I COULD FEEL MY ARMS FOR THE

FIRST TIME, SORRY, 19 MONTHS OLD

AND SICK AS CAN BE.

THEIR ADOPTION STORY WENT

VIRAL.

MY CHILD WILL NEVER KNOW

AGAIN WITHOUT SOMEONE LOVING

HER.

THE MOTHER AND THE MIRACLE

THAT FOLLOWED.

FROM IS NO H.I.V. IN HER

BLOOD.

LISA HARPER JOINS US TODAY ON

"700 CLUB INTERACTIVE."

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW,

MARILYN HICKEY SAYS THAT QUOTE,

COVER THE WORLD WITH HIS WORLD

AND MAKING IT HER MISSION TO

REACH MUSLIM COUNTRIES.

LIKE PAKISTAN AND EGYPT.

THE GREAT EVANGELIST JUST

TURNED 81 YEARS OLD AND WHAT

WOULD CAUSE THE PEOPLE TO LINE

THE STREETS IN PAKISTAN TO HEAR

HER SPEAK.

I SAID I LOVE MUSLIMS, AND

MUSLIMS LOVE ME.

NOT EVEN WORLD-RENOWNED

EVANGELI

EVANGELIST, MARILYN HICKEY.

NOT MY IMAGINATION THAT WE

WOULD HAVE THIS MEETING.

THAT MEETING, THOSE LINING UP

IN THE STREETS IN PAKISTAN TO

HEAR THIS 81 YEAR-OLD TELL ABOUT

JESUS.

I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,

NO ONE MAY KNOW YOUR NAME BUT

JESUS KNOWS YOUR NAME.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION OF

SAYING THAT TO MILLION PEOPLE IN

KARACRUA.

HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.

DR. HICKEY STARTED WITH A TV

MINISTRY AND REACHING OUT TO THE

MUSLIM WORLD.

THE REASON I AM FOCUSING

BECAUSE THIS WAS ALL SUCH A MESS

IN THE WORLD, GOD SPOKE TO ME TO

PRAY OVER MUSLIM COUNTRIES.

AND YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, THIS IS

CRAZY, I AM AN AMERICAN WOMAN.

I MEMORIZED LIKE 40 COUNTRIES

AND PRAYED OVER THEM EVERY DAY

FOR A LONG TIME.

MAYBE FOUR YEARS OR MORE.

THEN GOD BEGAN TO SEND ME TO

THEM.

MARILYN GIVES ALL THE GLORY

TO JESUS, AND THROUGH HIM SHE

SAYS THAT HIS MASS GATHERINGS

HAVE SEEN COUNTLESS MIRACLES.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[APPLAUSE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

THESE CROWDS THAT ARE TURNING

UP TO SEE YOU PREACH THE GOSPEL

ARE BIGGER THAN THE ROCK STARS

IN AMERICA.

WELL, DON'T ASK ME WHY.

THEY CALL ME MOM.

AND I AM TELLING YOU THE MUSLIMS

CALL MY A MOTHER OF PAKISTAN.

SO THAT'S GOD'S FAVOR.

BUT I DON'T COMPROMISE ANYTHING.

I TELL EXACTLY HOW JESUS DIED

FOR YOUR SINS AND AROSE FROM THE

DEAD AND IF YOU REPENT AND

BELIEVE THAT HE WILL COME IN

YOUR HEART.

IT'S NOT A COMPROMISING MESSAGE

BUT IT'S A HEALING MESSAGE FOR

SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY.

AMAZING.

WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT

COVERED THIS STORY, EVEN SECULAR

MEDIA IS TAKING NOTE.

CBN REPORT TRAVELED TO PAKISTAN.

HIS STORY AIRED ON CBS AND

YOU CAN WATCH ONLINE AT CBS.COM.

SHE'S AMAZING AND I LOVE THAT

SHE'S UNCOMPROMISEING AND THIS

AGE THAT'S THE FAVOR OF GOD AND

THE MIRACLE.

INDEED, AND TO TRAVEL, IT'S

JUST AMAZING.

SPEECHLESS.

