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. 00:00:06.773 --> 00:00:08.542 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Ruslan KD: My mother and my father split up, they get a 00:00:08.542 --> 00:00:12.079 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% divorce, and I'm raised without my dad in San Diego in the '90s. 00:00:12.079 --> 00:00:16.416 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And that led me down a pretty rough path of getting arrested 00:00:16.416 --> 00:00:20.554 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and doing drugs and drinking alcohol, losing my virginity, 00:00:20.554 --> 00:00:22.155 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% all by the age of 11. 00:00:22.155 --> 00:00:25.425 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% announcer: From criminal to entrepreneur, godly ambition 00:00:25.425 --> 00:00:27.728 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% changed Ruslan KD's life. 00:00:27.728 --> 00:00:29.096 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Ruslan: A simple way to look at it is it's 00:00:29.096 --> 00:00:30.697 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% stewardship, ultimately. 00:00:30.697 --> 00:00:34.468 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So we're stewarding our time, our talent, our treasure onto 00:00:34.468 --> 00:00:36.470 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% the glory of God. 00:00:36.470 --> 00:00:46.480 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:53.654 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.654 --> 00:00:55.756 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today," I'm Randy Robison. 00:00:55.756 --> 00:00:57.124 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% We've been having a good time, haven't we? 00:00:57.124 --> 00:00:59.626 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda Lane: We have been having a good time. 00:00:59.626 --> 00:01:01.228 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Kind of caught me off guard a little bit. 00:01:01.228 --> 00:01:02.562 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Randy: I did a little bit. 00:01:02.562 --> 00:01:03.897 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% All right, so we have a wonderful guest today. 00:01:03.897 --> 00:01:05.232 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% His name is Ruslan KD. 00:01:05.232 --> 00:01:08.201 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And if you know who he is, well, you know who he is. 00:01:08.201 --> 00:01:10.871 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If you don't, I really think you're gonna get to know him a 00:01:10.871 --> 00:01:12.239 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% little bit and enjoy it. 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:13.907 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Now, you know, you won't get to hear all the music 00:01:13.907 --> 00:01:15.242 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% and all that kind of thing. 00:01:15.242 --> 00:01:16.576 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% You have to go online for that. 00:01:16.576 --> 00:01:20.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% But we're gonna talk about a concept that I think is 00:01:20.047 --> 00:01:21.415 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% really helpful. 00:01:21.415 --> 00:01:24.451 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% It's the title of his book, "Godly Ambition." 00:01:24.451 --> 00:01:27.354 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But you're also gonna hear his story, which is fascinating. 00:01:27.354 --> 00:01:30.724 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: The story is fascinating, but what I love is, 00:01:30.724 --> 00:01:33.593 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I mean, he's kind of overtaken like the YouTube world 00:01:33.593 --> 00:01:34.995 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% a little bit, and so-- 00:01:34.995 --> 00:01:36.330 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% Randy: If you don't know him, 00:01:36.330 --> 00:01:37.664 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% your kids or grandkids, do, right? 00:01:37.664 --> 00:01:38.999 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Blynda: Somebody, I promise they do. 00:01:38.999 --> 00:01:40.801 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% Randy: Right, so welcome, Ruslan. 00:01:40.801 --> 00:01:42.202 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Ruslan: What an introduction. 00:01:42.202 --> 00:01:43.770 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Thank you, guys. That was awesome. 00:01:43.770 --> 00:01:45.939 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Blynda: Was it? Yeah, I'm so glad. 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:49.476 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We're so glad that you're with us, and you really do have an 00:01:49.476 --> 00:01:54.081 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% amazing story just even to be sitting in this chair today. 00:01:54.081 --> 00:01:57.351 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% So many God miracles that happened in your life. 00:01:57.351 --> 00:02:01.088 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% For the audience that maybe isn't as familiar with how you 00:02:01.088 --> 00:02:03.156 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% have gotten to do what you're doing now, can you give us a 00:02:03.156 --> 00:02:04.491 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% little background? 00:02:04.491 --> 00:02:08.328 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Ruslan: Yeah, so I'm ethnically Armenian, but I was raised in 00:02:08.328 --> 00:02:11.898 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Azerbaijan, Baku, which is just east of Armenia. 00:02:11.898 --> 00:02:16.536 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And Azerbaijan is just north of Iran, north of Iraq, very 00:02:16.536 --> 00:02:19.673 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% peaceful part of the world, a lot of tranquility--no, 00:02:19.673 --> 00:02:21.041 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% I'm joking. 00:02:21.041 --> 00:02:22.409 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% There's been a lot of conflict there. 00:02:22.409 --> 00:02:23.877 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Blynda: I was thinking, I'm not familiar with-- 00:02:23.877 --> 00:02:25.712 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Ruslan: Yeah, yeah, that's my sarcastic humor. 00:02:25.712 --> 00:02:30.517 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So, long story short, Armenian Christians in Azerbaijan, 00:02:30.517 --> 00:02:33.320 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Muslim state. 00:02:33.320 --> 00:02:36.156 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Long story short, on the backdrop of this former Soviet 00:02:36.156 --> 00:02:40.427 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Union, on the backdrop of the Armenian genocide of 1915, a lot 00:02:40.427 --> 00:02:44.598 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% of tension, and so about half a million Armenians were 00:02:44.598 --> 00:02:48.935 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% ethnically cleansed from Azerbaijan in the late '80s, 00:02:48.935 --> 00:02:51.004 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% because it's called the pogroms of Baku. 00:02:51.004 --> 00:02:55.208 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so they were spread all over the Diaspora, and this has been 00:02:55.208 --> 00:02:57.644 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% going on and on for a very long time in that part of the world. 00:02:57.644 --> 00:03:02.082 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So me and my family came as refugees in 1991, a few months 00:03:02.082 --> 00:03:03.817 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% before the fall of the Soviet Union. 00:03:03.817 --> 00:03:07.621 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: So, what, you guys are here because you escaped, 00:03:07.621 --> 00:03:10.891 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% potentially, death, and you came to America? 00:03:10.891 --> 00:03:12.225 align:start line:69% position:49% size:13% Okay. 00:03:12.225 --> 00:03:14.127 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Ruslan: Yeah, about 500 Armenians were slaughtered, and 00:03:14.127 --> 00:03:18.365 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% there's a beautiful movie on this called "Between Borders," 00:03:18.365 --> 00:03:21.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that stars Elizabeth from "The Chosen," that tells some of 00:03:21.368 --> 00:03:22.736 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% the story. 00:03:22.736 --> 00:03:24.071 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% That recently came out. 00:03:24.071 --> 00:03:26.173 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It was really cool to see my own story on the big screen, yeah. 00:03:26.173 --> 00:03:29.342 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: But not only did you have that amazing part of your 00:03:29.342 --> 00:03:32.512 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% story, but then, now you're in America having to create a whole 00:03:32.512 --> 00:03:38.285 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% new life, and your family life had some tension in it. 00:03:38.285 --> 00:03:40.754 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And at this point, you don't know the Lord. 00:03:40.754 --> 00:03:44.825 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So what is the story there of getting you to not only where 00:03:44.825 --> 00:03:49.529 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you know the Lord, but now you're doing things for him in 00:03:49.529 --> 00:03:52.632 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% your--that's your whole life's work, is to minister. 