzzle us, 00:15:32.632 --> 00:15:36.969 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% but Elijah was-- but thanks to Elijah, 00:15:36.969 --> 00:15:39.405 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% he had schools of prophets he could teach 00:15:39.405 --> 00:15:41.107 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% at the end of his life, right? 00:15:41.107 --> 00:15:43.676 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% When he was taken up in a whirlwind, he visited three 00:15:43.676 --> 00:15:46.078 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% different, they call them schools of prophets, or maybe 00:15:46.078 --> 00:15:50.283 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% little training centers for prophets, so a revival of sorts 00:15:50.283 --> 00:15:52.819 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% had taken place in Israel. 00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:55.421 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And once again, Israel was back on track. 00:15:55.421 --> 00:15:58.391 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I don't think we're overstating the case when 00:15:58.391 --> 00:16:01.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we say that Elijah was used by God to keep Israel from going 00:16:01.727 --> 00:16:03.095 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% off the cliff. 00:16:03.095 --> 00:16:07.567 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Think of a city where it's just poisonous and toxic and 00:16:07.567 --> 00:16:11.237 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% prostitution, child abuse, gambling, whatever it is, Israel 00:16:11.237 --> 00:16:12.738 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% was that and more. 00:16:12.738 --> 00:16:14.941 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Israel, these are the chosen people. 00:16:14.941 --> 00:16:19.512 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And so, God sent a strong person to bring them back. 00:16:19.512 --> 00:16:23.783 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: And so today, what would you say to the person who is 00:16:23.783 --> 00:16:26.819 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% wanting to live a courageous life, what freedom does that 00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:28.187 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% bring them? 00:16:28.187 --> 00:16:29.522 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% What victory does that bring them? 00:16:29.522 --> 00:16:31.290 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Max: Yeah, well, first, it's an honor to talk to you, if you're 00:16:31.290 --> 00:16:34.694 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% this person who's trying to be the only Christian in your 00:16:34.694 --> 00:16:39.065 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% family or the only person of faith in your school, or 00:16:39.065 --> 00:16:45.938 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% everybody else at work is, you know, carousing on weekends and 00:16:45.938 --> 00:16:49.809 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% you're trying to be a woman or a man of God every day. 00:16:49.809 --> 00:16:51.577 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% God bless you. God bless you. 00:16:51.577 --> 00:16:55.381 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I think what you need to do or I would encourage you to do is 00:16:55.381 --> 00:16:59.051 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% look at these stories, not just of Elijah but of people like 00:16:59.051 --> 00:17:05.324 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Joseph and people with faith like Job or Esther. 00:17:05.324 --> 00:17:07.793 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% The Bible is full of these people who found themselves 00:17:07.793 --> 00:17:12.231 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% outnumbered in the world, because truth of the matter is 00:17:12.231 --> 00:17:15.334 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% people of faith are outnumbered. 00:17:15.334 --> 00:17:19.272 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And so, go to these stories, let them instruct you. 00:17:19.272 --> 00:17:22.141 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% You know, for example, in the life of Elijah, 00:17:22.141 --> 00:17:24.176 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% he prayed courageous prayers. 00:17:24.176 --> 00:17:26.712 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% He prayed over the body of that dead boy. 00:17:26.712 --> 00:17:28.981 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% What a powerful prayer. 00:17:28.981 --> 00:17:31.183 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% He saw rain before rain came. 00:17:31.183 --> 00:17:34.687 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% He anticipated the answer to his prayer. 00:17:34.687 --> 00:17:38.157 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He stood up against 850 false prophets in the presence of 00:17:38.157 --> 00:17:42.094 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% thousands of people because his faith and his belief in God 00:17:42.094 --> 00:17:43.863 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% mattered most to him. 00:17:43.863 --> 00:17:48.367 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, ask the Lord to use these stories to strengthen you and to 00:17:48.367 --> 00:17:50.870 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% guide you and to instruct you. 00:17:50.870 --> 00:17:54.941 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Truth is, you're not alone, you may feel like you are alone, but 00:17:54.941 --> 00:17:59.078 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% just as God told Elijah, I have other people and you stay close 00:17:59.078 --> 00:18:01.