Terry: WE LOVE TO
INTERACT WITH YOU, AND WE
WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO
ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
YOU SUBMITTED TO US.
PAT, THIS FIRST ONE COMES
FROM ALEXIS.
"PAT, I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT
THE LAW OF GREATNESS.
I THINK HUMILITY AND HAVING
A SERVANT'S HEART ARE
QUALITIES SOARLY LACKING IN
TODAY'S AGE, ESPECIALLY IN
WASHINGTON.
BUT HOW CAN A TRUE SERVANT
REALLY LEAD.
THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN
TWO PEOPLE HAVE VERY
DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT HOW
TO APPROACH A TOPIC.
HOW IS A LEADER EXPECTED TO
MAKE A DECISION WHEN HE HAS
AN EITHER/OR DECISION?"
Pat: YOU'RE JOB IS TO
SERVE AND TO MAKE A BETTER
SITUATION FOR YOUR COMPANY,
FOR YOUR STATE, FOR YOUR
NATION.
AND THAT'S YOUR HEART.
AND PEOPLE MIGHT DISAGREE
WITH YOU, BUT JESUS CHRIST
WAS A LEADER.
AND HE SPOKE WHAT'S TO BE
DONE.
AND HE OBVIOUSLY WAS THERE.
HE LOVED THE PEOPLE, AND AS
A LEADER, YOU LOVE THE
PEOPLE.
IF SOMEBODY DISAGREES WITH
YOU, YOU HEAR THEIR POINT OF
VIEW.
YOU LISTEN PRESPECTFULLY TO
WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, AND
YOU LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES.
AND THEY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND THEY NEED TO RESPECT
YOUR DECISION IF YOU ARE A
LEADER.
AND THE DECISION YOU MAKE IS
YOU SAY, I HOPE YOU ALL
AGREE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THIS
IS THE BEST COURSE.
WE'VE LISTENED TO ALL OF THE
ARGUMENTS, AND WE HAVE TO
MAKE A DECISION.
BUT YOU DO IT HUMBLY.
YOU DON'T JUST SAY, I'M THE
BOSS, YOU DO WHAT I SAY
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
IT IS YOUR ATTITUDE.
I LOVE YOU, I WANT TO DO
WHAT'S BEST, AND HERE IS
WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT.
AND THEN EVERYBODY NEEDS TO
FALL IN LINE.
THAT'S LEADERSHIP.
IT'S LOVE.
Terry: THIS IS FROM
TOMMY.
TOMMY SAYS, 888-706-876, "I
REALLY WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
I BELIEVE I NEED TO HAVE A
SERVANT'S HEART IN ORDER TO
DO THAT.
I FEEL AS IF MY EMOTIONS ARE
INFLUX.
I TRULY DO WANT TO SERVE,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I
REALIZE MY MOTIVATION FOR
SERVING IS TIED INTO MY
FEELINGS FOR GREATNESS.
HOW DO I RECONCILE THESE
FEELINGS?"
Pat: DON'T SPEND TOO
MUCH TIME IN INT
INTROINSPECTION.
JUST GO OUT THERE AND HELP
PEOPLE.
THESE PEOPLE NEED FOOD.
GET OUT AND FEED PEOPLE.
LOOKING AT MY PULSE --
FORGET ALL OF THAT.
FOCUS ON THE NEED.
HOW CAN I MEET THE NEED?
WHAT CAN I DO TO SERVE THESE
PEOPLE, PERIOD.
Terry: THERE ARE
WONDERFUL SCRIPTURES WHERE
YOU ARE ASKING GOD TO HELP
YOU.
CREATE IN ME A PURE HEART.
GOD DOES FOR FOR US.
Pat: YOU CAN DO THAT.
BUT, AGAIN, TERRY, THIS
INTROSPECTION, YOU CAN SPEND
ALL OF YOUR TIME, AM MY
MOTIVES RIGHT?
COME ON.
WHO CARES WHAT YOUR MOTIVE
IS.
THE MOTIVE IS THAT YOU'VE
GOT TO DO IS LET'S GET THE
JOB DONE.
HERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUFFERING; LET'S HELP THEM.
Terry: SHARON SAYS, "I
JUST STARTED WATCHING YOUR
SHOW AND I LOVE IT.
I LOST ONE OF MY SONS WHEN
HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD.
FOUR MONTHS LATER, MY
HUSBAND OF 22 YEARS PASSED
AWAY.
JESUS HAS BEEN MY ROCK
THROUGH THIS, AND HE IS MY
HIGHEST PRIORITY IN MY
LIFE.
I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL STATUE OF
JESUS CARRYING HIS CROSS.
I KEEP IT IN FRONT OF ME IN
FULL SIGHT.
YOU SAID WE'RE NEVER TO
WORSHIP MAN-MADE IMAGES, AND
I AGREE, BUT SINCE THEN I'VE
BEEN DEEPLY TROUBLED ABOUT
MY STATUE.
