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. 00:00:06.874 --> 00:00:10.377 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% announcer: Coming up, film and TV actress Jen Lilley. 00:00:10.377 --> 00:00:13.046 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jen Lilley: Jesus says, "Many will come to me in that day, and 00:00:13.046 --> 00:00:16.483 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% they will say, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? 00:00:16.483 --> 00:00:19.286 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Did we not do many mighty works in your name?'" 00:00:19.286 --> 00:00:22.422 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And he says, "And I will look at them, and I will say, 'Depart 00:00:22.422 --> 00:00:24.491 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% from me, you workers of lawlessness. 00:00:24.491 --> 00:00:26.393 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% I never knew you.'" 00:00:26.393 --> 00:00:30.631 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Obviously they had some walk of faith, but somewhere along the 00:00:30.631 --> 00:00:34.201 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% line, they got so caught up in the power in the name of Jesus 00:00:34.201 --> 00:00:36.203 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% that they missed him. 00:00:36.203 --> 00:00:46.213 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.213 --> 00:00:53.720 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.720 --> 00:00:55.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today." 00:00:55.055 --> 00:00:57.391 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I'm Randy Robison. This is Blynda Lane. 00:00:57.391 --> 00:00:59.559 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda Lane: Hello, Randy, I'm kind of laughing because 00:00:59.559 --> 00:01:02.162 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% I'm thinking about when I have-- 00:01:02.162 --> 00:01:04.531 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Todd, my husband, when I tell him I'm gonna watch a 00:01:04.531 --> 00:01:08.302 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Hallmark movie, he says, "You go do that." 00:01:08.302 --> 00:01:11.672 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And in some way I feel like, because we have Jen Lilley with 00:01:11.672 --> 00:01:15.342 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% us from Hallmark, I do feel like it's like, "Randy, you can come 00:01:15.342 --> 00:01:17.110 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% along in this conversation." 00:01:17.110 --> 00:01:18.445 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Jen: Yeah, you're invited. 00:01:18.445 --> 00:01:19.813 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Blynda: You're invited. 00:01:19.813 --> 00:01:21.381 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% But also, we might talk about some Hallmark things. 00:01:21.381 --> 00:01:23.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% No, we're not gonna talk about that too much. 00:01:23.083 --> 00:01:24.418 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Not too much. 00:01:24.418 --> 00:01:25.752 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Jen: We'll talk about better than Hallmark, Jesus. 00:01:25.752 --> 00:01:27.421 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Blynda: I'm so glad that you're here today. 00:01:27.421 --> 00:01:29.423 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% When I found out you were coming, I'm like, "This is gonna 00:01:29.423 --> 00:01:33.593 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% be so fun," because not only are we gonna connect about just your 00:01:33.593 --> 00:01:36.797 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% fun life, you have an amazing devotional that you've released 00:01:36.797 --> 00:01:38.131 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% called "Wake Up Your Faith." 00:01:38.131 --> 00:01:39.499 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Jen: Thank you. 00:01:39.499 --> 00:01:42.970 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Tell me, how did you even come up with wanting to 00:01:42.970 --> 00:01:45.706 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% give the message that we need to wake up our faith? 00:01:45.706 --> 00:01:49.176 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jen: Sure, well, it's a funny story because BroadStreet, my 00:01:49.176 --> 00:01:52.846 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% publishers, they're amazing, and Suzanne Niles, I met her at the 00:01:52.846 --> 00:01:54.915 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Movie Guide Awards, which is kind of like the Christian 00:01:54.915 --> 00:01:56.249 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Oscars, I guess. 00:01:56.249 --> 00:02:01.321 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And she said she saw me and the Holy Spirit said, "Book," and so 00:02:01.321 --> 00:02:02.756 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% she beelined it to me. 00:02:02.756 --> 00:02:05.859 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And Suzanne is one of those people, I hope I grow up to be 00:02:05.859 --> 00:02:07.194 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% like her. 00:02:07.194 --> 00:02:10.664 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% She's so filled with the Holy Spirit and she's also beautiful 00:02:10.664 --> 00:02:13.633 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that it's almost like, I imagine this is what Moses's face must 00:02:13.633 --> 00:02:15.002 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% have looked like. 00:02:15.002 --> 00:02:16.336 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Like, she glows. 00:02:16.336 --> 00:02:17.704 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Like, you can feel the Holy Spirit on her. 00:02:17.704 --> 00:02:19.806 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But she was like, "You know, I work for BroadStreet Publishing 00:02:19.806 --> 00:02:21.742 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and I think that you're supposed to write a devotional. 00:02:21.742 --> 00:02:24.711 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The Holy Spirit told me that," and I'm thinking, "Well, I hear 00:02:24.711 --> 00:02:27.781 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% a lot from the Holy Spirit and I don't think so," but I just kind 00:02:27.781 --> 00:02:30.784 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% of smiled and nodded and thought, you know, "I don't know 00:02:30.784 --> 00:02:32.986 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% who you think I am that I should be writing a devotional." 00:02:32.986 --> 00:02:37.424 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I prayed about it, and right before I was going into the 00:02:37.424 --> 00:02:41.294 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% meeting with BroadStreet, fully planning on saying no, I did 00:02:41.294 --> 00:02:43.964 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% some research and I was like, "Oh, they've published books 00:02:43.964 --> 00:02:46.500 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% with John Bevere, who I love, and Heidi Baker, who I love. 00:02:46.500 --> 00:02:48.769 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So I guess they like the Holy Spirit, because I love the 00:02:48.769 --> 00:02:50.137 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Holy Spirit." 00:02:50.137 --> 00:02:52.839 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I get on the Zoom meeting and I said, "Hey, guys. 00:02:52.839 --> 00:02:56.977 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Gosh, I don't know where to go here because I was fully 00:02:56.977 --> 00:03:00.981 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% prepared to say to you, 'I don't like devotionals. 00:03:00.981 --> 00:03:02.315 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I don't read devotionals. 00:03:02.315 --> 00:03:05.886 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Frankly, I think devotionals are often a crutch for people not 00:03:05.886 --> 00:03:08.655 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% reading the Word of God, and I do not want any part of that, 00:03:08.655 --> 00:03:12.259 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% because I can't do more for you than the Word of God. 00:03:12.259 --> 00:03:15.162 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And lastly, I will not not talk about the Holy Spirit, because 00:03:15.162 --> 00:03:16.530 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% he's my best friend.'" 00:03:16.530 --> 00:03:17.864 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% And BroadStreet was so wonderful. 