FAITHFUL TO MY CALL AND DID IT WITH INTEGRITY AND WITH LOVE.
>> AND THAT, HE WILL.
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD JOINS ME NOW.
SHE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF BILLY
GRAHAM.
GRAHAM.
>> STILL AM. >> WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
>> THEY CAME IN TO TELL ME.
I WAS IN MAKEUP ACROSS THE
STREET.
STREET.
AND I IMMEDIATELY PUT UP MY
HANDS AND SAID, THANK YOU, LORD,
THANK YOU.
HE HAS BEEN LINGERING AND
LANGUISHING.
THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS FOUR
YEARS AGO AT HIS 95th BIRTHDAY PARTY.AGO AT HIS 95th BIRTHDAY
PARTY.
FRANK WAS ALIVE THEN, TOO.
WE WENT DOWN THERE.
AND I WAS SITTING WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTER AT A TABLE AND
HADNT SEEN HIM.
BUT I KNEW THAT WOULD BE THE
LAST TIME ID SEE HIM.
AND I SAID, CAN I GO TELL YOUR
GRANDFATHER THANK YOU?
MY WHOLE FAMILY CAME TO FAITH AND JESUS THROUGH THE BILLYTH
AND JESUS THROUGH THE BILLY GRAHAM ORGANIZATION.
GRAHAM ORGANIZATION. >> IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND I PERSONALLY DID, GOING TO
THE FIRST MOVIE THE BILLY GRAHAM
ORGANIZATION EVER PUT OUT.
IT WAS CALLED "THE RESTLESS
ONES."
ONES."
WHERE DOES GOD MEET ME? IN A MOVIE THEATER. ME?
IN A MOVIE THEATER. AT THAT TIME, HE TOOK A LOT OF
FLAK FOR MAKING A MOVIE.
>> I FIND THAT SO INTERESTING
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME
PHILOSOPHY AS HE DID. HE USED TO SAY, HE USED TO
PREACH ABOUT THE JOY.
THE JOY OF BELIEF.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU.
>> WHAT HAPPENED FOR BILLY,
HAPPENED FOR MY HUSBAND, MY
MOTHER, MY FATHER, EVERYBODY
THAT DIES IN CHRIST, GOES
IMMEDIATELY INTO THE ARMS OF
CHRIST FOR ETERNITY.
THAT IS THE HOPE OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
CHRISTIAN FAITH.
IT GIVES US THE TOOLS WE NEED TO LIVE IN THE WORLD TODAY WHILE TO
LIVE IN THE WORLD TODAY WHILE WERE ALIVE.
WERE ALIVE.
BUT THATS WHY I COULD HOLD MY
DEAD HUSBAND IN MY ARMS AND
REJOICE BECAUSE I KNEW WHERE HE
WAS.
AND IT GIVES YOU THE PEACE THAT
PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.
IF WE EVER NEEDED PEACE IN THIS
WORLD, WE NEED IT NOW, RIGHT?
AND SOMEBODY SAYS, WHY ARE YOU SO BOLD ABOUT YOUR FAITH?E YOU
SO BOLD ABOUT YOUR FAITH? AND I WAS LOOKING AT EVERYBODYS
BEAUTIFUL FACE RIGHT NOW.
THEY SAID, WHY ARE YOU SO BOLD
ABOUT YOUR FAITH?
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU HAD THE CURE FOR CANCER,
WOULD YOU KEEP IT QUIET?
OR WOULD YOU HOLD IT AND KEEP IT
A SECRET?
A SECRET?
I ALWAYS SAY, I HAVE THE CURE FOR THE MALIGNANCY OF THE SOUL.
AND HE HAS A NAME.
AND ITS JESUS.
IF YOU JUST RECEIVE -- I TALKED
SOMEBODY OFF OF A CLIFF THIS
MORNING AT 4:30 THIS MORNING.
HE SAID, HOW CAN I KNOW YOUR
JESUS?
JESUS?
AND I FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO BE
ABLE TO SHARE GOOD NEWS.
GOSPEL MEANS GOOD NEWS.
ITS GOOD NEWS.
AN IM NOT TALKING ABOUT A
RELIGION.
IM TALKING ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LIVING GOD.
THEYRE SO DIFFERENT.
WE DONT NEED MORE RELIGION.
WE NEED MORE JESUS. [ APPLAUSE ] JESUS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THAT NIGHT AT HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY, HE WAS VERY, VERY SORT
OF -- HIS EYES WERE -- I WENT
OVER TO HIM AND I SAID, BILLY,
HE INSISTED EVERYBODY CALL HIM
BILLY.
BILLY.
I SAID, BILLY, BILLY -- I COULD
SEE HE WAS DOING THIS.
AND HE SAID, I SAID, ITS KATHIE LEE.HE SAID, I SAID, ITS KATHIE
LEE.
AND HE GOES, OH, KATHIE LEE, I LOVE YOU.ES, OH, KATHIE LEE, I
LOVE YOU. >> AW.
>> AW. LOVE.
LOVE. >> I WAS SO GRATEFUL.
THE ONLY TIME HE DID A SECULAR
TELEVISION SHOW THAT WASNT NEWS
WAS MY FIRST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YEP.
>> YEP. AND HE CAME TO MY HOUSE IN
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT.
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT. ALL I WANTED HIM TO DO WAS SIT
IN FRONT OF THE FIRE AND READ
THE BOOK OF LUKE TO MY CHILDREN.