00:03:52.632 --> 00:03:54.434 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Ruslan: About six months after coming to America, my mother and 00:03:54.434 --> 00:03:55.769 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% my father split up. 00:03:55.769 --> 00:03:57.137 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% They get a divorce. 00:03:57.137 --> 00:04:01.074 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% My dad remarries, has another family, and I'm raised without 00:04:01.074 --> 00:04:04.644 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% my dad in San Diego in the '90s, and this is at the peak of like 00:04:04.644 --> 00:04:08.982 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% gangster rap music, so this is, you know, N.W.A., Snoop Dogg, 00:04:08.982 --> 00:04:10.650 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Dr. Dre, Tupac. 00:04:10.650 --> 00:04:13.220 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% These are the people that discipled me as a kid that was 00:04:13.220 --> 00:04:14.754 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% very unsupervised. 00:04:14.754 --> 00:04:19.059 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And that led me down a pretty rough path of getting arrested 00:04:19.059 --> 00:04:23.196 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and doing drugs and drinking alcohol, losing my virginity, 00:04:23.196 --> 00:04:24.631 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% all by the age of 11. 00:04:24.631 --> 00:04:28.802 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So I got arrested, at 11, for attempting to break into a house 00:04:28.802 --> 00:04:32.272 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% to get money to bail out my gang leader, all right? 00:04:32.272 --> 00:04:35.709 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And oddly enough, the Lord started using it because what 00:04:35.709 --> 00:04:38.545 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% happened was, I had to do community service hours. 00:04:38.545 --> 00:04:40.780 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I waited till the last minute, in seventh grade, and 00:04:40.780 --> 00:04:44.351 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the only way I can get them done is if I went to Charlie and 00:04:44.351 --> 00:04:47.120 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Willie's church, last minute, to do community service hours 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:48.488 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% with them. 00:04:48.488 --> 00:04:51.191 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% They had became Christians, and I had these kind of father 00:04:51.191 --> 00:04:54.661 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% figures in my life that were telling me about Jesus, sharing 00:04:54.661 --> 00:04:57.297 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the good news with me, and telling me I was gonna do great 00:04:57.297 --> 00:04:58.632 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% things for the Lord someday. 00:04:58.632 --> 00:05:02.269 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% This is sixth, seventh, eighth grade-ish, 00:05:02.269 --> 00:05:04.371 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% and none of it stuck. 00:05:04.371 --> 00:05:06.573 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% I was still calling myself an atheist. 00:05:06.573 --> 00:05:08.942 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I thought, there is no God, and if there is a God, he wants 00:05:08.942 --> 00:05:10.510 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% nothing to do with me. 00:05:10.510 --> 00:05:12.679 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And then the Lord just kept sending people and sending 00:05:12.679 --> 00:05:14.948 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% people, and I started going to church because there was a girl 00:05:14.948 --> 00:05:16.316 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% I was dating. 00:05:16.316 --> 00:05:17.918 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% The only way I could see her over the weekends, over the 00:05:17.918 --> 00:05:19.886 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% summer, is if I went to church with her and her family. 00:05:19.886 --> 00:05:21.521 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% That's when I really first heard the gospel. 00:05:21.521 --> 00:05:24.124 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I kinda grew up in the Oriental Armenian Church, Orthodox 00:05:24.124 --> 00:05:25.559 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Church, but never really heard the gospel. 00:05:25.559 --> 00:05:28.595 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then I kept hearing about this Jesus, that he loved me, 00:05:28.595 --> 00:05:30.430 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% and then it all just kind of clicked. 00:05:30.430 --> 00:05:33.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But then I went down the apologetics road, because then I 00:05:33.166 --> 00:05:35.835 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% was dating a Jehovah's Witness girl, I have Muslim friends, I 00:05:35.835 --> 00:05:37.204 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% have Buddhist friends. 00:05:37.204 --> 00:05:38.939 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I had all these questions, so I read Josh McDowell's "The New 00:05:38.939 --> 00:05:41.441 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Evidence that Demands a Verdict," and that kind of 00:05:41.441 --> 00:05:42.776 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% sealed the deal for me. 00:05:42.776 --> 00:05:45.612 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so, towards the end of my high school years I surrendered 00:05:45.612 --> 00:05:48.148 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% my life, did a public profession of faith at a Miles 00:05:48.148 --> 00:05:49.516 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Ahead Crusade. 00:05:49.516 --> 00:05:51.785 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Miles McPherson did these outreach kind of like Billy 00:05:51.785 --> 00:05:57.857 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Graham crusades, and so, yeah, it was July 4th of 2002 is when 00:05:57.857 --> 00:06:00.694 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I gave my life to the Lord, like public profession. 00:06:00.694 --> 00:06:03.697 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% But I'd been kicking and screaming for years. 00:06:03.697 --> 00:06:07.567 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Do you ever ask God, "Why did I have to have such a hard 00:06:07.567 --> 00:06:09.536 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% road to get to you?" 00:06:09.536 --> 00:06:15.342 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Ruslan: No, because of the passage in Romans, you know, 00:06:15.342 --> 00:06:17.277 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% "All things work for good for those who love God and are 00:06:17.277 --> 00:06:18.845 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% called according to his purpose." 00:06:18.845 --> 00:06:21.982 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The story of Joseph, "That which you meant for evil God used 00:06:21.982 --> 00:06:23.483 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% for good." 00:06:23.483 --> 00:06:26.353 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So no, I think all the weird things that have happened to me, 00:06:26.353 --> 00:06:28.355 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the evil things that have happened to me and my family, 00:06:28.355 --> 00:06:31.625 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% I've seen God use it for good. 00:06:31.625 --> 00:06:34.461 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: So you have this, and somewhat maybe you could call it 00:06:34.461 --> 00:06:38.498 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% kind of a rags to riches story in the sense of--in the 00:06:38.498 --> 00:06:42.235 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% spiritual sense that you really came here with nothing. 00:06:42.235 --> 00:06:46.873 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Now you've established a really powerful and 00:06:46.873 --> 00:06:48.708 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% successful business. 00:06:48.708 --> 00:06:53.546 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You're kind of a cultural commentator, if you will, on 00:06:53.546 --> 00:06:56.449 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% YouTube, but from a Biblical worldview. 00:06:56.449 --> 00:06:58.551 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I think that's the important part for the audience to know, 00:06:58.551 --> 00:07:03.323 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you really have a voice in this area that is really unique. 00:07:03.323 --> 00:07:07.260 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But to get there, I'm sure that there was a lot of ups and downs 00:07:07.260 --> 00:07:09.629 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% when you're getting a lot of followers and you're starting to 00:07:09.629 --> 00:07:13.800 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% be successful, that you yourself could have been faced with, 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:15.201 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% "Look what I'm doing." 