GO MARILYN.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST

100 YEARS A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

WILL APPEAR ON AUGUST 21, AND

WILL BE SEEN FROM COASTS TO

COASTS.

AND SOME MINISTRIES WARNING THAT

THIS COULD BE A SIGN OF THE

TIMES.

AND OTHERS ARE USING THE EVENT

TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.

WHEN ONE FARMER IN KENTUCKY

REALIZED THAT THE ECLIPSE WOULD

BE VISIBLE FOR THE LONGEST TIME

OVER HIS PROPERTY, DECIDED TO

MAKE THE MOST OF THIS EVENT.

THERE IS A LIFE-TIME EVENT

EDGING CLOSER.

THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THIS

EVENT, KENTUCKY WILL GET A

FRONT-ROW SEAT.

NOT JUST ANY SOLAR ECLIPSE, A

TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON AUGUST

21, 2017 ON THAT DAY THE MOON

WILL PASS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF

THE SUN, CASTING A SHADOW ON THE

EARTH, THAT HAS NOT CAST SUCH A

SHADOW SINCE THE EARLY 1900S AND

ONE SPOT THAT IS NORTHWEST SIDE

OF HOPKINSVILLE, ON THIS FARM,

AND AT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON ON

THAT AUGUST DAY, YOU WILL NEED A

FLASHLIGHT TO GET AROUND.

KNOWING IT WAS LESS THAN TWO

MILES FROM THIS LOCATION, AND

LORD LAID IT ON OUR HEART, THE

WIFE AND I, WHAT IF WE JUST

EVERYTHING WAS DONE.

HAD A REAL QUALITY EVENT BUT

EVERYTHING DONE, AND BE FREE AND

EVERYTHING TO THE GLORY OF THE

LORD.

WHAT WOULD HE DO WITH THAT?

FIRST OF ALL I THINK HE WOULD

SAY THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I AGREE, I AGREE, I CONCUR.

UNBELIEVABLE, THAT ECLIPSE IS

GOING TO LAST A FEW MINUTES AND

THE FREE FESTIVAL WILL LAST

THREE DAYS, AUGUST 19-21, AND IF

YOU ARE INTERESTED, GO TO

SOULQUEST 2017.COM.

AND AMAZING AND WHAT AN

OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL THAT HE

RECOGNIZES WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS

GOD'S CREATION, AND CELEBRATE IT

AND THIS SCIENTIFIC OCCURRENCE

BECAUSE OF GOD.

AND I WANT TO MENTION LOOKING

FOR GLASSES.

I AM LOOKING.

AND ONE PAIR PER FAMILY.

AND OUT.

AND I HEARD THAT WALMART HAS

IT IN OPTICAL DEPARTMENT FOR $1,

HEAD THERE BUT WAIT UNTIL AFTER

I.

WE ARE GOING TO GET A COUPLE.

IMAGINE 50,000 STUDENTS SHARING

GOD'S LOVE AT OVER 70 DIFFERENT

LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NATION, ALL

AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME, THIS

EVANGELISM EXPLOSION TO BE A

REALITY.

WE SHARED ABOUT THE EVENT

SEPTEMBER 23 AND WE WANTED TO

BRING AN UPDATE, THE FOUNDER,

GREG SPEAR, AND HE BELIEVES THAT

THIS COULD BE A BEGINNING OF A

NATIONAL REVIVAL.

THERE IS ONE BILLION

TEENAGERS WORLDWIDE, MOST OF

THEM DESPERATELY NEED AN

ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS CHRIST, AND

I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST ONES TO

REACH THOSE TEAMS ARE OTHER

TEAMS THAT THEY KNOW.

WHEN A TEAM IS SHARING THE

GOSPEL, THEY ARE RISKING THEIR

SOCIAL EQUITY.

THEY CAN BE UNFRIENDED.

THEY CAN BE MOCKED AND

MARGINALIZED AND OSTRACIZED.

AND THAT RISK THEY ARE DYING TO

THEMSELVES, PICKING UP THEIR

CROSS AND FOLLOWING CHRIST.

