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 --> 00:00:04.938 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:07.307 --> 00:00:12.312 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Mark Moore: And Jesus only used power for the powerless. 00:00:12.312 --> 00:00:16.083 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And when you use your position of whatever authority or 00:00:16.083 --> 00:00:19.620 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% whatever power you have for the powerless, I think that's a 00:00:19.620 --> 00:00:25.492 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% cultural value that is not just loving those who love you back, 00:00:25.492 --> 00:00:29.796 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% it's using what you have for the benefit of those that can't pay 00:00:29.796 --> 00:00:31.131 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you back. 00:00:31.131 --> 00:00:34.134 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% That's a culture that Jesus would want to create. 00:00:34.134 --> 00:00:36.136 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% announcer: Next. 00:00:36.136 --> 00:00:46.146 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:46.146 --> 00:00:53.587 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.587 --> 00:00:54.922 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today." 00:00:54.922 --> 00:00:56.256 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% I'm Randy Robison. Great to have you here. 00:00:56.256 --> 00:00:58.325 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Did you know that you're a leader? 00:00:58.325 --> 00:01:01.828 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% You're probably like, maybe, maybe not, right? 00:01:01.828 --> 00:01:03.797 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Let's take that in the Biblical sense. 00:01:03.797 --> 00:01:07.734 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% When we talk about leadership, what we're really talking about, 00:01:07.734 --> 00:01:10.938 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% I believe, would be influence. 00:01:10.938 --> 00:01:15.042 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And whether you're a parent, grandparent, you work around 00:01:15.042 --> 00:01:18.245 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% other people, you're at a church, wherever you go, I mean, 00:01:18.245 --> 00:01:20.814 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% even when you go to the store and you interact with someone 00:01:20.814 --> 00:01:25.619 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% there at the checkout line, you have an influence. 00:01:25.619 --> 00:01:27.521 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% How are you using that? 00:01:27.521 --> 00:01:29.423 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% We're going to talk about that today. 00:01:29.423 --> 00:01:31.925 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Our guest is Mark Moore. 00:01:31.925 --> 00:01:35.262 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He is the teaching pastor at the Christ's Church of the Valley in 00:01:35.262 --> 00:01:37.664 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Peoria, Arizona, in the Phoenix area. 00:01:37.664 --> 00:01:41.001 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% He's got a book called "The Master Leader." 00:01:41.001 --> 00:01:45.572 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Now the Master Leader is of course Christ. 00:01:45.572 --> 00:01:47.140 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Now, how did he lead? 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:51.778 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% He led by example, he led by influence, and there are some 00:01:51.778 --> 00:01:55.048 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% things that you can implement in your life today that will make 00:01:55.048 --> 00:01:58.318 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% you a better influencer in the scriptural sense. 00:01:58.318 --> 00:01:59.653 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Mark, welcome. 00:01:59.653 --> 00:02:01.021 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Mark: Thank you. 00:02:01.021 --> 00:02:02.356 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Randy: Good to see you. 00:02:02.356 --> 00:02:03.724 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Did that tee you up all right? 00:02:03.724 --> 00:02:05.058 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% Did I get it? 00:02:05.058 --> 00:02:06.426 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Mark: It teed me up perfectly. 00:02:06.426 --> 00:02:09.129 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And, in fact, I know a lot of people in the audience are moms. 00:02:09.129 --> 00:02:10.464 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Randy: Yeah, absolutely. 00:02:10.464 --> 00:02:11.832 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Grandparents, like me. 00:02:11.832 --> 00:02:14.401 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Mark: If you think about leadership as influence, when 00:02:14.401 --> 00:02:16.803 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the camera comes on to a professional athlete, I mean, 00:02:16.803 --> 00:02:20.407 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% big old boys, people who are nationally known, and they see 00:02:20.407 --> 00:02:22.009 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% the camera, what's the first thing they say? 00:02:22.009 --> 00:02:23.877 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: "Hi, Dad," right? No? 00:02:23.877 --> 00:02:25.746 align:start line:63% position:50% size:35% "No, hi, mom." You're right. 00:02:25.746 --> 00:02:30.517 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mark: Because moms, you have an incredible influence over your 00:02:30.517 --> 00:02:34.021 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% children, as well as over other people in your neighborhood, 00:02:34.021 --> 00:02:37.190 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% over your husband, over the churches where you serve at. 00:02:37.190 --> 00:02:40.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So if leadership is influence, then certainly Jesus is the 00:02:40.894 --> 00:02:44.297 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% number one influencer on the planet, hands down. 00:02:44.297 --> 00:02:47.501 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: All right, you talk about 12 ways to lead like Jesus. 00:02:47.501 --> 00:02:50.737 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% We're not going to be able to hit all 12. 00:02:50.737 --> 00:02:53.874 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What are some of the best ways that you think the average 00:02:53.874 --> 00:02:56.243 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% person can use their influence? 00:02:56.243 --> 00:02:59.513 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mark: Yeah, so if they pick up the book, they're gonna see the 00:02:59.513 --> 00:03:01.048 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% 12 chapters. 00:03:01.048 --> 00:03:04.251 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Six are character, six are behaviors. 00:03:04.251 --> 00:03:06.486 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There's more than that, but we've divided up into character 00:03:06.486 --> 00:03:07.854 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% and behaviors. 00:03:07.854 --> 00:03:10.624 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The first two chapters, Randy, I think--I wrestled over that a 00:03:10.624 --> 00:03:15.095 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% lot, because I think this is the key to becoming a better leader, 00:03:15.095 --> 00:03:17.464 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% whether it's leader merely through influence or 00:03:17.464 --> 00:03:18.799 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% through authority. 00:03:18.799 --> 00:03:23.003 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Chapter one, if we'd learn from Jesus, his two titles, and these 00:03:23.003 --> 00:03:28.308 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% were titles he gave himself, Son of God and Son of Man. 00:03:28.308 --> 00:03:29.643 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Son of God, Son of Man. 00:03:29.643 --> 00:03:31.978 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Son of God is a very exalted title. 00:03:31.978 --> 00:03:35.082 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% In fact, that's what the emperors called themselves. 