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. 00:00:06.773 --> 00:00:11.044 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% David Stine: They realized and diagnosed me with a rare strand 00:00:11.044 --> 00:00:17.284 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% of leukemia and obviously did not have a very good prognosis 00:00:17.284 --> 00:00:20.687 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% at the time, and they didn't have a whole lot that they could 00:00:20.687 --> 00:00:22.923 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% do for me, and-- 00:00:22.923 --> 00:00:26.059 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Randy Robison: So they were discharging you to, like-- 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:27.394 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% David: To go die. 00:00:27.394 --> 00:00:29.863 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% announcer: A devastating diagnosis proved to be a 00:00:29.863 --> 00:00:31.598 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% blessing in disguise. 00:00:31.598 --> 00:00:35.636 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% David Stine's journey to find Jesus, next. 00:00:35.636 --> 00:00:45.646 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:45.646 --> 00:00:53.620 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.620 --> 00:00:55.188 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Randy: Welcome to "Life Today." I'm Randy Robison. 00:00:55.188 --> 00:00:56.990 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% Good to have you here today. 00:00:56.990 --> 00:01:02.329 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If you haven't already figured it out, one of God's goals in 00:01:02.329 --> 00:01:06.667 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% our lives is to build endurance. 00:01:06.667 --> 00:01:09.836 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And if you've ever had to do that you're like, "Oh, I don't 00:01:09.836 --> 00:01:11.171 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% wanna do that." 00:01:11.171 --> 00:01:15.342 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% It's not an easy thing, but it's a very good thing, and there is 00:01:15.342 --> 00:01:19.279 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% some encouragement and some hope when you understand what 00:01:19.279 --> 00:01:20.614 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% God promises. 00:01:20.614 --> 00:01:24.217 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So we're gonna give you, I think, a little bit of insight, 00:01:24.217 --> 00:01:28.922 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% some encouragement, for sure, but definitely some hope for 00:01:28.922 --> 00:01:30.257 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% whatever you're facing. 00:01:30.257 --> 00:01:31.892 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And look, if you're not going through something right now 00:01:31.892 --> 00:01:35.329 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% where you need this, you will, so just go ahead and pack 00:01:35.329 --> 00:01:36.697 align:start line:69% position:50% size:21% it away. 00:01:36.697 --> 00:01:40.801 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% My guest today is David Stine, and he has a book called 00:01:40.801 --> 00:01:43.370 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% "The Way of the Ox." 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:44.705 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% What does that mean? 00:01:44.705 --> 00:01:46.073 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% We're gonna find out. 00:01:46.073 --> 00:01:47.574 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% David was a longtime pastor up in the DC area. 00:01:47.574 --> 00:01:51.178 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% He's now down in Austin, the founder of Advance Partners, and 00:01:51.178 --> 00:01:54.214 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% helping a lot of people, and he joins us today on "Life Today." 00:01:54.214 --> 00:01:55.549 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% David, great to see you. 00:01:55.549 --> 00:01:56.917 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% David: So good to be with you, Randy. 00:01:56.917 --> 00:01:58.251 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Thanks for having me on the show. 00:01:58.251 --> 00:02:01.688 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Absolutely, so I love--by the way, I like the book, your 00:02:01.688 --> 00:02:06.426 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% style, and some of your stories I really connected with, so I 00:02:06.426 --> 00:02:07.861 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% enjoyed this personally. 00:02:07.861 --> 00:02:12.099 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But we gotta just come out of the chute and go what are you 00:02:12.099 --> 00:02:14.234 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% talking about with an ox? 00:02:14.234 --> 00:02:18.238 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% David: You know, it is an interesting story. 00:02:18.238 --> 00:02:23.276 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I was walking through HomeGoods one day, doing my husbandly duty 00:02:23.276 --> 00:02:27.381 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% of following my wife and hopefully stopping her from 00:02:27.381 --> 00:02:31.385 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% buying any of the trinkets and things, and we're just walking 00:02:31.385 --> 00:02:35.722 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% down the picture aisle, and she pointed at this one painting of 00:02:35.722 --> 00:02:37.057 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% this animal. 00:02:37.057 --> 00:02:40.427 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I was like--she said, "I think we need to have this in 00:02:40.427 --> 00:02:43.130 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% our living room," and I was like, "Babe, I don't even know 00:02:43.130 --> 00:02:45.065 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% what that is." 00:02:45.065 --> 00:02:49.069 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And sure enough, we left with it that day, and I went home to 00:02:49.069 --> 00:02:50.804 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% discover what that was. 00:02:50.804 --> 00:02:52.139 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% I was just curious. 00:02:52.139 --> 00:02:53.874 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% If something's gonna be hanging in my house, I at least want to 00:02:53.874 --> 00:02:55.776 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% be able to tell people what it is. 00:02:55.776 --> 00:03:00.414 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And come to find out it was an animal that lives in the Arctic 00:03:00.414 --> 00:03:05.919 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Circle called the musk ox, and I wasn't planning to do a bunch of 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:09.823 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% research, but as I dove in, this animal has got some amazing 00:03:09.823 --> 00:03:12.259 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% qualities, and I think they really parallel the 00:03:12.259 --> 00:03:13.693 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Christian life. 00:03:13.693 --> 00:03:17.364 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And the one that stood out the most, initially, was that in the 00:03:17.364 --> 00:03:22.102 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% wintertime in the Arctic, instead of going south with all 00:03:22.102 --> 00:03:24.738 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the other animals, the birds and everything, as we see here in 00:03:24.738 --> 00:03:29.910 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% the States, it actually goes north into the cold. 00:03:29.910 --> 00:03:33.146 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It goes--actually, whenever there's a storm coming, it goes 00:03:33.146 --> 00:03:35.115 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% into the storm. 