00:03:17.864 --> 00:03:20.700 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% They said--well, they started laughing and they said, "Well, 00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:22.702 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% that's why we think you should write a devotional." 00:03:22.702 --> 00:03:24.604 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And so I said, "Well, tell me how it works." 00:03:24.604 --> 00:03:26.973 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I fasted and prayed about it three more days. 00:03:26.973 --> 00:03:30.477 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And in that time I was like, "Well, Holy Spirit, like, what 00:03:30.477 --> 00:03:32.079 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% do you--like, what am I supposed to say? 00:03:32.079 --> 00:03:33.447 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% What do you want me to write about? 00:03:33.447 --> 00:03:34.781 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% I don't even read devotionals. 00:03:34.781 --> 00:03:36.116 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% I don't know how to do this." 00:03:36.116 --> 00:03:39.719 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so he really brought me into the passion of wanting to wake 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.855 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% up his bride. 00:03:41.855 --> 00:03:47.694 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I mean, my favorite verse in the whole Bible, and I will laugh if 00:03:47.694 --> 00:03:49.996 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% anyone ever says it's their same passage, it's not one you're 00:03:49.996 --> 00:03:55.168 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% gonna ever see on a pillow or a poster, is Matthew 7:21-23, 00:03:55.168 --> 00:03:57.504 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% technically 22 through 23. 00:03:57.504 --> 00:04:01.975 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It's the Judgment Day, and it says, Jesus says, "Many will 00:04:01.975 --> 00:04:05.679 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% come to me in that day, and they will say, 'Lord, Lord, do we not 00:04:05.679 --> 00:04:07.180 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% prophesy in your name? 00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:08.748 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Do we not heal the sick in your name? 00:04:08.748 --> 00:04:11.551 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Do we not do many mighty works in your name?'" 00:04:11.551 --> 00:04:14.654 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And he says, "And I will look at them, and I will say, 'Depart 00:04:14.654 --> 00:04:16.756 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% from me, you workers of lawlessness. 00:04:16.756 --> 00:04:18.625 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% I never knew you.'" 00:04:18.625 --> 00:04:21.495 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% That verse, the reason I love it so much is because it keeps you 00:04:21.495 --> 00:04:25.499 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% so focused on Jesus, because obviously they had some walk 00:04:25.499 --> 00:04:26.867 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of faith. 00:04:26.867 --> 00:04:30.036 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% They invoked the name of Jesus, which is the highest name above 00:04:30.036 --> 00:04:31.371 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% all names. 00:04:31.371 --> 00:04:32.739 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% It has power. 00:04:32.739 --> 00:04:36.309 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But somewhere along the line, they got so caught up in the 00:04:36.309 --> 00:04:39.179 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% power in the name of Jesus that they missed him. 00:04:39.179 --> 00:04:41.648 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that's why I think in 1 Corinthians, you know, the love 00:04:41.648 --> 00:04:44.084 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% chapter, we've heard it at every single wedding, whether they're 00:04:44.084 --> 00:04:46.453 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% a believer or not, it seems that people know that, you 00:04:46.453 --> 00:04:48.088 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% know, Scripture. 00:04:48.088 --> 00:04:51.324 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But 1 Corinthians 13, it's like, "I can know all things. 00:04:51.324 --> 00:04:55.662 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I can fathom all mysteries," you know, and on and on and on, "but 00:04:55.662 --> 00:04:58.165 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% if I don't have love, I have nothing." 00:04:58.165 --> 00:05:01.935 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so this book is hopefully to wake up people's faith, you 00:05:01.935 --> 00:05:04.771 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% know, I think of it as like Ezekiel in the desert with the 00:05:04.771 --> 00:05:06.139 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% dry bones. 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:09.209 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% It's like, God wants to breathe life back into us. 00:05:09.209 --> 00:05:10.577 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% He wants to revive us. 00:05:10.577 --> 00:05:15.182 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Like, it is time as a church to rise up and be the bride of 00:05:15.182 --> 00:05:17.384 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Christ, know what the Word of God says. 00:05:17.384 --> 00:05:20.086 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Like, ask the Holy Spirit, "What are you saying? 00:05:20.086 --> 00:05:21.421 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% What are you doing, Lord? 00:05:21.421 --> 00:05:22.756 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% How can I be part of it?" 00:05:22.756 --> 00:05:25.859 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like, Jesus is alive and well, and we don't--I just don't want 00:05:25.859 --> 00:05:27.527 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% us to miss the mark. 00:05:27.527 --> 00:05:30.830 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And, you know, all of us have been through dry spells before, 00:05:30.830 --> 00:05:34.167 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% but like, this is a book that I really feel the Holy Spirit 00:05:34.167 --> 00:05:35.502 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% wrote through me. 00:05:35.502 --> 00:05:40.173 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% When I read it, I weep, because I'm like, I don't--I don't have 00:05:40.173 --> 00:05:41.541 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% this knowledge. 00:05:41.541 --> 00:05:43.443 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% This is from the Holy Spirit. 00:05:43.443 --> 00:05:48.181 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it moves my heart, because it is so much Scripture. 00:05:48.181 --> 00:05:51.251 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I mean, it's just--it's like an espresso shot of Scripture. 00:05:51.251 --> 00:05:54.854 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% But I hope that people use it either as an appetizer to 00:05:54.854 --> 00:05:57.557 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% reading the Word of God, I hope it centers them into the Holy 00:05:57.557 --> 00:05:59.893 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Spirit, so that the Holy Spirit can guide them through the Word 00:05:59.893 --> 00:06:04.097 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% of God, or they read it after they read the Bible, for like 00:06:04.097 --> 00:06:05.599 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% a takeaway. 00:06:05.599 --> 00:06:08.268 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Appetizer or dessert, like, that's it. 00:06:08.268 --> 00:06:10.670 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: And I love that you're saying, still stay in the Word 00:06:10.670 --> 00:06:12.239 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% of God, but use this as a help. 00:06:12.239 --> 00:06:14.107 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Jen: Oh my gosh, yes. 00:06:14.107 --> 00:06:16.142 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: So we talked earlier, we kind of joked in the 00:06:16.142 --> 00:06:19.279 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% introduction that you've been on Hallmark movies and you're an 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:23.049 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% actress in Hollywood and you've--this is your profession, 00:06:23.049 --> 00:06:26.920 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% yet some might be surprised, as they're watching, that you have 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:29.656 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% such a profound walk with the Lord. 00:06:29.656 --> 00:06:33.