00:03:35.082 --> 00:03:37.951 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It's a title where you go, "I know who I am, I have the 00:03:37.951 --> 00:03:40.620 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% authority, I know my position." 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:44.758 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Son of Man, it's an odd Old Testament title. 00:03:44.758 --> 00:03:48.495 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% A hundred and seven times it's used in the Old Testament. 00:03:48.495 --> 00:03:50.764 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Only once is it a compliment. 00:03:50.764 --> 00:03:52.132 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% Randy: Really? 00:03:52.132 --> 00:03:55.802 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mark: Ninety-three times, it's in one book, Ezekiel, where God 00:03:55.802 --> 00:03:59.439 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% is saying, "Ezekiel, you're not God, I'm God, you're son of man. 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:01.875 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You've got warts, you've got pimples, you've got flaws. 00:04:01.875 --> 00:04:03.243 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% You're a human being." 00:04:03.243 --> 00:04:06.880 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So every time in the Old Testament, son of man is, "I'm 00:04:06.880 --> 00:04:10.917 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% putting you in your place," except for Daniel 7, where it 00:04:10.917 --> 00:04:14.754 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% says, Daniel has a vision, "I saw one like a son of man, 00:04:14.754 --> 00:04:17.424 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% sitting at the right hand of God." 00:04:17.424 --> 00:04:19.126 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% When Jesus--I mean, that's stunning. 00:04:19.126 --> 00:04:22.896 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But when Jesus came to earth, this was the title he chose 00:04:22.896 --> 00:04:24.931 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% for himself. 00:04:24.931 --> 00:04:30.103 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Almost no one called Jesus Son of Man except Jesus, and Jesus 00:04:30.103 --> 00:04:32.873 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% called himself almost nothing else but Son of Man, why? 00:04:32.873 --> 00:04:37.844 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Because Jesus, as exalted as he is, he knew who he was. 00:04:37.844 --> 00:04:42.415 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% He also had to lead with humility and submission to 00:04:42.415 --> 00:04:43.750 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the Father. 00:04:43.750 --> 00:04:47.521 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% This is the duality that every leader needs. 00:04:47.521 --> 00:04:53.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: So, you've referenced authority and influence. 00:04:53.426 --> 00:04:55.629 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So when you're talking about leadership, I mean, yeah, you 00:04:55.629 --> 00:05:00.901 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% can give someone the authority and give them a title, put them 00:05:00.901 --> 00:05:03.970 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% over a company or over a group of people, however you lead, 00:05:03.970 --> 00:05:06.439 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% like the coach of the team, whatever. 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:10.143 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Are you suggesting that that's not sufficient? 00:05:10.143 --> 00:05:11.778 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Mark: It's never sufficient. 00:05:11.778 --> 00:05:14.514 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% In fact, I forget what great leadership guru it was. 00:05:14.514 --> 00:05:18.485 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Maybe it was Bennis and Nanus, but someone recently said we 00:05:18.485 --> 00:05:22.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% should stop using the phrase "servant leadership" because 00:05:22.055 --> 00:05:24.157 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% it's all servant leadership. 00:05:24.157 --> 00:05:28.128 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I think where a lot of people who are aspiring to a 00:05:28.128 --> 00:05:32.566 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% higher positional authority think, "If I have authority, 00:05:32.566 --> 00:05:35.135 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% then I'll be able to lead, I'll have power." 00:05:35.135 --> 00:05:37.571 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% But you don't necessarily have influence. 00:05:37.571 --> 00:05:41.174 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And what's confusing to a lot of leaders is they have the 00:05:41.174 --> 00:05:44.477 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% authority, so people do what they say, but they're only doing 00:05:44.477 --> 00:05:48.315 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% it because of the power they have, not because of the 00:05:48.315 --> 00:05:49.683 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% influence they have. 00:05:49.683 --> 00:05:51.017 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Randy: Interesting. 00:05:51.017 --> 00:05:54.821 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mark: By Jesus combining the confidence of the position, Son 00:05:54.821 --> 00:06:00.894 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% of God, and the humility of the influence, of Son of Man, by 00:06:00.894 --> 00:06:07.300 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% combining humility with that recognition, he was able to lead 00:06:07.300 --> 00:06:13.573 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% without allowing his leadership to be hijacked by his arrogance. 00:06:13.573 --> 00:06:18.178 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: Okay, and that leads me to--here's some--Jesus, okay, 00:06:18.178 --> 00:06:19.546 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% perfect, right? 00:06:19.546 --> 00:06:22.315 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Literally without sin. 00:06:22.315 --> 00:06:30.257 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% How do we as sinful human beings emulate that, because man, how 00:06:30.257 --> 00:06:33.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% many humans have had authority that you wish they never had? 00:06:33.793 --> 00:06:37.764 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You look at the extremes in Iran now or Hitler, that kind of 00:06:37.764 --> 00:06:39.165 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% thing, right? 00:06:39.165 --> 00:06:43.503 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Or, how many humans who are very flawed--I mean, we literally 00:06:43.503 --> 00:06:46.106 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% call them influencers online and some of them, they have the 00:06:46.106 --> 00:06:49.476 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% worst ideas ever, most destructive ideas ever. 00:06:49.476 --> 00:06:56.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% How do we, as flawed humans, have the proper authority that 00:06:56.016 --> 00:06:59.686 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% is given to us only in Christ, but maybe positioned here on 00:06:59.686 --> 00:07:02.822 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% earth, you're a parent, you got authority, right? 00:07:02.822 --> 00:07:04.291 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% And how do we do it the right way? 00:07:04.291 --> 00:07:07.460 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Mark: Well, let me go back to a very famous story of Jesus. 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:09.162 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% James and John asked for chief seats. 00:07:09.162 --> 00:07:10.864 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% "I want to sit on your right," 00:07:10.864 --> 00:07:12.332 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% "I want to sit on your left," right? 00:07:12.332 --> 00:07:16.102 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% His response was, "You are not to be like the rulers of the 00:07:16.102 --> 00:07:19.306 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Gentiles who lordeth over them." 00:07:19.306 --> 00:07:22.375 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% In the Gospel of Mark, that's Mark chapter 10 verses 42 00:07:22.375 --> 00:07:23.977 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% and 45. 