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700 Club Interactive - October 14, 2016

Emily Ley, entrepreneur and blogger, shares how she developed her multi-million business while balancing her drive for perfection Read Transcript


Gordon: HE IS NEARLY

A CENTURY OLD --

I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT

OF GAS -- I DON'T MEAN ME.

Gordon: THAT DOESN'T

STOP HIS MAN FROM HELPING

HIS NEIGHBORS CLEAN UP

AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW.

I JUST JUMPED UP.

THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY HELPS EACH OTHER

OUT HERE.

Gordon: PLUS, AUTHOR

EMILY LEIH JOINS US TO

TALK ABOUT THE MULTIPLE

ROLES WOMEN PLAY TODAY.

> WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN

COAST OF FLORIDA CONTINUE

CLEANING UP, ONE MAN

PROVES YOU'RE NEVER TOO

OLD TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.

BILL WHEELER IS JUST

MONTHS AWAY FROM HIS

99th BIRTHDAY, AND HE IS

NOT LETTING AGE KEEP HIM

FROM CLEANING UP AND

MOWING NEIGHBORS' YARDS.

WHY DO I DO IT?

BECAUSE I LOVE THEM, AND I

THINK THEY LOVE ME.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.

I GET CHOKED UP.

THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY HELPS EACH OTHER

OUT HERE.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S EASY.

I FLEW AIRPLANES FOR A

LIVING, TRY THAT.

MILITARY AIRPLANES.

THIS IS EASY.

[LAUGHTER]

APPLYING AN AIRPLANE IS

NOT EASY.

FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND

MOW HIS YARD AND HIS NEXT

DOOR NEIGHBORS' AND NOW HE

IS OUT HERE ON OUR YARD,

HE IS STILL GOING.

IF I COULD BE LIKE HIM

WHEN I'M THAT OLD, I'LL BE

HAPPY.

HE IS AMAZING.

I MEAN, I WANT TO DO

IT.

I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY

OTHER WAY.

YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG PEOPLE

LEARN FROM THE OLD PEOPLE.

AND -- ANYWAY, I LOVE IT.

I LOVE TO BE OUTDOORS.

THE GOOD LORD HAS BLESSED

ME, SO GIVE A LITTLE BACK.

I HOPE I DON'T RUN OUT OF

GAS -- I DON'T MEAN ME.

THE TRACTOR.

[LAUGHTER]

Terry: THAT COULD GO

EITHER WAY, THOUGH.

Gordon: THEY SAY, DO

YOU WANT TO GO AND FLY

MILITARY PLANES.

Terry: WHAT A GREAT

GUY.

Gordon: A 99 AND

YOU'RE MOWING THE

NEIGHBOR'S YARD -- YOU GO.

AND GIVING CREDIT TO GOD.

Terry: YOU GO.

IT REALLY IS.

> IF THOSE WHO PRAY

TOGETHER STAY TOGETHER,

HOW ABOUT THOSE WHO

COMPETE TOGETHER?

THIS PAST WEEK THE 17th

ANNUAL WIFE-CARRYING

COMPETITION WAS HELD IN

SUNDAY RIVER MAINE.

44 COUPLES FROM ALL OVER

THE UNITED STATES BATTLED

IT OUT.

THE TOP PRIZE: FIVE TIMES

THE WIFE'S WEIGHT IN CASH.

THE COUPLE TOOK HOME $665.

AND A CHANCE TO COMPETE IN

THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS --

WHO KNEW -- IN FINLAND

NEXT YEAR.

IS THERE A SPIRITUAL

LESSON HERE?

Gordon: I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK MY WIFE-CARRYING

STOPPED AT THE THRESHOLD.

WOW, HE IS LABORING ON.

Terry: GOOD GRIEF,

MABEL.

Gordon: THE INDIGNITY

OF IT ALL -- WOULD YOU

HANG UPSIDE DOWN?

Terry: NO.

Gordon: SINCE WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT LOVE, ARE

YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS

TRADITION: COUPLES ATTACH

LOVE LOCKS ON THE BROOKLYN

BRIDGE.

IT SYMBOLIZES EVER-LASTING

LOVE.

AND WHILE LOVE MAY LAST

FOREVER, BUT THE LOCKS DO

NOT.