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% What was your journey to be where you are today, and how 00:06:33.226 --> 00:06:35.962 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% does that combine with the profession that you chose? 00:06:35.962 --> 00:06:38.198 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jen: I have a distinct memory of being seven years old, riding my 00:06:38.198 --> 00:06:40.834 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% bike and saying to the Lord in my mind, like, "I don't know if 00:06:40.834 --> 00:06:43.903 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I believe in you," and hearing Holy Spirit say, "That's okay," 00:06:43.903 --> 00:06:45.272 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% because God's like so in control. 00:06:45.272 --> 00:06:47.641 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% It's like I heard it back and just kept going. 00:06:47.641 --> 00:06:50.610 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Two years later, we were awkwardly church shopping, as 00:06:50.610 --> 00:06:52.846 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% many people have done, and we ended up going to this 00:06:52.846 --> 00:06:54.714 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Episcopalian church, and it was called Church of the 00:06:54.714 --> 00:06:56.082 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% Holy Spirit. 00:06:56.082 --> 00:06:57.417 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% It's still there, it's amazing. 00:06:57.417 --> 00:07:00.086 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I remember going in, and it was like, they had live 00:07:00.086 --> 00:07:03.356 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% musicians and they had worship, and I think that it felt very 00:07:03.356 --> 00:07:05.659 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% lively as a nine year old, and I was like, "This is kind 00:07:05.659 --> 00:07:06.993 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of cool." 00:07:06.993 --> 00:07:10.563 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so I loved the worship, and then we got dismissed to Sunday 00:07:10.563 --> 00:07:13.466 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% school, and I think this is so amazing because for parents, and 00:07:13.466 --> 00:07:17.003 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I am one, kids absorb so much more than we realize. 00:07:17.003 --> 00:07:20.073 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% For Sunday schools teachers, like, you're not missing it by 00:07:20.073 --> 00:07:21.474 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% being in the back. 00:07:21.474 --> 00:07:24.511 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I was nine years old, and they told the story of Elijah 00:07:24.511 --> 00:07:26.746 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% and the widow with the oil and the flour. 00:07:26.746 --> 00:07:29.582 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I remember being nine years old, and I had grown up 00:07:29.582 --> 00:07:32.352 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% with religion class every day, you know, I was Catholic. 00:07:32.352 --> 00:07:34.354 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And I was like, "Wait a second, hold the phone." 00:07:34.354 --> 00:07:38.558 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Like, I thought, like, Jesus and his twelve disciples, and then 00:07:38.558 --> 00:07:40.960 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Moses, as like the bookends of the Biblical faith. 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:43.163 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Like, I thought they operated in miracles. 00:07:43.163 --> 00:07:46.333 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Who is this guy in 1 and 2 Kings that suddenly has the Holy 00:07:46.333 --> 00:07:50.170 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Spirit and is like--you know, how is he multiplying food like 00:07:50.170 --> 00:07:51.504 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% the fishes and loaves? 00:07:51.504 --> 00:07:54.541 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So I ended up going home, getting out my First Communion 00:07:54.541 --> 00:07:58.011 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Bible with a yellow Crayola crayon, and I read the entire 00:07:58.011 --> 00:08:00.380 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Bible cover to cover, as a nine year old. 00:08:00.380 --> 00:08:03.850 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I would use the crayon like as my highlighter, you know, to 00:08:03.850 --> 00:08:05.752 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% mark where I had read. 00:08:05.752 --> 00:08:09.756 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So I've been passionate about the Lord since I was nine, but I 00:08:09.756 --> 00:08:11.124 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% mean, I've had struggles. 00:08:11.124 --> 00:08:14.594 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You know, I had an eating disorder for 15 years, even 00:08:14.594 --> 00:08:16.496 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% though I knew Jesus. 00:08:16.496 --> 00:08:19.599 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But when I was in college, I discovered acting, especially 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:22.435 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% acting for film, because I'm stage fright, which is weird, 00:08:22.435 --> 00:08:24.437 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% but I'm not afraid of the camera. 00:08:24.437 --> 00:08:27.006 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I really felt the Holy Spirit call me into acting, so 00:08:27.006 --> 00:08:28.341 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% that's how I got into it. 00:08:28.341 --> 00:08:32.312 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And then being a Christian in Hollywood is really amazing, 00:08:32.312 --> 00:08:37.050 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% because, you know, when other actors, or like aspiring young 00:08:37.050 --> 00:08:38.918 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% actors, especially Christians, are like, "I want to be 00:08:38.918 --> 00:08:40.253 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% an actress. 00:08:40.253 --> 00:08:41.621 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% How do you do it?" 00:08:41.621 --> 00:08:42.956 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% I'm always like, "Hang on. 00:08:42.956 --> 00:08:44.324 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Why do you want to be an actor?" 00:08:44.324 --> 00:08:45.658 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Like, do you wanna be famous? 00:08:45.658 --> 00:08:46.993 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Because if you want to be famous, you're gonna get 00:08:46.993 --> 00:08:48.361 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% eaten alive. 00:08:48.361 --> 00:08:49.696 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Like, this is a dark space. 00:08:49.696 --> 00:08:51.331 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Like, you will get rejected for a living. 00:08:51.331 --> 00:08:54.501 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% You're gonna get no 99.9% of the time. 00:08:54.501 --> 00:08:57.103 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% You're gonna get a personal rejection of, "No, you're not 00:08:57.103 --> 00:08:58.905 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% good enough for this role." 00:08:58.905 --> 00:09:02.509 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So you'd better know whose you are before you go in there. 00:09:02.509 --> 00:09:06.012 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And--but I have a heart for artists and, like, 00:09:06.012 --> 00:09:07.380 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% telling stories. 00:09:07.380 --> 00:09:10.250 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I have a heart for the audience, but I also have a heart, such a 00:09:10.250 --> 00:09:13.520 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% deep heart, for the artists and the actors who have been told, 00:09:13.520 --> 00:09:17.323 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% like, their worth is in storytelling. 00:09:17.323 --> 00:09:22.462 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And they have all this hidden sin, that they think they're too 00:09:22.462 --> 00:09:24.264 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% deep, they're too far gone. 00:09:24.264 --> 00:09:26.833 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% They've been sold a lie that they can never get out. 00:09:26.833 --> 00:09:29.436 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: "The people of lawlessness," that's a reference 00:09:29.436 --> 00:09:33.006 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to the the Jewish people who rejected Christ because they had 00:09:33.006 --> 00:09:35.942 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% the truth of the Old Covenant, right? 