00:07:23.977 --> 00:07:26.212 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% In the Gospel of Mark, there were only two rulers of the 00:07:26.212 --> 00:07:29.716 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Gentiles, Pilate and Herod. 00:07:29.716 --> 00:07:34.554 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Pilate gave Jesus over to be crucified because of the 00:07:34.554 --> 00:07:36.323 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% pressure of the Jewish leaders. 00:07:36.323 --> 00:07:39.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% He caved in to the Jewish leaders. 00:07:39.426 --> 00:07:41.895 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Herod beheaded John the Baptist. 00:07:41.895 --> 00:07:44.631 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% He didn't want to, but he beheaded John the Baptist 00:07:44.631 --> 00:07:47.767 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% because of the pressure of the people at his party. 00:07:47.767 --> 00:07:51.705 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So here's what we learn, that when you desire to be seen as a 00:07:51.705 --> 00:07:58.645 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% leader, your desire to be seen as a leader will rule you. 00:07:58.645 --> 00:08:02.515 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You are ruled by your desire to be seen as a ruler. 00:08:02.515 --> 00:08:04.351 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So in answer to your question, yeah, we're flawed. 00:08:04.351 --> 00:08:06.019 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% We're not perfect like Jesus. 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:12.192 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But when we can understand that we are pleasing him alone, and 00:08:12.192 --> 00:08:15.895 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% serve the people below us, not rule over them, that's how we 00:08:15.895 --> 00:08:18.665 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% protect ourselves from ourselves in leadership. 00:08:18.665 --> 00:08:21.835 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: And I think is protecting ourselves from ourselves is 00:08:21.835 --> 00:08:23.169 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% exactly the right thing. 00:08:23.169 --> 00:08:26.406 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% All right, so let's look at some of the positive things. 00:08:26.406 --> 00:08:30.543 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If I want to exert my influence in a very positive way, I have 00:08:30.543 --> 00:08:33.346 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% loved ones, or even in a position sitting here on 00:08:33.346 --> 00:08:35.715 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% television, right? 00:08:35.715 --> 00:08:38.618 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% How important are things like, I don't know, 00:08:38.618 --> 00:08:44.791 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% integrity, consistency? 00:08:44.791 --> 00:08:49.829 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What do we need to sort of let God cultivate in our lives to 00:08:49.829 --> 00:08:52.966 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% really influence people in the proper way? 00:08:52.966 --> 00:08:54.768 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Mark: What I wanna mention about, because you asked 00:08:54.768 --> 00:08:57.370 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% specific behaviors, and you had mentioned integrity. 00:08:57.370 --> 00:09:00.807 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Integrity is important, but I think in today's climate, 00:09:00.807 --> 00:09:04.411 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% authenticity is actually more important. 00:09:04.411 --> 00:09:06.880 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% Randy: Okay. Oh, my--okay. 00:09:06.880 --> 00:09:09.215 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% To do what Kyle did to you on a previous program, I'm gonna push 00:09:09.215 --> 00:09:10.550 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% back a little bit on that. 00:09:10.550 --> 00:09:13.586 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% What if you're authentically a terrible person? 00:09:13.586 --> 00:09:15.555 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Mark: Yeah, then you're a terrible leader. 00:09:15.555 --> 00:09:18.124 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Yeah, I mean, some people are like, "I just want to be 00:09:18.124 --> 00:09:20.460 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% authentic," and I'm like, you know, "I'd rather you not be, 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:23.396 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% because you really--you're kind of rotten." 00:09:23.396 --> 00:09:27.033 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mark: Yeah, I'm not speaking to the person that does not have 00:09:27.033 --> 00:09:30.837 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% submission to Christ, who's not trying. 00:09:30.837 --> 00:09:35.775 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I'm talking about the person, like me, who is flawed. 00:09:35.775 --> 00:09:38.044 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% My character's being formed by Christ, but I'm gonna 00:09:38.044 --> 00:09:39.579 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% make mistakes. 00:09:39.579 --> 00:09:42.782 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% My initial response is to hide those mistakes. 00:09:42.782 --> 00:09:44.117 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Randy: Ah, got you. 00:09:44.117 --> 00:09:47.620 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mark: Being authentic as a leader means, "I made a mistake 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:52.425 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and I'm gonna admit my mistake, I'm gonna admit where I failed." 00:09:52.425 --> 00:09:57.597 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% That goes so much farther than the image of perfection. 00:09:57.597 --> 00:10:02.802 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: Yeah, so it's, I guess, honesty, transparency. 00:10:02.802 --> 00:10:05.605 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% That is the authenticity that we're looking for. 00:10:05.605 --> 00:10:08.608 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Mark: And, so a second characteristic that we need, and 00:10:08.608 --> 00:10:11.444 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% this is whether you're a housewife or a CEO of a Fortune 00:10:11.444 --> 00:10:15.615 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% 500 company, you need consistency. 00:10:15.615 --> 00:10:19.953 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Consistency will trump effort. 00:10:19.953 --> 00:10:21.321 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Our church is growing. 00:10:21.321 --> 00:10:23.423 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% It's crazy how much it is. 00:10:23.423 --> 00:10:27.694 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% We baptized, and it's crazy numbers, over 10,000 people 00:10:27.694 --> 00:10:29.262 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% last year. 00:10:29.262 --> 00:10:31.531 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% It's not because our preaching is that good. 00:10:31.531 --> 00:10:33.600 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% It's good, it's not phenomenal. 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:36.469 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Our music is good, it's not phenomenal. 00:10:36.469 --> 00:10:41.674 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Where we are strong is systems and consistency. 00:10:41.674 --> 00:10:46.279 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Every campus you go to is gonna have the same excellence. 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.548 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Every sermon is gonna have this--like, we don't go for 00:10:48.548 --> 00:10:51.351 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% tens, we go for sevens or eights, but we do it every 00:10:51.351 --> 00:10:52.685 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% single week. 00:10:52.685 --> 00:10:55.455 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Your consistency as a leader is more important than 00:10:55.455 --> 00:10:56.823 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% your excellence. 