00:03:35.115 --> 00:03:38.185 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it's interesting, and there's a lot of aspects that I 00:03:38.185 --> 00:03:42.055 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% write about in the book of why the musk ox does this, but it's 00:03:42.055 --> 00:03:46.259 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% uniquely designed by God to be able to endure just this 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:48.095 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% harsh temperature. 00:03:48.095 --> 00:03:51.665 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And there's all kinds of other benefits that it has as well. 00:03:51.665 --> 00:03:55.802 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But I parallel that very clearly to the Christian life, and I 00:03:55.802 --> 00:03:58.505 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% believe there's just, Randy, there's some storms in life that 00:03:58.505 --> 00:04:01.341 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I haven't been able to go around, I haven't been able to 00:04:01.341 --> 00:04:02.676 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% go under. 00:04:02.676 --> 00:04:05.479 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% As much as I'd love to pretend that they didn't exist, I had to 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.214 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% go straight through them. 00:04:07.214 --> 00:04:11.885 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I believe that's where God really meets us in the storm. 00:04:11.885 --> 00:04:15.989 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: We'll come back to that ox, but I want to talk about 00:04:15.989 --> 00:04:20.227 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% your storm, because I bet when you read that, that meant 00:04:20.227 --> 00:04:22.195 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% something to you that the rest of us would go, "Well, that's 00:04:22.195 --> 00:04:23.663 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% just crazy," you know? 00:04:23.663 --> 00:04:26.733 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% But you probably went, "I have been there." 00:04:26.733 --> 00:04:29.503 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Tell us what happened to you as a child. 00:04:29.503 --> 00:04:34.508 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% David: Yeah, that's a story that has given me the life I have 00:04:34.508 --> 00:04:35.876 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% today, actually. 00:04:35.876 --> 00:04:41.248 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And as a young man, I was 15 years old, and I was a tennis 00:04:41.248 --> 00:04:44.651 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% player, and very involved and just wanting to be the best. 00:04:44.651 --> 00:04:48.221 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% I wanted to play at Wimbledon, you know? 00:04:48.221 --> 00:04:49.856 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Like any other young tennis player. 00:04:49.856 --> 00:04:54.728 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And I started to have these odd symptoms, and of course my 00:04:54.728 --> 00:04:58.165 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% parents were very concerned, and the local doctors couldn't 00:04:58.165 --> 00:05:01.401 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% figure out what was going on, so I ended up going--growing up in 00:05:01.401 --> 00:05:05.338 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Louisiana, I went to New Orleans, to Ochsner Clinic, 00:05:05.338 --> 00:05:07.974 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% where they checked me out for probably a couple weeks. 00:05:07.974 --> 00:05:13.680 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And about a week in, they realized and diagnosed me with a 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:19.019 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% rare strand of leukemia and obviously did not have a very 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:23.823 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% good prognosis at the time, and they didn't have a whole lot 00:05:23.823 --> 00:05:27.527 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% that they could do for me in the process. 00:05:27.527 --> 00:05:33.934 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And my grandfather was--my recollection of him as a kid is 00:05:33.934 --> 00:05:36.303 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% that he was reading his Bible every day. 00:05:36.303 --> 00:05:38.138 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% He was probably watching your dad too. 00:05:38.138 --> 00:05:43.810 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So just consistently just this man of God that I looked so 00:05:43.810 --> 00:05:45.579 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% highly up to. 00:05:45.579 --> 00:05:52.085 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And he had visited me the day before I was to be discharged, 00:05:52.085 --> 00:05:56.056 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and the following day after he left, he called, and I remember 00:05:56.056 --> 00:05:59.326 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% my mom answered the phone in the hospital room there. 00:05:59.326 --> 00:06:00.727 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% I'm still laying in the bed. 00:06:00.727 --> 00:06:03.396 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% I had lost probably 50 pounds. 00:06:03.396 --> 00:06:09.135 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I was only about 100 pounds, as a 15-year-old guy, you know? 00:06:09.135 --> 00:06:13.607 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And he said over the phone he said, "David, I had a dream 00:06:13.607 --> 00:06:15.442 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% about you last night." 00:06:15.442 --> 00:06:17.110 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% And this is a great man of faith. 00:06:17.110 --> 00:06:22.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And he said, "Yeah, I saw you just as I saw you the day before 00:06:22.716 --> 00:06:26.152 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% in the hospital bed, and that hospital bed went up into 00:06:26.152 --> 00:06:27.520 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% the clouds." 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:30.223 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And he paused for a second, and Randy, honestly I was like, 00:06:30.223 --> 00:06:32.359 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% "This is not an encouraging call. 00:06:32.359 --> 00:06:35.195 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% I'm basically going to heaven." 00:06:35.195 --> 00:06:36.563 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% But he didn't stop there. 