00:09:35.942 --> 00:09:40.346 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% They had the promises, but they didn't have the relationship, 00:09:40.346 --> 00:09:43.483 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% because they didn't recognize Christ as the Messiah. 00:09:43.483 --> 00:09:45.852 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% And I think we do that. 00:09:45.852 --> 00:09:50.290 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And again, Catholic, Protestant, or just "spiritual," which you 00:09:50.290 --> 00:09:52.725 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% see a lot of in Hollywood. 00:09:52.725 --> 00:09:55.895 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Was there a moment, or was there a process, maybe, where you 00:09:55.895 --> 00:10:00.333 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% realized, okay, this is not about a church necessarily, or 00:10:00.333 --> 00:10:02.635 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% not about--even about a book. 00:10:02.635 --> 00:10:07.874 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's about a living faith, it's a relationship, through the Holy 00:10:07.874 --> 00:10:10.610 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Spirit with God. 00:10:10.610 --> 00:10:13.813 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Is that like a realization you had, or is that just over time, 00:10:13.813 --> 00:10:16.416 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% sort of a growth? 00:10:16.416 --> 00:10:21.054 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Jen: I always knew that faith was about having a personal 00:10:21.054 --> 00:10:26.292 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% relationship with God, because the Holy Spirit did speak to me 00:10:26.292 --> 00:10:27.794 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% as I read my Bible, you know? 00:10:27.794 --> 00:10:29.729 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it's like, if somebody says like they read the Bible and 00:10:29.729 --> 00:10:31.965 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% they don't understand it, it's like, always learn to pray to 00:10:31.965 --> 00:10:34.200 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the Holy Spirit and say, like, "Would you help me understand 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:35.802 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% what I'm reading here?" 00:10:35.802 --> 00:10:37.136 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Randy: That's what he is, a helper. 00:10:37.136 --> 00:10:38.505 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% "He will lead you into all truth," the Scripture says. 00:10:38.505 --> 00:10:41.207 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jen: And then it's like--so I do think that the Bible, you know, 00:10:41.207 --> 00:10:43.176 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% it's like a--it's the sword, right? 00:10:43.176 --> 00:10:45.345 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I mean, it can cut, it can wound. 00:10:45.345 --> 00:10:46.779 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I mean, and that's what the devil does, right? 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:50.750 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Like, he always tricks us by using Scripture and 00:10:50.750 --> 00:10:52.085 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% masquerading it. 00:10:52.085 --> 00:10:54.721 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Like, when we're believers, he uses Scripture against us. 00:10:54.721 --> 00:10:57.223 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% He did that to Jesus in the desert. 00:10:57.223 --> 00:10:59.325 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% He did it to Peter, you know? 00:10:59.325 --> 00:11:01.528 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Like, "Lord, let it not be so that you would be crucified," 00:11:01.528 --> 00:11:03.029 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% and Jesus turns to him, right? 00:11:03.029 --> 00:11:04.364 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% "Get behind me, Satan." 00:11:04.364 --> 00:11:06.332 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But then Jesus goes on and he says, "For you have set your 00:11:06.332 --> 00:11:09.269 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% mind on the things of man and not on the things of God." 00:11:09.269 --> 00:11:10.904 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Like, we do that as Christians. 00:11:10.904 --> 00:11:15.575 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% So I always knew it was about relationship. 00:11:15.575 --> 00:11:18.845 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But with my, I mean, with getting set free from my eating 00:11:18.845 --> 00:11:24.050 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% disorder, it was a realization that my pastor--gosh, it's 00:11:24.050 --> 00:11:25.418 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% so amazing. 00:11:25.418 --> 00:11:28.087 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% My pastor in LA, Jake Sweetman, he's like, that wasn't 00:11:28.087 --> 00:11:31.724 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% even the message, but you know, when the Word of God hits you, 00:11:31.724 --> 00:11:34.661 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% it rightly divides, and it hits you so deep, no matter what his 00:11:34.661 --> 00:11:36.262 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% message was actually on. 00:11:36.262 --> 00:11:39.566 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He said, "The best definition I can come up with for sin is 00:11:39.566 --> 00:11:42.135 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% trusting in anything more than I trust God." 00:11:42.135 --> 00:11:43.503 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Blynda: Wow, that's good. 00:11:43.503 --> 00:11:44.837 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Jen: Oh, it's so good. 00:11:44.837 --> 00:11:46.205 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% And you know what? 00:11:46.205 --> 00:11:48.575 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Romans 14:23 actually says that, "Anything that is not preceded 00:11:48.575 --> 00:11:50.977 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% by trust is sin." 00:11:50.977 --> 00:11:53.546 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% When you, as a Christian, be--you know, come to the 00:11:53.546 --> 00:11:57.584 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% understanding that anything that you trust more than God is sin, 00:11:57.584 --> 00:12:01.187 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% it's like it opens up the can of worms in your heart for all the 00:12:01.187 --> 00:12:03.790 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% hidden things that, like, you believe these lies. 00:12:03.790 --> 00:12:06.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I believed the lie, that's half-truth, and this is what 00:12:06.426 --> 00:12:08.027 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Satan does to every believer. 00:12:08.027 --> 00:12:09.529 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I believed this lie. 00:12:09.529 --> 00:12:12.231 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% "I got myself into this eating disorder, so I deserve the 00:12:12.231 --> 00:12:13.666 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% consequences of it." 00:12:13.666 --> 00:12:15.001 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% That's true. 00:12:15.001 --> 00:12:16.903 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% I do deserve the consequences of it. 00:12:16.903 --> 00:12:18.738 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% You deserve the consequences of your sin. 00:12:18.738 --> 00:12:20.607 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% You deserve the consequences of my sin. 00:12:20.607 --> 00:12:22.308 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I deserve the consequences of my sin. 00:12:22.308 --> 00:12:26.679 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Like, we deserve death, but Jesus paid our debt. 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.216 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So Satan always comes in shame cycles, and he often uses the 00:12:30.216 --> 00:12:33.252 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Word of God to keep us bound. 