WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.734 --> 00:00:02.936 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by friends 00:00:02.936 --> 00:00:04.471 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:07.241 --> 00:00:08.942 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today." 00:00:08.942 --> 00:00:11.178 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% I'm Randy Robinson. 00:00:11.178 --> 00:00:17.784 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% As I sit here, it's been just a few days since the surprising 00:00:17.784 --> 00:00:20.754 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% loss of my father. 00:00:20.754 --> 00:00:26.760 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I wanted to come in today, even though it's difficult, just to 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:28.528 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% honor him. 00:00:28.528 --> 00:00:33.500 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I know the impact he's had on so many people, and the social 00:00:33.500 --> 00:00:35.469 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% media comments have been wonderful. 00:00:35.469 --> 00:00:40.340 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If you wrote one of those, thank you for your kind words. 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:47.714 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% There's a scripture in Psalm 116, says: "Precious in the 00:00:47.714 --> 00:00:56.823 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% sight of the Lord are the death of the saints," and that's a 00:00:56.823 --> 00:00:59.993 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% hard one. 00:00:59.993 --> 00:01:03.297 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% It doesn't make sense to our earthly minds. 00:01:03.297 --> 00:01:07.234 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% That almost sounds cruel. 00:01:07.234 --> 00:01:11.505 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But when you understand what my friend Dudley Hall calls the 00:01:11.505 --> 00:01:16.243 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% story, what is the story of Scripture, it culminated in 00:01:16.243 --> 00:01:21.548 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Jesus Christ who, when his birth was announced, was called by the 00:01:21.548 --> 00:01:24.751 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% angels Emmanuel, God with us. 00:01:24.751 --> 00:01:33.427 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The story of Scripture is God reconciling his creation to him. 00:01:33.427 --> 00:01:36.029 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% That's his goal, that's his heart, that's his desire for 00:01:36.029 --> 00:01:38.465 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% every one of us. 00:01:38.465 --> 00:01:42.602 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% When you understand that, you understand that scripture 00:01:42.602 --> 00:01:43.971 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% in Psalms. 00:01:47.808 --> 00:01:54.848 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% My father James Robison has been reconciled with his Father in 00:01:54.848 --> 00:01:59.353 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% heaven, and God says that's precious. 00:01:59.353 --> 00:02:02.022 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Splendid is another word for that. 00:02:02.022 --> 00:02:07.127 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Like a precious jewel, it's a beautiful thing. 00:02:07.127 --> 00:02:10.964 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% So today we take a look back at my father's life. 00:02:10.964 --> 00:02:15.035 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% We call it "A Journey of Significance." 00:02:15.035 --> 00:02:20.340 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I hope just even looking back at this, it will draw you 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:23.343 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% closer to our heavenly Father. 00:02:29.416 --> 00:02:32.486 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% James Robison: Any of you that say tonight, "I'm gonna pray for 00:02:32.486 --> 00:02:35.522 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% brokenness," you've never been broken because if you've ever 00:02:35.522 --> 00:02:38.959 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% been broken you don't wanna pray for it again. 00:02:38.959 --> 00:02:42.829 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But you'll be ever mindful that without it, you're useless as 00:02:42.829 --> 00:02:51.104 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% far as eternity is concerned because God uses broken vessels. 00:02:51.104 --> 00:02:55.008 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: It's the unlikeliest of journeys, one that opens in 00:02:55.008 --> 00:03:00.247 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% an unlikely place under unlikely circumstances. 00:03:00.247 --> 00:03:05.185 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% It is the story of a man and a God who takes broken things and 00:03:05.185 --> 00:03:10.424 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% shapes them into the unexpected, into a life of impact, 00:03:10.424 --> 00:03:11.758 align:start line:85% position:50% size:41% of significance. 00:03:23.503 --> 00:03:27.507 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% announcer: Much of what forms a man is his childhood. 00:03:27.507 --> 00:03:31.845 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% The one James was handed delivered adversity, rejection, 00:03:31.845 --> 00:03:34.815 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% and insecurity that should have laid the way for a path 00:03:34.815 --> 00:03:37.317 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% of self-destruction. 00:03:37.317 --> 00:03:41.888 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Conceived as a product of rape, almost aborted, then born into 00:03:41.888 --> 00:03:45.692 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% abject poverty, the first real announcement of James's life on 00:03:45.692 --> 00:03:49.396 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% this earth came in the personal section of the newspaper. 00:03:49.396 --> 00:03:53.800 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% "Wanted: Loving Christian couple to raise newborn boy. 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:55.702 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% References required." 00:03:55.702 --> 00:04:00.073 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% The reverend Doyle Hale and his wife Katie answered the ad. 00:04:00.073 --> 00:04:04.010 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% They were all that James's mother could have hoped for. 00:04:04.010 --> 00:04:07.647 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% While James quickly came to know them as mommy and daddy, his 00:04:07.647 --> 00:04:09.716 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% happiness was short-lived. 