00:06:36.563 --> 00:06:39.833 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% He said, "You came back down out of the clouds, and you were 00:06:39.833 --> 00:06:43.403 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% dressed like a normal young man." 00:06:43.403 --> 00:06:46.273 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And he said, "David, I believe that this dream means that God 00:06:46.273 --> 00:06:50.210 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% has healed you," and he said, "I believe you're healed." 00:06:50.210 --> 00:06:54.914 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it was in that moment that it was like I was hearing from 00:06:54.914 --> 00:06:58.918 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% Jesus himself that I had been healed. 00:06:58.918 --> 00:07:04.057 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Well, I felt no different in that moment, but the next day I 00:07:04.057 --> 00:07:10.263 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% was to have a bone marrow test before they discharged me to go 00:07:10.263 --> 00:07:19.205 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% home, and that next day, had the test, and packing up to go home, 00:07:19.205 --> 00:07:22.342 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% without any other plan other than that I was gonna, you know, 00:07:22.342 --> 00:07:26.079 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% be on some medicine before I passed, and-- 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.516 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: So they were discharging you to, like-- 00:07:29.516 --> 00:07:30.884 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% David: To go die. 00:07:30.884 --> 00:07:32.352 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Randy: To hospice or something, like? 00:07:32.352 --> 00:07:35.188 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% David: No, it was basically gonna be a slower thing under 00:07:35.188 --> 00:07:40.226 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% care of my doctor back home. 00:07:40.226 --> 00:07:43.630 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And the doctors come in, and this is the classic moment for 00:07:43.630 --> 00:07:47.634 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% me that we often hear of whenever God intervenes and 00:07:47.634 --> 00:07:52.706 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% takes physicians off guard, but the doctors came in the room for 00:07:52.706 --> 00:07:55.975 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% the discharge and they said, "We also have some news for you 00:07:55.975 --> 00:07:57.977 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% about the bone marrow test. 00:07:57.977 --> 00:08:01.748 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And evidently, David, you don't have any leukemia 00:08:01.748 --> 00:08:03.550 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% in your body any longer. 00:08:03.550 --> 00:08:04.884 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% You don't have leukemia." 00:08:04.884 --> 00:08:08.388 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: So they saw it, and then they didn't see it. 00:08:08.388 --> 00:08:11.157 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Did they say, "Uh, we think we made a mistake"? 00:08:11.157 --> 00:08:12.926 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% David: "We can't explain it." 00:08:12.926 --> 00:08:14.461 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Randy: Oh, "We can't explain it," is that what it was? 00:08:14.461 --> 00:08:15.962 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% David: It's the classic phrase. 00:08:15.962 --> 00:08:17.564 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% We don't know how to--I mean, they were honestly talking with 00:08:17.564 --> 00:08:22.068 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% my mom and dad, and I was just sitting in the bed. 00:08:22.068 --> 00:08:25.839 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And they said, "Yeah, you know, we don't really know how to 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:29.309 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% explain this, but your son does not have leukemia." 00:08:29.309 --> 00:08:31.444 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: Did you say "I know how to explain it"? 00:08:31.444 --> 00:08:32.779 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% David: I did not. 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:34.481 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: Did you connect it with your grandfather yet? 00:08:34.481 --> 00:08:38.618 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% David: I did, but at that time, and this might be surprising to 00:08:38.618 --> 00:08:41.788 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% your audience, but I was actually not a follower 00:08:41.788 --> 00:08:43.490 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% of Jesus. 00:08:43.490 --> 00:08:49.863 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And it wasn't until six years later in undergrad, in college, 00:08:49.863 --> 00:08:53.400 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% that I accepted the Lord as my Lord and Savior. 00:08:53.400 --> 00:08:57.337 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It was in that moment, though, that God went from this God 00:08:57.337 --> 00:09:02.842 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% who's far off to a God that's actually interested in me. 00:09:02.842 --> 00:09:07.213 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And that was a huge part of my testimony today. 00:09:07.213 --> 00:09:10.950 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: Okay, so I was going to ask you, did you ever wonder 00:09:10.950 --> 00:09:15.155 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% why, you know, God didn't give you the dream, but instead to 00:09:15.155 --> 00:09:16.489 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% your grandfather? 00:09:16.489 --> 00:09:18.358 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% But then when you tell me that you weren't even a follower, 00:09:18.358 --> 00:09:23.163 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% it's like--God was like, "I'm gonna show this guy," yeah. 00:09:23.163 --> 00:09:26.999 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Because you instantly go from, you know, "God's that nice guy 00:09:26.999 --> 00:09:31.905 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% on Sunday or Easter, Christmas," to, "Wait a minute, he's real 00:09:31.905 --> 00:09:35.775 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% and he's important and he just healed me." 00:09:35.775 --> 00:09:38.144 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And then your grandfather was the connection to put it 00:09:38.144 --> 00:09:39.512 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% all together. 00:09:39.512 --> 00:09:43.550 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I mean, would you reflect on that whole how God brought you 00:09:43.550 --> 00:09:45.885 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% to him process? 00:09:45.885 --> 00:09:48.721 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% David: I tell you, that's probably the thing that's most 00:09:48.721 --> 00:09:54.894 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% amazing about God for me still today, is that we don't serve 00:09:54.894 --> 00:10:01.000 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% this God who is just ethereal or a far-off God, we serve a God 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.505 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that is not just able to heal us, but he's actually interested 00:10:05.505 --> 00:10:10.210 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% in intervening in such a way in our life, that he would reach 00:10:10.210 --> 00:10:17.283 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and be able to correct something that we could not do ourselves. 