00:07:15.201 --> 00:07:18.171 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And yet you wrote a book today that we're gonna talk about, 00:07:18.171 --> 00:07:20.206 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% called "Godly Ambition." 00:07:20.206 --> 00:07:22.709 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Can you talk about the difference between worldly 00:07:22.709 --> 00:07:25.078 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% ambition and godly ambition? 00:07:25.078 --> 00:07:28.548 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Ruslan: Yeah, well, in the Scriptures, the word ambition in 00:07:28.548 --> 00:07:32.952 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the New Testament is used five times, and two of the five times 00:07:32.952 --> 00:07:36.356 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% is the selfish ambition, the worldly ambition, and that Greek 00:07:36.356 --> 00:07:39.125 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% word is called, it's eritheia. 00:07:39.125 --> 00:07:43.396 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It's my means to get whatever it is that I want. 00:07:43.396 --> 00:07:46.032 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And the scriptures forbid eritheia ambition. 00:07:46.032 --> 00:07:48.234 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But then the other three times that ambition is used, it's used 00:07:48.234 --> 00:07:50.570 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% in a positive connotation, and what I would describe as 00:07:50.570 --> 00:07:51.905 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% godly ambition. 00:07:51.905 --> 00:07:55.508 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Paul writes about, he makes it his ambition to preach the 00:07:55.508 --> 00:07:57.844 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% gospel where others haven't. 00:07:57.844 --> 00:08:01.848 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% In Corinthians he writes that it's his aim or his ambition to 00:08:01.848 --> 00:08:03.183 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% do what pleases God. 00:08:03.183 --> 00:08:06.186 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And he's writing the church in Thessalonica, and they're going 00:08:06.186 --> 00:08:08.722 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% through it, and there's persecution, and they're ready 00:08:08.722 --> 00:08:11.157 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% for Jesus to come back, and they're talking about all the 00:08:11.157 --> 00:08:12.525 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% chaos in the world. 00:08:12.525 --> 00:08:14.594 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And they've become so heavenly-minded that they're of 00:08:14.594 --> 00:08:15.962 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% no earthly good. 00:08:15.962 --> 00:08:18.398 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then in 1 Thessalonians 4, he says, "Make it your ambition 00:08:18.398 --> 00:08:21.034 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% to lead a quiet life, minding your own business, working with 00:08:21.034 --> 00:08:24.304 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% your own hands, so that you won't be dependent on anyone and 00:08:24.304 --> 00:08:26.906 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% so your daily life may win the respect of outsiders." 00:08:26.906 --> 00:08:30.310 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And there's a practicality to how we're supposed to live lives 00:08:30.310 --> 00:08:31.644 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% of godly ambition. 00:08:31.644 --> 00:08:34.681 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy: So is it essentially kind of neutral? 00:08:34.681 --> 00:08:36.082 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Just depends on what you do with it? 00:08:36.082 --> 00:08:38.785 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Ruslan: Yeah, I would say, and a simple way to look at it is it's 00:08:38.785 --> 00:08:40.553 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% stewardship, ultimately. 00:08:40.553 --> 00:08:44.290 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So we're stewarding our time, our talent, our treasure onto 00:08:44.290 --> 00:08:45.625 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% the glory of God. 00:08:45.625 --> 00:08:46.993 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Randy: Ah, okay. 00:08:46.993 --> 00:08:49.729 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Now when you define it that way, ambition is not just for, you 00:08:49.729 --> 00:08:52.565 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% know, those A-types or church leaders. 00:08:52.565 --> 00:08:55.201 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Do we all have ambition to some degree? 00:08:55.201 --> 00:08:57.670 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Ruslan: I think every single person in here has desires, 00:08:57.670 --> 00:09:01.641 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% dreams, visions, hopes for their life, for their future, for how 00:09:01.641 --> 00:09:02.976 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% they want to be used by God. 00:09:02.976 --> 00:09:06.646 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: And we certainly all have time, talent, and treasure. 00:09:06.646 --> 00:09:13.119 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Okay, so what would be some of the basic kind of things we need 00:09:13.119 --> 00:09:16.890 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% to know about how to steward those things? 00:09:16.890 --> 00:09:19.726 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Ruslan: Yeah, so my second chapter in the book, I get into 00:09:19.726 --> 00:09:21.060 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% the concept of identity. 00:09:21.060 --> 00:09:23.997 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So I think foundationally what you believe about yourself, what 00:09:23.997 --> 00:09:27.400 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you believe about the world is gonna determine how you behave. 00:09:27.400 --> 00:09:29.235 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% That's a famous Craig Groeschel quote. 00:09:29.235 --> 00:09:31.404 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And so I think, one, who are you? 00:09:31.404 --> 00:09:32.739 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Like, who are we really? 00:09:32.739 --> 00:09:37.143 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And especially in today's society, so often our identity 00:09:37.143 --> 00:09:41.448 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% is defined as, what can you do for the bottom line and the GDP 00:09:41.448 --> 00:09:42.782 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% of society? 00:09:42.782 --> 00:09:45.685 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% So your identity is what you can deliver. 00:09:45.685 --> 00:09:48.788 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So if you're an athlete, your identity is what are you 00:09:48.788 --> 00:09:50.190 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% producing, and that's it. 00:09:50.190 --> 00:09:53.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And so it's an outside-in identity. 00:09:53.793 --> 00:09:55.728 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% J. Warner Wallace kind of gave me some of the language 00:09:55.728 --> 00:09:57.063 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% for this. 00:09:57.063 --> 00:09:58.598 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then the other extreme is it's an inside-out identity. 00:09:58.598 --> 00:10:00.700 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Whatever I feel, therefore I am. 00:10:00.700 --> 00:10:03.369 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then you get into all kinds of gender confusion, and your 00:10:03.369 --> 00:10:06.372 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% identity is subjective to whatever you feel, and that's no 00:10:06.372 --> 00:10:07.740 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% good either. 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:10.243 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But the good news is there's a third option, and J. Warner 00:10:10.243 --> 00:10:12.378 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Wallace has coined this idea of a top-down identity. 00:10:12.378 --> 00:10:15.748 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's not outside-in, it's not inside-out, it's who Jesus is, 00:10:15.748 --> 00:10:17.116 align:start line:69% position:49% size:13% I am. 00:10:17.116 --> 00:10:18.618 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% So I think foundationally we have to lay that as the 00:10:18.618 --> 00:10:19.953 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% first brick. 00:10:19.953 --> 00:10:22.288 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Who am I, and why am I here? 00:10:22.288 --> 00:10:25.191 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then we get into purpose, and so I think a mistake we make 00:10:25.191 --> 00:10:27.794 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% is we often conflate our purpose, which if you're a 00:10:27.794 --> 00:10:30.029 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% follower of Jesus, your purpose is to know God and make 00:10:30.029 --> 00:10:31.364 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% him known. 00:10:31.364 --> 00:10:33.700 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Every single Christian, that's why we exist. 00:10:33.700 --> 00:10:35.969 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But what we do is we often conflate our purpose with our 00:10:35.969 --> 00:10:38.571 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% assignment, and our assignment is different than our purpose. 