00:04:09.716 --> 00:04:13.753 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% When he was just five, his birth mother, Myra Wattinger, returned 00:04:13.753 --> 00:04:15.489 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% to claim him. 00:04:15.489 --> 00:04:19.693 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Torn away from the only parents he had ever known, little James 00:04:19.693 --> 00:04:22.963 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% was pulled into a chaotic journey with a mother who was a 00:04:22.963 --> 00:04:26.366 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% complete stranger, a journey that began with him hitchhiking 00:04:26.366 --> 00:04:31.805 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% 175 miles to the first of many places James would never really 00:04:31.805 --> 00:04:33.440 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% call home. 00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:36.476 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The Hales desperately tried to bridge the distance to their 00:04:36.476 --> 00:04:40.380 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% beloved little boy with a stream of letters and gifts, but 00:04:40.380 --> 00:04:44.451 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% unknown to James, Myra intercepted and returned every 00:04:44.451 --> 00:04:48.355 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% one of them, leaving him feeling abandoned and rejected by 00:04:48.355 --> 00:04:51.691 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% virtually every adult in his life. 00:04:51.691 --> 00:04:56.029 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% By the world's standards, James had little reason for hope. 00:04:56.029 --> 00:05:00.433 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% By the world's standards, he should have been aborted, but 00:05:00.433 --> 00:05:05.605 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% God had a vastly different plan, and each challenge James faced 00:05:05.605 --> 00:05:10.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% would help mold and prepare him for the ministry that lay ahead. 00:05:10.410 --> 00:05:13.413 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% The next ten years were filled with poverty and the 00:05:13.413 --> 00:05:18.185 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% circumstances that often surround it: hunger, filth, 00:05:18.185 --> 00:05:21.821 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% danger, and the kind of isolation that comes from 00:05:21.821 --> 00:05:23.823 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% constantly moving. 00:05:23.823 --> 00:05:27.928 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Often the outsider, he was so painfully shy that those who 00:05:27.928 --> 00:05:31.164 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% knew him could never have imagined him as the mesmerizing 00:05:31.164 --> 00:05:35.368 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% speaker that would later hold millions spellbound as few in 00:05:35.368 --> 00:05:37.037 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% history have. 00:05:37.037 --> 00:05:40.774 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% By the age of 15, James had watched his mother struggle 00:05:40.774 --> 00:05:42.742 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% through multiple marriages. 00:05:42.742 --> 00:05:46.313 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The final male figure to enter the scene was James's real 00:05:46.313 --> 00:05:50.917 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% father, who had 15 years earlier forced himself upon Myra. 00:05:50.917 --> 00:05:53.987 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The hope that his blood father might be the one he had longed 00:05:53.987 --> 00:05:56.489 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% for was quickly dashed. 00:05:56.489 --> 00:05:59.826 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Little had changed, and this alcoholic drifter's abuse would 00:05:59.826 --> 00:06:02.529 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% pick up right where it had left off. 00:06:02.529 --> 00:06:05.699 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% James's life had hung in the balance before. 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:09.569 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It would again when one of his father's murderous rages sent 00:06:09.569 --> 00:06:14.107 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% James running in self-defense for his 30-06 hunting rifle. 00:06:14.107 --> 00:06:17.577 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% As James prepared to pull the trigger, the sheriff arrived to 00:06:17.577 --> 00:06:20.080 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% haul his father to jail. 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:23.650 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% That divine intervention was the first of many, and the 00:06:23.650 --> 00:06:27.587 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% experience prompted a trip back to visit his foster parents. 00:06:27.587 --> 00:06:31.858 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% The reverend and Mrs. Hale had never stopped praying for James, 00:06:31.858 --> 00:06:35.161 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% and they would prove instrumental in drawing him into 00:06:35.161 --> 00:06:37.664 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% a radical, life-changing encounter. 00:06:48.074 --> 00:06:51.144 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% announcer: James had returned to the Hales for the summer. 00:06:51.144 --> 00:06:54.781 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% The Reverend Hale pastored a small church in Pasadena, Texas. 00:06:54.781 --> 00:06:57.450 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% And while it was natural that he would participate in church 00:06:57.450 --> 00:07:01.721 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% activities, an added incentive was a sweet, pretty girl who had 00:07:01.721 --> 00:07:04.858 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% caught his eye. 00:07:04.858 --> 00:07:08.595 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Betty Freeman's background was the polar opposite of James. 00:07:08.595 --> 00:07:11.831 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% She had grown up in a strong Christian family and attended 00:07:11.831 --> 00:07:15.035 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% church several times a week. 00:07:15.035 --> 00:07:17.937 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% But the two teens had some things in common. 00:07:17.937 --> 00:07:22.475 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Both were shy and insecure. 00:07:22.475 --> 00:07:26.379 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Many in the church were eager for James's salvation, but Mama 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:30.483 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Hale, ever the prayer warrior, was so confident James was going 00:07:30.483 --> 00:07:33.653 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% to find Christ, at one particular youth service she 00:07:33.653 --> 00:07:36.156 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% brought spare clothes for him to change into 00:07:36.156 --> 00:07:38.525 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% after being baptized. 