00:10:17.283 --> 00:10:22.155 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, Scripture says, "He cleanses us of our infirmities, 00:10:22.155 --> 00:10:24.891 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% and he heals us of our diseases." 00:10:24.891 --> 00:10:28.428 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% The thing I love about that Scripture as it was for me is, a 00:10:28.428 --> 00:10:32.765 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% disease is not something we can get over on our own, so he heals 00:10:32.765 --> 00:10:36.536 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% us of the thing that we cannot do for ourself. 00:10:36.536 --> 00:10:40.306 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% And he's just been so faithful in that way. 00:10:40.306 --> 00:10:43.142 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: I love that you're able to share it with other people, 00:10:43.142 --> 00:10:45.845 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% because it it does get people's attention. 00:10:45.845 --> 00:10:50.717 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Okay, so back to the ox, because you know, in that moment where 00:10:50.717 --> 00:10:53.853 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% you desperately need that healing, I mean, 00:10:53.853 --> 00:10:55.188 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% that's difficult. 00:10:55.188 --> 00:10:57.223 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% We wanna run away from those storms, no doubt about it. 00:10:57.223 --> 00:10:59.559 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% But we talk about this musk ox and going into the storm. 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.529 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It's one thing in your book that I picked up on, and I can 00:11:02.529 --> 00:11:04.731 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% actually see a lot of different applications, so I'll let you 00:11:04.731 --> 00:11:06.132 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% tell your version of it. 00:11:06.132 --> 00:11:10.970 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But the one thing that's unique, as far as I know, about this 00:11:10.970 --> 00:11:13.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% particular--I'm looking at the cover, right, this particular 00:11:13.673 --> 00:11:15.708 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% ox, for people that can see it. 00:11:15.708 --> 00:11:20.280 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% He's got layers, right? 00:11:20.280 --> 00:11:23.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% That's what enables him to survive these storms. 00:11:23.016 --> 00:11:25.485 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% What did you see when you saw that? 00:11:25.485 --> 00:11:28.388 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% David: I tell you what, Randy, this animal, just the more I 00:11:28.388 --> 00:11:31.457 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% learned about it, and there's not actually a lot of 00:11:31.457 --> 00:11:35.028 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% information out there on them, and what information I could 00:11:35.028 --> 00:11:38.498 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% find was just another layer and another layer that parallels 00:11:38.498 --> 00:11:42.335 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% with our walk with the Lord. 00:11:42.335 --> 00:11:46.773 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But the layers, they call them guard hairs on the outside, and 00:11:46.773 --> 00:11:50.777 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% they're thick and actually hollow, and they have those 00:11:50.777 --> 00:11:54.480 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% year-round because they live, you know, in the Arctic. 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.117 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It's freezing cold in the summertime as well, you know. 00:11:58.117 --> 00:12:02.789 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% But the interesting thing is as the musk ox heads into the 00:12:02.789 --> 00:12:07.160 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% storm, into the further north, into the winter cold, it 00:12:07.160 --> 00:12:11.397 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% actually grows another layer underneath those guard hairs, 00:12:11.397 --> 00:12:14.434 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% and it happens really like clockwork every year. 00:12:14.434 --> 00:12:18.404 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% It's called qiviut, and it's this gray wool that grows 00:12:18.404 --> 00:12:20.640 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% underneath those guard hairs. 00:12:20.640 --> 00:12:24.410 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And amazingly enough, this animal, scientists say that it 00:12:24.410 --> 00:12:33.119 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% can handle up to -167 degrees and be fine, which is amazing. 00:12:33.119 --> 00:12:36.656 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But this qiviut, the other thing I learned about it is, come 00:12:36.656 --> 00:12:42.462 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% springtime, the qiviut actually falls out. 00:12:42.462 --> 00:12:46.633 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It's almost like God has built it in such a way, designed this 00:12:46.633 --> 00:12:50.670 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% musk ox where whenever it doesn't need the layer, it just 00:12:50.670 --> 00:12:52.005 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% drops off. 00:12:52.005 --> 00:12:57.076 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Well, that qiviut today is actually the most valuable wool 00:12:57.076 --> 00:13:01.914 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% on earth, and you can tell the supply is not very much because 00:13:01.914 --> 00:13:05.485 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% there's not a whole lot of musk ox on planet Earth, but it's 00:13:05.485 --> 00:13:08.955 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% actually worth more than cashmere and other types of 00:13:08.955 --> 00:13:13.760 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% wool, which to me made it kind of like a silver lining, almost, 00:13:13.760 --> 00:13:16.396 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% that God was doing in the process. 00:13:16.396 --> 00:13:19.632 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% You know, Scripture tells us that he's trying to--his goal is 00:13:19.632 --> 00:13:23.636 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% to make our faith worth even greater than gold. 00:13:23.636 --> 00:13:28.274 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And it's so often that in the storms of life and in the 00:13:28.274 --> 00:13:32.145 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% more challenging seasons, that's really where our faith 00:13:32.145 --> 00:13:37.583 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% is refined, that refiner's fire, you could say. 00:13:37.583 --> 00:13:41.020 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% You know, oftentimes I've felt in my own life, as I go through 00:13:41.020 --> 00:13:44.957 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% challenges and God builds something in me, that I'm 00:13:44.957 --> 00:13:49.629 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% convinced he's more interested in my heart and my faith than he 00:13:49.629 --> 00:13:51.464 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% is in my comfort. 