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to your Heavenly Father and he's gonna bring those other people 00:18:01.514 --> 00:18:05.151 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% into your world to give you encouragement. 00:18:05.151 --> 00:18:07.286 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: You know what I love about those big stories, you 00:18:07.286 --> 00:18:11.424 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% know, the big events is that they happen because the 00:18:11.424 --> 00:18:16.495 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% character in Scripture had everyday courage, and that's 00:18:16.495 --> 00:18:17.830 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% where it starts. 00:18:17.830 --> 00:18:20.199 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And so, if you would like to start with some everyday 00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:24.603 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% courage, you can get Max's book, "Unbreakable Courage" and join 00:18:24.603 --> 00:18:28.975 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% us in something that is so close to our hearts which is sharing 00:18:28.975 --> 00:18:33.446 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% God's Word, not just in word but in deed. 00:18:33.446 --> 00:18:37.883 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We do that by reaching out to those who are in desperate need. 00:18:37.883 --> 00:18:41.721 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:18:41.721 --> 00:18:45.124 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: Across parts of Africa, the rains have stopped, 00:18:45.124 --> 00:18:49.428 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% crops are failing, and families are running out of food. 00:18:49.428 --> 00:18:52.798 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% For mothers, the fear is unbearable, watching their 00:18:52.798 --> 00:18:56.268 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% children grow weaker with each passing day. 00:18:56.268 --> 00:19:00.106 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Adding to this food crisis is the fact that emergency aid 00:19:00.106 --> 00:19:02.908 align:start line:79% position:47% size:53% normally available in rural clinics is now 00:19:02.908 --> 00:19:05.011 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% critically depleted. 00:19:05.011 --> 00:19:08.514 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% And for children like Rikilson, the consequences of this 00:19:08.514 --> 00:19:11.517 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% drought are already being felt. 00:19:11.517 --> 00:19:13.419 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% Isak Pretorius: This is a picture of crisis 00:19:13.419 --> 00:19:14.987 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% because of drought. 00:19:14.987 --> 00:19:19.025 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% When we say to you crops have failed, when we say mothers are 00:19:19.025 --> 00:19:22.561 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% telling us that they don't have any food, that they can't feed 00:19:22.561 --> 00:19:27.633 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% their children, Rikilson is the picture of what that 00:19:27.633 --> 00:19:29.168 align:start line:85% position:48% size:28% looks like. 00:19:29.168 --> 00:19:32.271 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Unfortunately, you can see how many mothers are here. 00:19:32.271 --> 00:19:35.908 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Mothers that have gathered in this area desperately looking 00:19:35.908 --> 00:19:41.247 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% for food, looking for help, asking, "Please, can anybody 00:19:41.247 --> 00:19:42.581 align:start line:85% position:48% size:23% help us?" 00:19:42.581 --> 00:19:45.951 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Because they need to feed their children, they know what 00:19:45.951 --> 00:19:47.286 align:start line:85% position:48% size:28% comes next. 00:19:47.286 --> 00:19:51.223 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% As malnutrition sets into these little bodies, they understand 00:19:51.223 --> 00:19:56.095 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% what happens, it comes like a silent killer and steals 00:19:56.095 --> 00:19:58.364 align:start line:85% position:50% size:31% their lives. 00:19:58.364 --> 00:20:00.266 align:start line:85% position:47% size:58% But we can change that. 00:20:00.266 --> 00:20:03.569 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% You and I can change that if you'll open your hearts, if 00:20:03.569 --> 00:20:06.972 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% you'll partner with us, if you'll say, "Yes, I'll give that 00:20:06.972 --> 00:20:09.675 align:start line:79% position:50% size:45% gift today, I'll do what I can do." 00:20:09.675 --> 00:20:15.081 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% I promise you that we will do everything we can do to save 00:20:15.081 --> 00:20:17.983 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% these precious child's lives and to answer their 00:20:17.983 --> 00:20:19.985 align:start line:85% position:48% size:43% mother's prayers. 