The Revival Page #4

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and I talk to God.

I ask Him to take it,

to take it away from me, but.

Did you talk to Him today?

No.

Too bad.

Hey, you cannot

make meth here, okay?

No, don't, don't.

Okay.

Hey, you cannot

make meth here.

Okay.

Okay?

Okay.

Give me that.

I want to try it.

Careful.

I'm not gonna be careful.

It's about done.

Okay, give me that.

Oh, I don't like it.

Okay.

You cannot make meth here.

I'm not kidding you

about that, okay?

I'm not clear on

what you're saying.

I mean it, don't.

(choir singing)

(phone vibrating)

Hey, baby girl.

Oh, no.

Daddy misses you, too.

Absolutely.

I can't wait to hear

what's going on at camp.

Did you kill anything?

Really?

All right, that's my girl.

Hey, I put some extra

onions on it for you.

Thanks.

You want an over-under knot?

Jimmy, this ain't supposed

to take all morning.

[Jimmy] I know,

but it's broken.

Just tie it tight like a

cheerleader's grip on her Bible.

Sorry, Preacher.

What do you think?

Looks great.

All right.

Well, you have a

good day, Preacher.

You know what?

Let's get it as high as we can.

I want God to see it

from his living room.

[Jimmy] Higher?

Yeah, get on up there.

[Host] Trevor Pickins tells

me about your annual revival.

It's not really annual.

Okay, that's just

what Trevor told me.

He told me it was an annual.

It's the first one.

Ah. (laughs)

That Trevor, he's a

funny guy, ain't he?

He really loves the church.

Yeah, I could tell

you some stories.

They would get us fired,

arrested, and divorced nowadays.

Yeah, well Trevor's

already divorced.

So.

On that note, let's hear a

little word from our sponsors.

I ain't a dentist, Reverend.

I can't pull no more

teeth, all right?

And we're back.

I miss your father.

I remember him.

He was a great man.

I used to go to his church,

in fact, when I was a kid.

But, now I'm with Brother Aaron.

Well, First Baptist isn't

my father's church anymore.

It's mine.

And with this revival, I'm

taking it in a new direction.

[Host] And what direction

is that, Reverend?

Forward.

What exactly does that mean?

Let me ask you, Jim.

Why'd you leave First Baptist?

Well, my kids.

My kids, they heard Emmanuel

Baptist was exciting.

And whatever keeps my

kids' interest in the Lord

and off their

phones, am I right?

No.

No, Jim.

I don't think you are right.

You know, Brother Aaron

might have the cameras,

and the lights, and the

screens, and all that,

but I'm not Brother Aaron.

I am not Brother Aaron.

I will never be Brother Aaron.

I do not want to

be Brother Aaron.

I'm trying to make something

true, something real.

And it's hard being a pastor.

It's hard.

It's hard to be a Christian.

It's hard to know

what God wants.

And when you do know what God

wants, it's hard to do it.

Jim, let me ask you.

Do you ever feel alone?

Yeah, sure.

Of course you do.

We all feel alone.

We all feel lost.

We all feel scared.

We all feel darkness.

We get caught up in

the small day-to-day

and we lose sight of eternity.

We make mistakes.

I make mistakes.

I've made so many mistakes.

I'm not perfect.

I'm far from perfect.

But, God's love, and His

grace, and His power,

are bigger than that.

And that's what the revival

is about next weekend.

It's about imperfect

people coming together

to feel the power and love.

And they need the strength

to keep on living.

Who doesn't want that, right?

[Jim] All right.

That's gonna do it for us.

Remember, two weeks from Sunday.

First Baptist Church Revival.

(slow violin music)

[Aaron] Woe unto you,

you scribes and Pharisees.

Hypocrites.

For you they're like

whited sepulchers

which indeed appear

beautiful outward,

but are full of dead man's

bones and all uncleanness.

Even so, ye outwardly

appear righteous unto man,

but within you're full of

hypocrisy and inequity.

Woe unto you scribes

and Pharisees.

Hypocrites.

Fill ye up then the measures

of your fathers, you serpents.

You generation of vipers.

How can you escape

the damnation of Hell?

(door closes)

[Eli] You're up late.

[June] Where were you?

[Eli] I was at church.

Something came for you.

This is not what

it looks like.

Well, hey.

Why did you do this?

Sometimes men embrace.

Don't lie to me, Eli.

June, June, June.

I care about you so much.

I love you.

I love you.

I just got confused.

I get happy, but this

thing I know is wrong

and I don't know what I'm doing.

I question things, but.

I can't do this.

June, June, June.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

I'm so sorry.

I've sinned.

I'm a sinner, but I'm

gonna fix it, all right?

I'm gonna fix it.

I'm back.

Trust me, I will fix it.

I will fix it.

I will fix it.

(uptempo violin music)

[Aaron] Listen, church.

When you go out soul winning,

a lot of you are walking

around, excuse me,

but a lot of you are

walking around like losers.

And, hello.

It's called soul

winning, not soul losing.

You know, you think no

one's gonna listen to you.

Do you think Christ

thought no one was gonna?

I can tell you, He

was not a loser.

You think Christ assumes

folks at your job

aren't gonna get saved?

You think Christ

assumes folks at Walmart

aren't gonna get saved?

I've seen more folks saved

at Walmart than church.

Praise God.

You will be eternally

surprised by who gets saved

and where they get saved.

Look, I do this, too.

I look at a fella

coming out of a bar

and I think that is

the last man on earth

who is gonna get saved.

And guess you what?

There I see him on

Sunday and he got saved

and I start thinking,

what do you guys say?

But, there ain't no way

he's gonna live for God.

I can't really see him

getting into church

or making bigger

changes in his life.

And lo and behold,

God changes people

and the spirit of God has the

power to change the heart.

Listen, church.

When I go out soul winning,

I don't expect to fail.

I expect to succeed.

(door opens)

Hi.

Hey.

How you doing?

Okay.

Blessed to see you.

Yeah.

Brought you something.

What?

You don't have to go to the

library every week to read it.

I don't have anything for you.

Um, I gotta talk to

you about something.

There's a picture

of us together.

So what?

No.

No.

Not you.

You said you wanted

to be with me.

Listen to me.

I have real feelings for you.

And I'm committed to God.

You're committed to God.

Yes.

So, why'd you f*** me?

What we did was wrong.

It's against God's will.

I'm ashamed.

You're ashamed?

[Eli] I'm ashamed.

F*** you.

F*** you.

You have to go.

Eli, you want me to stay here.

Daniel, I will pray for you.

I will pray for you every

day for the rest of my life.

(slow violin music)

We all try to understand

God in human terms.

We personify things to

feel closer to them.

We even put words and intentions

in our father's mouth.

We think that he wants

us to buy a new car,

to get a new house,

to get a new spouse.

Can I get an amen?

And we can read our Bibles.

We can say our prayers.

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