00:07:38.525 --> 00:07:41.428 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Katherine Hale: I saw James as he sat near the back of the 00:07:41.428 --> 00:07:45.298 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% church, clinging to the chair that he--that was in front 00:07:45.298 --> 00:07:46.900 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% of him. 00:07:46.900 --> 00:07:50.637 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% And he was not making a move, but he was weeping. 00:07:50.637 --> 00:07:56.476 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% I went back to him and took him by his hand and I said, "James, 00:07:56.476 --> 00:07:58.144 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% don't you wanna come to the Lord today?" 00:07:58.144 --> 00:08:00.013 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% And he said, "Yes, ma'am. 00:08:00.013 --> 00:08:02.515 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% But I'm so afraid, mama." 00:08:02.515 --> 00:08:05.618 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% And I said, "I'll walk down the aisle with you." 00:08:05.618 --> 00:08:11.758 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Doyle Hale: I stepped down from here and met James as he came, 00:08:11.758 --> 00:08:16.196 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and he looked up into my face and said, "Daddy, I trust the 00:08:16.196 --> 00:08:19.032 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Lord as my Savior tonight." 00:08:19.032 --> 00:08:24.838 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And there as he knelt, there he gave his heart to the Lord. 00:08:24.838 --> 00:08:28.174 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: Not long after, James shadowed a young minister over 00:08:28.174 --> 00:08:30.844 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% the course of a weeklong revival. 00:08:30.844 --> 00:08:35.348 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% As it drew to an end, James, to everyone's surprise, moved to 00:08:35.348 --> 00:08:39.152 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the microphone and shared news that would change not only his 00:08:39.152 --> 00:08:42.722 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% life but millions of others to follow. 00:08:42.722 --> 00:08:45.492 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% God had called him to be an evangelist. 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:56.870 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:08:56.870 --> 00:08:58.605 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:08:58.605 --> 00:09:01.141 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% James: Christ Jesus came to save sinners. 00:09:01.141 --> 00:09:03.910 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% If there's a sinner here tonight, Christ came to 00:09:03.910 --> 00:09:05.979 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% save you. 00:09:05.979 --> 00:09:10.617 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It is by his mercy, his grace that we're saved, not by works 00:09:10.617 --> 00:09:12.152 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% of righteousness. 00:09:12.152 --> 00:09:15.121 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% You're gonna be saved by his grace. 00:09:15.121 --> 00:09:16.923 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Is there a sinner here tonight? 00:09:16.923 --> 00:09:20.260 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Well, if there is, there's a Savior waiting, and he only 00:09:20.260 --> 00:09:23.263 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% waits for sinners. 00:09:23.263 --> 00:09:27.534 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: The year was 1963 when a 19-year-old James Robison 00:09:27.534 --> 00:09:31.638 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% began sharing the message of Jesus Christ across America. 00:09:31.638 --> 00:09:34.374 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James: Get up out of your seat right now, whoever you are, and 00:09:34.374 --> 00:09:35.708 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% move to an aisle. 00:09:35.708 --> 00:09:37.076 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Come and stand right here in front of me. 00:09:37.076 --> 00:09:38.411 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Just come and stand right here. 00:09:38.411 --> 00:09:39.779 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Face me and bow your head. 00:09:39.779 --> 00:09:41.381 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I'm gonna wait while you just get up and come. 00:09:41.381 --> 00:09:43.650 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Right now all over the stadium, just stand up and come on. 00:09:43.650 --> 00:09:45.652 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Don't wait on anyone else. 00:09:45.652 --> 00:09:48.688 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: From stadiums and colosseums holding thousands to 00:09:48.688 --> 00:09:52.725 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% youth rallies and school gyms, James began speaking daily 00:09:52.725 --> 00:09:56.396 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% anywhere people would gather to hear him preach the Word of God. 00:09:56.396 --> 00:10:00.200 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James: I'm telling you the source of life is not religion. 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:04.938 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The source of life is God, and the way to the life of God is 00:10:04.938 --> 00:10:07.974 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% through the Son of God. 00:10:07.974 --> 00:10:09.342 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% There's only one way to heaven. 00:10:09.342 --> 00:10:10.677 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% It's through Jesus. 00:10:10.677 --> 00:10:12.045 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% He said, "I'm the way. 00:10:12.045 --> 00:10:14.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% I'm the truth. I'm the life." 00:10:14.514 --> 00:10:18.351 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: As time went on, the 1970s and '80s witnessed even 00:10:18.351 --> 00:10:21.855 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% larger crowds responding as James called the nation to 00:10:21.855 --> 00:10:25.391 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% repentance and salvation through Christ. 00:10:25.391 --> 00:10:29.896 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% In all, James would preach in over 600 citywide crusades, with 00:10:29.896 --> 00:10:33.800 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% a total attendance surpassing 20 million people. 00:10:33.800 --> 00:10:36.736 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% James: Friend, God loves you like that. 00:10:36.736 --> 00:10:40.106 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% He gave his Son for you. 00:10:40.106 --> 00:10:42.242 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% He loves you. 00:10:42.242 --> 00:10:48.281 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He died for you on a cross that you might live, and it's a 00:10:48.281 --> 00:10:52.385 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% personal knowledge of Jesus and a personal relationship with 00:10:52.385 --> 00:10:56.222 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Jesus that gives you life everlasting. 