00:13:51.464 --> 00:13:54.267 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And that's probably not encouraging for your audience to 00:13:54.267 --> 00:13:57.737 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% hear today, but the encouraging side of that is that whenever 00:13:57.737 --> 00:14:00.940 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% we're going through a challenge, you can know that he's actually 00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:05.578 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% building something on the inside of us that's even greater than 00:14:05.578 --> 00:14:07.613 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% the challenge that we're going through. 00:14:07.613 --> 00:14:11.150 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then of course he's with us in whatever challenge that we're 00:14:11.150 --> 00:14:12.985 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% in, just lockstep. 00:14:12.985 --> 00:14:17.924 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: Yeah, and you know, when we start to go into the storm, 00:14:17.924 --> 00:14:20.059 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% usually we're like, "I can't handle this." 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:23.429 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% We feel overwhelmed and we're like, "I don't even know what to 00:14:23.429 --> 00:14:25.231 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% do," you know? 00:14:25.231 --> 00:14:29.836 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I think when we lean into God in that process, we grow 00:14:29.836 --> 00:14:32.305 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% that qiviut, you know? 00:14:32.305 --> 00:14:36.275 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% He's like, "I will give you what you need to survive this. 00:14:36.275 --> 00:14:39.512 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Without me, you may not." 00:14:39.512 --> 00:14:43.416 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But he promises that he will be with us in those, and he does 00:14:43.416 --> 00:14:46.486 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% that, and then we don't always see it in real time, but looking 00:14:46.486 --> 00:14:48.354 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% back, we can see it. 00:14:48.354 --> 00:14:52.492 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, okay, you know I didn't even get to--I've got these five 00:14:52.492 --> 00:14:58.431 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% steps to face adversity that are in your book, and so to really 00:14:58.431 --> 00:15:01.734 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% dive into this, you're gonna have to get the book. 00:15:01.734 --> 00:15:03.836 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And it's worth getting, and we'll tell you how you can get 00:15:03.836 --> 00:15:05.204 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% it here in a second. 00:15:05.204 --> 00:15:09.876 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But real quickly, the steps that you do cover: hope, faith, 00:15:09.876 --> 00:15:13.012 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% relationships, passion, and prayer. 00:15:13.012 --> 00:15:16.949 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And yes, we all need--we need hope, and that's what I think--I 00:15:16.949 --> 00:15:19.018 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% hope we're giving people hope today. 00:15:19.018 --> 00:15:22.855 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then faith is the thing that underpins it, absolutely, at 00:15:22.855 --> 00:15:26.425 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% all--because without Christ, you can do nothing. 00:15:26.425 --> 00:15:29.295 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Prayer is the active part of that, and then the 00:15:29.295 --> 00:15:30.930 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% relationships, we do need community. 00:15:30.930 --> 00:15:35.468 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I wanna ask you about the passion portion of that, because 00:15:35.468 --> 00:15:37.837 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% when I first just saw the word I'm like, "Well, that means 00:15:37.837 --> 00:15:41.574 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% different things to different people." 00:15:41.574 --> 00:15:42.909 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% How did that work for you? 00:15:42.909 --> 00:15:47.146 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% What was the passion that helped you face adversity? 00:15:47.146 --> 00:15:49.882 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% David: You know, I think-- let me say this first. 00:15:49.882 --> 00:15:54.120 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% I really believe that God desires us to thrive, even 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.890 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% whenever we're experiencing challenges, and I think a 00:15:57.890 --> 00:16:01.360 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% missing piece oftentimes, particularly in Christendom, 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:05.965 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I've found, is that individuals would sacrifice that passion 00:16:05.965 --> 00:16:09.602 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% piece whenever they're going through a challenging time, and 00:16:09.602 --> 00:16:14.207 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% I actually think it's one of the things that launches us forward 00:16:14.207 --> 00:16:17.977 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% and really allows us to thrive, even if we are having, let's 00:16:17.977 --> 00:16:21.080 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% say, a financial challenge, a health challenge. 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.716 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Maybe there is a relationship challenge. 00:16:23.716 --> 00:16:28.321 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But God has wired us in such a way to really have passions for 00:16:28.321 --> 00:16:31.490 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% living and the things we put our hand to, the people that we 00:16:31.490 --> 00:16:35.628 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% surround ourselves with, and those are often the things that 00:16:35.628 --> 00:16:40.066 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% should not be set aside but really be forefront to really 00:16:40.066 --> 00:16:41.601 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% pull us forward. 00:16:41.601 --> 00:16:44.170 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I know one of the things with the musk ox, but here we are 00:16:44.170 --> 00:16:49.308 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% again, Randy, but, you know, the musk ox, it stays 00:16:49.308 --> 00:16:50.910 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% in relationship. 00:16:50.910 --> 00:16:55.882 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% They stay with the same group their entire lives. 