00:10:38.571 --> 00:10:40.006 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Our purpose remains the same. 00:10:40.006 --> 00:10:42.175 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I worked with adults with developmental disabilities. 00:10:42.175 --> 00:10:44.377 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% That was my last quote-unquote "real job," and it was one of 00:10:44.377 --> 00:10:45.745 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% the most fulfilling jobs that I've ever had. 00:10:45.745 --> 00:10:49.015 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% A forgotten community that people don't really pay 00:10:49.015 --> 00:10:51.551 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% attention to, and I got to spend my days with them. 00:10:51.551 --> 00:10:53.853 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% My purpose remained the same, was to know God and make him 00:10:53.853 --> 00:10:56.322 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% known to the three people that he entrusted me with. 00:10:56.322 --> 00:10:58.124 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% But my assignment was different. 00:10:58.124 --> 00:11:01.594 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It didn't pay a lot of money, and sometimes it taught me a lot 00:11:01.594 --> 00:11:03.963 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% more than I was trying to teach them, and it was really good 00:11:03.963 --> 00:11:05.331 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% for me. 00:11:05.331 --> 00:11:06.666 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% So my assignment was different. 00:11:06.666 --> 00:11:08.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So what we do is we often equate our assignment, or worse, 00:11:08.368 --> 00:11:11.304 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% what we do for money, with our purpose. 00:11:11.304 --> 00:11:12.939 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% And so we have to parse that. 00:11:12.939 --> 00:11:14.674 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% We say, "No, no, your purpose is the same. 00:11:14.674 --> 00:11:16.009 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% The assignment is different." 00:11:16.009 --> 00:11:20.113 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% My wife, when she was working outside of the home when we were 00:11:20.113 --> 00:11:23.583 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% married, her assignment was very different now that we have kids, 00:11:23.583 --> 00:11:24.951 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% now that we have a baby. 00:11:24.951 --> 00:11:27.554 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Her assignment, I mean, she has a human attached to her for the 00:11:27.554 --> 00:11:28.888 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% majority of the day, right? 00:11:28.888 --> 00:11:30.924 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So her assignment changed, but her purpose is the same. 00:11:30.924 --> 00:11:32.559 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then I think what we're really trying to get after is 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:37.030 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% this idea of calling, and calling is discovered. 00:11:37.030 --> 00:11:38.398 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Your purpose is constant. 00:11:38.398 --> 00:11:40.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Your assignment is seasonal, what's in front of you. 00:11:40.900 --> 00:11:43.736 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Your calling is discovered through the process of being 00:11:43.736 --> 00:11:46.606 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% faithful to what's in front of you and then taking inventory of 00:11:46.606 --> 00:11:48.641 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% your gifts and your passions and the problems 00:11:48.641 --> 00:11:49.976 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% you could solve in the world. 00:11:49.976 --> 00:11:51.311 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Randy: Wow. 00:11:51.311 --> 00:11:53.246 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: That's a lot to digest. It's so good though. 00:11:53.246 --> 00:11:54.814 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% This is such good material. 00:11:54.814 --> 00:11:58.851 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So, okay, so the thought though there is, if I am--because I've 00:11:58.851 --> 00:12:00.587 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% actually struggled with this. 00:12:00.587 --> 00:12:04.557 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If I have identified some gifting and calling and I wanna 00:12:04.557 --> 00:12:08.194 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% make a difference, I want to know that my time on Earth here 00:12:08.194 --> 00:12:11.898 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% was spent well, I didn't waste any time, yet I don't wanna be 00:12:11.898 --> 00:12:14.701 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% perceived as somebody who's hustling or somebody 00:12:14.701 --> 00:12:16.035 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% who's--you know? 00:12:16.035 --> 00:12:18.571 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so it's like this thing of can a--I know a Christian should 00:12:18.571 --> 00:12:21.541 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% work hard, but I don't want it to be perceived as ambition, and 00:12:21.541 --> 00:12:25.912 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% so how do you help--though I don't also wanna be apathetic, 00:12:25.912 --> 00:12:28.247 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% which I think is how the pendulum can swing. 00:12:28.247 --> 00:12:31.718 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If I'm not gonna be ambitious, then maybe I become apathetic to 00:12:31.718 --> 00:12:33.086 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% what I'm supposed to do. 00:12:33.086 --> 00:12:35.788 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% How do you help that person who's kind of all over the 00:12:35.788 --> 00:12:38.024 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% place, they're struggling with that thought? 00:12:38.024 --> 00:12:42.562 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Ruslan: I think you're right in that apathy is often a way 00:12:42.562 --> 00:12:46.933 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% bigger dream-killer than ambition, or misguided ambition, 00:12:46.933 --> 00:12:49.135 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% especially in today's climate. 00:12:49.135 --> 00:12:51.738 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I was doing a young adults ministry, doing a speaking 00:12:51.738 --> 00:12:53.106 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% engagement, met a young man. 00:12:53.106 --> 00:12:54.440 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% I tell the story in the book. 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:57.443 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% He's a visual artist, and he tells me, "Check this out. 00:12:57.443 --> 00:12:58.811 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% I do this visual art." 00:12:58.811 --> 00:13:00.146 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I'm like, "Are you pursuing this? 00:13:00.146 --> 00:13:01.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Are you posting it on social media? 00:13:01.514 --> 00:13:02.849 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Are you doing anything with it?" 00:13:02.849 --> 00:13:04.217 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% He's like, "Oh, no." 00:13:04.217 --> 00:13:05.551 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% And I'm like, "Why not?" 00:13:05.551 --> 00:13:09.689 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He tells me, "I'm just afraid I might become too successful." 00:13:09.689 --> 00:13:11.557 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And it's like, "My brother in Christ, you're in 00:13:11.557 --> 00:13:12.925 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% your mid-twenties. 00:13:12.925 --> 00:13:14.260 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% You live with your parents. 00:13:14.260 --> 00:13:17.130 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You're on the Cricket family plan, and you're afraid you're 00:13:17.130 --> 00:13:18.765 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% gonna become too successful?" 00:13:18.765 --> 00:13:21.134 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And so I think we have to be careful to not--to solve for 00:13:21.134 --> 00:13:24.804 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% problems of how may someone perceive me, or what if I become 00:13:24.804 --> 00:13:27.607 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% too successful, or if I start going to the gym and I get too 00:13:27.607 --> 00:13:29.275 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% jacked and I become a sex icon. 00:13:29.275 --> 00:13:31.377 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And it's like, hold on, there's a spectrum. 00:13:31.377 --> 00:13:32.712 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Randy: That's my concern. 00:13:32.712 --> 00:13:35.181 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Ruslan: Yeah, I've had people tell me this before, right? 00:13:35.181 --> 00:13:37.016 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Or women don't wanna go to the gym because they'll get 00:13:37.016 --> 00:13:38.384 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% "too bulky." 