00:10:56.222 --> 00:11:01.861 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Would you come and trust Jesus tonight and know him? 00:11:01.861 --> 00:11:04.130 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% Come on. 00:11:04.130 --> 00:11:05.598 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% God says, "I'll forgive you." 00:11:05.598 --> 00:11:06.999 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% He loves you. 00:11:06.999 --> 00:11:13.806 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He wants to forgive you tonight forever, give you new life. 00:11:13.806 --> 00:11:17.277 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Would you come as a teenage boy or teenage girl, as a man, a 00:11:17.277 --> 00:11:19.679 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% woman, a mother, a dad? 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:22.248 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Would you, Christians, turn to one of your friends and say, 00:11:22.248 --> 00:11:24.884 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% "I'll go with you," and you could bring them to Christ? 00:11:28.755 --> 00:11:31.691 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% announcer: Night after night, large crowds came forward to 00:11:31.691 --> 00:11:33.526 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% answer the call unto salvation. 00:11:36.930 --> 00:11:41.534 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But within the sea of faces, God saw every single individual and 00:11:41.534 --> 00:11:45.371 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% heard their prayers just like he did for a young boy named James 00:11:45.371 --> 00:11:49.742 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Robison, who gave his life to Jesus and was faithful to tell 00:11:49.742 --> 00:11:51.477 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% the world of God's love. 00:11:51.477 --> 00:12:01.421 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:12:01.421 --> 00:12:04.223 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:12:04.223 --> 00:12:07.026 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: Evangelist Billy Graham saw something special in 00:12:07.026 --> 00:12:10.396 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% James Robison, the fiery preacher from Texas, and felt 00:12:10.396 --> 00:12:13.032 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% strongly that he should be preaching on TV. 00:12:13.032 --> 00:12:15.802 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% James was humbled that a man of Billy Graham's stature and 00:12:15.802 --> 00:12:18.171 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% anointing would offer such supportive remarks. 00:12:18.171 --> 00:12:21.574 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He agreed to pray about it, and after five sleepless nights, 00:12:21.574 --> 00:12:24.911 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% James felt it was indeed God's will that he minister 00:12:24.911 --> 00:12:27.547 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% on television. 00:12:28.481 --> 00:12:33.920 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:39.092 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% ♪ I want the whole wide world to know about the Savior. ♪ 00:12:39.092 --> 00:12:44.230 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% ♪ I want the whole wide world to know that everybody needs him. ♪ 00:12:44.230 --> 00:12:47.033 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% ♪ I want the whole wide world to know, ♪ 00:12:47.133 --> 00:12:49.602 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% ♪ I want the whole wide world to know, ♪ 00:12:49.902 --> 00:12:52.171 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% ♪ I want the whole wide world to know, ♪ 00:12:52.171 --> 00:12:54.874 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% ♪ I want the whole wide world-- ♪ 00:12:54.874 --> 00:13:04.417 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% ♪ yes, I want the whole wide world to know. ♪ 00:13:06.285 --> 00:13:07.620 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% James: Welcome. 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:10.957 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% "Get Together" is a program designed with you in mind. 00:13:10.957 --> 00:13:14.093 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: In 1971, the television program called "Get 00:13:14.093 --> 00:13:16.362 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Together" began locally in Dallas, Texas. 00:13:16.362 --> 00:13:18.898 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The 30-minute program featured music from John McCain. 00:13:18.898 --> 00:13:25.171 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% ♪ Hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water. ♪ 00:13:25.171 --> 00:13:29.008 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% ♪ It is Jesus and me. ♪ 00:13:29.008 --> 00:13:30.343 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% announcer: Jeanne Rogers. 00:13:30.343 --> 00:13:36.149 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% ♪ For each tomorrow. ♪ 00:13:36.149 --> 00:13:38.217 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% announcer: And Rhonda Robison. 00:13:38.217 --> 00:13:42.221 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% ♪ Lasting peace he'll bring. ♪♪ 00:13:42.221 --> 00:13:44.924 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% announcer: Other guests would join in from week to week to 00:13:44.924 --> 00:13:47.460 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% lift their voices in song. 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:50.329 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Betty would make rare appearances in those days and 00:13:50.329 --> 00:13:53.199 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% bring the children along. 00:13:53.199 --> 00:13:55.635 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% James would present a challenging Word to Christians 00:13:55.635 --> 00:13:58.805 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and the rest of its viewers who needed Christ in their lives. 00:13:58.805 --> 00:14:01.541 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Soon, the message of salvation was being heard across the 00:14:01.541 --> 00:14:04.577 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% country as the television outreach quickly expanded to 00:14:04.577 --> 00:14:06.012 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% 96 markets. 00:14:16.723 --> 00:14:23.096 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% announcer: And now James Robison presents "Attack on the Family." 00:14:23.096 --> 00:14:24.430 align:start line:10% position:48% size:23% Tonight-- 00:14:24.430 --> 00:14:26.032 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% announcer: Dramatic primetime specials were developed after 00:14:26.032 --> 00:14:27.867 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% the weekly program expanded. 00:14:27.867 --> 00:14:31.270 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Of the five specials aired, "Attack on the Family" and "Wake 00:14:31.270 --> 00:14:34.674 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Up America" received highest awards for quality programming 00:14:34.674 --> 00:14:37.110 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% from the National Religious Broadcasters. 