00:10:56.823 --> 00:10:58.458 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: Well, you hear this. 00:10:58.458 --> 00:11:00.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You mentioned athletes at the top of the program saying "Hi, 00:11:00.793 --> 00:11:02.128 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% mom," right? 00:11:02.128 --> 00:11:03.496 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% And you know what that is? 00:11:03.496 --> 00:11:07.934 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% That's that mother or grandmother who is always there, 00:11:07.934 --> 00:11:12.505 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% who is always encouraging, who is always praying, you know? 00:11:12.505 --> 00:11:16.843 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And that consistency over the long haul, like you say, that 00:11:16.843 --> 00:11:18.444 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% makes such a big difference. 00:11:18.444 --> 00:11:21.447 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And what do we see when Christians, or especially 00:11:21.447 --> 00:11:24.517 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% pastors, leaders, are inconsistent? 00:11:24.517 --> 00:11:25.885 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Well, there's fallout. 00:11:25.885 --> 00:11:27.453 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Mark: There's terrible fallout. 00:11:27.453 --> 00:11:34.160 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: So I guess I would rather see someone have what they think 00:11:34.160 --> 00:11:40.500 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% of as a small level of influence but do it well, than have big 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:43.503 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% influence and do it poorly. 00:11:43.503 --> 00:11:46.339 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Mark: If I could choose one chapter out of the book for 00:11:46.339 --> 00:11:52.979 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% everyone to read, it would be the chapter on culture. 00:11:52.979 --> 00:11:56.015 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% We need two things to be successful in leadership. 00:11:56.015 --> 00:11:59.152 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Well, we need more than that, but two things that are often 00:11:59.152 --> 00:12:02.455 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% overlooked are systems and culture. 00:12:02.455 --> 00:12:05.692 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Systems are when you regulate. 00:12:05.692 --> 00:12:10.129 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% What you do consistently is more important than the phenomenal 00:12:10.129 --> 00:12:11.764 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% things you do occasionally. 00:12:11.764 --> 00:12:14.334 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% It's the everyday things, and that's why mothers are 00:12:14.334 --> 00:12:15.702 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% so powerful. 00:12:15.702 --> 00:12:17.036 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% They're always there. 00:12:17.036 --> 00:12:18.404 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% They're always consistent. 00:12:18.404 --> 00:12:20.406 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Like, when did they not pack your lunch for school? 00:12:20.406 --> 00:12:23.209 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% When did they not pick you up from soccer practice? 00:12:23.209 --> 00:12:24.877 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% When did they not call on your birthday? 00:12:24.877 --> 00:12:26.713 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% It's those consistencies. 00:12:26.713 --> 00:12:29.549 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% So if you're gonna lead well in any area, it has to 00:12:29.549 --> 00:12:31.150 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% be consistency. 00:12:31.150 --> 00:12:34.420 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But the creation of culture, I think this is misunderstood. 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:38.024 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% If I could just speak to the moms out there, speak to the 00:12:38.024 --> 00:12:43.630 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% pastors out there, your number one job, other than casting 00:12:43.630 --> 00:12:47.467 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% vision, is to create a culture. 00:12:47.467 --> 00:12:53.740 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Culture is a combination of what you reward and what you allow. 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:55.475 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% What you reward and what you allow. 00:12:55.475 --> 00:13:01.414 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So if you give your kids an allowance only if they do their 00:13:01.414 --> 00:13:03.883 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% chores, that's what you're rewarding. 00:13:03.883 --> 00:13:07.186 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If you let them leave the door open, that's what you allow. 00:13:07.186 --> 00:13:10.023 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% What you reward and what you allow will be the culture that 00:13:10.023 --> 00:13:13.393 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% you develop, and culture more than--like, culture eats 00:13:13.393 --> 00:13:15.161 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% strategy for lunch. 00:13:15.161 --> 00:13:17.430 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% When people come to our church and they say, "Well, how do you 00:13:17.430 --> 00:13:18.798 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% grow a church?" 00:13:18.798 --> 00:13:22.935 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It's not about the strategy, it is about the culture you create 00:13:22.935 --> 00:13:25.672 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% within that environment. 00:13:25.672 --> 00:13:29.108 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: All right, so what kind of culture are we looking for? 00:13:29.108 --> 00:13:32.045 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Mark: Well, that Jesus is the Master Leader. 00:13:32.045 --> 00:13:36.215 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% He had, I would say, two primary values. 00:13:36.215 --> 00:13:37.550 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Obviously love is one. 00:13:37.550 --> 00:13:39.719 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Love God and love people. 00:13:39.719 --> 00:13:45.058 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% But the other value he had is the way he used power. 00:13:45.058 --> 00:13:50.997 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% There is no leader in Egypt or Rome or Greece or Israel that 00:13:50.997 --> 00:13:55.134 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% used power for any other reason but self-protection 00:13:55.134 --> 00:13:56.903 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% and self-promotion. 00:13:56.903 --> 00:14:02.608 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And Jesus only used power for the powerless. 00:14:02.608 --> 00:14:06.446 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And when you use your position of whatever authority or 00:14:06.446 --> 00:14:09.949 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% whatever power you have for the powerless, I think that's a 00:14:09.949 --> 00:14:15.855 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% cultural value that is not just loving those who love you back 00:14:15.855 --> 00:14:18.791 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% or giving to those who can give back. 00:14:18.791 --> 00:14:23.096 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's using what you have for the benefit of those that can't pay 00:14:23.096 --> 00:14:24.464 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you back. 00:14:24.464 --> 00:14:27.667 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% That's a culture that Jesus would want to create. 00:14:27.667 --> 00:14:29.902 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: So what does that--does that-- 00:14:29.902 --> 00:14:33.506 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% That seems very broad, I think, if applied properly. 