00:13:38.384 --> 00:13:40.219 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And it's like, there's a spectrum between where we are 00:13:40.219 --> 00:13:42.622 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% right now and becoming too successful. 00:13:42.622 --> 00:13:45.792 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And the reality is, in this climate, people need to learn 00:13:45.792 --> 00:13:49.228 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% how to work hard, how to be faithful, and how to make the 00:13:49.228 --> 00:13:51.330 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% most of the things that they've been entrusted with. 00:13:51.330 --> 00:13:54.400 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so whether or not someone perceives you a certain way is 00:13:54.400 --> 00:13:55.802 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% really none of your business. 00:13:55.802 --> 00:13:57.970 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% If you are being faithful to what's in front of you and 00:13:57.970 --> 00:13:59.706 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you're not doing it at the expense of your health or your 00:13:59.706 --> 00:14:02.608 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% faith or your family, then I think that's a beautiful thing. 00:14:02.608 --> 00:14:03.943 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% And seasons are different. 00:14:03.943 --> 00:14:06.879 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Again, if you have little children, it's a very different 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:08.948 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% time in terms of how you're gonna pursue certain things 00:14:08.948 --> 00:14:10.850 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% versus if you're young and you're single. 00:14:10.850 --> 00:14:14.420 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But there's this zapping of the youth that's happened, where the 00:14:14.420 --> 00:14:17.223 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% times they should be focusing and developing themselves, they 00:14:17.223 --> 00:14:21.394 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% wanna "experience the college thing," or worse, they wanna be 00:14:21.394 --> 00:14:23.563 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% mad at the world and be a victim. 00:14:23.563 --> 00:14:26.466 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it's like, man, those are those formative 18 to 25 years. 00:14:26.466 --> 00:14:29.102 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You need to be establishing yourself, developing yourself, 00:14:29.102 --> 00:14:31.003 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% having some useful skills. 00:14:31.003 --> 00:14:34.240 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, the interesting thing, though, and this crosses 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:40.146 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% every age, but when you talk about our purpose staying the 00:14:40.146 --> 00:14:45.885 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% same, to know God and make him known, but our assignment, it 00:14:45.885 --> 00:14:48.488 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% changes, right? 00:14:48.488 --> 00:14:51.491 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We oftentimes try to get out of the assignment because we'll go, 00:14:51.491 --> 00:14:53.693 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% "Well, that's not where God wants me to be." 00:14:53.693 --> 00:14:56.129 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And maybe it's not, and I'm not saying that it's never the case. 00:14:56.129 --> 00:15:00.533 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But what can we learn by embracing whatever assignment 00:15:00.533 --> 00:15:01.868 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% we have? 00:15:01.868 --> 00:15:05.404 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% If it's the low-paying job that no one notices, and going, "God, 00:15:05.404 --> 00:15:07.373 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% where are you in this?" 00:15:07.373 --> 00:15:10.777 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Ruslan: Yeah, well, the proverb says, "Humility precedes honor." 00:15:10.777 --> 00:15:14.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so I think Jesus exemplifies that in being willing to wash 00:15:14.514 --> 00:15:18.351 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% his disciples' feet at the Last Supper, as he's telling them 00:15:18.351 --> 00:15:21.254 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% he's gonna go to the cross, and in stating communion, but he 00:15:21.254 --> 00:15:23.790 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% washes their feet, and then he says wash each other's feet. 00:15:23.790 --> 00:15:28.194 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so the pathway to promotion is through humility. 00:15:28.194 --> 00:15:32.131 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% A lot of what I did is spent 20 years serving in a local church, 00:15:32.131 --> 00:15:34.400 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% leading small groups, teaching the junior high, all the things 00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:35.735 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% no one wanted to do. 00:15:35.735 --> 00:15:39.772 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I did those things, and then by the time I got on YouTube, I had 00:15:39.772 --> 00:15:43.109 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% done the thing privately for decades that when I finally had 00:15:43.109 --> 00:15:46.412 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% an opportunity to speak, it was like, "Oh, we like you, we're 00:15:46.412 --> 00:15:47.747 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% gravitating towards you." 00:15:47.747 --> 00:15:50.449 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it's not because I'm more gifted, per se, it's because of 00:15:50.449 --> 00:15:53.986 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% repetition and privately serving for decades in areas that people 00:15:53.986 --> 00:15:55.354 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% didn't want to serve. 00:15:55.354 --> 00:15:56.689 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: You were faithful in the little things. 00:15:56.689 --> 00:15:58.024 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Ruslan: In the little things. 00:15:58.024 --> 00:15:59.759 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: And God says he's ready for the faithful in the lot, and 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:01.093 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I think people need to hear that. 00:16:01.093 --> 00:16:02.428 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Yeah, it's critical. 00:16:02.428 --> 00:16:05.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: I also wanna talk about, because in the book it talks 00:16:05.198 --> 00:16:08.234 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% about being able to fulfill all that God has for you and 00:16:08.234 --> 00:16:09.902 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% thinking that you can do it alone. 00:16:09.902 --> 00:16:15.775 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% How important is community and having people walk alongside you 00:16:15.775 --> 00:16:17.643 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% to help you fulfill that calling and purpose? 00:16:17.643 --> 00:16:19.011 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Ruslan: Oh, it is so important. 00:16:19.011 --> 00:16:22.381 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I have a whole chapter in there on the local church, and I love 00:16:22.381 --> 00:16:25.785 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% talking to churches where you have young people and you have 00:16:25.785 --> 00:16:28.955 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% middle-aged people and you have, I call them mature people, and 00:16:28.955 --> 00:16:30.523 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% we have everyone together. 00:16:30.523 --> 00:16:32.158 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Blynda: We fit into that. That's us. 00:16:32.158 --> 00:16:33.659 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Randy: He's looking more at you than me. 00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:35.695 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Ruslan: I think it's so essential because what happens 00:16:35.695 --> 00:16:38.731 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% is there are areas in your life, for example, that you have 00:16:38.731 --> 00:16:43.169 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% solved for, that you have a tacit knowledge. 00:16:43.169 --> 00:16:45.471 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That's not just I'm giving you advice on abstract ideas. 00:16:45.471 --> 00:16:47.273 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% No, no, you have tacit knowledge, and you have young 00:16:47.273 --> 00:16:49.809 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% people, probably within your proximity, probably within your 00:16:49.809 --> 00:16:52.411 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% local church, that are going through the very things that you 00:16:52.411 --> 00:16:55.982 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% guys solved for decades ago, and they don't know how to navigate 00:16:55.982 --> 00:16:57.316 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% this stuff. 