RECENTLY THERE WERE SO

MANY LOCKS ON A WIRE THAT

IT SNAPPED.

AND THAT BEGAN THE

DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION HANDING OUT

FINES FOR ANYONE WHO PUTS

A LOCK ON A BRIDGE.

WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF

THESE THINGS.

NO MORE LOCKS ON THE

BRIDGE.

Gordon: MORE THAN

8,000 LOCKS HAVE BEEN

REMOVED THIS YEAR ALONE.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS

ABOUT BROOKLYN.

I'VE BEEN TO EUROPE, AND

YOU CAN GO TO BRIDGES IN

ITALY AND YOU SEE THIS.

Terry: REALLY?

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS.

Gordon: THERE IS THIS

FAMOUS BRIDGE IN ROME THAT

HAS ALL OF THESE LOCKS ALL

OVER IT.

IT IS THE TRADITION THAT

OUR LOVE IS FOREVER.

Terry: AND THE

BRIDGES HAVE HELD UP?

Gordon: A LONG TIME.

Terry: BROOKLYN, MAN

UP AHOR HERE WITH YOUR BRIDGES.

Gordon: WE NEED

STRONGER STEEL -- MAYBE

IRON.

Terry: I'VE GOT A

COOL IDEA.

CHRIS PRATT IS ONE OF

HOLLYWOOD'S MOST POPULAR

STARS, YOU KNOW HIM FROM

"JURASSIC WORLD."

AND FROM "MAGNIFICENT

SEVEN."

EARLIER THIS WEEK HE

VISITED SEATTLE CHILDREN'S

HOSPITAL AND SHARED SOME

PHOTOS FROM HIS VISIT.

THIS IS MADISON, WHO IS

CURRENTLY BATTLING CANCER.

PRATT POSTED ON INSTAGRAM,

QUOTE,"WHAT AN AWESOME KID

WITH SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

SMILE.

SHE IS A LOVER OF ART AND

FASHION, AND SHE IS GOING

PLACES.

THANK YOU, SEATTLE

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, FOR

THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BY

AND BRIGHTEN SOME DAYS."

AND HE ADDED, "DON'T

WITHHOLD GOOD FOR THOSE TO

WHOM IT IS DUE WHEN IT IS

IN THE POWER OF YOUR HAND

TO DO IT."

YOU CAN ALSO SEE MORE

CHILDREN WHO WERE BLESSED

BY HIS ENCOURAGEMENT.

HE TOOK SOME TIME IN THE

HOSPITAL, AND WENT FROM

ROOM TO ROOM AND SAW A LOT

OF CHILDREN AND ENCOURAGED

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

Gordon: YOU GO,

CHRIS.

WHAT A WONDERFUL THING TO

O DO.

AND IDO.

AND IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN

ALL DO.

IF YOU WANT TO VISIT THOSE

IN THE HOSPITAL, ALL YOU

HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR

PERMISSION.

AND, TRUST ME, THEY'LL

GIVE IT TO YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW

TO PRAY, JUST GO HANG OUT

IN THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY

ROOM.

YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF

OPPORTUNITY AND A LOT OF

OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME

GOOD.

> WELL, FRAGMENTS OF

WHAT COULD BE THE OLDEST

COPY OF THE QURAN WERE

FOUND RECENTLY IN ENGLAND.

THE PAGES WERE DISCOVERED

BOUND INSIDE ANOTHER COPY

OF THE QURAN AT THE

LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY

OF BIRMINGHAM.

CARBON-DATING SUGGESTS

THIS COPY MAY PREDATE THE

PROPHET MUHAMMAD.

IF THAT WERE TRUE, IT

WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE

BELIEFS.

IT COULD PREDATE, MOST

LIKELY IT HAPPENED DURING

HIS LIFETIME.

ACCORDING TO THE ISLAMIC

TRADITION, THE QURAN WAS

HANDED DOWN IN AN ORAL

EDITION, IT WAS HEARD BY

MEN WHO HEARD IT FROM

MUHAMMAD DIRECTLY.

AND AFTER HIS DEATH, A

CALIPH SAID WE NEED TO

COLLECT THESE.