00:14:33.506 --> 00:14:39.512 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So you could talk about justice, you know, in your community. 00:14:39.512 --> 00:14:41.614 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% You could talk about poverty. 00:14:41.614 --> 00:14:45.551 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% You could talk about dealing with a range of things, 00:14:45.551 --> 00:14:46.886 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% you know? 00:14:46.886 --> 00:14:48.788 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so I think a lot of people would go, "Okay, that sounds 00:14:48.788 --> 00:14:51.524 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% good, but how do I apply it?" 00:14:51.524 --> 00:14:55.795 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Is it as simple as seeing that need that's closest to you and 00:14:55.795 --> 00:14:57.363 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% filling it? 00:14:57.363 --> 00:14:59.766 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Mark: Well, I would--I love that question. 00:14:59.766 --> 00:15:01.400 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I would respond two ways. 00:15:01.400 --> 00:15:07.140 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% One is, God is gonna craft you in a unique way and put you in a 00:15:07.140 --> 00:15:09.208 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% unique situation. 00:15:09.208 --> 00:15:11.644 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I think about the seven candlesticks of Revelation. 00:15:11.644 --> 00:15:13.012 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Every church was different. 00:15:13.012 --> 00:15:14.981 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% Every church had their light. 00:15:14.981 --> 00:15:17.283 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% So what is the light that God has put in you? 00:15:17.283 --> 00:15:20.419 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The other--and I'm really wrestling with this personally, 00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:21.788 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% just to be transparent. 00:15:21.788 --> 00:15:23.122 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Like, just between you and me. 00:15:23.122 --> 00:15:24.490 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% I wouldn't tell anybody else this. 00:15:24.490 --> 00:15:25.825 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Randy: Be authentic. 00:15:25.825 --> 00:15:29.929 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Mark: I am terrible at being interrupted, because I am so 00:15:29.929 --> 00:15:31.297 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% driven by tasks. 00:15:31.297 --> 00:15:33.266 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% I have a to-do list. 00:15:33.266 --> 00:15:38.271 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But every major miracle Jesus did was an interruption. 00:15:38.271 --> 00:15:42.175 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Can I see interruptions as opportunities? 00:15:42.175 --> 00:15:44.744 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Do you see the people who are interrupting you as 00:15:44.744 --> 00:15:48.080 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% opportunities to be Jesus to them? 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:49.448 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% Randy: Ah. 00:15:49.448 --> 00:15:50.783 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% Mark: You're welcome. 00:15:50.783 --> 00:15:55.121 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: You're gonna set some people on a path, because we do. 00:15:55.121 --> 00:15:57.723 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Overlooked--are overlooked for a reason. 00:15:57.723 --> 00:16:00.593 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And if we stop and notice the way, you're right, the way that 00:16:00.593 --> 00:16:06.265 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Jesus did, boy, that would change--that might change my 00:16:06.265 --> 00:16:08.935 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% community, but Mark, that might change me. 00:16:08.935 --> 00:16:11.470 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Mark: I had a student named Billy, perhaps the most 00:16:11.470 --> 00:16:13.940 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% irritating student I ever had. 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:18.044 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He would raise his hand like 20 times in a class, and I finally 00:16:18.044 --> 00:16:19.946 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% said, "Billy, listen, you get two. 00:16:19.946 --> 00:16:21.280 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Every class period, you get two. 00:16:21.280 --> 00:16:22.648 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% That's all you get." 00:16:22.648 --> 00:16:25.184 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The very next class period, I'm two minutes into the lecture. 00:16:25.184 --> 00:16:28.421 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% His hand goes up and I go, "Are you sure you wanna use it up on 00:16:28.421 --> 00:16:29.755 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% this one?" 00:16:29.755 --> 00:16:31.123 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% And he put his hand back down. 00:16:31.123 --> 00:16:33.593 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Billy, nobody really liked him. 00:16:33.593 --> 00:16:35.027 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% They put up with him. 00:16:35.027 --> 00:16:37.663 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% He wasn't mean, he was just irritating. 00:16:37.663 --> 00:16:44.237 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And the Holy Spirit one day--Billy hid--I'm taking roll 00:16:44.237 --> 00:16:47.540 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% in class, and I called Billy's name, and he always said 00:16:47.540 --> 00:16:49.976 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% something irritating. 00:16:49.976 --> 00:16:51.444 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% But he wasn't there that day. 00:16:51.444 --> 00:16:52.778 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% There was silence. 00:16:52.778 --> 00:16:55.047 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I was sitting there savoring the silence, and then he jumped 00:16:55.047 --> 00:16:56.382 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% out from under my desk. 00:16:56.382 --> 00:16:58.684 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% This is a college classroom! 00:16:58.684 --> 00:17:01.220 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% And I reminded him of that, sat him down. 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:04.290 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% I was steaming. 00:17:04.290 --> 00:17:07.727 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And the Holy Spirit said, "You don't even know him." 00:17:07.727 --> 00:17:11.530 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I said to the Holy Spirit, "And I'm not going to." 00:17:11.530 --> 00:17:14.200 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And the Holy Spirit said, "No, you're taking him out to lunch." 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:15.868 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And you've argued with the Holy Spirit before, it's a 00:17:15.868 --> 00:17:17.236 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% losing battle. 00:17:17.236 --> 00:17:19.238 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So after class I said, "Billy, we need to talk," and I invited 00:17:19.238 --> 00:17:21.774 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% him to lunch and he just, like a puppy dog, he's just sort 00:17:21.774 --> 00:17:23.109 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% of quivering. 00:17:23.109 --> 00:17:26.178 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% I go out to lunch and I said, "Tell me your story." 00:17:26.178 --> 00:17:29.949 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% And for the next hour and a half, he unpacked years 00:17:29.949 --> 00:17:32.618 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% of abuse, neglect, and triage. 00:17:32.618 --> 00:17:36.055 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And I thought to myself, "Had I been through half 00:17:36.055 --> 00:17:39.692 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% of what he had been through, I wouldn't be half 00:17:39.692 --> 00:17:41.560 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% the man that he is." 00:17:41.560 --> 00:17:47.