00:12:33.252 --> 00:12:35.121 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Randy: And also that, "I got myself in it. 00:12:35.121 --> 00:12:36.489 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% I gotta get myself out of it." 00:12:36.489 --> 00:12:38.825 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Jen: And you think you can get yourself, like, cleaned up, and 00:12:38.825 --> 00:12:40.660 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% it's like, I knew God knew. 00:12:40.660 --> 00:12:43.930 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I'd have believed he would heal everybody except me, because I 00:12:43.930 --> 00:12:45.565 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% deserved it. 00:12:45.565 --> 00:12:46.933 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% So I mean it's like-- 00:12:46.933 --> 00:12:48.701 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: Like your sin was worse than somebody else's. 00:12:48.701 --> 00:12:51.337 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jen: Yeah, because, like, I know better and I know my worth, and 00:12:51.337 --> 00:12:54.574 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% yet I still choose this, and it's just like, it's the 00:12:54.574 --> 00:12:56.075 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% same trick. 00:12:56.075 --> 00:12:58.311 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Addiction is addiction is addiction is addiction. 00:12:58.311 --> 00:13:01.614 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Hidden sin is hidden sin, and why do people not come clean? 00:13:01.614 --> 00:13:03.650 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It's the same thing with Adam and Eve in the garden. 00:13:03.650 --> 00:13:06.786 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% God never came down and condemned them. 00:13:06.786 --> 00:13:09.555 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% He actually said, "Where are you? 00:13:09.555 --> 00:13:11.090 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Why are you hiding?" 00:13:11.090 --> 00:13:13.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He didn't say, "I know what you did," but he knew what they did. 00:13:13.226 --> 00:13:15.428 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% He gave them an opportunity, like, do you wanna-- 00:13:15.428 --> 00:13:16.763 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Blynda: "Who told you you were naked?" 00:13:16.763 --> 00:13:18.131 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Jen: "Who told you you were naked?" 00:13:18.131 --> 00:13:19.832 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% He was giving them an opportunity to say, "Would 00:13:19.832 --> 00:13:21.200 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% you confess? 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:22.535 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Would you come? 00:13:22.535 --> 00:13:23.903 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Would you--let's take a walk in the garden." 00:13:23.903 --> 00:13:26.873 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Who knows what would have happened if they had chosen 00:13:26.873 --> 00:13:30.410 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% faith and trust in their relationship with the Lord? 00:13:30.410 --> 00:13:32.745 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% But instead they chose their shame and fear, and 00:13:32.745 --> 00:13:34.080 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% hid themselves. 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.882 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% And we do that. 00:13:35.882 --> 00:13:39.585 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: Don't you find--I was reading, and I'm gonna say this 00:13:39.585 --> 00:13:42.922 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% quote because I thought it was so good, that so much of why we 00:13:42.922 --> 00:13:45.291 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% do that, though, is because the enemy, I mean, there is a 00:13:45.291 --> 00:13:46.993 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% warfare going on. 00:13:46.993 --> 00:13:48.327 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Jen: Constant warfare. 00:13:48.327 --> 00:13:49.696 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Blynda: Constant. 00:13:49.696 --> 00:13:52.065 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You even say this, "In spiritual warfare, it's not just the big 00:13:52.065 --> 00:13:55.068 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% attacks that we need to watch out for, but the subtle hidden 00:13:55.068 --> 00:13:57.603 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% influences that can infiltrate our lives. 00:13:57.603 --> 00:14:00.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Satan often gains access through seemingly 00:14:00.673 --> 00:14:02.909 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% insignificant compromises." 00:14:02.909 --> 00:14:04.977 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Jen: He also comes with "I" statements. 00:14:04.977 --> 00:14:06.946 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% So we have three voices that speak to us. 00:14:06.946 --> 00:14:08.548 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% We have our own self. 00:14:08.548 --> 00:14:10.016 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% We have the Holy Spirit. 00:14:10.016 --> 00:14:12.251 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And we have, you know, elemental spirits of the world, 00:14:12.251 --> 00:14:13.586 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% the demonic. 00:14:13.586 --> 00:14:14.987 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% And they come in "I" statements. 00:14:14.987 --> 00:14:18.124 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I was going to do deliverance, actually, if I'm being 00:14:18.124 --> 00:14:21.527 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% transparent, and I felt called by the Lord to do it. 00:14:21.527 --> 00:14:24.764 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And as I was driving down the road to go do this assignment 00:14:24.764 --> 00:14:26.866 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that the Lord had clearly laid on my heart, because I was 00:14:26.866 --> 00:14:30.870 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% obeying the law of love, I heard what presented as the Holy 00:14:30.870 --> 00:14:35.241 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Spirit say, "I don't need you to do this." 00:14:35.241 --> 00:14:39.178 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But it was kind of like--it was a little bit aggressive, like, 00:14:39.178 --> 00:14:40.513 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% "I don't need you to do this." 00:14:40.513 --> 00:14:42.014 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Like, "I've got this, stop trying to control it." 00:14:42.014 --> 00:14:43.349 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And I thought, "Well, that's weird. 00:14:43.349 --> 00:14:44.717 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% I'm not trying to control it. 00:14:44.717 --> 00:14:46.052 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I'm trying to listen to the law of love." 00:14:46.052 --> 00:14:47.854 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% So I kept driving. 00:14:47.854 --> 00:14:51.324 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But I want to be so obedient, and the devil knows that about 00:14:51.324 --> 00:14:52.692 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% me, right? 00:14:52.692 --> 00:14:54.994 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Like, my biggest fear would be not being obedient to the voice 00:14:54.994 --> 00:14:56.362 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% of the Lord. 00:14:56.362 --> 00:14:59.632 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I'm driving down the road and I hear Holy Spirit say, "I 00:14:59.632 --> 00:15:03.269 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% have not authorized you to do this," and the tone was just 00:15:03.269 --> 00:15:06.873 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% enough off that I was like, "It could be Holy Spirit, doesn't 00:15:06.873 --> 00:15:09.308 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% really sound like Holy Spirit, presenting as Holy Spirit." 00:15:09.308 --> 00:15:12.411 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And when I got there, I realized, like, a demon answered 00:15:12.411 --> 00:15:16.482 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% the door, and I had thwarted the plans of a suicide. 00:15:16.482 --> 00:15:18.618 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% This person was going to commit suicide. 