00:16:55.882 --> 00:17:01.220 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The young are taken care of by the old, and whenever they're 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:04.257 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% going forward into the winter--so they've got the 00:17:04.257 --> 00:17:07.660 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% relationships, and then they've also got, really, I believe, the 00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:11.230 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% passion in front of them is that in springtime is whenever their 00:17:11.230 --> 00:17:13.132 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% young are born. 00:17:13.132 --> 00:17:17.236 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So if you think about the nature of God and the heart of God 00:17:17.236 --> 00:17:20.740 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% towards these animals, it's in the springtime that they're 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:22.074 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% having their young. 00:17:22.074 --> 00:17:27.213 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Well, since they've gone north, these young are born in a place 00:17:27.213 --> 00:17:30.850 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% where there is the first to the green grass. 00:17:30.850 --> 00:17:33.986 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They're also without any predators around, because all 00:17:33.986 --> 00:17:36.322 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% the predators went south. 00:17:36.322 --> 00:17:39.959 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So they're really able to grow up in a real kind of green 00:17:39.959 --> 00:17:45.531 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% pastures, if you will, as Psalm 23 tells us all about. 00:17:45.531 --> 00:17:50.303 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: So the thing that the musk ox naturally loves is what 00:17:50.303 --> 00:17:53.406 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% points them to go through it in the endura--I like that. 00:17:53.406 --> 00:17:54.740 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% I like that a lot. 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:57.743 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% David: And it's how--I really think if we can have kind of 00:17:57.743 --> 00:18:03.482 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% that 30,000-foot God's vantage point and know that he is doing 00:18:03.482 --> 00:18:07.053 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% something more significant than we can see in our current 00:18:07.053 --> 00:18:11.924 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% challenge, that will get us not only to face the storm but to 00:18:11.924 --> 00:18:14.694 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% know that on the other side, God has really great things 00:18:14.694 --> 00:18:16.495 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% for you and I. 00:18:16.495 --> 00:18:18.864 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% Randy: So good to hear, so good to hear. 00:18:18.864 --> 00:18:22.468 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I hope you're taking this to heart, and if you would like to 00:18:22.468 --> 00:18:25.938 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% get David Stine's "The Way of the Ox," we would love to send 00:18:25.938 --> 00:18:30.977 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% it to you today when you help us with some people who are going 00:18:30.977 --> 00:18:33.612 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% through a storm right now. 00:18:33.612 --> 00:18:37.516 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So watch this and pray about how you can be a part, and when you 00:18:37.516 --> 00:18:39.919 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% support this outreach, you can request this book. 00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:41.921 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% We'd love to send it to you. 00:18:41.921 --> 00:18:46.359 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:49.695 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: For 68-year-old Menpei, this is just one of up 00:18:49.695 --> 00:18:52.498 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% to four times a day she must make this journey to 00:18:52.498 --> 00:18:53.933 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% retrieve water. 00:18:53.933 --> 00:18:57.536 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Her only water source: a hole in a river bed. 00:18:57.536 --> 00:19:00.940 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It is not only a source for water, but also a source of 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:03.676 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% sickness and disease. 00:19:03.676 --> 00:19:06.345 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Menpei fears for the health of her grandchildren when they 00:19:06.345 --> 00:19:09.181 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% drink this water, because she has already seen what it has 00:19:09.181 --> 00:19:11.984 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% done to her son, Tei. 00:19:11.984 --> 00:19:16.322 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% His stomach and ankles are bloated and swollen, all signs 00:19:16.322 --> 00:19:19.692 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% of a urinary tract infection, or worse. 00:19:19.692 --> 00:19:22.995 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% They have no money to see the doctor, but even if they did, it 00:19:22.995 --> 00:19:24.997 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% would not change their water source. 00:19:26.499 --> 00:19:28.501 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% [speaking foreign language] 00:19:36.175 --> 00:19:39.645 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% announcer: Unfortunately, Tei is often unable to work due to 00:19:39.645 --> 00:19:41.647 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% his illness. 00:19:58.964 --> 00:20:01.934 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% announcer: Life is hard for Tei and his mother, Menpei. 00:20:01.934 --> 00:20:05.337 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% By simply introducing a clean water source, so many of their 00:20:05.337 --> 00:20:07.873 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% hardships could be alleviated, and with it, 00:20:07.873 --> 00:20:09.875 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% hope restored to their village. 00:20:16.882 --> 00:20:19.819 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: You know, when you see stories like that, the 00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:25.157 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% individual people and how they are impacted in various ways by 00:20:25.157 --> 00:20:31.897 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% contaminated water, you start to understand that Water for Life, 00:20:31.897 --> 00:20:35.901 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% this outreach that we do, that we've done for decades now, to 00:20:35.901 --> 00:20:41.140 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% drill a clean drinking water source, putting a water well 00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:45.277 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% into a village, you realize that it's more than just an act of 00:20:45.277 --> 00:20:52.451 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% charity when you do it from the standpoint of Christ, meaning 00:20:52.451 --> 00:20:57.056 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% we're doing this because we believe God has put us here to 00:20:57.056 --> 00:21:00.392 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% alleviate the suffering of others and to preach the good 00:21:00.392 --> 00:21:02.194 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% news of the gospel. 