00:14:37.110 --> 00:14:41.013 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% These primetime specials were responsible for over 400,000 00:14:41.013 --> 00:14:44.717 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% responses by phone and letter, seeking spiritual help and 00:14:44.717 --> 00:14:47.120 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% trusting Christ as Savior. 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.922 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Phil: Please welcome Reverend James Robison, a man who--say 00:14:49.922 --> 00:14:51.290 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% hello to him and-- 00:14:51.290 --> 00:14:54.093 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% announcer: James's outspoken concerns for America's moral 00:14:54.093 --> 00:14:57.396 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% decay brought invitations to speak on network television 00:14:57.396 --> 00:14:59.899 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% programs and interviews with national newspapers 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:01.601 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% and magazines. 00:15:01.601 --> 00:15:04.103 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% James: I believe the Bible, Phil, and I believe that the 00:15:04.103 --> 00:15:08.441 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Bible clearly teaches that some things are a sin, some things 00:15:08.441 --> 00:15:12.678 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% are wrong, and that when we indulge in those things, that it 00:15:12.678 --> 00:15:18.117 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% is an expense to us, to the individual, and to others, and I 00:15:18.117 --> 00:15:19.485 align:start line:10% position:50% size:31% think that-- 00:15:19.485 --> 00:15:21.654 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% announcer: In 1979, the right to preach the Word of God on the 00:15:21.654 --> 00:15:23.956 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% television airwaves was questioned by some. 00:15:23.956 --> 00:15:26.559 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Out of that challenge was born the Freedom Rally held 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:27.927 align:start line:10% position:50% size:25% in Dallas. 00:15:27.927 --> 00:15:30.163 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Twelve thousand people of every denomination packed the 00:15:30.163 --> 00:15:32.064 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% convention center to express their moral 00:15:32.064 --> 00:15:33.533 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% convictions publicly. 00:15:33.533 --> 00:15:38.404 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Freedom of speech, the right to preach became the rally's cry. 00:15:38.404 --> 00:15:41.841 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% W.A. Criswell: And while we remain standing for this moment, 00:15:41.841 --> 00:15:47.213 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% in the heart of the apocalypse, the sainted Apostle John sees an 00:15:47.213 --> 00:15:51.684 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% angel flying through the midst of the heavens having the 00:15:51.684 --> 00:15:54.720 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% everlasting gospel to preach. 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:59.926 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If the wings of that angel are clipped and he can no longer 00:15:59.926 --> 00:16:06.866 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% fly, then, Lord God, give the message to James Robison and he 00:16:06.866 --> 00:16:10.036 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% will proclaim it to the ends of the earth. 00:16:10.036 --> 00:16:12.805 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% This is James Robison. 00:16:28.821 --> 00:16:31.691 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% James: I wanna tell you how to lose freedom, and I'm gonna talk 00:16:31.691 --> 00:16:33.292 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% to you about what freedom really is. 00:16:36.362 --> 00:16:41.167 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." 00:16:41.167 --> 00:16:44.370 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% Freedom is truth. 00:16:44.370 --> 00:16:47.473 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% Truth is the Word of God. 00:16:47.473 --> 00:16:49.942 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% Truth is the Bible. 00:16:49.942 --> 00:16:52.745 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% Truth is Jesus Christ. 00:16:52.745 --> 00:16:58.951 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Apart from God's truth, God's Word, there is no freedom. 00:16:58.951 --> 00:17:03.656 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% A departure from God and his Word is the first catastrophic 00:17:03.656 --> 00:17:05.491 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% step to destruction. 00:17:05.491 --> 00:17:08.728 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% It matters not how often you say, "I believe in God." 00:17:08.728 --> 00:17:13.266 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% It matters what you say daily with your life for your life is 00:17:13.266 --> 00:17:17.103 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% a letter written in the fleshly tables of men's hearts and your 00:17:17.103 --> 00:17:24.243 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% life must say with every vibrant act, "I adore him, I worship 00:17:24.243 --> 00:17:30.082 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% him, I love him, I believe in him, I honor him, and I glorify 00:17:30.082 --> 00:17:35.288 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% him for he is my God." 00:17:35.288 --> 00:17:38.291 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: The 1980s and '90s would see several changes to the 00:17:38.291 --> 00:17:41.127 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% name of James Robison's television programming, but at 00:17:41.127 --> 00:17:45.097 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% its core the message remained the same: to share the good news 00:17:45.097 --> 00:17:46.866 align:start line:79% position:47% size:58% of Jesus Christ with a lost and hurting world. 00:17:46.866 --> 00:17:55.808 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:17:55.808 --> 00:17:58.177 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% announcer: During that same time, James and Betty embraced 00:17:58.177 --> 00:18:01.347 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% reaching out not only to the spiritually lost but also to 00:18:01.347 --> 00:18:03.783 align:start line:79% position:50% size:45% those physically perishing as well. 00:18:03.783 --> 00:18:07.520 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This desire to share the message of life and life more abundantly 00:18:07.520 --> 00:18:11.490 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% was soon reflected by the program's title change in 1992 00:18:11.490 --> 00:18:12.825 align:start line:10% position:50% size:41% to "Life Today." 