00:16:57.316 --> 00:17:00.186 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so when you start doing a life-on-life multigenerational, 00:17:00.186 --> 00:17:02.855 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% "Hey, we're gonna build bigger tables, we're gonna open up our 00:17:02.855 --> 00:17:06.325 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% homes, we're gonna have small group at our house," I think 00:17:06.325 --> 00:17:07.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% that that is where it all happens. 00:17:07.793 --> 00:17:10.396 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And oftentimes this stuff is more caught than taught. 00:17:10.396 --> 00:17:14.267 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: Yeah, and always prayer in all of that we do. 00:17:14.267 --> 00:17:17.570 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I know you've made prayer a part of your life. 00:17:17.570 --> 00:17:19.939 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I think we, especially in the church, kind of get a little bit 00:17:19.939 --> 00:17:21.407 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% used to it. 00:17:21.407 --> 00:17:25.044 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I think we can sometimes undervalue the power of prayer, 00:17:25.044 --> 00:17:27.813 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% but man, it's critical and it's real. 00:17:27.813 --> 00:17:29.749 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Ruslan: Yeah, yeah, I talk about prayer journaling in the book. 00:17:29.749 --> 00:17:31.884 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I have a whole chapter on prayer, especially like ambition 00:17:31.884 --> 00:17:33.653 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% with prayer and how does this all work together. 00:17:33.653 --> 00:17:36.155 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And you know, in the Old Testament you keep seeing God 00:17:36.155 --> 00:17:38.724 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% having to remind the children of Israel, you know, the 00:17:38.724 --> 00:17:40.693 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Israelites, "I am the God that did this for you. 00:17:40.693 --> 00:17:42.028 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% I am the God." 00:17:42.028 --> 00:17:44.230 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so, what I think could be valuable for many people is, 00:17:44.230 --> 00:17:46.966 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% hey, try journaling your prayers, because what it does is 00:17:46.966 --> 00:17:48.868 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% it stores it in a different part of your brain when you write 00:17:48.868 --> 00:17:52.338 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% something down, and it reminds you that God is actually 00:17:52.338 --> 00:17:53.706 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% answering your prayers. 00:17:53.706 --> 00:17:56.142 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You're just too busy moving around and doing stuff, and 00:17:56.142 --> 00:17:57.877 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% you're not remembering the things you're praying for that 00:17:57.877 --> 00:17:59.578 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% he's actually answering. 00:17:59.578 --> 00:18:01.113 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Randy: Good. Oh, man, this is so good. 00:18:01.113 --> 00:18:02.448 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Blynda: It's so good. 00:18:02.448 --> 00:18:04.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: It's very practical. Blynda: It's very practical. 00:18:04.083 --> 00:18:08.554 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% It's such good just life--like, very basic. 00:18:08.554 --> 00:18:12.358 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It seems basic, yet I struggle with so much of understanding 00:18:12.358 --> 00:18:14.193 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% how to actually walk it out. 00:18:14.193 --> 00:18:16.228 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% And so thank you for that. 00:18:16.228 --> 00:18:19.565 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But you know what I also appreciate, Randy, is just when 00:18:19.565 --> 00:18:24.203 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% he talked about prayer and asking God to show how we can be 00:18:24.203 --> 00:18:27.740 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% a part of the bigger thing, I think. 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:29.675 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: Well, yeah, our purpose, right? 00:18:29.675 --> 00:18:31.210 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% To know God and to make him known. 00:18:31.210 --> 00:18:33.045 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And there are ways that we can make him known. 00:18:33.045 --> 00:18:36.248 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% In fact, I'd love to put this book in your hands today, 00:18:36.248 --> 00:18:37.616 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% "Godly Ambition." 00:18:37.616 --> 00:18:40.786 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You would benefit from it, but I bet you know someone who would 00:18:40.786 --> 00:18:43.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% also--I'm thinking of my sons, frankly, because they're young 00:18:43.723 --> 00:18:45.825 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% men, you know, they're ambitious, and you wanna lead 00:18:45.825 --> 00:18:47.159 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% them in the right direction. 00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:50.396 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% But, look, there is an opportunity that Blynda's 00:18:50.396 --> 00:18:55.501 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% alluding to right now where we can make God known not just in 00:18:55.501 --> 00:18:57.937 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% word but in deed. 00:18:57.937 --> 00:19:00.473 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And I'm telling you it's a beautiful thing, it's a 00:19:00.473 --> 00:19:01.807 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% beautiful outreach. 00:19:01.807 --> 00:19:04.977 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We call it Mission Feeding, and I'd like to show you what we do, 00:19:04.977 --> 00:19:07.813 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% and those of you who have been a part of it, invite you back 00:19:07.813 --> 00:19:09.148 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% into it. 00:19:09.148 --> 00:19:11.650 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And if this is new to you, take a look and see how we can come 00:19:11.650 --> 00:19:16.088 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% together as community, and we can really make a difference, 00:19:16.088 --> 00:19:19.759 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% not just in someone's life but to save someone's life. 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:21.394 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Watch this. 00:19:21.394 --> 00:19:24.530 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% Peter Pretorius: You see the thinness of his hair. 00:19:24.530 --> 00:19:28.567 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% You know, the Bible says it's with the measure that you give. 00:19:28.567 --> 00:19:32.004 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% James Robison: To me, the reward is seeing the lives saved, 00:19:32.004 --> 00:19:35.074 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% seeing people learn about the love of God. 00:19:35.074 --> 00:19:38.677 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% announcer: In the late 1980s, Peter and Anne Pretorius met 00:19:38.677 --> 00:19:42.615 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% James and Betty Robison of Life Outreach International, sparking 00:19:42.615 --> 00:19:46.452 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% a lifelong partnership that started with feeding 5,000 00:19:46.452 --> 00:19:50.423 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% starving children in war-torn Mozambique, to what is now 00:19:50.423 --> 00:19:54.493 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% 350,000 children a day in several countries on the 00:19:54.493 --> 00:19:57.563 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% continent of Africa. 00:19:57.563 --> 00:20:00.800 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% Today, the sons of Peter Pretorius and James Robison 00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:05.137 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% continue this legacy, saving lives through Mission Feeding 00:20:05.137 --> 00:20:07.106 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% and the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:20:07.106 --> 00:20:09.442 align:start line:79% position:48% size:43% Isak Pretorius: Hallelujah, amen. 00:20:09.442 --> 00:20:13.512 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% Randy: This, to me, is the model I wish everyone would adopt, and 00:20:13.512 --> 00:20:17.416 align:start line:53% position:50% size:75% of course the gospel being an essential part of it, but this 00:20:17.416 --> 00:20:22.154 align:start line:85% position:50% size:70% is salvation in every level. 00:20:22.154 --> 00:20:28.427 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% All of this started decades ago with your father, my father, 00:20:28.427 --> 00:20:34.333 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% seeing a need, and out of it countless lives have been saved. 