I DON'T BOW DOWN OR WORSHIP
IT, BUT IT BRINGS ME SUCH
STRENGTH NOW THAT I'M A
WIDOW AND ALONE.
IS THIS CONSIDERED AN
IDOL?"
Pat: IT DEPENDS ON WHAT
YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR LIFE.
WE'VE GOT A PICTURE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE STUDIO OF
JESUS.
Terry: SURE.
THERE ARE MANY SCULPTURES
THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY
WONDERFUL ARTISTS.
Pat: SURE.
AND YOU GO INTO SAINT
PETER'S AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE RUBBING THE FEET OF
SOME STATUE OF A SAINT,
THINKING IT IS GOING TO
BRING THEM BLESSING.
THAT IS IDOLATRY.
BUT IF YOU SAY I WANT TO
FOLLOW THIS ONE.
HE DID IT FOR ME AND I LOVE
HIM FOR IT.
THAT IS NOT IDOLATRY.
I DON'T CONSIDER THAT
IDOLATRY.
Terry: DAVID SAYS,
888-706-876, "WE'RE GIVING
APPROXIMATELY 18% OF OUR
INCOME.
WE'RE GIVING TO OUR LOCAL
CHURCH, BUT ONLY ABOUT 8% TO
9%.
IS IT NECESSARY TO UP THE
CHURCH TO 10% TO CONSIDER
WE'RE TITHERS.
WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING 10%
TO ANY ONE ORGANIZATION.
OR AM I OVERTHINKING THIS?"
Pat: YES, YOU'RE
OVERTHINKING THIS.
GOD IS NOT A PHILADELPHIA
LAWYER OR AN ACCOUNTANT.
COME ON.
Terry: YOU'RE RIGHT.
Pat: WE DIMINISH THE
CREATOR.
HE IS A GREAT GOD.
AND HE SAYS, I LOVE YOU AND
OUT OF THAT WHICH I GIVEN,
YOU GIVE BACK.
AND THE 10th IS ONLY
ONE -- THERE WERE THREE
TITHES IF YOU LOOK IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT.
SO THE STANDARD IS 30%.
THE GOVERNMENT LET'S YOU
GIVE 50%.
IT JUST DEPENDS.
TITHES AND OFFERINGS OUT OF
YOUR INNER BEING, BUT IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TO A
QUOTE CHURCH.
I KNOW THERE SOME THAT THINK
THAT TITHE BELONGS TO THE
CHURCH.
NO IT DOESN'T.
IT BELONGS TO GOD.
IF IT IS A MINISTRY THAT
HELPS HUMANITARIANS --
YOU'RE GIVING TO GOD.
IT IS WHAT IS IN YOUR
HEART.
I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO GET
OUT OF THIS -- YOU KNOW --
Terry: THERE IS
SOMETHING IN US THAT SO
WANTS TO PLEASE, THAT WE
WANT A FORMULA.
Pat: I KNOW.
BUT HE DOESN'T WANT US TO
HAVE FORMULAS.
HE WANTS US TO BE FREE.
FREEDOM!
Terry: OKAY, THIS IS
RACHEL WHO SAYS, "WHY DOES
GOD HEAL SOME AND NOT
OTHERS.
DOES THE PHRASE NO RESPECTER
OF PERSONS APPLY HERE.
HOW CAN WE SAY GOD WILL DO
SOMETHING WHEN WE DON'T KNOW
FOR CERTAIN WHAT HE'LL DO?"
Pat: WHY DO SOME PEOPLE
GET HEALED AND SOME DON'T?
WHAT'S IN THEIR HEART?
THEY TALK ABOUT HOLY
INVALIDS, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR
HEART.
IS THERE RESENTMENT WAY DOWN
DEEP INSIDE.
IS THERE LACK OF FAITH DEEP
INSIDE?
MAYBE THEIR TIME HASN'T
QUITE COME.
GOD KNOWS ALL THESE THINGS,
AND HE HASN'T REVEALED THEM
ALL TO US.
WHEN JESUS WAS HERE ON
EARTH, HE KNEW IF SOMETHING
WAS DEMONS.
HE KNEW IF SOMETHING WAS
SIN.
AND HE KNEW IF SOMETHING WAS
JUST DISEASE.
AND HE WAS ABLE TO DEAL WITH
ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS AND
EVERYBODY GOT HEALED.
THERE WAS NO PERSON WHO CAME
TO JESUS THAT WASN'T
HEALED.
THEY KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW.
WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS
DARKLY.
Terry: EVEN GOD'S
BIGGER PLAN, I THINK OF THE
STORY OF JIM ELLIOT, AND
SOMETIMES WE SEE DEATH
DIFFERENTLY THAN GOD DOES.
AND THAT CREATED SUCH A
BROAD SPREADING OF THE
GOSPEL.
Pat: AND TO US WHAT WAS
TRAGEDY WAS A GLORIOUS
TRANSFORMATION OF FAITH.
HE GOT KILLED.
IS THAT BAD?
NOT REALLY.
HE IS WITH THE LORD.