00:18:16.996 --> 00:18:18.364 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% James: I am so glad you joined us-- 00:18:18.364 --> 00:18:20.499 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: Three years later, the decision was made to develop 00:18:20.499 --> 00:18:24.036 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% a talk show format, and this time Betty Robison would help 00:18:24.036 --> 00:18:26.005 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% host the show by James's side. 00:18:31.944 --> 00:18:35.181 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% As Life's television outreach began its journey into the 21st 00:18:35.181 --> 00:18:38.617 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% century, the program continued to grow in its outreach, 00:18:38.617 --> 00:18:40.486 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% becoming a huge success. 00:18:40.486 --> 00:18:43.255 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% James and Betty would interview guests with life-changing 00:18:43.255 --> 00:18:46.859 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% stories as well as testimonies of well-known personalities. 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:49.562 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% ♪ There are three wooden crosses ♪ 00:18:49.562 --> 00:18:53.866 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% ♪ on the right side of the highway. ♪ 00:18:53.866 --> 00:18:58.838 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% ♪ Why there's not four of them, heaven only knows. ♪ 00:18:58.838 --> 00:19:00.573 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% George Bush: The truth of the matter is love comes from a 00:19:00.573 --> 00:19:02.575 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% higher calling than government. 00:19:02.575 --> 00:19:05.411 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I think it ought to be the prayer of the 21st century to 00:19:05.411 --> 00:19:08.647 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% remind us how blessed we are, but to remember to help others. 00:19:08.647 --> 00:19:10.816 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I do believe God has a calling for people. 00:19:10.816 --> 00:19:15.388 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I believe much of what goes on in my life is beyond my control, 00:19:15.388 --> 00:19:18.090 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% and I ask for guidance and prayer personally as well. 00:19:18.090 --> 00:19:20.693 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: The impact the "Life Today" program has made has been 00:19:20.693 --> 00:19:23.195 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% recognized by the National Religious Broadcasters on 00:19:23.195 --> 00:19:26.465 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% multiple occasions for its outstanding contributions to 00:19:26.465 --> 00:19:27.800 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Christian TV. 00:19:27.800 --> 00:19:29.201 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Tim Conway: So that's when I became funny. 00:19:29.201 --> 00:19:31.137 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% ♪ There are three wooden crosses ♪ 00:19:31.137 --> 00:19:37.877 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% ♪ on the right side of the highway. ♪♪ 00:19:42.715 --> 00:19:48.487 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:19:48.487 --> 00:19:50.389 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% announcer: The "Life Today" program continues to 00:19:50.389 --> 00:19:53.959 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% minister life and hope to its viewers, extending blessings not 00:19:53.959 --> 00:19:57.163 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% only to them, their friends and family, but opportunities to 00:19:57.163 --> 00:19:59.532 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% bless others in need around the world. 00:20:03.302 --> 00:20:06.672 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So no matter if you enjoy "Life Today" for its inspirational 00:20:06.672 --> 00:20:09.175 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% interviews with insightful, informative, and uplifting 00:20:09.175 --> 00:20:13.145 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% guests or simply find joy in helping others, James, Betty, 00:20:13.145 --> 00:20:16.849 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and the outreaches of Life are blessed that you are part of the 00:20:16.849 --> 00:20:18.350 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% "Life Today" family. 00:20:18.350 --> 00:20:22.054 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% ♪ World full of love. ♪ 00:20:22.054 --> 00:20:23.856 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% ♪ Like yours. ♪ 00:20:23.856 --> 00:20:28.094 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% ♪ Like mine. ♪ 00:20:28.094 --> 00:20:38.104 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% ♪ Like home. ♪♪ 00:20:38.104 --> 00:20:39.472 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% ♪ Like home. ♪♪ 00:20:44.910 --> 00:20:47.880 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: The unlikeliest of stories, but, man, that's what 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:51.083 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% God does when we give our lives to him. 00:20:51.083 --> 00:20:56.355 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I know many of you are wondering, "Well, what now?" 00:20:56.355 --> 00:20:59.191 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Well, you know, what God started, it doesn't end with any 00:20:59.191 --> 00:21:00.526 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% one person. 00:21:00.526 --> 00:21:06.332 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And what God started through my father as well as my mother, it 00:21:06.332 --> 00:21:09.068 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% doesn't end with any one man. 00:21:09.068 --> 00:21:11.070 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% It continues. 00:21:11.070 --> 00:21:14.306 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, what God put on my parents's heart many years ago, 00:21:14.306 --> 00:21:17.643 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and it's on my heart, it's on the heart of all the staff here, 00:21:17.643 --> 00:21:21.013 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and I know so many of you that have supported the outreaches of 00:21:21.013 --> 00:21:25.284 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Life over the years, it will continue. 00:21:25.284 --> 00:21:29.255 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I believe in the biblical principle of multiplication. 00:21:29.255 --> 00:21:33.092 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I believe the ministry and the missions of Life Outreach 00:21:33.092 --> 00:21:34.426 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% will multiply. 00:21:34.426 --> 00:21:37.129 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We will build on what my father started, but I wanna take you 00:21:37.129 --> 00:21:40.799 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% back just for a minute so you can see how some of this began 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:45.037 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% so that hopefully you will catch the vision that we have here to 00:21:45.037 --> 00:21:50.409 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% continue this work of sharing God's love in word and in deed. 00:21:55.948 --> 00:21:59.251 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% James: God and give him your life tonight. 