00:15:18.618 --> 00:15:19.952 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% And I stopped it. 00:15:19.952 --> 00:15:22.955 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Had I listened to what was presenting as Holy Spirit, but 00:15:22.955 --> 00:15:25.758 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the reason I knew it wasn't Holy Spirit was because when you know 00:15:25.758 --> 00:15:28.094 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% enough Scripture, you can discern the fruits of the Holy 00:15:28.094 --> 00:15:30.696 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, 00:15:30.696 --> 00:15:32.665 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. 00:15:32.665 --> 00:15:34.867 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Against such there is no law. 00:15:34.867 --> 00:15:37.270 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: If you called me up and you tried to tell me to do 00:15:37.270 --> 00:15:38.638 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% something and I said, "Who's this?" 00:15:38.638 --> 00:15:41.407 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and you said, "It's your wife," I'd be like, "No, I know 00:15:41.407 --> 00:15:42.742 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% my wife." 00:15:42.742 --> 00:15:44.110 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Blynda: "I know her voice." 00:15:44.110 --> 00:15:45.444 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: Yeah, I know her voice, yeah. 00:15:45.444 --> 00:15:46.813 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And that's where the relationship makes 00:15:46.813 --> 00:15:48.147 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% the difference. 00:15:48.147 --> 00:15:49.515 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Jen: And Jesus says that, right? 00:15:49.515 --> 00:15:50.850 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% "My people know my voice." 00:15:50.850 --> 00:15:52.185 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% But there's also a tone. 00:15:52.185 --> 00:15:53.553 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% Randy: Absolutely. 00:15:53.553 --> 00:15:56.222 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: So in the idea of waking up your faith, and matching that 00:15:56.222 --> 00:16:00.026 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% or kind of looking at spiritual warfare, though, and how the 00:16:00.026 --> 00:16:06.365 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% enemy can come and he can start distorting truth, and he can. 00:16:06.365 --> 00:16:10.136 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% What would you say to those watching, those who are like, "I 00:16:10.136 --> 00:16:13.406 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% have a little bit of apathy in my walk with the Lord. 00:16:13.406 --> 00:16:17.543 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I don't know how to wake up my faith, and I do feel like the 00:16:17.543 --> 00:16:22.215 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% enemy is in my ear with those lies all the time"? 00:16:22.215 --> 00:16:24.750 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Jen: Well, the first thing I'll tell you is that I have 00:16:24.750 --> 00:16:26.085 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% been there. 00:16:26.085 --> 00:16:31.090 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% There were many times that I laid in bed and felt nothing. 00:16:31.090 --> 00:16:34.493 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And I think in those moments, you need to let the Holy Spirit 00:16:34.493 --> 00:16:40.166 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% know, like, "God, I feel this way. 00:16:40.166 --> 00:16:43.302 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Would you give me your Holy Spirit, because I feel like 00:16:43.302 --> 00:16:44.670 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% death right now? 00:16:44.670 --> 00:16:46.005 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% I feel like a sack of dry bones. 00:16:46.005 --> 00:16:49.075 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I feel like I'm never going to get revived. 00:16:49.075 --> 00:16:53.346 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Would you help me see myself the way you see me, Lord? 00:16:53.346 --> 00:16:55.948 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Would you help me get it from head knowledge to 00:16:55.948 --> 00:16:57.283 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% heart knowledge? 00:16:57.283 --> 00:16:58.651 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Because there's such a difference." 00:16:58.651 --> 00:17:01.821 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then just like, honestly, I think sometimes you just have to 00:17:01.821 --> 00:17:03.155 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% push through. 00:17:03.155 --> 00:17:04.891 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I think sometimes you just need to like get into the Word of 00:17:04.891 --> 00:17:06.525 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% God, even when you feel dry. 00:17:06.525 --> 00:17:09.295 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But ask Holy Spirit, like, "Holy Spirit, would you help me 00:17:09.295 --> 00:17:10.663 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% understand this?" 00:17:10.663 --> 00:17:14.867 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And eventually, it's like--have you ever, you know, not drank 00:17:14.867 --> 00:17:16.435 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% water for a long time, right? 00:17:16.435 --> 00:17:18.704 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And then you start drinking water, you get in a habit of 00:17:18.704 --> 00:17:21.807 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% drinking water, and all of a sudden you realize that when you 00:17:21.807 --> 00:17:23.943 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% don't have your water, you're thirsty, even though now 00:17:23.943 --> 00:17:25.278 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% you're hydrating? 00:17:25.278 --> 00:17:26.612 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Do you know what I'm talking about? 00:17:26.612 --> 00:17:29.649 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's like, you can go so long not feeling thirsty and you're 00:17:29.649 --> 00:17:31.884 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% not hydrating well, but the minute you start getting in a 00:17:31.884 --> 00:17:35.354 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% cycle of hydration, you're like, "Whoo, I'm thirsty," if you 00:17:35.354 --> 00:17:37.690 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% haven't had a sip of water in like ten minutes. 00:17:37.690 --> 00:17:39.992 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% And I think spiritually it's the same thing. 00:17:39.992 --> 00:17:42.929 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It's like, just keep going, because the Bible is the Word 00:17:42.929 --> 00:17:44.263 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% of God. 00:17:44.263 --> 00:17:46.565 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Like, Jesus is the Word of God. 00:17:46.565 --> 00:17:48.367 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Like, he is the bread of life. 00:17:48.367 --> 00:17:52.838 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% He is the living water, and the Word of God is Jesus. 00:17:52.838 --> 00:17:56.809 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We are so--we're at such an unfair advantage to live in this 00:17:56.809 --> 00:17:58.144 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% time period. 00:17:58.144 --> 00:18:00.579 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I was telling you that earlier, Randy, like--like, we don't 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.914 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% actually need to be fearful. 00:18:01.914 --> 00:18:04.483 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We have to put--like, Revelation is not a fearful book. 00:18:04.483 --> 00:18:06.652 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% It's a book of victory. 00:18:06.652 --> 00:18:08.521 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% It's about setting our eyes on Jesus. 00:18:08.521 --> 00:18:12.091 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% When you set your eyes on Jesus, everything else kind of 00:18:12.091 --> 00:18:13.426 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% fades away. 00:18:13.426 --> 00:18:14.794 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% It's like, who are you trusting? 00:18:14.794 --> 00:18:16.128 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% What are you trusting right now? 00:18:16.128 --> 00:18:17.463 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Blynda: It's so good. 00:18:17.463 --> 00:18:20.433 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: All right, Jen, I love your passion for the Word and 00:18:20.433 --> 00:18:23.269 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% your love of the Holy Spirit, and I appreciate you 00:18:23.269 --> 00:18:24.637 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% sharing that. 00:18:24.637 --> 00:18:26.739 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I want other people to join you on this journey. 