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And I came up with this kind of life slogan for myself. 00:17:47.166 --> 00:17:52.471 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% People are not unlovely because they're unlovely. 00:17:52.471 --> 00:17:55.441 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% They're unlovely because they're unloved. 00:17:55.441 --> 00:17:59.645 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And to your point, if you really want to be a leader, look for 00:17:59.645 --> 00:18:02.481 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% the people who are unlovely, and don't look at what makes 00:18:02.481 --> 00:18:05.084 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% them--they're not unlovable. 00:18:05.084 --> 00:18:06.852 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% They're unloved. 00:18:06.852 --> 00:18:11.824 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And so, find the unlovely, love them, and see what blossoms. 00:18:11.824 --> 00:18:14.427 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% That's influence. 00:18:14.427 --> 00:18:16.495 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Randy: That is godly influence. 00:18:16.495 --> 00:18:18.798 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% That is leading like Jesus. 00:18:18.798 --> 00:18:21.767 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mark: So at our church, we have volunteers for everything, and 00:18:21.767 --> 00:18:23.102 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% they do real ministry. 00:18:23.102 --> 00:18:26.706 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And every time I see a man volunteering in a small 00:18:26.706 --> 00:18:30.109 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% children's area, I ask him the same question. 00:18:30.109 --> 00:18:32.144 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% I say, "They worship you in there, don't they?" 00:18:32.144 --> 00:18:35.348 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And he just goes, "Yeah, they kind of do." 00:18:35.348 --> 00:18:36.949 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% Where else do you get worshiped? 00:18:36.949 --> 00:18:40.086 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The problem with most of us is we're trying to get affirmation 00:18:40.086 --> 00:18:42.421 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% from people above us. 00:18:42.421 --> 00:18:45.658 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% That's hard, and it can vanish like that. 00:18:45.658 --> 00:18:49.862 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But when you lead down and you start pouring into people who 00:18:49.862 --> 00:18:54.033 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% can't pay you back, the influence is permanent, and 00:18:54.033 --> 00:18:57.503 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% that's the kind of dopamine that everybody needs. 00:18:57.503 --> 00:19:01.307 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: You know, I'm gonna interrupt you for just a minute 00:19:01.307 --> 00:19:04.176 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% with something that I would like you to be a part of. 00:19:04.176 --> 00:19:06.145 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% We call it Water for Life. 00:19:06.145 --> 00:19:09.382 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It's an outreach to those who will never be able to pay you 00:19:09.382 --> 00:19:14.387 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% back, to those that you can have an influence on today that goes 00:19:14.387 --> 00:19:18.157 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% beyond simple water, clean drinking water, which 00:19:18.157 --> 00:19:19.492 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% is important. 00:19:19.492 --> 00:19:26.132 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But it goes to sharing the water of life that is Jesus Christ. 00:19:26.132 --> 00:19:30.202 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So here's your interruption and here's your opportunity. 00:19:30.202 --> 00:19:32.938 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Watch this. 00:19:32.938 --> 00:19:34.306 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% James Robison: You know, it's hard to believe that these 00:19:34.306 --> 00:19:36.142 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% children here are actually drinking this water. 00:19:36.142 --> 00:19:37.476 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% It's absolutely filthy. 00:19:37.476 --> 00:19:40.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% As a matter of fact, you can see the cans here that are floating 00:19:40.413 --> 00:19:41.781 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% in the water. 00:19:41.781 --> 00:19:43.616 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% This is what they were drinking out of when we walked up here. 00:19:43.616 --> 00:19:46.519 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I mean, I want you to look how dirty that water is. 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.887 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% This is what they're drinking now. 00:19:47.887 --> 00:19:50.156 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If you can see that when I pour it out, I mean, it's just 00:19:50.156 --> 00:19:51.724 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% absolutely filthy. 00:19:54.994 --> 00:19:58.264 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: Many years ago, James and Betty witnessed firsthand a 00:19:58.264 --> 00:20:01.801 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% deadly problem that still plagues over 2 billion people 00:20:01.801 --> 00:20:06.305 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% today: lack of access to clean drinking water that results in 00:20:06.305 --> 00:20:11.644 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% waterborne illnesses and oftentimes death. 00:20:11.644 --> 00:20:14.180 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% James: That is what we're after. 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:19.251 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And that water will soon be clean, a steel-cased well. 00:20:19.251 --> 00:20:20.986 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% But this is life. 00:20:20.986 --> 00:20:23.155 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% This is water for life right here. 00:20:23.155 --> 00:20:27.093 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Millions of people are dying for lack of clean water and because 00:20:27.093 --> 00:20:28.627 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% of waterborne diseases. 00:20:28.627 --> 00:20:32.064 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Let's give them clean water! 00:20:32.064 --> 00:20:34.366 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% announcer: "Let's give them clean water." 00:20:34.366 --> 00:20:37.436 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Those words have been the heart cry that inspired our mission 00:20:37.436 --> 00:20:40.806 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% teams to locate people in countries throughout the world 00:20:40.806 --> 00:20:43.943 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% who do not have access to clean water. 00:20:43.943 --> 00:20:48.481 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Places like Eastern Europe, in isolated regions of the Amazon 00:20:48.481 --> 00:20:52.785 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% river of South America, into the highlands of Central America, 00:20:52.785 --> 00:20:56.489 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% then to countries in the far reaches of Asia, and finally 00:20:56.489 --> 00:21:00.025 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% back, full circle, to the region of the world where our mission 00:21:00.025 --> 00:21:04.163 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% first began, Southern Africa. 00:21:04.163 --> 00:21:06.999 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: Hey, Mom and Dad, I'm here in Burundi with John 00:21:06.999 --> 00:21:10.636 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% and the whole crew, because another well is going 00:21:10.636 --> 00:21:14.106 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% in the ground to give people fresh, clean drinking water, 00:21:14.106 --> 00:21:15.975 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% and it's so exciting. 