AND THAT COLLECTION PRE

PRE-DATES -- POST-DATES

THE AGE OF HIS MANUSCRIPT.

BUT FROM THE OTHER SIDE,

YOU CAN SAY IT VALIDATES.

BECAUSE IT DOES PRE-DATE,

SUPPOSEDLY, THE WRITING OF

THE FIRST ONE.

IT IS JUST SAYING EARLIER

TEXT WROTE IT DOWN.

Terry: I THINK

CARBON-DATING IS CONFUSING

TO A LOT OF US.

IT SAYS THIS VALIDATES IT

AND IT IS FACT, AND TWO OR

FIVE YEARS LATER, THEY

COME OUT AND SAY, OOPS, WE

MADE A MISTAKE BY A

MILLION YEARS.

Gordon: WHEN YOU GET

INTO RADIOACTIVE DATING,

YOU HAVE TO ASSUME

RADIOACTIVE DECAY IS A

CONSTANT.

IN THE ORIGIN OF THE

UNIVERSE, IS IT CONSTANT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL

EVER KNOW.

THE REASON YOU FIND SUCH

HUGE DISPARITIES IS

BECAUSE BOTH IS THE

TESTING METHOD AND WAS THE

SAMPLE ACCURATE?

DID THEY TAKE PROPER

SAMPLES OR DID THEY TAKE A

SAMPLE OF A PATCH?

, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE

SCIENCE AND REALIZE IS

MORE OF AN ART THAN AN

EXACT SCIENCE.

IT IS NOT MATH.

IT IS KIND OF LIKE

COOKING.

Terry: THAT'S WHY YOU

LOOK COOKING.

Gordon: IT INVOLVES

CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, AND

THERE IS A LOT TO IT.

BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT

THEY FOUND -- THESE WERE

WRITTEN ON ANIMAL SKIN,

AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE

ABLE TO DATE.

SO THE ANIMAL WAS ALIVE

DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD OF

TIME, DURING MUHAMMAD'S

LIFETIME.

> TODAY WE'RE PRAYING

FOR AMERICA, AND WE'RE

CONCLUDING OUR 40-DAY PRAY

FOR AMERICA CAMPAIGN.

IF YOU WANT TO JOIN WITH

US, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS

CALL US: 1-800-700-7000.

OR GO TO

prayforAmerica.com.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW

WE'RE FILLING UP THE MAP.

WE HAVE MORE THAN 120,000

PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED

STATES.

AND ALSO PEOPLE PRAYING

AROUND THE WORLD.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT

TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY.

WE'RE FACING A VERY

CONTENTIOUS ELECTION.

AND MY PRAYER IS THAT

AFTER THE ELECTION,

WHOEVER WINS, CAN WE COME

TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE?

WE FACE VERY SERIOUS

CHALLENGES, TERRORISM

BEING ONE, THE ECONOMY

BEING ANOTHER.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN

SYRIA?

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN

TURKEY?

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN

ISRAEL?

THESE ARE VERY CONTENTIOUS

TIMES.

WE NEED TO PRAY THAT

AMERICA WOULD BE STRONG.

IF AMERICA FALLS, THE

WORLD BECOMES A VERY

DANGEROUS PLACE.

IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED

IN PRAYING FOR AMERICA, I

ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE

AFTER THE 40 DAYS ARE OVER

BECAUSE WE NEED PRAYER.

Terry: AMEN.

IT IS TIME TO DO THIS.

> WELL, SHE IS A WIFE, A

MOTHER, AN ENTREPRENEUR,

AND A DESIGNER, AMONG

OTHER THINGS.

SO HOW DOES EMILY LEIGH

FIND TIME TO DO IT ALL AND

Terry: HOW DOES A

WOMAN WITH 24 HOURS IN A

DAY ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THE

THINGS ON HER LIST?

AUTHOR EMILY LEIGH SAYS,

WITH A LOT OF GRACE.

Reporter: EMILY HAS

FELT THE PRESSURE OF

TRYING TO DO IT ALL, AND

DO IT ALL PERFECTLY.

SHE IS AN AUTHOR, THE

FOUNDER, AND CREATIVE

DIRECTOR OF A

MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR

BUSINESS, AND A BUSY WIFE

AND MOM OF THREE.