WE START OFF IN THE MORNING

SESSIONS AND TEACH YOU AND STUFF

AND GO TO TRAINING.

AND THEN WE DO LIKE AFTERNOON

ACTIVITIES.

AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO THE

STREETS AND TRYING TO EVANGELIZE

PEOPLE.

WE ARE SHARING OUR FAITH AND

OUR MISSION IS TO ENERGIZE THE

CHURCH TO MOBILIZE YOUTH AND

GOSPELIZE THEIR WORLD.

I WAS BLOWN AWAY, AND I SAID

THIS IS THE HOLY DISCONTENT THAT

I AM FEELING AND THE ANSWER TO

IT.

AND GOING BACK TO WHAT GOD HAS

CALLED US TO DO.

WHICH IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF

OUR NATION.

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL SEE AN

EXCITING REVIVAL SWEEP THE LAND.

EVERY DAY AT 9:23, I PRAY FOR

SEPTEMBER 23 TO DO THIS SHARE

LIVE, AND SHARING ACROSS THE

COASTS AND FROM PUERTO RICO AND

TO ALASKA, AND WE WILL UNLEASH

THEM ALL TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.

AND THEY WILL HAVE APPs TO SHARE

AT THE SAME TIME.

AND RELEASED TO COLLECT CANNED

FOODS FOR LOCAL RESCUE MISSIONS

AND SHARE THE GOSPEL.

AND COME BACK FOR A NATIONAL

PRAYER AND PRAISE PARTY.

AND IT'S OUR PRAYER THAT GOD USE

SEPTEMBER 23, 9-23, AS A RALLY

POINT OF REVIVAL AND NATIONAL

TRANSFORMATION.

WOW.

GREAT EVENT.

THAT'S CALLED A VISION.

INDEED, I LOVE SEEING

CHILDREN TRAINED TO DO THIS.

WE NEED TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO

EVANGELIZE.

IT'S REALLY A MANDATE.

AND ALL OF US ARE SUPPOSED TO DO

THIS AND I LOVE THAT IT'S

STARTING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND THE TERM THAT HE USED, THE

HOLY UNEASE AND THAT WE FEEL AND

GET OUT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE THE

TECHNOLOGY, AND TEACH THE KIDS.

NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN UP,

SEPTEMBER 23 DARE TO SHARE DATE,

GO TO THE WEBSITE,

DARETOSHARE.ORG.

COMING UP LISA HARPER SHARES

HER JOURNEY TO ADOPT A BABY IN

HAITI.

SHE SAID IN HER VOICE, HELLO,

MOMMA BLANC, THAT MEANS HELLO,

WHITE MOMMA.

STICK A FORK IN ME.

I AM DONE.

YOU WILL LOVE THAT GIRL, AND

MISTY IS HERE ALONG WITH HER

POPULAR AUTHOR, LISA HARPER

SPEAKS TO THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AT

CONFERENCES ALL AROUND THE

WORLD.

BUT AFTER THE BIG EVENT, SHE

ALWAYS WENT HOME ALONE TO AN

EMPTY HOUSE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE

CASE ANYMORE.

WHAT CHANGED?

A LITTLE GIRL NAMED MISSY.

IN 2012 MISSY'S MOTHER DIED

OF AIDS BUT DIDN'T STOP LISA

HARPER FROM ADOPTING HER.

AND AFTER A TWO-YEAR JOURNEY

LISA BROUGHT HOME MISSY TO

TENNESSEE.

WHEN I GOT THE CALL, YOU CAN

GET HER.

I WAS READY TO RUN TO HAITI.

I COULDN'T SLEEP.

IN HER LATEST BOOK, THE

SACRAMENT OF HAPPY, LISA SHARES

THE JOY OF BEING A FIRST-TIME

MOM AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

LISA.

THANK YOU.

MISSY WAS NOT IS YOUR FIRST

ADOPTION THOUGHT YOU HAD

CONSIDERED IT HOW MANY YEARS?