00:20:19.985 --> 00:20:24.390 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:20:24.390 --> 00:20:27.426 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% Randy: You know, most of us can't imagine being in a 00:20:27.426 --> 00:20:30.696 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% situation where we're desperately looking for help, 00:20:30.696 --> 00:20:33.866 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% desperately looking for just something to eat, but that's the 00:20:33.866 --> 00:20:35.234 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% reality for so many. 00:20:35.234 --> 00:20:36.569 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% Blynda: It's the reality. 00:20:36.569 --> 00:20:39.538 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% How can you not see when they're measuring the child's arm and 00:20:39.538 --> 00:20:42.308 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% there's just nothing there and you just think--and they've got 00:20:42.308 --> 00:20:45.578 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% the distended belly, which is a sign of malnutrition. 00:20:45.578 --> 00:20:49.115 align:start line:79% position:50% size:50% It's--all of that is so sobering to see. 00:20:49.115 --> 00:20:55.054 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% And then it it shifts into them holding these red bowls full of 00:20:55.054 --> 00:20:59.325 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% food and this is where we come in, this is the role that we 00:20:59.325 --> 00:21:03.295 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% play, is we get to take that child from being malnourished 00:21:03.295 --> 00:21:08.968 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% and giving them food, and it's just so beautiful that I know 00:21:08.968 --> 00:21:14.340 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% that if I give a little, lives are being changed a lot. 00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:15.674 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% Randy: A lot. 00:21:15.674 --> 00:21:17.843 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Blynda: But God does more with what I--the little I give, he 00:21:17.843 --> 00:21:19.345 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% does so much more. 00:21:19.345 --> 00:21:22.581 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: He does and then there's also the reality of the people 00:21:22.581 --> 00:21:24.617 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% that you've seen that are in place right now. 00:21:24.617 --> 00:21:28.320 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% We've been doing this for literally decades now, and we've 00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:29.955 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% seen great success. 00:21:29.955 --> 00:21:34.426 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% I mean, the success stories are so encouraging. 00:21:34.426 --> 00:21:37.897 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And however, when I walk into a village and I see some of the 00:21:37.897 --> 00:21:42.434 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% things that Blynda has talked about, you see the skin that has 00:21:42.434 --> 00:21:45.538 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% turned a little bit or the hair that has turned red, which is 00:21:45.538 --> 00:21:48.908 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% not natural for them, the bellies, all the issues, the 00:21:48.908 --> 00:21:52.611 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% thin arms, all these things that we see, it would be very 00:21:52.611 --> 00:21:56.749 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% difficult if I didn't know, okay, we have the solution for 00:21:56.749 --> 00:22:01.921 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% this, we have the Mission Feeding program, we have clinics 00:22:01.921 --> 00:22:05.524 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% as a last stop effort to prevent a child from dying. 00:22:05.524 --> 00:22:08.327 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% But with the Mission Feeding program, we know we can take it 00:22:08.327 --> 00:22:11.964 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% to them where they need it, to the villages where because of 00:22:11.964 --> 00:22:15.834 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% drought or famine or displacement or some other cause 00:22:15.834 --> 00:22:18.604 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% that's completely out of the hands of these people that work 00:22:18.604 --> 00:22:23.175 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% so hard, we can go in for a period of time, however long 00:22:23.175 --> 00:22:27.680 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% that is needed to be, and stabilize the situation by 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.349 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% giving them food. 00:22:30.349 --> 00:22:34.687 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Stabilizing their health so that they they don't worry about what 00:22:34.687 --> 00:22:36.155 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% we're gonna eat today. 00:22:36.155 --> 00:22:37.990 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They can focus on the future. 00:22:37.990 --> 00:22:41.227 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% They can focus on working, on education. 00:22:41.227 --> 00:22:44.697 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% That's how we get these people out of that cycle 00:22:44.697 --> 00:22:46.031 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% of desperation. 