AFTER A WHILE, THE

PRESSURE OF JUGGLING

EVERYTHING BECAME TOO MUCH

FOR EMILY TO BEAR.

I DECIDED I WAS GOING

TO JUST BE THE BEST I

COULD BE AND MAKE THE

IMPORTANT STUFF HAPPEN.

Reporter: IN HER KNEW

BOOK, "GRACE, NOT

PERFECTION," SHE SHARES

BIBLICAL WISDOM AND

PRACTICAL STEPS THAT WILL

HELP YOU SIMPLIFY YOUR

ROUTINE AND MAKE ROOM FOR

WHAT REALLY MATTERS.

Terry: EMILY LEIGH IS

HERE TODAY.

AND WE WELCOME YOU TO THE

SHOW.

THANK YOU.

Terry: SIMPLY SOUNDS

GOOD.

IT DOES.

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

Terry: ONE OF MY

DAUGHTERS IN LAW WERE

TALKING THIS PAST WEEK

ABOUT PERFECTIONISM.

BECAUSE IF IT IS SOMETHING

THAT YOU STRUGGLE WITH --

WE SAY IT IS A CURSE, BUT

WE KIND OF FEEL OKAY ABOUT

IT.

RIGHT.

Terry: IT IS ONE OF

THOSE CURSES THAT SEEMS

LIKE MAYBE THERE IS A GOOD

SIDE TO IT.

RIGHT.

I THINK WE HAVE ALL GOTTEN

TO THIS PLACE WHERE WE

FEEL LIKE IT IS THE NORM

TO BE COMPARING OURSELVES

AND TRYING SO HARD TO KEEP

UP AND TO PORTRAY THE

IMAGE THAT WE HAVE IT ALL

TOGETHER.

Terry: HOW DID YOU

GET OUT FROM UNDER THAT?

YOU SHARE IN THE BOOK THAT

YOU CAN GET PRETTY

FRAZZLED TRYING TO BE ON

THE TOP OF THE HEAP ALL OF

THE TIME.

OH, ALL OF THE TIME.

I THINK I JUST HAD TO

IMPLEMENT ROUTINES THAT

WORK FOR US.

REAL, PRACTICAL SYSTEMS.

LIKE DOING OUR LAUNDRY

EVERY DAY SO THAT WE DON'T

HAVE A GIANT PILE ON

SUNDAYS.

THAT STILL HAPPENS

SOMETIMES, AND THAT'S

OKAY.

BUT FINDING WAYS THAT WORK

FOR OUR FAMILY SO WE CAN

KEEP THE CHEEL WHEELS MOVING.

Terry: YOU'VE GOT

GREAT TIBITS, LIKE USE

WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AND LET

THE REST GO.

WE ALWAYS NEED TO GIVE

OURSELVES PERMISSION?

I AGREE.

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO

SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS

SISTERHOOD AND SAY, IT'S

OKAY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE UT

AIL TOGETHEITALL TOGETHER ALL OF THE

TIME.

IT'S EXHAUSTING.

Terry: YOU TALK ABOUT

EXHAUSTING AND YOU TALK

ABOUT THE PERIL OF TRYING

TO DRAW FROM A DRY WELL.

YES.

Terry: HOW DO YOU

KEEP YOUR WELL FROM

GETTING DRY SO YOU CAN

SAVOR LIFE?

WE HAVE TO FILL THE

WELL WITH TRUTH AND REST

AND GOOD FOOD, WITH THE

THINGS THAT INSPIRE US,

LIKE READING -- THAT'S

VERY IMPORTANT.

SO OFTEN WE MAKE SURE THAT

OUR KIDS, OR THE PEOPLE WE

LOVE, HAVE EVERYTHING THEY

NEED, AND WE FORGET

OURSELVES.

Terry: I LAUGHED, AS

I WAS READING YOUR BOOK,

WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT

GETTING YOUR CLOSET

ORGANIZED.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT

GETTING RID OF THINGS, AND

YOU SAID, GET RID OF THOSE

THINGS THAT ARE TWO SIZES

SMALLER THAN WHERE YOU ARE

NOW BECAUSE IT IS A

CONSTANT JUDGMENT OF YOUR

PRESENT STATE.

YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING

PRACTICAL, WELL, WHAT IF I

LOSE --

RIGHT.

Terry: THOSE ARE THE

KIND OF THINGS MAKE IT

OKAY TO BE YOU.

YES.

AND WHEN THERE ARE LESS

DISTRACTIONS, I DON'T WANT

TO WALK IN MY CLOSET AND

REMEMBER THE SIZE I WAS IN

COLLEGE.

I WANT TO BE WHO GOD MADE

ME TO BE.

Terry: AND IT IS HARD

THAT MOST OF THE HANGERS

ARE THE ONES YOU'RE

WAITING TO GO BACK TO, AND

THEN THERE ARE THREE OR

FOUR AT THE END THAT ARE

TODAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

Terry: EVERY WOMAN, I

THINK, NEEDS A SUPPORT

SYSTEM.

YES.

Terry: I'M SURE MEN

DO, TOO, BUT THEY DON'T

SEEM TO CONGREGATE WITH

FRIENDS LIKE WE DO.

FRIENDS ARE REALLY

IMPORTANT.

VERY.

Terry: HOW DO YOU

UTILIZE FRIENDSHIPS THAT

MAKES YOU A BLESSING AND

BLESSES YOU.

I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE

NEED A VILLAGE.

I THINK IT TAKES A VILLAGE

TO DO LIFE WELL.

THAT MEANS HAVING FRIENDS

WHO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE

YOU.

AND FRIENDS YOU SUPPORT AS

WELL.

AND WHEN YOU BRING THAT

TRIBE AROUND YOU, AND YOU

ALL HAVE SIMILAR HEARTS,

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND IT JUST EMPOWERS US.

Terry: SO YOU HAVE A

SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.

YOU HAVE THREE CHILDREN.

I DO.

Terry: A BUSY

HOUSEHOLD.

HOW DO YOU KEEP ALL OF THE

PLATES SPINNING AT THE

SAME TIME?

AND I'M SURE THERE ARE

MOMENTS WHEN THEY DON'T.

ABSOLUTELY.

I GIVE MYSELF A LOT OF

GRACE.

AND I BRING HELP IN WHEN I

NEED IT.

I'M NOT AFRAID TO

OUTSOURCE.

AND I ALSO HAVE JUST FOUND

SYSTEMS THAT WORK.

FOR ME, I USE OUR

SIMPLIFIED PLANNER TO KEEP

TRACK OF OUR DAYS.

Terry: TALK ABOUT

THAT.

YOU REALLY DID SIMPLIFY

IT.

SOMETIMES I OPEN THOSE

PLANNERS UP AND I CLOSE

THEM THINKING, IT IS ONE

MORE TO-DO LIST.

RIGHT.

I NEEDED A PLACE THAT

WOULD ALLOW ME TO SPILL

EVERYTHING THAT FELT

OVERWHELMING IN MY BRAIN

OR HEART ON PAPER.

AND I NEEDED SOMETHING

THAT FELT LIKE A FRESH

START.

SO WE DESIGNED THE

SIMPLIFIED PLANNER VERY

MINIMAL ON PURPOSE, SO

THAT EVERY WOMAN CAN USE

IT TO HER NEEDS AND TO FIT

HER CIRCUMSTANCES AND HER

SEASONS, ALSO.

Terry: AND YOU KEPT

THE FOCUS ON FOUR KEY

THINGS.

YES.

OUR DAILY PAGES -- WE HAVE

A DAILY AND WEEKLY

EDITION.

THE DAILY PAGES FOCUS ON

YOUR SCHEDULE, YOUR TO-DO

LIST, WHAT'S FOR DINNER,

AND NOTES.

THAT'S IT.

Terry: I FELT SO

RELIEVED WHEN I HEARD

THOSE FOUR AREAS.

BECAUSE EVERY NIGHT, WHEN

I GET HOME, EVERYBODY

GOES, WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

I'LL LET YOU PEOPLE

DECIDE.

[LAUGHTER]

Terry: AND ANOTHER

THAT IS SO KEY TO LIFE IN

GENERAL IS SAVOR THE

CIRCUS.

CAN BE FRUSTRATED BY IT OR

RAIL ON ABOUT IT, BUT IF

YOU DON'T LEARN TO SAVOR

IT, YOU MISS THE JOY.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE

SEASONS OF LIFE THAT ARE

NOT CHANGEABLE.

