Sid Roth welcomes Peggy Joyce Ruth
SID: Hello SidRoth your investigative reporter here with PeggyJoyce Ruth.Let’s suppose you get a telegramthe doorbell rings, you open the telegramyour son has just died.What are you going to do?He is out in Iraq, he has just diedwhat are you going to do?Well you had someone that understood the 91st Psalm PeggyJoyce Ruth, and what did she do?
PEGGY: Exactly. Well,Crystal is a good friend of mineand we watched her little boys grow up.And she, like I say we’ve been teaching thisbecause we found that it worksand we’ve had so many miracleswe want other people to know about it.
SID: It really works?
PEGGY: It really works!
SID: Really;really?
PEGGY: Really,really!
SID: Ok.
PEGGY: And so, anyway, when her son was 19, Jefferyand he was one of the first ones into Iraq.And she gets this letter from the Senator’s officesaying we just appreciate the factthat your son has given his life for the country;and we want to offer you all these condolences and all this;and she just couldn’t believe it.And she said her first impulse was to throw the letter awayand then she said “No, God gave me this promise.”And for two hours she said something rose upon the inside of her.She walked through that house.
SID: Wait, it’s too late Peggy Joyce;the telegram, her son is dead.It’s too late.
PEGGY: Well it’s like I always tell people,we can either believe what the world saysor we can believe the word of God.
SID: Yeah, but this is almost ridiculous.
PEGGY: I know it sounds ridiculousbut she said “No, I have a promise from Godand I’m not going to turn that promise loose.”
SID: Tenacious.
PEGGY: Yes, very tenacious.
SID: Is that what we have to be?
PEGGY: We have to be.Renee was tenacious and that’s why she got her miraclebecause we’ve got to believe thismore than we believe what the world is saying.But she kept standing on that word;and then she called the Senator’s office.I have the letter;I mean she gave me a copy of the letter.She called the Senator’s officeand she said I believe you’ve made a mistake.And they just said well we couldn’t have,you knowand she said will you check?And they had to call Iraq; they had to look him up.And they called back about three hours laterand said we are so sorry.We cannot imagine what happenedbut your son is alive.
SID: You know there is a natural law, there really isbut there is a higher law.So what are you dealing with?What problems going in your life?What if a tornado is headed directly to your property?What would you do?What did you do?
PEGGY: Well the news commentator came onand he said there is a tornado that has touched downright south of the country club.Our house is exactly south of the country club.And so my husband… most people we found out the next daywere putting their children under mattresses and in closets.My husband gets our children out of bedbecause we want them to know that Psalm 91 works.Now this was several years ago when they were at homeand he got them out of bed, said get your Bibles.And he got them outsideand we had the kids circling the houseand we were circling the house confessing Psalm 91;declaring the promises that God had made to us in Psalm 91.And my husband then got a peaceand he said ok we can go in the house now.We went in the house just as the guy on the radiowas saying it’s just like a miracle.
SID: But wait a second,why didn’t you just jump in your car and drive off?You didn’t have to rely on a miracle.
PEGGY: Well we didn’t want to go off and leave our homeand let our house get blown away.
SID: Of course.
PEGGY: This works for your home, this works for you know…every evil known to man is covered in Psalm 91.And that’s what’s so wonderful about it.I mean it’s not just a protection against diseasebut it’s also a protection for your family.It’s a protection against what other people can do to you.It’s a protection against natural disasters
SID: PeggyJoyce Ruth, let me ask you this question:what would you advise a parent to dowith a little child that is fearful?
PEGGY: I would take that little childand I would sit him down; and I would say“Honey,God loves you and God is biggerthan any problem that could ever come your way.He’s bigger than disease, he’s bigger than tornadoes,he’s bigger than all these things;but you have to get to know him.You have to come to a place where he becomes your best friendand that’s what verse 1 is all about.“He who dwells in the shelter of the most high…”I love it when our little grandchildren come over.Cullen and Merritt will come to see usand we have breakfast and as soon as breakfast is over,they know that before they even put their school clothes onthat they’re going to run to their secret place.They each have his own little secret placewhere he goes and he has his time to talk with goand she’s in a different placeand she has her time to talk with God.
SID: And it’s not like some kids say,“Oh God never talks to me.”You’re saying that if you teach them the secret placeand how to know God, each child can know God.By the way what happened to your housewith the tornado coming?
PEGGY: When we got back into the house,the guy on the radio was saying,and he used the word miracle.He said it’s just like a miracle.He said that tornado has all of a suddenzipped right back up into the clouds and has disappeared.And the next day, I mean the whole town was talking about itbecause they were really expecting us to get wiped out.And I just love it to see how God works.In fact we were teaching this, the children’s churchcoordinator was teaching this to young boys and girls4, 5, and 6 year olds.And there was a little 6 year old, when he got throughteaching Psalm 91 and telling about the tornado;ran to the door, opened the door, and saidI can hardly wait for the next tornado to come.
SID: Well I don’t know whether I would go that far,but I would tell you this: the most important thing -whether you’re a little child or whether you’re an adultis not religion; the most important thingis to have your own intimacy with God.There is only one way you can have intimacy. Coming from a Jewish background,I didn’t know our Messiah had already come.His name in Hebrew is Yeshua.In English it’s Jesus,I want you to do something.I want you to tell God that you are sorry,and tell him every known reason you’re sorry.Look we’ve all sinned,the Psalmist says.There’s not one righteous, no not one.Have you lied? Have you stolen?Do you watch the wrong things on television?Are you involved in the New Age?Sex outside of marriage?Homosexuality?Tell him you’re sorry.Ask to be forgiven because of what Jesus did for youand he will forgive you.And then ask Jesus to live inside of you.And you go to your secret place;you know what he promises in Psalm 91?With long life I will satisfy you.You’ll be satisfied in this life.Let me tell you, knowing God is all that counts;it’s all that counts.