00:20:34.333 --> 00:20:39.772 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Through the generations, Isak, I want us to expand, to continue, 00:20:39.772 --> 00:20:42.641 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% save even more lives, reach even more people with the gospel. 00:20:42.641 --> 00:20:44.877 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% Will you stand with me if I stand with you? 00:20:44.877 --> 00:20:46.645 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% Isak: If you will stand with us, we are here. 00:20:46.645 --> 00:20:47.980 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% We're gonna do this. 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:51.884 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Our commitment is there to not just continue the work, but to 00:20:51.884 --> 00:20:55.754 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% do the work on a broader scale, on a deeper scale. 00:20:55.754 --> 00:20:57.490 align:start line:79% position:50% size:45% Randy: They need it, they're dying. 00:20:57.490 --> 00:21:00.159 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Isak: Let's dream together of the day where we're not just 00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:03.195 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% saving lives, where we actually don't even have to do that 00:21:03.195 --> 00:21:05.865 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% anymore, because we've had the level of impact that we need to 00:21:05.865 --> 00:21:07.700 align:start line:85% position:47% size:58% have in our generation. 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:10.002 align:start line:79% position:47% size:53% Randy: We're standing with each other. 00:21:10.002 --> 00:21:13.105 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% Will you stand with us as we stand for these children? 00:21:13.105 --> 00:21:18.577 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:21:18.577 --> 00:21:21.413 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% Randy: You know, for so many years now we have made an 00:21:21.413 --> 00:21:25.284 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% impact, and we have saved lives, and we have changed lives. 00:21:25.284 --> 00:21:30.689 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% We have changed communities, countries even, and it's a huge 00:21:30.689 --> 00:21:34.126 align:start line:79% position:48% size:43% thing, but wow, it's a big thing. 00:21:34.126 --> 00:21:36.629 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% It's an honor to be a part of this kind of thing, but it's 00:21:36.629 --> 00:21:39.965 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% only happened really for one reason and that's you, the 00:21:39.965 --> 00:21:41.901 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% viewer, have been a part of it. 00:21:41.901 --> 00:21:43.636 align:start line:85% position:46% size:68% And I've seen it for years. 00:21:43.636 --> 00:21:45.104 align:start line:79% position:50% size:45% What do you think when you see that? 00:21:45.104 --> 00:21:47.173 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% You're making--I know you're kind of watching my dad through 00:21:47.173 --> 00:21:48.641 align:start line:85% position:50% size:41% the generations. 00:21:48.641 --> 00:21:50.910 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Blynda: I love seeing the generations, but what it tells 00:21:50.910 --> 00:21:55.214 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% me is there's never a point where all the food is there and 00:21:55.214 --> 00:21:57.082 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% now we can stop the work. 00:21:57.082 --> 00:22:01.187 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% It never stops, because there's new generations being born and 00:22:01.187 --> 00:22:02.555 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% they all have the same needs. 00:22:02.555 --> 00:22:08.260 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% So even though we can celebrate the decades that your dad and 00:22:08.260 --> 00:22:12.031 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% your mom have been able to do this, it has to continue. 00:22:12.031 --> 00:22:15.434 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% We have to all continue banding together to do it for the work 00:22:15.434 --> 00:22:16.802 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% to continue. 00:22:16.802 --> 00:22:19.071 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yes, absolutely, and you know, also there's seasonal 00:22:19.071 --> 00:22:20.439 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% things in there. 00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:25.010 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% There are failed crops in areas, and that's not always the same. 00:22:25.010 --> 00:22:28.347 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% There's drought, or sometimes a flood will come in and destroy 00:22:28.347 --> 00:22:29.915 align:start line:63% position:48% size:18% a crop. 00:22:29.915 --> 00:22:35.321 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% So the situation--the situations vary, and that's why when we say 00:22:35.321 --> 00:22:39.725 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% that we feed an average of 350,000 children every single 00:22:39.725 --> 00:22:43.329 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% day, only because of you, the viewer, who supports Mission 00:22:43.329 --> 00:22:47.233 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Feeding, the numbers are a little fluid because we'll have 00:22:47.233 --> 00:22:50.402 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% success, and we'll be able to to move from an area that's been 00:22:50.402 --> 00:22:52.571 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% stabilized and we do. 00:22:52.571 --> 00:22:54.473 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Our goal is stability. 00:22:54.473 --> 00:22:56.609 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% And then we'll go to another place where there's a more 00:22:56.609 --> 00:22:57.943 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% urgent need. 00:22:57.943 --> 00:23:02.748 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And because, as Isak said there, they're on the ground, and 00:23:02.748 --> 00:23:07.519 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% because we've been doing it for so long, we are able to go out 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:12.224 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% quickly to the areas of need if we have all the supplies that we 00:23:12.224 --> 00:23:17.062 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% need, if we have all the funds that we need to continue the 00:23:17.062 --> 00:23:19.598 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Mission Feeding into these emergency areas. 00:23:19.598 --> 00:23:20.933 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And don't forget the clinics. 00:23:20.933 --> 00:23:23.269 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% The clinics are so critical. 00:23:23.269 --> 00:23:27.940 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Unfortunately, when people don't have food and their children get 00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:31.043 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% to a critical point, they have to come into a clinic. 00:23:31.043 --> 00:23:33.946 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% We want the clinics to be stocked. 00:23:33.946 --> 00:23:38.083 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% We want the staff to be there and ready and available. 00:23:38.083 --> 00:23:42.254 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% And again, you have saved so many lives as you have supported 00:23:42.254 --> 00:23:44.590 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mission Feeding over the years. 00:23:44.590 --> 00:23:45.958 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% Let's not stop. 00:23:45.958 --> 00:23:50.562 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I would love to see it expand as the needs expand, but right now 00:23:50.562 --> 00:23:53.332 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% we're coming to you saying, look, we need to continue. 00:23:53.332 --> 00:23:55.701 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% We need to stock the clinics. 00:23:55.701 --> 00:23:58.337 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% We need to put the food onto the trucks. 00:23:58.337 --> 00:24:01.473 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% We need to get the food into the bowls, into the schools, into 00:24:01.473 --> 00:24:04.743 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% the villages, so these children can eat, they can have a hope 00:24:04.743 --> 00:24:06.078 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% and a future. 00:24:06.078 --> 00:24:07.579 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Here's how we do it. 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:13.886 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Your gift of $30, $50, $100, it will help feed 3, 5, 10 children 00:24:13.886 --> 00:24:15.821 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% for the next several months. 00:24:15.821 --> 00:24:19.325 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Some of you could give more, for example, $1,000 would help feed 00:24:19.325 --> 00:24:22.528 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% 100 children, $2,000, 200 children. 00:24:22.528 --> 00:24:24.963 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% You can see the math. 00:24:24.963 --> 00:24:28.367 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% The need is great, but the solution is right in front of 00:24:28.367 --> 00:24:31.670 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% us, because the solution is you. 00:24:31.670 --> 00:24:33.505 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Will you go online? 