00:18:26.739 --> 00:18:33.012 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% If you'd like to join Jen on "Wake Up Your Faith: 365-Day 00:18:33.012 --> 00:18:36.515 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Journey," we'd love to send this devotional to you. 00:18:36.515 --> 00:18:39.752 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We would ask that you would join us on a journey, many of you 00:18:39.752 --> 00:18:42.955 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% already have, of helping other people who are in 00:18:42.955 --> 00:18:44.590 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% dire situations. 00:18:44.590 --> 00:18:48.127 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There's some people right now who are hurting, and you can be 00:18:48.127 --> 00:18:53.366 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that agent of God's love and of change in their lives, and to 00:18:53.366 --> 00:18:55.668 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% give them hope for the future. 00:18:55.668 --> 00:19:00.539 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Watch this, and I just pray that you would consider joining us 00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:03.009 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% today in this beautiful outreach of love. 00:19:04.410 --> 00:19:10.316 align:start line:63% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:19:10.316 --> 00:19:13.452 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% announcer: Across Africa, millions of families wake up 00:19:13.452 --> 00:19:16.689 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% each morning unsure if there will be anything to eat today. 00:19:16.689 --> 00:19:18.691 align:start line:85% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:36.675 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: When food is scarce, children are the first to 00:19:36.675 --> 00:19:39.879 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% suffer, and for a mother, there is no greater pain 00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:42.281 align:start line:79% position:48% size:43% than watching her child waste away, 00:19:42.281 --> 00:19:46.318 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% knowing that what they need most is simply food. 00:19:46.318 --> 00:19:48.320 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:20:16.916 --> 00:20:19.718 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: Without timely intervention, malnutrition will 00:20:19.718 --> 00:20:23.155 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% remain the silent killer, taking the lives of young children. 00:20:23.155 --> 00:20:26.725 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% But if we can provide mission feeding to villages in crisis, 00:20:26.725 --> 00:20:30.396 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% mothers like Tereza and Rosa will never again worry about 00:20:30.396 --> 00:20:33.499 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% losing another child because of the lack of food. 00:20:33.499 --> 00:20:35.501 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:21:01.994 --> 00:21:03.863 align:start line:79% position:50% size:50% Randy: I know that's hard to watch. 00:21:03.863 --> 00:21:06.332 align:start line:85% position:50% size:81% Blynda, I mean, you're a mother. 00:21:06.332 --> 00:21:09.802 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% What do you think when you see those mothers? 00:21:09.802 --> 00:21:13.706 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% Blynda: The heartbreak is-- it's just unspeakable. 00:21:13.706 --> 00:21:18.277 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% I can't even, like, fathom how a mother--the biggest fear a mom 00:21:18.277 --> 00:21:21.013 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% has is that they would lose a child, and this--these moms 00:21:21.013 --> 00:21:26.185 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% have experienced losing multiple children, and it's so avoidable. 00:21:26.185 --> 00:21:29.255 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% I think that's the thing that when I watch it I think oh my 00:21:29.255 --> 00:21:31.123 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% goodness, if we could just get there to help. 00:21:31.123 --> 00:21:35.494 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% The urgency that is there, that if we can just help them, we can 00:21:35.494 --> 00:21:36.996 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% bring the aid that they need. 00:21:36.996 --> 00:21:39.965 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, and she expressed, one of the mothers, you know, if 00:21:39.965 --> 00:21:42.334 align:start line:79% position:48% size:43% no help comes, if there's no help. 00:21:42.334 --> 00:21:45.171 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% Blynda: And I think of it, and I think the desperation. 00:21:45.171 --> 00:21:48.474 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% You could hear it in her voice, the desperation was there, 00:21:48.474 --> 00:21:50.976 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% saying I don't--I cannot lose another child. 00:21:50.976 --> 00:21:54.713 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% It's just--it's so painful to sit in that space and think that 00:21:54.713 --> 00:21:59.485 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% she's had to experience the most pain a mother could ever endure. 00:21:59.485 --> 00:22:02.154 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% Randy: Yeah, and you know, they've--the desperation is 00:22:02.154 --> 00:22:06.358 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% there because they've done everything they can do, they've 00:22:06.358 --> 00:22:09.995 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% worked, and they've worked the fields, their children often 00:22:09.995 --> 00:22:11.864 align:start line:85% position:47% size:53% usually work as well. 00:22:11.864 --> 00:22:18.037 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% They've exhausted every ability they have in these situations 00:22:18.037 --> 00:22:21.574 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% where we go into it, and oftentimes it's drought a lot of 00:22:21.574 --> 00:22:22.908 align:start line:85% position:50% size:41% times, you know? 00:22:22.908 --> 00:22:25.444 align:start line:79% position:50% size:61% It's just the weather has turned against them. 00:22:25.444 --> 00:22:28.447 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% It's crops that have failed for various reasons. 00:22:28.447 --> 00:22:32.117 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% They've worked hard to plant, and they expect that harvest. 00:22:32.117 --> 00:22:34.019 align:start line:85% position:45% size:73% They go--and it doesn't come. 00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:37.456 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% And when they say if no help comes, we're afraid that we 00:22:37.456 --> 00:22:41.660 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% won't be here, we won't exist, that's the reality that they 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.995 align:start line:85% position:50% size:21% live in. 00:22:42.995 --> 00:22:46.532 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% But here's the good news, help is coming. 00:22:46.532 --> 00:22:51.804 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% We feed over 350,000 children across Africa every day. 00:22:51.804 --> 00:22:53.172 align:start line:63% position:50% size:41% How do we do it? 00:22:53.172 --> 00:22:54.506 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% I say we. 00:22:54.506 --> 00:22:57.376 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I don't mean just Blynda and I and my parents, those of us in 00:22:57.376 --> 00:23:02.114 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% the ministry, I say we as in you, the viewer. 00:23:02.114 --> 00:23:05.251 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% So many of you have helped feed these children over years, and 00:23:05.251 --> 00:23:10.522 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% it's not necessarily the same thing over and over and over. 00:23:10.522 --> 00:23:14.159 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% The mission feeding program is designed to get children out of 00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:18.397 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% the desperate situation, to give them an education, to give them 00:23:18.397 --> 00:23:23.636 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% a future, but right now they're in a situation that they have to 00:23:23.636 --> 00:23:24.970 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% hear from us. 00:23:24.970 --> 00:23:28.240 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% If no one comes, they are in serious trouble. 