YEARS BEFORE WHEN I WAS 40, I

HAD A WOMAN IN A SMALL GROUP

TELL ME THAT I WOULD BE A BAD

MOM BECAUSE I HAD SEXUAL ABUSE

IN MY BACKGROUND.

AND TOLD ME BETTER TO ADOPT A

DOG, WHICH I DID.

AND I WENT TO THE NATIONAL

HUMANE SOCIETY.

IT'S FUNNY -- NOT FUNNY BUT

HORRIBLE THAT THE ENEMY WILL

TAKE THOSE UNHEALED WOUNDS FROM

THE PAST AND POKE THEM.

AND SO I THOUGHT, OH, GOODNESS

WHAT IF I WOULDN'T BE A GOOD

MOM.

IF HE DIDN'T HEAL ME ALL THE

WAY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT TOOK A LONG TIME, WHAT I LOVE

ABOUT JESUS, NO GOOD THING DOES

HE WITHHOLD.

IF YOU ARE STUMBLING TOWARDS

HIM, YOU WILL NOT MISS IT AND

SEVEN YEARS BEFORE I WAS BRAVE

TO STICK MY TOE INTO THE

ADOPTION POND.

AT 47 AND LOST TWO DOMESTIC

ADOPTIONS.

AND YOU KNOW HOW C. S. LEWIS

SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T ALLOW

YOUR HEART TO BE HURT, YOU WON'T

KNOW LOVE.

IT'S SO TRUE.

AS A MOMMA AND TO ENGAGE, AND

THERE IS GOING TO BE HURT.

I DISTINCTIVELY PRAYING A PRAYER

IN 40S, LORD I WOULD RATHER BE

HURT THAN NOT THAT LOVE.

AND I WANT TO OPEN MY LIFE TO

CHILDREN, AND EVEN IF BORROWING

MY FRIENDS KIDS AND TAKE TO

CHUCK E. CHEESE AND I WILL DO

THAT BUT GRACE OF GOD.

YOU SAID USE ME AND GOD TOOK

YOU UP ON IT.

I DID.

AND YOU HEAR ABOUT MISSY FROM

SOMEONE, HER MOM HAS DIED FROM

H.I.V.

THERE WAS NO ONE ABLE TO PICK UP

THE BALL IN HER LIFE.

RIGHT.

AND HOW DID YOU -- WHEN I

THINK OF ADOPTION FROM HAITI,

THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING?

IT WASN'T, AND FUNNY I HAD

FRIENDS LATER GO THERE IS EASIER

ROUTES.

I GO, SHE WAS MY ROUTE.

AND SIX WEEKS AFTER I SAID YES,

I FLEW TO HAITI.

LANDED IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, 112,

AND JESUS, IF YOU JUST GIVE ME

ICE, I WILL BE A MISSIONARY IN

AFRICA, AND NEVER SO HOT.

AND OVERWHELMED WHEN THEY PUT

HER IN MY ARMS, MUCH SICKER THAN

I EXPECTED AND AFTER A FEW

MINUTES SHE SAID HELLO, MOMMA

BLANC, HELLO, WHITE MAMMA.

I WAS UNDONE AND DIDN'T KNOW

THAT I COULD LOVE LIKE THAT.

AND YOU KNOW IN ADOPTION, IN THE

PROCESS OF TWO YEARS TIME SLOWED

DOWN.

AND NOW I HAD HER HOME THREE

YEARS AND NO BIG DEAL, BECAUSE

GOD IS FAITHFUL IN THE PROCESS.

AND YOU WILL DO ANYTHING, I WILL

DO WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING MY KID

HOME.

AND THE PROCESS IS A LONG

ONE, WHEN YOU GOT HOME YOU

WEREN'T JUST LEARNING HOW TO BE

A MOM BUT TO CARE FOR A SICK

GIRL.

RIGHT.

WHAT IS THAT LIKE?

I REMEMBER FIRST DAY I HAD

HER HOME AND SO EXCITED AND GOES

THROUGH THE WHOLE REALM OF

EMOTIONS FROM EXCITED AND

OVERWHELMED AND WHAT IS COMING

OUT OF MY MOUTH, MIGHT NOT BE IN

THE BIBLE, I AM SCARED.