00:22:46.031 --> 00:22:51.203 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% But here's my question for you today, for that mother who's 00:22:51.203 --> 00:22:55.074 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% desperately looking for something to eat for her child, 00:22:55.074 --> 00:22:59.411 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% not even for herself oftentimes, but for her children, 00:22:59.411 --> 00:23:01.981 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% will she find it? 00:23:01.981 --> 00:23:05.651 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% She will if we continue to provide it. 00:23:05.651 --> 00:23:08.721 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% We will continue to provide it because we have the workers in 00:23:08.721 --> 00:23:10.089 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% the field. 00:23:10.089 --> 00:23:12.691 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% We have the systems in place on the ground if we have your 00:23:12.691 --> 00:23:16.395 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% support, because it takes all of us, takes all of us coming 00:23:16.395 --> 00:23:19.798 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% together to say yes, the children that needed a meal 00:23:19.798 --> 00:23:22.001 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% yesterday will get a meal tomorrow. 00:23:22.001 --> 00:23:24.703 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% So, I'm inviting you into that right now. 00:23:24.703 --> 00:23:28.540 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Average $30 will help feed 3 children for the next several 00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:34.446 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% months, $100 will help feed 10 children, $1,000 will help feed 00:23:34.446 --> 00:23:35.781 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% 100 children. 00:23:35.781 --> 00:23:40.085 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Some of you, you may be able to give $5, $10, I don't know. 00:23:40.085 --> 00:23:45.391 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% It's really not about how much we can give, it's how we give. 00:23:45.391 --> 00:23:48.394 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% I want you to give with a cheerful heart. 00:23:48.394 --> 00:23:52.031 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% It will express God's love to someone, so please go online, go 00:23:52.031 --> 00:23:55.801 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:23:55.901 --> 00:23:59.004 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Right now across the continent of Africa, children 00:23:59.004 --> 00:24:03.242 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% are suffering, facing severe malnutrition and even death. 00:24:03.242 --> 00:24:06.378 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With food reserves critically depleted and many areas 00:24:06.378 --> 00:24:10.649 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% experiencing devastating famine, we urgently need to replenish 00:24:10.649 --> 00:24:14.653 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% supplies to keep feeding the 350,000 children who are 00:24:14.653 --> 00:24:16.989 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% counting on us every single day. 00:24:16.989 --> 00:24:20.693 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Life's mission feeding outreach, your gift of love can 00:24:20.693 --> 00:24:24.229 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% be an answer to a prayer for a hurting and hungry child in 00:24:24.229 --> 00:24:25.764 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% their time of need. 00:24:25.764 --> 00:24:31.170 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Call now with your life-saving gift of $30, $50, or $100 to 00:24:31.170 --> 00:24:37.109 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% help feed and care for 3, 5, or 10 children for 3 full months. 00:24:37.109 --> 00:24:40.946 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With your gift we'll send you "The Father's Heart" devotional. 00:24:40.946 --> 00:24:44.616 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Drawing from Scripture and his past, James Robison takes you on 00:24:44.616 --> 00:24:48.287 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% a 90-day journey to help you experience a deeper, more 00:24:48.287 --> 00:24:51.857 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% personal relationship with God as your loving Father. 00:24:51.857 --> 00:24:54.093 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, 00:24:54.093 --> 00:24:56.528 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% you will receive The Father's Heart bundle. 00:24:56.528 --> 00:24:59.932 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This stationary set, paired with the devotional, is a 00:24:59.932 --> 00:25:03.068 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% thoughtfully-designed collection created to help you share 00:25:03.068 --> 00:25:06.905 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% encouragement, prayer, and the love of our Heavenly Father with 00:25:06.905 --> 00:25:08.640 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% those you care about. 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:12.344 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, with your gift of $1,000 or more, which will help 00:25:12.344 --> 00:25:16.849 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% feed 100 children in desperate need, request Life's beautiful 00:25:16.849 --> 00:25:19.852 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% bronze sculpture, The Good Shepherd. 00:25:19.852 --> 00:25:22.855 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% So, please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:25:26.458 --> 00:25:28.961 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% James Robison: In this area right now, we've been feeding 00:25:28.961 --> 00:25:32.097 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% long enough to actually see a school established here around 00:25:32.097 --> 00:25:36.101 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% the feeding area, a school under the trees, and these children 00:25:36.101 --> 00:25:38.203 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% are not facing immediate death. 