00:21:02.194 --> 00:21:06.832 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It takes on, I believe, a whole new meaning when you see the 00:21:06.832 --> 00:21:08.834 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% individual stories. 00:21:08.834 --> 00:21:11.070 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% Their story is difficult. 00:21:11.070 --> 00:21:15.107 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% There are other stories that are just tragic, you know? 00:21:15.107 --> 00:21:19.245 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I've knelt next to graves of children who died from 00:21:19.245 --> 00:21:22.548 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% waterborne diseases. 00:21:22.548 --> 00:21:26.752 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I've seen the pain of the parents, of the grandparents, 00:21:26.752 --> 00:21:30.623 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% who have lost oftentimes numerous children or 00:21:30.623 --> 00:21:34.793 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% grandchildren because they have the same water source. 00:21:34.793 --> 00:21:41.567 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Until a solution comes to them, they will just cycle. 00:21:41.567 --> 00:21:45.538 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% There will continue to be death and illness and a lack of 00:21:45.538 --> 00:21:48.474 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% production, as you saw just now. 00:21:48.474 --> 00:21:49.808 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% What do we do? 00:21:49.808 --> 00:21:52.244 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% We come and we break the cycle. 00:21:52.244 --> 00:21:56.315 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% We break the work of the enemy. 00:21:56.315 --> 00:22:01.086 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% It's a spiritual act as much as a physical act. 00:22:01.086 --> 00:22:04.990 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% So when I tell you that $48 will help give clean drinking water 00:22:04.990 --> 00:22:08.527 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% to 10 people, yes, it will. 00:22:08.527 --> 00:22:11.564 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% But it'll do so much more than that. 00:22:11.564 --> 00:22:16.468 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% A gift right now of $144 goes towards the water wells, and it 00:22:16.468 --> 00:22:19.471 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% will basically serve 30 people, because the average well 00:22:19.471 --> 00:22:21.307 align:start line:63% position:48% size:23% is $4800. 00:22:21.307 --> 00:22:26.345 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% That's based on the 350 wells that we drill over 20 different 00:22:26.345 --> 00:22:28.914 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% nations this year alone. 00:22:28.914 --> 00:22:32.685 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And we've done this for several years, so we see the benefit 00:22:32.685 --> 00:22:34.019 align:start line:63% position:50% size:16% of it. 00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:35.921 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% A typical well will last about 70 years. 00:22:35.921 --> 00:22:37.256 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% That's why we call it Water for Life. 00:22:37.256 --> 00:22:40.492 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% It'll serve about a thousand people. 00:22:40.492 --> 00:22:45.531 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% But what you do today, your gift today, while meeting a practical 00:22:45.531 --> 00:22:49.902 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% need, while staving off sickness and death, it reaches 00:22:49.902 --> 00:22:51.237 align:start line:63% position:50% size:31% beyond that. 00:22:51.237 --> 00:22:55.507 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% It becomes a spiritual act. 00:22:55.507 --> 00:22:59.211 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% What a blessing, what an honor. 00:22:59.211 --> 00:23:02.915 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% I hope you will be a part of this today as we give Water for 00:23:02.915 --> 00:23:07.319 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% Life, we give the water of life which is Christ. 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:10.155 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So here's my question to you. 00:23:10.155 --> 00:23:12.725 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% What would God have you do? 00:23:12.725 --> 00:23:17.263 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Pray about it, and then do what he puts on your heart. 00:23:17.263 --> 00:23:22.368 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% It'll be a blessing to others and a blessing to you. 00:23:22.368 --> 00:23:26.171 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% Please go online, go to the phone, make the best gift 00:23:26.171 --> 00:23:28.307 align:start line:63% position:50% size:21% you can. 00:23:28.307 --> 00:23:31.076 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% announcer: Every day, far too many lives are lost to 00:23:31.076 --> 00:23:34.079 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% waterborne disease, and tragically, children under the 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.282 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% age of five are the most vulnerable. 00:23:36.282 --> 00:23:39.785 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Mission Water for Life, you can give desperate mothers 00:23:39.785 --> 00:23:43.756 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% hope and precious children a future by helping provide clean, 00:23:43.756 --> 00:23:46.492 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% life-giving water before it's too late. 00:23:46.492 --> 00:23:50.229 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Our goal this year is to drill 350 water wells in areas where 00:23:50.229 --> 00:23:53.799 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% the need is greatest, but it won't be possible without you. 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:57.202 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% Today, your gift of $24 will help provide clean water for 00:23:57.202 --> 00:23:58.537 align:start line:10% position:48% size:28% 5 children. 00:23:58.537 --> 00:24:02.374 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% A gift of $48 will help provide for 10, and $144 will help 00:24:02.374 --> 00:24:05.711 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% provide life-giving water for 30 people for a lifetime. 00:24:05.711 --> 00:24:09.114 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% In thanks for your gift of any amount, we'll send you "Prayers 00:24:09.114 --> 00:24:10.683 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% for my Spiritual Health." 00:24:10.683 --> 00:24:13.886 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This beautifully-crafted prayer book will meet you in the places 00:24:13.886 --> 00:24:17.489 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% where anxiety, grief, and spiritual weariness run deep, 00:24:17.489 --> 00:24:20.959 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% guiding you through prayers for inner peace, emotional healing, 00:24:20.959 --> 00:24:22.795 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% and intimacy with God. 00:24:22.795 --> 00:24:26.999 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, you may request the "Your Life 00:24:26.999 --> 00:24:28.367 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% of Prayer" bundle. 