AND THE FIRST DAY I HAD TO GET

HER ON H.I.V. VIRAL AND ON 11

DIFFERENT MEDS.

AND I WENT TO ALL THE PHARMACIES

AND I ENDED UP NOT GETTING HER

MEDS THAT DAY.

SHE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AND DIDN'T

SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH AND

CALLED ME PABLO, THIS IS AWKWARD

ON WEDDING DAY.

AND I CARRYING THIS SLEEPING

CHILD AND I HAD A MOM BAG, 40

POUNDS AND FIVE GALLONS OF WATER

AND iPADS.

I HAD EVERYTHING.

AND I THOUGHT I HAVE BEEN A MOM

FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS AND I

HAVE ALREADY FAILED.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO WHAT SHE

NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF HER.

AND I REMEMBER SITTING AT HOME,

AND GOING, JESUS, I CAN'T DO

THIS WITHOUT YOU.

IT'S NOT THAT MISSY IS MY HOPE,

JESUS IS MY HOPE.

AND GETTING TO BE A MOM.

OTHER THAN MY SALVATION SHE'S MY

GREATEST GIFT BUT JESUS IS MY

HOPE AND SUSTAINED ME AND THEN

YOU PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE

OTHER, I AM STILL IN KINDER

KINDERGARTEN WHEN IT COMES TO

MOTHERHOOD.

HOW IS MISSY TODAY?

SHE'S THE HEALTHIEST -- I

WILL BRAG, SHE HAS ABS AND HOW

YOU CAN TELL I'M NOT HER

BIOLOGICAL MOM.

SHE'S HEALTHY AS A HORSE AND NO

SCARS FRIN LUNGS AND H.I.V. IS NOT

DETECTABLE, HER COUNT IS HIGHER

THAN MINE.

THE PICTURE OF HEALTH.

YOU KNOW WHEN GOD INVITES US

IN A GOD ADVENTURE AND MORE THAN

WE UNDERSTAND IN THE BEGINNING.

FOR YOU IT WAS MEETING THAT

DESIRE HE PUT IN YOUR HEART TO

BE A MOM.

AND FOR MISSY THE NEED TO BE

CARED FOR, LOVED AND HAVE A

FAMILY.

AND NOW THE TWO OF YOU HAVE GONE

BACK TO HAITI AND ON A BIGGER

SCALE AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING

WITH THE GARDEN?

WE ARE GOING BACK TO HAITI ON

HER VILLAGE AND BUILT THIS

GARDEN, AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN

THE VILLAGE AND MANY STRUGGLE

WITH MALNUTRITION.

AND WHAT CAN WE DO, AND THANK

YOU FOR SAYING POPULAR AUTHOR,

THAT'S SAY STRETCH.

MY MOTHER BUYS MOST OF MY BOOKS,

AND TAKE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE

BOOKS AND HELP PEOPLE NOT BE

HUNGRY IN HER VILLAGE.

AND THROUGH THAT WE GET TO GO

BACK AND SHARE JESUS.

WE HAVE HAD TWO WOMEN, ONE WAS A

LITERAL PROSTITUTE IN THE

VILLAGE AND NOW JUST NOT

STUDYING THE BIBLE BUT STUDYING

TO TEACH AND COMMENTARIES.

AND ANOTHER WOMAN BOUGHT THROUGH

SLAVES AND CAME TO CHRIST

THROUGH MISSY'S STORY, AND WE

WILL GO BACK TO HAITI FOR A

COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR FOR THE

REST OF OUR LIVES UNTIL JESUS

COMES BACK.

THAT'S FABULOUS, REDEMPTION

ON LARGER SCALE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT MISSY FINDING

HEALING AND YOU FOUND HEALING

FROM ADOPTION THROUGH AN ORPHAN

SPIRIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY

THAT?

I HAD TWO DADS, MY BIOLOGICAL

DAD LEFT WHEN LITTLE AND MY

BIOLOGICAL MOM REMARRIED AND

SEXUAL ABUSE FROM MEN THAT

PRETENDED TO BE FAMILY FRIENDS.

