An
Amazing Fact: A rare painting of Jesus was
almost thrown into the trash by a French woman. It had been hanging above her
stove for years. She didn’t even remember how she acquired the art, but her
adult children encouraged her to have it appraised first—and experts identified
it as a rare Cimabue painting created around 1280. It was eventually purchased
by the Louvre Museum for $26 million.
Laura
never felt good enough. No matter how hard she tried, she never felt smart
enough, worthy enough, or pretty enough. But that changed when you
introduced her to Jesus through Amazing Facts TV.
The world
is full of broken people like Laura, wounded souls who often feel like they
have no value and could simply be tossed in the trash.
But Jesus
never treated anyone as worthless. Even when His own disciples thought He was
wasting time talking with a Samaritan woman, Jesus felt otherwise. Every human
being is precious in the eyes of our Creator and Savior.
How can
we share such extravagant love with those who feel like Laura? If we would
follow Jesus’ commission to “go therefore and make disciples of all
nations” (Matthew 28:19), shouldn’t we use every means possible to
reach them?
Television
is a prime pathway for sharing God’s love. Consider that more than 5.4 billion
people worldwide have a TV in their homes. And the average American still spends
2.5 hours a day watching television. If we want to find people where they are,
as Jesus did, then we need to put God’s last-day messages before them on TV.
But can the
picture and sound from a TV truly communicate the gospel and help people know
their great worth in the eyes of the Lord? Without a doubt! Just ask Laura …
A Mixed-up Childhood
Laura’s
young life was split between the Baptist Church and the Church of England. But
deeper than her religious confusion were hurtful messages. She was told she
wasn’t good enough or smart enough to amount to much. Even her mother told her
that she’d never survive on her own.
Like that
French woman and her painting of Jesus, which happened to be titled “Christ
Mocked,” Laura didn’t know that she was worth so much.
How hurting
hearts like hers need Jesus! They need to hear their heavenly Father tell them,
“You [are] precious in My sight … and I have loved you” (Isaiah 43:4).
So, would
you join me in uplifting Christ’s love to our world through Christian TV? Your kind
gift this month will reveal the truth about how much God cares for each person,
no matter their background.
TV Transforms
Sadly,
the negative messages impacted Laura’s decisions as an adult, leading her into
a series of broken marriages. Men used her. One told her, “You’re not worth the
effort,” and left her.
After so
many damaging experiences, Laura didn’t trust anyone. She shares, “I was
envious of those who had successful relationships.” She wished she could get
“lucky,” but deep inside, she didn’t feel worthy of being treated with love
and respect.
That’s
part of Satan’s strategy to discourage people. His lies make us feel worthless.
Fortunately, you brought a word of healing truth that changed Laura’s life
for eternity.
A few years
ago, Laura “stumbled upon” a series of Amazing Facts programs on ION TV, which
your gifts made possible. “The programs looked interesting,” she explains, “so
I started watching.” She quickly added AFTV to the list of her favorite TV
channels. Then, after listening to my testimony, she was inspired to contact a
local Sabbath-keeping church.
Don’t you
see how your loving gifts for TV evangelism led Laura onto the only pathway of truth
and healing? And after hearing me share the story of the woman at the well, she
concluded, “If Jesus can love and help her, He can do the same for me.”
A VAST Opportunity!
With
stories like Laura’s in mind, I want you to know about TWO GIANT NEW
OPPORTUNITIES we have to share God’s precious love with millions more broken
hearts.
The first
is the VAST satellite, a Christian network that covers all of Australia. Much
of that country can’t be reached through traditional television, but the VAST
satellite can spread truth to an additional million people outside the cities—it
is also the only programming allowed in Australian prisons.
What’s
more, broadcasting on VAST wouldn’t be limited to merely an hour a week. AFTV
would have its own 24/7 channel, continuously sharing last-day messages day and
night!
VAST told
us there are only two openings left on their network. Plus, they were willing
to lower their fees and give Amazing Facts a monthly rate of only $6,790—that’s
just 3 cents per viewer! In faith, we jumped on this opportunity believing that
fellow laborers like you would want to share Bible truth with people looking
for meaning in life, just like Laura did after seeing our program.
And Africa TOO!
Equally
exciting is an offer to broadcast on the Intelsat 20 network, which serves 40
MILLION households across six African countries. And again, Amazing Facts would
have its own channel, meaning you can make the three angels’ messages pour down
from the heavens 24/7 to more than half of Africa, all for around $11,000 per
month—that’s less than 1 cent per viewer! It’s another huge opportunity that we
grabbed in faith believing that God was opening a door for us to seek and save
the lost.
Will you
help offer life-changing truth to our hurting world? Your compassionate gift of
$25 this month will broadcast last-day truth to more than 83,000 people in
Africa. A generous gift of $100 will help over 2,900 souls find the truth of God’s
amazing grace in Australia. Whatever size gift God inspires you to give, it
will make an eternal difference in people’s lives through the wide variety of
Amazing Facts evangelism work.
Laura has
been baptized into God’s remnant church. She says that with God in her life, her past no
longer defines her. Will you join me in helping even more hurting hearts know
how precious they are to the Lord? As you can see, your generosity will bring true
peace!
Knowing
the true value of a soul,
Pastor
Doug Batchelor
President,
Amazing Facts International