00:24:28.367 --> 00:24:31.103 align:start line:10% position:47% size:63% This collection includes "Prayers for my Spiritual 00:24:31.103 --> 00:24:34.707 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Health," along with "Prayers for my Physical Health" and the 00:24:34.707 --> 00:24:38.043 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% "Life Prayer" journal, three companions to help strengthen 00:24:38.043 --> 00:24:39.478 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% your walk with Christ. 00:24:39.478 --> 00:24:43.482 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, please consider a gift of $1200 to help provide water 00:24:43.482 --> 00:24:48.487 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% for 250 people, or a gift of $4800 to help sponsor a complete 00:24:48.487 --> 00:24:52.291 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% well, and request our inspiring bronze sculpture, "The 00:24:52.291 --> 00:24:53.625 align:start line:10% position:48% size:38% Good Shepherd." 00:24:53.625 --> 00:24:58.330 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% Please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:24:58.330 --> 00:25:00.232 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Isak Pretorius: We've just watched mothers coming down from 00:25:00.232 --> 00:25:04.470 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% this village to the water source here, and mothers in this area, 00:25:04.470 --> 00:25:07.840 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% mothers like these, have been explaining to us how this is 00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:09.174 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% their only water source. 00:25:09.174 --> 00:25:11.110 align:start line:53% position:50% size:65% This is where they wash, as they're doing now, wash 00:25:11.110 --> 00:25:12.478 align:start line:58% position:48% size:33% their dishes. 00:25:12.478 --> 00:25:15.280 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% Just over here, they try and collect water where they can 00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:16.615 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% keep it a little bit cleaner. 00:25:16.615 --> 00:25:18.951 align:start line:53% position:47% size:58% But they've explained to us how this water is 00:25:18.951 --> 00:25:20.319 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% actually contaminated. 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:23.589 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% The children get sick, they get sick, they get diarrhea, and 00:25:23.589 --> 00:25:26.992 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% they've even explained to us how children have died here because 00:25:26.992 --> 00:25:29.161 align:start line:58% position:48% size:43% of that sickness. 00:25:29.161 --> 00:25:30.496 align:start line:58% position:47% size:53% We know what that is. 00:25:30.496 --> 00:25:32.865 align:start line:53% position:50% size:65% That's waterborne diseases that are in this water. 00:25:32.865 --> 00:25:34.233 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% This is unclean water. 00:25:34.233 --> 00:25:36.201 align:start line:53% position:47% size:53% But it's the only water that they have. 00:25:36.201 --> 00:25:40.806 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% Can you imagine having to take contaminated water back to your 00:25:40.806 --> 00:25:45.043 align:start line:53% position:50% size:75% children, knowing that it will make them sick, and that it 00:25:45.043 --> 00:25:47.613 align:start line:53% position:50% size:45% possibly will cost them their lives? 00:25:47.613 --> 00:25:50.482 align:start line:53% position:45% size:73% That's why we have to keep Mission Water for Life going. 00:25:50.482 --> 00:25:53.218 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% We have to keep drilling wells, we have to keep putting the 00:25:53.218 --> 00:25:57.022 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% pumps on those, we have to keep bringing fresh, clean water. 00:25:57.022 --> 00:25:59.558 align:start line:53% position:50% size:75% And so, what we need you to do is we need you to open your 00:25:59.558 --> 00:26:03.028 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% hearts and to respond, and to give the best gift that you can 00:26:03.028 --> 00:26:07.299 align:start line:53% position:47% size:63% give, because that gift today is a gift of water. 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.967 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% It's a gift of life. 00:26:12.671 --> 00:26:14.206 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% Randy: We do need to hear from you. 00:26:14.206 --> 00:26:16.508 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% We need to hear from you today. 00:26:16.508 --> 00:26:20.345 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% We can help people, but we must do it together. 00:26:20.345 --> 00:26:23.415 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% So please go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you 00:26:23.415 --> 00:26:26.752 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% can, and request David Stine's book "The Way of the Ox" if 00:26:26.752 --> 00:26:28.086 align:start line:10% position:50% size:35% you'd like it. 00:26:28.086 --> 00:26:29.955 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% We would love to send it to you. 00:26:29.955 --> 00:26:31.290 align:start line:10% position:50% size:41% David, it's been a real pleasure. 00:26:31.290 --> 00:26:32.624 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% I appreciate you being here. 00:26:32.624 --> 00:26:34.159 align:start line:10% position:50% size:56% David: Thank you so much for having me on. 00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:36.328 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Randy: Are you done with your storms or you're still walking 00:26:36.328 --> 00:26:38.197 align:start line:10% position:50% size:25% into them? 00:26:38.197 --> 00:26:41.300 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% David: I seem to have storms still regularly, you know? 00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:44.303 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% I think there's more things God wants to build in me. 00:26:44.303 --> 00:26:47.439 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Randy: I believe it's true, but endurance to thrive is what we 00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.807 align:start line:10% position:48% size:23% can have. 00:26:48.807 --> 00:26:51.276 align:start line:10% position:48% size:43% davidstine.com, you can find him. 00:26:51.276 --> 00:26:53.412 align:start line:10% position:47% size:58% Of course, you can find us at lifetoday.org. 00:26:53.412 --> 00:26:54.780 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% And just come back. 00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:57.649 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% 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00:27:58.777 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% That's what Jesus would want us to do. 00:28:02.748 --> 00:28:04.483 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Hosanna Wong: Some of us think that we have to get our whole 00:28:04.483 --> 00:28:07.185 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% lives together before we can have an encounter with God. 00:28:07.185 --> 00:28:12.558 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% announcer: Uncomplicate your relationship with God, 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% 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