00:21:59.251 --> 00:22:00.653 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Would you do it? 00:22:00.653 --> 00:22:03.489 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Only way to God's through Jesus. 00:22:03.489 --> 00:22:06.358 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% announcer: It was the 1980s, and James was right 00:22:06.358 --> 00:22:07.693 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% where God had called him. 00:22:07.693 --> 00:22:09.228 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% James: Would you come and say, "I'm gonna leave 00:22:09.228 --> 00:22:11.430 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% here and let God be first in my life?" 00:22:11.430 --> 00:22:12.798 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% I hope you will. 00:22:12.798 --> 00:22:14.133 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Let's bow our heads together. 00:22:14.133 --> 00:22:15.501 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% announcer: Preaching the gospel so that lives could be 00:22:15.501 --> 00:22:18.404 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% changed forever, but God had plans that would transform 00:22:18.404 --> 00:22:21.974 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% James's life when he and Betty met another evangelist, a South 00:22:21.974 --> 00:22:24.210 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% African named Peter Pretorius. 00:22:24.210 --> 00:22:27.479 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Peter showed them the immense suffering people in Mozambique 00:22:27.479 --> 00:22:29.682 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% were going through because of the civil war. 00:22:29.682 --> 00:22:32.618 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Peter Pretorius: You see the thinness of his hair and the 00:22:32.618 --> 00:22:34.220 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% color of his hair? 00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:38.657 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% That's a sure sign that he suffer much malnutrition. 00:22:38.657 --> 00:22:41.160 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: James knew he would never stop ministering the Word 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:45.264 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% of God to the poor in spirit, but now he would do everything 00:22:45.264 --> 00:22:48.100 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% he could to help those who were physically perishing. 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:51.904 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Thus, Mission Feeding was birthed between James and Peter 00:22:51.904 --> 00:22:54.974 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% and in time, as faithful supporters began to help, 00:22:54.974 --> 00:22:58.344 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% feeding efforts expanded into war-torn Angola. 00:22:58.344 --> 00:23:01.647 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The challenge that lay ahead for the Mission Feeding program was 00:23:01.647 --> 00:23:04.650 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% trying to keep up with the need in crisis areas where food 00:23:04.650 --> 00:23:06.252 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% shortages were critical. 00:23:06.252 --> 00:23:09.455 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Children under the age of five were dying at an alarming rate 00:23:09.455 --> 00:23:13.425 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% due to the ravages of a silent killer known as malnutrition. 00:23:13.425 --> 00:23:19.365 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% James: I have never seen so many children buried in one 00:23:19.365 --> 00:23:20.699 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% small place. 00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:25.137 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% More than 1,000 bodies here around me right now. 00:23:25.137 --> 00:23:30.009 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And I'm praying, dear God, please, please stop this. 00:23:30.009 --> 00:23:35.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I just kneel right here and there's a fruit jar, and there 00:23:35.514 --> 00:23:40.452 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% is the little child's picture in that jar. 00:23:40.452 --> 00:23:42.254 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Somebody's baby. 00:23:42.254 --> 00:23:47.626 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Dear God, help us to save these children. 00:23:47.626 --> 00:23:50.462 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: By the grace of God and with the support of faithful 00:23:50.462 --> 00:23:53.432 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% partners of Life Outreach International, food factories 00:23:53.432 --> 00:23:56.669 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% were built in Mozambique and Angola and began turning out a 00:23:56.669 --> 00:23:59.004 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% vitamin-enriched soup mix. 00:23:59.004 --> 00:24:01.874 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% A fleet of trucks now deliver the processed food mix into 00:24:01.874 --> 00:24:03.208 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% remote villages. 00:24:03.208 --> 00:24:05.844 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This has allowed the Mission Feeding program to expand into 00:24:05.844 --> 00:24:10.249 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% other areas, including South Africa and South Sudan. 00:24:10.249 --> 00:24:14.953 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Currently, over 350,000 children receive a daily bowl of this 00:24:14.953 --> 00:24:18.057 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% soup mix through both the school feeding and crisis 00:24:18.057 --> 00:24:19.458 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% feeding programs. 00:24:19.458 --> 00:24:23.262 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% This bowl of food not only has helped stop the death cycle in 00:24:23.262 --> 00:24:26.699 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% hundreds of villages, but it provides an incentive for the 00:24:26.699 --> 00:24:29.034 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% children to remain in school. 00:24:29.034 --> 00:24:30.602 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% James: They want a future. 00:24:30.602 --> 00:24:31.970 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% They wanna go to school. 00:24:31.970 --> 00:24:33.305 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% They walk a long way. 00:24:33.305 --> 00:24:34.673 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% They're trying to learn. 00:24:34.673 --> 00:24:37.176 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I don't know anyone that would look in these faces and 00:24:37.176 --> 00:24:40.913 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% not say, "Well, let me help those children that obviously 00:24:40.913 --> 00:24:42.247 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% want a future." 