I HAVE THREE VERY SMALL

CHILDREN, AND THAT'S WHAT

IT IS.

THERE IT IS.

AND SO I HAVE TO SIT IN

THE MESS SOMETIMES, WITH A

SCREAMING TODDLER OR TWO,

WITH A MESSY HOUSE.

I HAVE TO LEARN TO SIT IN

THE MESS AND LET IT BE.

Terry: IT'S OKAY.

LET IT BE OKAY.

Terry: AND SOMETIMES,

I'M SURE YOU HAVE

DEADLINES IN YOUR

BUSINESS, AND SOMETIMES

YOU HAVE TO PUT THE

DEADLINE ON HOLD BECAUSE

SOMEBODY WANTS TO READ A

BOOK, AND THAT'S THE

MEMORY.

I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND,

RACHEL, WHO SAYS, YOU CAN

BE JUGGLING BALLS IN THE

AIR, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS

BE ONE BALL THAT YOU

CANNOT DROP.

YOU DECIDE WHAT THAT BALL

IS AND YOU NEVER DROP IT.

BUT BE OKAY IF THE OTHERS

DROP AT TIMES.

Terry: IT IS A BOOK

FOR EVERY WOMEN TO READ,

NO MATTER WHAT SEASON OF

LIFE YOU'RE IN.

THE BOOK IS CALLED "GRACE,

NOT PERFECTION."

I LOVE THE TITLE.

IT IS AVAILABLE IN STORES

NATIONWIDE.

THE SUBTITLE IS "EMBRACING

SIMPLICITY, CELEBRATING

JOY."

WHO DOESN'T WANT TO DO

THAT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU.

Gordon: COMING UP, A

BOY'S BEHAVIOR CHANGES FOR

THE BETTER.

FIND OUT FROM HIS MOTHER

THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE.

DON'T GO AWAY.

Gordon: "SUPERBOOK"

IS HELPING CHANGE LIVES

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

LUIS LOVES "SUPERBOOK."

HE IS A GOOD AND

THOUGHTFUL BOY, BUT HIS

MOTHER SAYS THAT WASN'T

ALWAYS THE CASE.

MY FAVORITE EPISODE IS

IN THE BEGINNING.

I'VE SEEN IT 24 TIMES.

MY FAVORITE SCENE IS WHEN

THE ANGELS FOUGHT IN THE

NAME OF THE LORD GOD.

Reporter: 11-YEAR-OLD

LUIS IS A DIE-HARD

"SUPERBOOK" FAN.

HE FIRST STARTED WATCHING

THE CBN ANIMATED SERIES

WHEN IT AIRED IN COSTA

RICA LAST YEAR.

HE WAS SO TAKEN BY THE

BIBLE STORIES THAT HE

BEGGED HIS MOM TO BUY THE

D.V.D.s FOR HIM.

BUT LUIS AND HIS MOM

WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THE

IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON

HIS LIFE.

DURING THE STORY OF

ABRAHAM AND ISAAC, FOR

EXAMPLE, LUIS BECAME SO

TROUBLED THAT HE HAD TO

LEAVE THE ROOM.

WHEN I SAW THE STORY OF

ABRAHAM AND HIS SON,

ISAAC, I WAS SAD.

HE WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE

WHAT HE LOVED MOST IN THE

WORLD.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Through Translator:

HE WENT OUT INTO THE

HALLWAY AND KEPT ASKING,

WHY, WHY?

Reporter: DURING

ANOTHER EPISODE, LUIS MADE

A LIFE-CHANGING DECISION.

WHILE WATCHING

"SUPERBOOK," I ASKED JESUS

TO COME INTO MY HEART AND

STAY WITH ME FOREVER.

Reporter: ACCORDING

TO HIS MOM, REBECCA, GOD

HAS USED "SUPERBOOK" TO

CHANGE HER SON'S BEHAVIOR,

TOO.

THE CHANGE IN FILIPPI

HAS BEEN IN CRIPPLE.

I HAVE SEEN OBEDIENCE,

READING THE BIBLE, AND

PRAYING AT NIGHT.