00:21:15.975 --> 00:21:19.178 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I wanna say thank you to you for starting this, for being so 00:21:19.178 --> 00:21:24.016 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% faithful to it, and to all the viewers who have made Water for 00:21:24.016 --> 00:21:28.220 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Life possible in so many desperate villages just like 00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:30.523 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% this one. 00:21:30.523 --> 00:21:33.492 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% announcer: Because of James's vision for people to have clean 00:21:33.492 --> 00:21:36.695 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% drinking water, Life Outreach and our partners have drilled 00:21:36.695 --> 00:21:41.534 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% over 9500 wells, serving nearly 10 million people. 00:21:41.534 --> 00:21:45.271 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And yet the mission is far from over, knowing that people are 00:21:45.271 --> 00:21:48.908 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% still suffering and dying simply because they lack clean 00:21:48.908 --> 00:21:50.276 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% drinking water. 00:21:50.276 --> 00:21:54.547 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But with your continued support, we can reach millions more who 00:21:54.547 --> 00:21:56.549 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% are in such desperate need. 00:21:56.549 --> 00:22:01.987 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:22:03.289 --> 00:22:05.124 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: It's one of the highlights of my life to be able 00:22:05.124 --> 00:22:08.394 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% to stand there and watch one of those water wells being drilled, 00:22:08.394 --> 00:22:10.996 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and when that clean water comes out of there and those children 00:22:10.996 --> 00:22:15.467 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% dance in the artificial rain as it spews out of there, 00:22:15.467 --> 00:22:16.835 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the smiles. 00:22:16.835 --> 00:22:18.804 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But I'll tell you what's interesting about that as well 00:22:18.804 --> 00:22:21.640 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% is, yeah, you see the children dancing, playing, having a 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.975 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% good time. 00:22:22.975 --> 00:22:26.845 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But if you look over at the parents and at the grandparents, 00:22:26.845 --> 00:22:28.480 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% you know what you see? 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:30.049 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% You see relief. 00:22:30.049 --> 00:22:32.284 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% You see a spark of hope. 00:22:32.284 --> 00:22:35.054 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You also see the pain, because they remember the ones that 00:22:35.054 --> 00:22:39.625 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% they've lost when they didn't have clean drinking water. 00:22:39.625 --> 00:22:43.629 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Yes, I wanna thank all of you who have been a part of Water 00:22:43.629 --> 00:22:45.264 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% for Life. 00:22:45.264 --> 00:22:47.633 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Let's not stop. 00:22:47.633 --> 00:22:52.571 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% When my parents started that decades ago, you know, I kind of 00:22:52.571 --> 00:22:53.906 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% grew up watching that. 00:22:53.906 --> 00:22:57.443 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% When I got to see it for myself, God really put it on my heart 00:22:57.443 --> 00:23:01.580 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% that this is the gospel in action. 00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:05.050 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% This is a calling for all of us, not just me, not just 00:23:05.050 --> 00:23:06.418 align:start line:63% position:48% size:28% my parents. 00:23:06.418 --> 00:23:07.753 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% We're committed to it. 00:23:07.753 --> 00:23:10.155 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I hope you will commit to it. 00:23:10.155 --> 00:23:12.858 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% It's very, very simple. 00:23:12.858 --> 00:23:15.494 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% An average well is $4800. 00:23:15.494 --> 00:23:18.230 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% That's getting the equipment there, that's drilling down as 00:23:18.230 --> 00:23:19.565 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% far as we have to drill. 00:23:19.565 --> 00:23:23.936 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Some places it's pretty shallow, some places it's very deep. 00:23:23.936 --> 00:23:27.506 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Constructing a well that will last an average of 70 years, 00:23:27.506 --> 00:23:30.676 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% putting a pump on it so that it's covered. 00:23:30.676 --> 00:23:33.912 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% You'll see wells across these areas that are uncovered. 00:23:33.912 --> 00:23:36.482 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% Well, they just get contaminated. 00:23:36.482 --> 00:23:40.452 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% We do these right because we want to give people water 00:23:40.452 --> 00:23:42.454 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% for life. 00:23:42.454 --> 00:23:44.123 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% That's what you do when you join with us. 00:23:44.123 --> 00:23:47.192 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% If you can give a well, gift of $4800 today, please do it. 00:23:47.192 --> 00:23:50.029 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% If you can give five or ten, I would encourage you. 00:23:50.029 --> 00:23:55.434 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% I'm telling you, this is an investment in lives and in the 00:23:55.434 --> 00:23:59.705 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% gospel and the water of life, Jesus Christ. 00:23:59.705 --> 00:24:01.907 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% Maybe you can come together with others. 00:24:01.907 --> 00:24:06.879 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% A gift of $48 would serve 10 people clean water for life. 00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:14.253 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% A gift of $144 will give a water well to an average of 30 people. 00:24:14.253 --> 00:24:17.122 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Whatever you can do today, we've got some wonderful gifts 00:24:17.122 --> 00:24:19.491 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% we'd love to put in your hands. 00:24:19.491 --> 00:24:22.394 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% In fact, we have "Prayers for Physical Health," 00:24:22.394 --> 00:24:25.197 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% and we have "Prayers for Spiritual Health." 00:24:25.197 --> 00:24:28.801 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% And today, if you request Mark Moore's book "The Master 00:24:28.801 --> 00:24:31.870 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% Leader," we would love to send that to you. 00:24:31.870 --> 00:24:36.475 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% But these are just reminders of your part in sharing God's love 00:24:36.475 --> 00:24:40.813 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% with other people by providing that need, by being the hands 00:24:40.813 --> 00:24:44.450 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% and feet, going where the need is, reaching out with an open 00:24:44.450 --> 00:24:48.654 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% hand and giving, which is better than receiving. 00:24:48.654 --> 00:24:51.890 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% So will you do something, whatever God puts on your heart? 