I FELT FROM EARLIEST MEMORY THAT

IF I WAS SWEETER AND THAT DAD

WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT US AND THESE

MEN NOT DO WHAT THEY DID.

EVEN THOUGH I LOOK LIKE THE

TYPICAL AMERICAN KID, LIVED IN

THE SUBURBS, YOU KNOW, AND TWO

CARS AND 2.5 KIDS.

I ALWAYS FELT MISSED.

I HAD A HAPPY EXTERIOR BUT IN MY

HEART I FELT IF ANYONE KNEW MY

BACK STORY, THEY COULDN'T ACCEPT

ME.

AND I THOUGHT OF GOD, I KNEW HE

HAD SAVED ME BUT DIDN'T THINK

THAT HE LIKED ME VERY MUCH.

AND ADOPTION HAS BEEN VERY

HEALING FOR ME.

OF COURSE YOU REREAD THE

PASSAGES AND READ THAT HE

GRAFTED US IN HIS FAMILY.

HE REALLY LOVES YOU.

AND I KNEW THAT HE SAVED ME

BUT DIDN'T THINK THAT HE

CELEBRATED ME.

AND MY CHILD, DOESN'T HAVE AN

ORPHAN SPIRIT, SHE WILL TELL YOU

RIGHT NOW, JESUS THINKS I AM THE

BOMB.

I COULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN THAT OR

TAUGHT IT BUT I DIDN'T BELIEVE

IT FOR DECADES.

SO IT'S KIND OF THE LORD TO HEAL

ME FROM THAT ORPHAN SPIRIT.

AND SPEAKING OF HIS KINDNESS,

YOUR BOOK IS CALLED SACRAMENT OF

HAPPY AND WE HAVE A SPIRIT THAT

GOD DOESN'T WANT HIS PEOPLE TO

BE HAPPY.

RIGHT, I WAS LITERALLY

THOUGHT AS A KID THAT JOY IS ON

THE CROSS OF JESUS AND NOT OF

YOURSELF AND HAPPINESS WAS

HAPPENSTANCE, IT WAS SUPERFICIAL

AND MAYBE HEDONISTIC LIKE

DANCING OR SMOKING.

I WAS BROUGHT UP ON THOSE,

LOVERY REGARD FOR SCRIPTURE BUT

VERY RIGID.

WHEN I GOT OLDER, MY GOODNESS I

AM NOT ALLOWED TO BE HAPPY IF I

WANT TO BE CLOSE TO JESUS.

AND THEN I STUDIED THE BIBLE,

AND OH, GOD REFERS TO HIMSELF AS

HAPPY.

ALMOST SEEMED LIKE I AM READING

THE WRONG VERSE IN SCRIPTURE.

NO THE MORE YOU STUDY, WE HAVE

PERVERTED HAPPINESS.

THE TRUE HAPPINESS IS TO ON THE

FACT THAT GOD IS A GOOD GOD, AND

HE'S A GOOD FATHER AND GOOD FOR

US.

WHEN YOU BASE EVERYTHING YOU ARE

ON THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF GOD,

THERE IS A JOY THAT DOESN'T LOOK

LIKE SUCKING ON LEMONS AND YOUR

FACE GETS THE MESSAGE, HE

DELIGHTS IN ME.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS IS SONG

OF SOLOMON, AND WE DON'T READ

OFTEN.

BUT THAT ONE VERSE IN THE SONG

OF SOLOMON, WHERE JESUS IS THE

BRIDEGRO

BRIDEGROOM, WITH ONE GLANCE OF

YOUR EYES YOU CAPTURED MY HEART.

THAT TO ME, YOU CAN'T BE HAPPY

AND IF THE KING OF KINGS THAT

TERRY, I LOOKED AT YOU AND

GRABBED YOUR HEART.

LISA IS AN INCREDIBLE SPEAKER

AND GIFTED AUTHOR.

SACRAMENT OF HAPPY, AND IF YOU

LEAD A SMALL GROUP OR SUNDAY

SCHOOL CLASS YOU CAN FIND A

GROUP OF MATERIALS ON

LISAHARPER.NET.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE,

WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU.