SOMETIMES FOR ME, MY

DAUGHTER, AND FOR MY

FAMILY.

SOMETHING IN MY HEART

WAS MISSING.

WHEN I WATCHED

"SUPERBOOK," THAT SPACE

WAS FILLED BECAUSE

"SUPERBOOK" HELPED ME FACE

MY PROBLEMS.

Reporter: EVEN THE

NEIGHBORS HAVE NOTICED THE

DIFFERENCE IN LUIS.

THE WAY HE TALKS IS

SWEET.

IT IS CLEAR HE HAS BECOME

INTERESTED IN THE THINGS

OF GOD.

Through Translator: I

COULD TELL PARENTS WHO

HAVEN'T SEEN "SUPERBOOK,"

TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR

CHILDREN AND WATCH IT.

IT IS LIKE SOWING SEEDS

INTO FERTILE GROUND.

Gordon: IF YOU WANT

TO BE A PART OF TAKING THE

STORIES OF THE BIBLE TO

THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD,

THERE IS ONE EASY WAY TO

DO IT: JUST JOIN THE

"SUPERBOOK" D.V.D.

IT'S A GIFT OF $25.

AND WHEN YOU JOIN, EVERY

SINGLE NEW EPISODE OF

"SUPERBOOK" IS SENT TO

YOU.

YOU GET NOT JUST ONE COPY;

YOU GET THREE COPIES SO

THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH

YOUR CHURCH, WITH YOUR

FAMILY, WITH FRIENDS.

AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF

SHARING THE STORIES OF THE

BIBLE WITH THE CHILDREN OF

THE WORLD.

THE BEST PART IS THAT $25

GOES INTO THE PRODUCTION

COSTS OF NEW EPISODES, THE

DISTRIBUTION COSTS OF THE

EXISTING EPISODES, AND

THEN WE'RE TRANSLATING

THEM.

WE WANT TO TRANSLATE THEM,

RIGHT NOW, INTO 50

LANGUAGES.

THERE IS A BROADCAST MAP,

WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF

THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

WE'VE GOT 39 COMPLETED TO

DATE.

WHEN WE HIT THE 50, OUR

GOAL IS TO SAY, OKAY, CAN

WE TAKE IT TO 500

LANGUAGES?

THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

NEED TO KNOW THE STORIES

OF THE BIBLE.

IT WILL CHANGE THEIR

LIVES.

IT WILL INTRODUCE HEM T THEM TO

A GOD WHO LOVES THEM, A

SAVIOR WHO DIED FOR THEM,

AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF

ALL OF THAT.

AS A BONUS FOR BEING PART

OF THE D.V.D. CLUB, YOU

ALSO GET ACCESS TO THE

FIRST 26 EPISODES.

SO YOU'RE GETTING A LOT

MORE THAN JUST ONE EPISODE

AND THREE D.V.D.s.

YOU'RE GETTING ACCESS

THROUGH SMARTPHONES, CELL

PHONES, ALL OF THE

WONDERFUL WAYS THAT WE NOW

HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE VIDEO.

AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE

LANGUAGES ON THESE

DEVICES.

SO YOU GET A SET OF THE

LANGUAGES, BUT YOU GET A

SET OF THE EPISODES, 26 OF

THEM.

SO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN

ENJOY THEM ALL.

IT IS ALL MADE POSSIBLE

WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAY,

YES, I WANT TO BE A PART

OF IT.

IF THAT'S YOU, CALL US

NOW.

1-800-700-7000.

AND SAY, YES, I WANT TO BE

PART OF THE "SUPERBOOK"

D.V.D.

Terry: IT IS ONE

THING TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT IS ANOTHER TO SEE LUIS'

STORY AND TO SEE THAT --

Gordon: THE CHANGE.

Terry: OH, MY

GOODNESS.

Gordon: IT IS VERY

GRATIFYING.

YOU PUT A LOT OF EFFORT

INTO THIS -- THIS HAB BE A

10-YEAR EFFORT ON THE PART

OF THE WHOLE TEAM TO MAKE

THESE THINGS POSSIBLE, AND

TO SEE IT WORKS, AND IT

WORKS IN ALL DIFFERENT

KINDS OF LANGUAGES, ALL

DIFFERENT CULTURES.