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:32.645 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% We're asking you today to come alongside of us and give them 00:23:32.645 --> 00:23:35.481 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% hope by giving them a simple bowl of food, 00:23:35.481 --> 00:23:36.949 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and it breaks down like this. 00:23:36.949 --> 00:23:40.052 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% If you wanna help feed a child for the next several months, 00:23:40.052 --> 00:23:45.924 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% $30 will help feed 3 children, $50 will help feed 5 children, 00:23:45.924 --> 00:23:48.794 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% $100, 10 children, you see the pattern. 00:23:48.794 --> 00:23:52.698 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% A $1,000 gift today would help feed 100 children for several 00:23:52.698 --> 00:23:56.635 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% months, and that's how we get them out of this cycle of 00:23:56.635 --> 00:24:00.906 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% desperation and poverty to give them a hope and a future. 00:24:00.906 --> 00:24:03.942 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% So, yes, I'm asking you to give them a bowl of food today, but 00:24:03.942 --> 00:24:08.914 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% I'm also asking you to give them hope for tomorrow, a future for 00:24:08.914 --> 00:24:11.784 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% next week, next year, and I've seen that come to fruition. 00:24:11.784 --> 00:24:15.854 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% I know it works, I want you to be a part of it. 00:24:15.854 --> 00:24:17.489 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% Go online, go to the phone, 00:24:17.489 --> 00:24:20.592 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% make the absolute best gift that you can. 00:24:22.528 --> 00:24:25.798 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Right now across the continent of Africa, children 00:24:25.798 --> 00:24:30.035 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% are suffering, facing severe malnutrition and even death. 00:24:30.035 --> 00:24:33.172 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With food reserves critically depleted and many areas 00:24:33.172 --> 00:24:37.443 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% experiencing devastating famine, we urgently need to replenish 00:24:37.443 --> 00:24:41.447 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% supplies to keep feeding the 350,000 children who are 00:24:41.447 --> 00:24:43.782 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% counting on us every single day. 00:24:43.782 --> 00:24:47.486 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Life's mission feeding outreach, your gift of love can 00:24:47.486 --> 00:24:51.023 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% be an answer to a prayer for a hurting and hungry child in 00:24:51.023 --> 00:24:52.558 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% their time of need. 00:24:52.558 --> 00:24:57.963 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Call now with your life-saving gift of $30, $50, or $100 to 00:24:57.963 --> 00:25:03.902 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% help feed and care for 3, 5, or 10 children for 3 full months. 00:25:03.902 --> 00:25:07.740 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With your gift we'll send you "The Father's Heart" devotional. 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:11.410 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Drawing from Scripture and his past, James Robison takes you on 00:25:11.410 --> 00:25:15.080 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% a 90-day journey to help you experience a deeper, more 00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:18.650 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% personal relationship with God as your loving Father. 00:25:18.650 --> 00:25:20.886 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, 00:25:20.886 --> 00:25:23.322 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% you will receive The Father's Heart bundle. 00:25:23.322 --> 00:25:26.725 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This stationary set, paired with the devotional, is a 00:25:26.725 --> 00:25:29.862 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% thoughtfully-designed collection created to help you share 00:25:29.862 --> 00:25:33.699 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% encouragement, prayer, and the love of our Heavenly Father with 00:25:33.699 --> 00:25:35.434 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% those you care about. 00:25:35.434 --> 00:25:39.138 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, with your gift of $1,000 or more, which will help 00:25:39.138 --> 00:25:43.642 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% feed 100 children in desperate need, request Life's beautiful 00:25:43.642 --> 00:25:46.645 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% bronze sculpture, The Good Shepherd. 00:25:46.645 --> 00:25:49.648 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% So, please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:25:52.851 --> 00:25:55.754 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Randy: We really do need to hear from you today, so please go 00:25:55.754 --> 00:25:58.757 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% online, go to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:25:58.757 --> 00:26:03.328 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Let's keep the hope, the life, and the love going. 00:26:03.328 --> 00:26:04.696 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% We can only do it with you. 00:26:04.696 --> 00:26:08.500 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% And today, if you would like to request Jen Lilley's devotional, 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.835 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% we would love to send it to you. 00:26:09.835 --> 00:26:11.437 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% There's some great things going on. 00:26:11.437 --> 00:26:12.771 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% Blynda: There is. 00:26:12.771 --> 00:26:14.506 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% "Wake Up Your Faith," and it sounds like you have something 00:26:14.506 --> 00:26:17.142 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% new kind of waking up as well in your life. 00:26:17.142 --> 00:26:19.244 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% Jen: Yeah, well, it's all Holy Spirit. 00:26:19.244 --> 00:26:21.814 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% He gave me a campaign called "Wake Up Your Campus," and it's 00:26:21.814 --> 00:26:25.884 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% to spread revival across college campuses across this nation. 00:26:25.884 --> 00:26:29.021 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% It's a 501(c)(3), so it's a nonprofit, and if they wanna 00:26:29.021 --> 00:26:31.924 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% help me spread revival across college campuses in the United 00:26:31.924 --> 00:26:35.093 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% States they can go to wakeupyourcampus.com. 00:26:35.093 --> 00:26:36.462 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Blynda: wakeupyourcampus.com. 00:26:36.462 --> 00:26:37.796 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% It's very exciting. 00:26:37.796 --> 00:26:41.266 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Jen, thank you for joining us and for sharing your faith. 00:26:41.266 --> 00:26:42.634 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% We love your passion. 00:26:42.634 --> 00:26:43.969 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% Thank you for coming. 00:26:43.969 --> 00:26:46.705 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% And thank you for joining us today on "Life Today." 00:26:46.705 --> 00:26:48.407 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% We can't wait to see you back next time. 00:26:48.407 --> 00:26:49.775 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% Randy: Goodbye. 00:26:49.775 --> 00:26:59.785 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:26:59.785 --> 00:27:09.728 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:09.728 --> 00:27:19.738 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:19.738 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