00:25:38.203 --> 00:25:41.640 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Some of them are malnourished, most have been stabilized. 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:43.008 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% They're now going to school. 00:25:43.008 --> 00:25:45.444 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% We keep the feeding program going here where they're going 00:25:45.444 --> 00:25:48.714 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% to school because it keeps them coming to school, so it gives 00:25:48.714 --> 00:25:50.416 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% them a bright future. 00:25:50.416 --> 00:25:54.286 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% So they've--we've literally gone from areas like this where the 00:25:54.286 --> 00:25:57.289 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% children would have reached down here and they would have gotten 00:25:57.289 --> 00:26:00.959 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% this soup mix like this and they would have brought dirt and all 00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:03.695 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% up to their mouths to eat it, they were that hungry. 00:26:03.695 --> 00:26:07.999 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% And then we've watched them, over the years, climb into 00:26:07.999 --> 00:26:12.604 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% barrels to try to scrape the remaining mix out because they 00:26:12.604 --> 00:26:15.140 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% could tell we were running out, and that's all we had. 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:19.278 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% And Betty's prayer years ago that our line to feed them would 00:26:19.278 --> 00:26:22.848 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% be longer than the line coming to get the feed has been 00:26:22.848 --> 00:26:24.383 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% answered by people like you. 00:26:24.383 --> 00:26:25.784 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% We don't ever want that to change. 00:26:25.784 --> 00:26:30.556 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% We want the line to feed them longer than the line to be fed. 00:26:30.556 --> 00:26:33.625 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% We don't want them going down here in the dirt trying to get a 00:26:33.625 --> 00:26:35.127 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% little bit of food in. 00:26:35.127 --> 00:26:36.562 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% We want them to go to school. 00:26:36.562 --> 00:26:39.731 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% There are areas where children are still facing death every day 00:26:39.731 --> 00:26:41.066 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% if we don't help them. 00:26:41.066 --> 00:26:44.303 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Then there're the areas where we stabilize it like this, and we 00:26:44.303 --> 00:26:48.974 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% wanna keep the feeding going, and that depends on you. 00:26:48.974 --> 00:26:51.510 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Randy: We do need to hear from you, and really, I'd love to 00:26:51.510 --> 00:26:54.313 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% hear from you today, so please go online, go to the phone, make 00:26:54.313 --> 00:26:55.881 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% the best gift you can. 00:26:55.881 --> 00:26:57.850 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% Do you feel more encouraged today? 00:26:57.850 --> 00:26:59.184 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% Do you have that? 00:26:59.184 --> 00:27:00.886 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Blynda: I do, because think about it, there's courage, but 00:27:00.886 --> 00:27:03.856 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% to have unbreakable means there's gonna be some really 00:27:03.856 --> 00:27:06.191 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% hard things coming against you, and you're not gonna crack. 00:27:06.191 --> 00:27:07.526 align:start line:10% position:50% size:25% I love it. 00:27:07.526 --> 00:27:08.894 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% I'm not gonna break. 00:27:08.894 --> 00:27:10.229 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Randy: I think it's possible, thank you, Max. 00:27:10.229 --> 00:27:11.597 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Max: Thank you both, it's terrific to be with you. 00:27:11.597 --> 00:27:12.931 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Thank you for coming. 00:27:12.931 --> 00:27:14.433 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% Randy: Appreciate all you guys being with us. 00:27:14.433 --> 00:27:16.602 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Please join us again next time here on "Life Today." 00:27:16.602 --> 00:27:20.239 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% If you miss any of our programs, visit lifetoday.org, they're all 00:27:20.239 --> 00:27:21.607 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% there for you. 00:27:21.607 --> 00:27:23.609 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% We'll see you again next time. 00:27:23.609 --> 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