THE BIBLE IS A UNIVERSAL

BOOK.

Terry: ABSOLUTELY.

> WELL, WE'VE RECEIVED

PRAYER REQUESTS FROM SOME

OF YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO VISIT US ON

Facebook, IF YOU'D LIKE

TO SEND IN YOUR PRAYER

REQUESTS.

LISA WRITES, "PLEASE PRAY

FOR MY HUSBAND GLEN.

HE LEFT MY DAUGHTER AND I

THREE MONTHS AGO."

AND STEVE WRITES, "PLEASE

PRAY THAT GOD GIVES ME

WISDOM FOR A MAJOR JOB

DECISION.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT

DIRECTION TO GO IN."

Gordon: AND FERN

SAYS, "PLEASE PRAY FOR MY

DAUGHTER TO BE COMPLETELY

HEALED."

AND THIS ONE FROM WAYNE,

"CAMERON NEEDS HEALING.

HE LOST HIS DAD AND

GRANDMOTHER, AND IS

STRUGGLING TO CARE FOR HIS

DISABLED AUNT AND UNCLE.

HE IS ONLY 14, AND HE IS

SPIRITUALLY BROKEN."

Terry: LET'S PRAY.

FATHER, WE JUST WANT TO

LIFT UP LISA TO YOU, FIRST

OF ALL.

GOD, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO

CREATED FAMILY.

IT IS THE BASE STRUCTURE

OF OUR SOCIETY.

WOULD YOU BRING GLEN HOME

TO HIS FAMILY, LORD.

WOULD YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM

AND REBUILD THEIR FAMILY

UNIT.

AND FOR STEVE, YOU ASK US

TO SEEK YOU FOR THE

DECISIONS IN OUR LIVES.

YOU HAVE A PERFECT PLAN

AND PURPOSE FOR HIM.

GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD

CLEARLY GIVE HIM WISDOM TO

KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS

FOR HIS MAJOR JOB

DECISION.

SHOW HIM WHICH DIRECTION

TO GO IN.

HE DESIRES TO PLEASE YOU.

FOR FERN, WE PRAY FOR HER

DAUGHTER FOR COMPLETE

HEALING.

YOU KNOW EVERY BIT OF HER

HEALING NEEDS.

YOU KNOW HER BODY FROM TOP

TO BOTTOM.

WOULD YOU EXTEND YOUR EYE

TO HER NOW, LORD, AND

WOULD YOU HEAL HER FROM

THE TOP OF HER HEAD TO THE

BOTTOM OF HER TOES.

AND, JESUS, WE LIFT UP

CAMERON.

A YOUNG BOY WHO HAS LOST

SO MUCH AND ASKED TO BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR SO MUCH.

JESUS, MAKE YOURSELF REAL

FOR CAMERON.

WOULD YOU SHOW HIM HOW TO

REST IN YOU, HOW TO DRAW

HIS STRENGTH FROM YOU.

GIVE HIM COMFORT BY

KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR

PRESENCE.

THAT YOU KNOW HIM BY NAME

AND WHAT YOU ASK HIM TO

DO, YOU WILL PROVIDE FOR.

SO, GOD, BLESS AND

ENCOURAGE HIM AND

STRENGTHEN HIM IN HIS

FAITH AND ALSO IN HIS LIFE

CIRCUMSTANCES.

THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE OUR

DAD AND WE CAN COME TO YOU

WITH ALL OF OUR NEEDS.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE

UNSPOKEN, THAT HAVEN'T

WRITTEN IN, BUT WHO ARE

PRAYING FOR THINGS IN

THEIR LIVES, GOD, MEET

THEM RIGHT AT THEIR POINT

OF THEIR NEED.

EMPOWER THEM TO WALK

THROUGH THE STORM AND COME

OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH

YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

FAITHFULNESS.

IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

Gordon: IF YOU NEED

PRAYER, WE'RE HERE FOR

YOU.

JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND

CALL US: 1-800-700-7000.

> HERE IS A WORD FROM

PROVERBS: "DO NOT WITHHOLD

GOOD FROM THOSE WHO WHOM

IT IS DUE, WHEN IT IS IN

YOUR POWER TO ACT."

LET THAT BE A WATCH WORD

FOR YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

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