AND HE DID.
AND ALL OF THEIR LITTLE FRIENDS
WERE THERE.
WERE THERE.
ITS ONE OF MY GREAT, GREAT
MEMORIES.
BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENED, HE GOT
THERE AND WE WERENT QUITE READY
TO SHOOT HIS SCENES.
SO, I SAID, AND THIS WAS EARLY
IN OUR RELATIONSHIP, I SAID, DR. GRAHAM -- OH, NO.I SAID,
DR. GRAHAM -- OH, NO. YOU GOT TO CALL ME BILLY.
WE CANT BE FRIENDS UNLESS YOU
CALL ME BILLY.
I HAD MET HIM BEFORE.
BUT THIS WAS AN INTIMATE -- HES
IN MY HOME.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PINCH ME
THINGS.
THINGS.
MY SISTER AND MOTHER CAME TO
KNOW THE LORD WATCHING ONE OF HIS CRUSADES ON TELEVISION.OF
HIS CRUSADES ON TELEVISION. I COME HOME AND MY MOTHER AND MY
SISTER WERE SOBBING THEIR EYES
OUT AND I WAS LIKE, WHO DIED?
NO P
NO P
NO.
WHO WAS BORN?
>> BILLY WAS ONE OF A KIND.
>> ILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF
THAT.
CAN WE GET YOU ANYTHING?
FRANK AND I WERE STANDING THERE.
WELL GET YOU ANYTHING WE LIKE BEFORE YOU SHOOT.HING WE LIKE
BEFORE YOU SHOOT. AND HE GOES, ANYTHING?
>> WHERE IS THIS GOING?
>> AND WE SAID, ANYTHING.
AND HE GOES, CAN I HAVE A BIG
MAC?
MAC?
FRANK GOES, IM GOING TO GO GET YOU TEN BIG MACS.ING TO GO GET
YOU TEN BIG MACS. HE WENT AROUND THE CORNER TO OUR
LOCAL McDONALDS AND CAME BACK
WITH ABOUT 100 BIG MACS FOR
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY.
BILLY WENT UPSTAIRS, AND SAT THERE HAPPILY MUNCHING ON BIG
MACS UNTIL HE SHARED THE GOSPEL
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
WERE ALL JUST HUMAN.
>> WHEN I LOOK BACK AT WHAT HE
PREACHED, AFTER 9/11, SAYING THE LESSON HERE IS ABOUT OUR NEEDTHE
LESSON HERE IS ABOUT OUR NEED FOR ONE ANOTHER.
THATS THE LESSON IN 9/11, OUR
NEED FOR EACH OTHER.
AND AFTER THE BILL CLINTON/
CLINTON/MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL,
HE SAID BILL CLINTONS LESSON
WAS THAT HE TOOK SIN SERIOUSLY
AND HE TOOK REDEMPTION
SERIOUSLY, TOO.
SERIOUSLY, TOO.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> I SURE DO.
>> YOU AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT FAITHAN
ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT FAITH IN CONNECTION WITH GOD.
AND I FEEL, WHO IS THERE TODAY
THAT HAS HIS MESSAGING?
THAT UPLIFTING, JOYFUL,
FAITHFUL, HELP ME GET
RECONNECTED, DONT SHAME ME.
>> DONT MAKE ME FEEL WORSE THAN
I FEEL?
I FEEL? >> SOMEONE WHO IS NONPARTISAN,
NOT COVERED IN SCANDAL, NOT
TRYING TO RIP ANYBODY OFF.
THERE ARENT THAT MANY BILLY
GRAHAMS.
GRAHAMS.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE OF SINCERE
FAITH, THOUGH.
MANY IN OUR PULPITS.
BUT MANY, IT MIGHT BE YOUR PLUMBER., IT MIGHT BE YOUR
PLUMBER.
IT MIGHT BE -- GOD HAS HIS
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. AND USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK
INTO YOUR OWN HEART, EVERY ONE
OF US SHOULD AND SAY, DO I HAVE
A MALIGNANCY OF MY SOUL?
WHERE IS THE DOCTOR?
THE GOOD NEWS, THE DOCTOR IS IN.
HE CONQUERED DEATH FOR ALL-TIME
FOR EVERY ONE OF US.
AND ITS FREE.
PROBABLY THE ONLY THING IN THIS
WHOLE WORLD WE LIVE IN THATS
COMPLETELY FREE.
COMPLETELY FREE.
THIS BROKEN MAN ON TWITTER THIS MORNING SAID, I AM DISAPPOINTED.
IM A MEASURE.
IM THIS.
IM A BURDEN TO EVERYBODY.
I SAID, YOURE NOT A BURDEN TO
GOD AND YOURE NOT A BURDEN TO ME. AND YOURE NOT A BURDEN TO
ME.
AND GOD LOVES YOU.
JUST ASK HIM INTO YOUR HEART AND
YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE.
>> IT CAN BE YOUR PLUMBER.
IT CAN BE YOUR CO-WORKER. LOVE YOU. YOUR CO-WORKER.
LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> AND SAY A PRAYER FOR THE
GRAHAM FAMILY TODAY.
THEYRE GOING TO BE GREAT.
THEYRE REJOICEING.
THEYRE REJOICEING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, SWEETIE.S FOR HAVING ME,
SWEETIE.
>> YOU BET.
WELL BE RIGHT BACK.