TERRY, STILL AHEAD, IF YOU

ARE GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME,

YOU WANT TO STAY TUNED.

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR SHARES THREE

JAMES GOLL ENDURED 12 YEARS

OF TRAUMA, WHICH IS WHY SOME

PEOPLE CALL HIM MODERN-DAY JOB.

AND AFTER LOSING HIS WIFE TO

BATTLE OF CANCER AND JAMES HAS A

CORE VALUE, GOD IS GOOD.

THIS IS JAMES GOLL AND HAVE

YOU GONE THROUGH A HARD TIME OR

LIKE A DAY WHEN YOU WANTED TO

STAY IN BED AND KEEP THE COVERS

PULLED UP OVER YOUR HEAD?

I HAVE.

AND I AM A CHRISTIAN.

[LAUGHTER]

IN FACT I AM A MINISTER.

I KNOW WHAT PSALM 91 SAYS AND I

BELIEVE IT.

THAT HE OF THE SECRET PLACE OF

THE ALMIGHTY GOD SHALL BE IN THE

SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.

AND SOMETIMES MY EXPERIENCE

DOESN'T MATCH-UP TO THE WORD OF

GOD, WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

SOMETHING THAT I CHOSE TO DO IN

LIFE, MY LIFE MY WIFE TO CANCER.

GOING THROUGH NINE YEARS OF

CANCER.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH STUFF LIKE

THAT?

I HAD TO GO BACK AND REEVALUATE

WHAT DO I REALLY BELIEVE.

WHO AM I?

AND I CAME UP WITH THREE BASIC

CONCLUSIONS.

NUMBER ONE, GOD IS GOOD ALL THE

TIME, PERIOD.

REALLY?

IT'S THE TRUTH.

I GOT IN HERE A GREATER

REVELATION OF THE GOODNESS OF

GOD.

NEXT THING WAS I REESTABLISHED

ANOTHER PRINCIPLE, ALL THINGS

WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD ROMANS 8.

ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR

GOOD.

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE AND CALLED TO

HIS PURPOSE.

WELL, THAT IS ME.

AND THAT IS YOU.

BUT IT DOESN'T SAY GOD CAUSES

EVERYTHING AND THAT EVERYTHING

IN YOUR LIFE IS GOOD.

GOD WILL CAUSE ALL THINGS TO

WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.

I CALL IT THE MYSTERY AND

MAJESTY OF CHRIST.

AND NUMBER THREE, IF THOSE TWO

THINGS ARE TRUE, THE THIRD IS

TRUE ALSO.

SOMETHING GOOD IS JUST ABOUT TO

HAPPEN.

BECAUSE IN GOD'S MAJESTY AND IN

HIS MYSTERY HE WILL TAKE AND

FASHION EVERYTHING WE GO

THROUGH, AND WORK IT INTO

SOMETHING THAT WILL GLORIFY HIM.

SO ANYWAY, THIS IS JAMES GOLL,

THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING

TO IT.

WHAT CAN I TELL YOU,

SOMETHING GOOD IS JUST ABOUT TO

HAPPEN.

NO DOUBT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JAMES

REMINDS US SO WELL IN WHAT HE

JUST SHARED IS THAT EVERYBODY IS

GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.

YES, WE ALL GOT SOMETHING.

YEAH, AND ONE OF THE GOOD

THINGS ABOUT IT, IT CAUSES US TO

DO WHAT HE DID.

SIT DOWN AND SAY, SO WHAT DO I

BELIEVE?

WHAT DOES GOD WORD SAY?

CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THAT.

NO, ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER

FOR GOOD.

NOT EVERYTHING IS GOOD BUT ALL

THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.

I HOPE THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT

IN YOUR JOURNEY, GOD IS JUST AS

CLOSE AS A PRAYER AWAY AND YOU

CAN FEEL HIS BRUSH ON YOUR

CHEEK, LET HIM KNOW WHAT IS ON

YOUR HEART AND WE KNOW GOD