00:24:51.890 --> 00:24:55.294 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% You will be blessed by him in a way that he wants to bless you 00:24:55.294 --> 00:24:56.995 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% the most. 00:24:56.995 --> 00:25:02.034 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% So go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:25:02.034 --> 00:25:04.837 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% announcer: Every day, far too many lives are lost to 00:25:04.837 --> 00:25:07.840 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% waterborne disease, and tragically, children under the 00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:10.008 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% age of five are the most vulnerable. 00:25:10.008 --> 00:25:13.545 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Mission Water for Life, you can give desperate mothers 00:25:13.545 --> 00:25:17.516 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% hope and precious children a future by helping provide clean, 00:25:17.516 --> 00:25:20.219 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% life-giving water before it's too late. 00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:23.989 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Our goal this year is to drill 350 water wells in areas where 00:25:23.989 --> 00:25:27.559 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% the need is greatest, but it won't be possible without you. 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:30.929 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Today, your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 00:25:30.929 --> 00:25:32.264 align:start line:10% position:48% size:28% 5 children. 00:25:32.264 --> 00:25:36.101 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% A gift of $48 will help provide for 10, and $144 will help 00:25:36.101 --> 00:25:39.471 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% provide life-giving water for 30 people for a lifetime. 00:25:39.471 --> 00:25:42.875 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% In thanks for your gift of any amount, we'll send you "Prayers 00:25:42.875 --> 00:25:44.443 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% for My Spiritual Health." 00:25:44.443 --> 00:25:47.646 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This beautifully-crafted prayer book will meet you in the places 00:25:47.646 --> 00:25:51.216 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% where anxiety, grief, and spiritual weariness run deep, 00:25:51.216 --> 00:25:54.720 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% guiding you through prayers for inner peace, emotional healing, 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.555 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% and intimacy with God. 00:25:56.555 --> 00:26:00.759 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request the "Your Life 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:02.094 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% of Prayer" bundle. 00:26:02.094 --> 00:26:04.830 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% This collection includes "Prayers for My Spiritual 00:26:04.830 --> 00:26:08.434 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Health," along with "Prayers for My Physical Health" and the 00:26:08.434 --> 00:26:11.804 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% "Life Prayer" journal, three companions to help strengthen 00:26:11.804 --> 00:26:13.205 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% your walk with Christ. 00:26:13.205 --> 00:26:17.242 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:26:17.242 --> 00:26:22.214 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% for 250 people, or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a complete 00:26:22.214 --> 00:26:26.018 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% well, and request our inspiring bronze sculpture, "The 00:26:26.018 --> 00:26:27.386 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% Good Shepherd." 00:26:27.386 --> 00:26:32.524 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:26:32.524 --> 00:26:35.294 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Randy: Please do go online, go to the phone, make the best gift 00:26:35.294 --> 00:26:36.662 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% you can. 00:26:36.662 --> 00:26:42.000 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% You can be God's love in word and in deed right now. 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.335 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% And we really do need to hear from you. 00:26:43.335 --> 00:26:47.406 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% If you would like Mark Moore's book "The Master Leader," 00:26:47.406 --> 00:26:49.508 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% wherever you're leading, it'll help you. 00:26:49.508 --> 00:26:53.378 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% It's true wherever you apply it, because it's based in Scripture. 00:26:53.378 --> 00:26:54.746 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Request that today. 00:26:54.746 --> 00:26:56.081 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We'd love to send that to you. 00:26:56.081 --> 00:26:59.485 align:start line:58% position:47% size:63% Mark, by the way, thank you for all your support. 00:26:59.485 --> 00:27:03.288 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% I know the mission outreaches are close to your heart, and we 00:27:03.288 --> 00:27:05.891 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% just appreciate your influence there. 00:27:05.891 --> 00:27:08.627 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Mark: Well, Jesus said it's more blessed to give than to receive, 00:27:08.627 --> 00:27:11.730 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% so for me to even give a little bit towards what you're already 00:27:11.730 --> 00:27:13.232 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% doing is an honor. 00:27:13.232 --> 00:27:17.402 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Randy: And you've given a lot, and I do appreciate that. 00:27:17.402 --> 00:27:21.039 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% Thank you, and thank you all for watching. 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:23.208 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% By the way, there's a couple more programs with Mark Moore 00:27:23.208 --> 00:27:26.745 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% and Kyle Idleman on our website, lifetoday.org. 00:27:26.745 --> 00:27:28.080 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% Really good. 00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:30.082 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% Come back, we'll see you again next time. 00:27:30.082 --> 00:27:40.092 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:40.092 --> 00:27:50.102 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:27:50.102 --> 00:27:59.978 align:start line:10% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:28:02.981 --> 00:28:06.351 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Victoria Arlen: There's no medical explanation as to why I 00:28:06.351 --> 00:28:07.686 align:start line:10% position:50% size:21% am here. 00:28:07.686 --> 00:28:09.388 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% announcer: Victoria Arlen's miraculous healing 00:28:09.388 --> 00:28:12.558 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% journey, tomorrow. 00:28:12.558 --> 00:28:14.893 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: "Life Today" is made possible by the supporters of 00:28:14.893 --> 00:28:16.228 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Life Outreach International. 00:28:16.228 --> 00:28:18.330 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% Your gift will be used exclusively for the exempt 00:28:18.330 --> 00:28:19.665 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% purposes of Life. 00:28:19.665 --> 00:28:22.100 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% The ministry features specific outreaches as examples of the 00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:23.602 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% programs it supports and conducts. 00:28:23.602 --> 00:28:25.737 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% Gifts are considered to be without restriction as to use 00:28:25.737 --> 00:28:27.472 align:start line:10% position:50% size:61% unless explicitly stipulated by the donor. 00:28:27.472 --> 00:28:29.474 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% The ministry is a member of the ECFA.