00:24:33.505 --> 00:24:35.641 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Will you pick up that phone? 00:24:35.641 --> 00:24:38.043 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% Will you make the best gift you can? 00:24:38.043 --> 00:24:40.979 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% I can promise you we will do our part. 00:24:40.979 --> 00:24:43.682 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% The people on the ground, the missionaries there will do 00:24:43.682 --> 00:24:45.617 align:start line:63% position:48% size:28% their part. 00:24:45.617 --> 00:24:47.419 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% We need to come together. 00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.754 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Let's save lives. 00:24:48.754 --> 00:24:50.222 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Let's give them a hope. 00:24:50.222 --> 00:24:51.890 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Let's give them a future. 00:24:51.890 --> 00:24:55.194 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Let's tell them about the love of God, and let's show it 00:24:55.194 --> 00:24:57.596 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% to them. 00:24:57.596 --> 00:25:00.566 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Right now across the continent of Africa, children 00:25:00.566 --> 00:25:04.803 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% are suffering, facing severe malnutrition and even death. 00:25:04.803 --> 00:25:07.973 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With food reserves critically depleted and many areas 00:25:07.973 --> 00:25:12.244 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% experiencing devastating famine, we urgently need to replenish 00:25:12.244 --> 00:25:16.248 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% supplies to keep feeding the 350,000 children who are 00:25:16.248 --> 00:25:18.584 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% counting on us every single day. 00:25:18.584 --> 00:25:22.287 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Life's Mission Feeding outreach, your gift of love can 00:25:22.287 --> 00:25:25.824 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% be an answer to a prayer for a hurting and hungry child in 00:25:25.824 --> 00:25:27.359 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% their time of need. 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:32.765 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Call now with your life-saving gift of $30, $50, or $100 to 00:25:32.765 --> 00:25:38.704 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% help feed and care for 3, 5, or 10 children for 3 full months. 00:25:38.704 --> 00:25:42.274 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With your gift, we'll send you "The Father's Heart" devotional. 00:25:42.274 --> 00:25:46.211 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Drawing from Scripture and his past, James Robison takes you on 00:25:46.211 --> 00:25:49.915 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% a 90-day journey to help you experience a deeper, more 00:25:49.915 --> 00:25:53.452 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% personal relationship with God as your loving Father. 00:25:53.452 --> 00:25:57.389 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you will receive the "Father's 00:25:57.389 --> 00:25:58.724 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% Heart" bundle. 00:25:58.724 --> 00:26:02.127 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This stationery set paired with the devotional is a thoughtfully 00:26:02.127 --> 00:26:05.631 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% designed collection created to help you share encouragement, 00:26:05.631 --> 00:26:09.134 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% prayer, and the love of our Heavenly Father with those you 00:26:09.134 --> 00:26:10.469 align:start line:10% position:48% size:28% care about. 00:26:10.469 --> 00:26:14.339 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, with your gift of $1,000 or more, which will help 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:18.911 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% feed 100 children in desperate need, request Life's beautiful 00:26:18.911 --> 00:26:21.447 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% bronze sculpture, "The Good Shepherd." 00:26:21.447 --> 00:26:27.786 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% So please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:27.786 --> 00:26:30.355 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% Randy: I really do hope you'll join us. 00:26:30.355 --> 00:26:34.960 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This is our heart to meet the needs of other people, my heart, 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.328 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% my parents' hearts. 00:26:36.328 --> 00:26:37.663 align:start line:10% position:50% size:41% I mean, come on. 00:26:37.663 --> 00:26:39.698 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Together, go online, go to the phone, make the best gift 00:26:39.698 --> 00:26:41.066 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% you can. 00:26:41.066 --> 00:26:43.735 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% We can really impact people with the love of God. 00:26:43.735 --> 00:26:45.137 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% We need you to do it. 00:26:45.137 --> 00:26:48.574 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Today, if you request Ruslan KD's book "Godly Ambition," 00:26:48.574 --> 00:26:50.075 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% we'd love to send it to you. 00:26:50.075 --> 00:26:52.444 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% I know it'll bless people. He's blessed us today. 00:26:52.444 --> 00:26:53.846 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Blynda: Such a blessing. 00:26:53.846 --> 00:26:56.548 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Where can someone find you if they want to watch more of what 00:26:56.548 --> 00:26:58.016 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% you're doing? 00:26:58.016 --> 00:27:02.287 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Ruslan: Yeah, ruslankd.com is the easiest place to go that has 00:27:02.287 --> 00:27:04.623 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% some of our website stuff, and then if they just search my name 00:27:04.623 --> 00:27:09.695 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% on any platform, Ruslan, R-U-S-L-A-N, KD, it'll pop right 00:27:09.695 --> 00:27:11.029 align:start line:63% position:50% size:16% on up. 00:27:11.029 --> 00:27:13.198 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: Great conversations with a lot of different people. 00:27:13.198 --> 00:27:16.168 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% You're on tour, yeah, so the music's all there, too, man. 00:27:16.168 --> 00:27:17.636 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% It's been fun. 00:27:17.636 --> 00:27:18.971 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% I appreciate you taking time to hang out with us. 00:27:18.971 --> 00:27:20.339 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Ruslan: Yeah, thank you guys so much for having me. 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.807 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% Randy: We appreciate all you guys out there watching. 00:27:21.807 --> 00:27:24.510 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Come back, we've got more for you here on "Life Today." 00:27:24.510 --> 00:27:34.520 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:34.520 --> 00:27:44.530 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:44.530 --> 00:27:49.167 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:49.167 --> 00:27:52.871 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% ♪ Oh, you can't hear me cry ♪ 00:27:52.871 --> 00:27:56.575 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% ♪ See my dreams all die ♪ 00:27:56.575 --> 00:28:00.512 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% ♪ From where you're standing ♪ 00:28:02.748 --> 00:28:05.484 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Ruth Chou Simons: What causes us to struggle in our dependency, 00:28:05.484 --> 00:28:09.054 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% struggle in trusting the Lord, is that we don't have a higher 00:28:09.054 --> 00:28:10.422 align:start line:10% position:50% size:31% view of God. 00:28:10.422 --> 00:28:12.558 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% announcer: Tomorrow. 00:28:12.558 --> 00:28:14.893 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: "Life Today" is made possible by the supporters of 00:28:14.893 --> 00:28:16.228 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:28:16.228 --> 00:28:18.330 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt 00:28:18.330 --> 00:28:19.665 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% purposes of Life. 00:28:19.665 --> 00:28:22.100 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The ministry features specific outreaches as examples of the 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.602 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% programs it supports and conducts. 00:28:23.602 --> 00:28:25.737 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Gifts are considered to be without restriction as to use 00:28:25.737 --> 00:28:27.472 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% unless explicitly stipulated by the donor. 00:28:27.472 --> 00:28:29.474 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% The ministry is a member of the ECFA.