00:24:42.247 --> 00:24:44.717 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: The Mission Feeding program that started over 30 00:24:44.717 --> 00:24:49.054 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% years ago helping families in war-torn villages has literally 00:24:49.054 --> 00:24:53.525 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% saved over 18 million lives according to government sources. 00:24:53.525 --> 00:24:56.962 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The challenge now is to maintain the partnership which will allow 00:24:56.962 --> 00:25:00.332 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% us to continue turning out the soup mix for the school feeding 00:25:00.332 --> 00:25:03.836 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% program and for meeting crises like the prolonged drought in 00:25:03.836 --> 00:25:07.639 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Angola and the devastating floods in South Sudan. 00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:11.710 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Together, we can ensure that lives will be saved and the 00:25:11.710 --> 00:25:14.313 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% children will have the opportunity to fulfill their 00:25:14.313 --> 00:25:15.681 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% God-given potential. 00:25:22.554 --> 00:25:26.325 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: As you can see, there is a lot of work still to be done. 00:25:26.325 --> 00:25:30.329 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% In fact, since that piece was produced a few years ago, 00:25:30.329 --> 00:25:33.932 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% they're telling us now that it's around 22 million lives that 00:25:33.932 --> 00:25:35.601 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% have been saved. 00:25:35.601 --> 00:25:39.538 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The point is that the work that my father began will continue. 00:25:39.538 --> 00:25:42.574 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% The work that many of you have supported over the years 00:25:42.574 --> 00:25:44.209 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% will continue. 00:25:44.209 --> 00:25:49.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% God's love will continue to be poured out on those who really 00:25:49.047 --> 00:25:50.416 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% need to feel it the most. 00:25:50.416 --> 00:25:52.518 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% So I hope you will continue to stand. 00:25:52.518 --> 00:25:56.688 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% By the way, my mother wants you to know she appreciates every 00:25:56.688 --> 00:25:58.123 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% single one of you. 00:25:58.123 --> 00:26:01.960 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% As you can imagine, she is going through some heavy grief right 00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:07.833 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% now, but I told her I wanna go speak to our viewers and honor 00:26:07.833 --> 00:26:10.102 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% my father, her husband. 00:26:10.102 --> 00:26:11.437 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% And so we're doing that today. 00:26:11.437 --> 00:26:14.273 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% If you'd like to join us in honoring him, we do have a 00:26:14.273 --> 00:26:16.308 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% website set up because so many people have asked. 00:26:16.308 --> 00:26:21.146 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% It's JamesRobison.org, and you can go there. 00:26:21.146 --> 00:26:24.616 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Some of you have asked about memorial gifts. 00:26:24.616 --> 00:26:27.786 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And that's not my purpose here, but there is information there 00:26:27.786 --> 00:26:29.121 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% if you're looking for something to do. 00:26:29.121 --> 00:26:34.226 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% My heart--look, my heart is you wanna honor him, continue the 00:26:34.226 --> 00:26:36.562 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% work that he has supported through the mission outreaches 00:26:36.562 --> 00:26:40.466 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% now through water wells, through rescuing children from sex 00:26:40.466 --> 00:26:44.470 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% trafficking, giving away shoes at Christmas, and so many other 00:26:44.470 --> 00:26:46.004 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% wonderful outreaches. 00:26:46.004 --> 00:26:51.510 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% My father's heart was to reach people with the love of Christ. 00:26:51.510 --> 00:26:52.945 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% He preached it. 00:26:52.945 --> 00:26:57.082 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% He did it, and it will continue. 00:26:57.082 --> 00:27:01.987 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% By the way, you may see some programs upcoming with my father 00:27:01.987 --> 00:27:07.659 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% on it due to the sort of the programming distribution and 00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:09.495 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% program selection. 00:27:09.495 --> 00:27:10.963 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% We will be airing a few of those. 00:27:10.963 --> 00:27:14.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We know he would want you to see it because they're programs that 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:18.537 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% show his concern for you, the viewer. 00:27:18.537 --> 00:27:21.073 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% So understand that as you see those. 00:27:21.073 --> 00:27:25.711 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We hope you'll stand with us as we continue this journey of 00:27:25.711 --> 00:27:29.081 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% significance together. 00:27:29.081 --> 00:27:32.851 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I'm gonna miss my father. 00:27:32.851 --> 00:27:35.988 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% I know you will, too. 00:27:35.988 --> 00:27:43.829 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He's with his heavenly Father, and it's going to be all right. 00:27:43.829 --> 00:27:45.197 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% We'll see you again next time. 00:27:45.197 --> 00:27:55.207 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:27:55.207 --> 00:28:05.150 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:28:05.150 --> 00:28:12.591 align:end line:10% position:89% size:8% ♪♪♪ 00:28:12.591 --> 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 --> 00:28:16.261 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:28:16.261 --> 00:28:18.297 align:start line:10% 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