Loud applause greeted famed life coach and female televangelist Paula White at her first public interview since the announcement of her divorce.
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(Photo: The Christian Post / TBN)Famed life coach and female televangelist Paula White appears on a show hosted by contemporary Christian music artist Carman that aired Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, in this image made from television.
White appeared on the Trinity Broadcasting Network this week as both a guest and preacher, touching on the highly public divorce she's going through while encouraging others not to be swayed by life's trials.
"I embrace the concept that I would not let my trial be wasted in life," said White on a show hosted by contemporary Christian music artist Carman that aired Wednesday and Thursday. "I often say 'I didn't write the script, but I'm learning to live it out with the best of my ability for the honor of God, with dignity, with grace, with favor, embracing His word."
Paula and Randy White, co-founders and former co-pastors of Without Walls International in Tampa, Fla. – one of the fastest growing churches in the nation – announced their decision to split at a Thursday evening service late last month. Married nearly 18 years, the couple blamed the two different directions their lives were going. Both have been divorced before.
Quoting what Jan Crouch, co-founder of TBN, had once told her, Paula White said, "You know who you are and you know whose you are."
"I say this for Randy ... my former husband," she continued. "And Randy is a man of God. No one sets their life out and says, 'Boy, this is what I think I'm going to go through.' And people look at things as failure, why didn't this work. But I see 18 years of the rock that I was healed from and I'm grateful for the seasons in my life because I wouldn't be who I am without all the people that God has used to help me, to develop me, to cultivate me.
"Some of the greatest development in the men and women of God ... were those in adverse situation, those in opposition," White added. "But it pulled out because you had that decision. You can either gravitate and put your hand to the plow and say, 'Okay, God, I don't get this one; I don't even like this one. But still what do You have to say to me? I will not be moved.'"
White is releasing a new book in October that she says contains contents from her personal journals and that it exposes "the inner most of my being." In You're All That!: Understand God's Design for Your Life, White talks about discovering "who you are in Christ."
"Because when you know who you are and whose you are, I believe it gives you that inner fortitude and that strength to face whatever life situation you may have to go through," said White on the show.
"When I don't understand life, I'm not going to draw back. I have decided to do one thing even my mind doesn't comprehend it – draw nigh," she said.
"I believe when people can find out who they are, then you can be equipped to handle life's situations."
News of the trouble in the Whites' marriage was first picked up by The Tampa Tribune in May. The two were rarely seen preaching together anymore as Paula's own ministry works were keeping her busy and growing her renown while Randy was pursuing another church start in Malibu, Calif.
Criticism broke out from former Without Walls staff who said the Whites have shifted their focus to money and fame. Paula White earlier said she knows followers will feel disappointed by the announcement given that evangelical Christians hold marriage as a sacred institution.
Randy White, who took "100 percent responsibility" for the split, will continue to lead Without Walls as senior pastor.
Aware of the critics, Christian artist Carman said people who don't have the "wherewithal" to assess the situation should not judge or "open that person up to look," as he stated it. He told Paula White that she is at the top of her game right now.
Still, with her divorce taking place in the public eye, White said, "Everything God brings me through ... I promise Him, I will hold my hand out to someone else and allow myself to say 'He lifted me through this, He'll life you through this.'
"That's what I think it's about. It wasn't simply for me."
Preaching to the television audience, White said, "Life events will not define who you are. God says who you are. You are somebody."
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She is so full of it.
Romans 1:18 - 2:16
Carmen told Paula she was at the top of game, i thought that was terrible thing to say. At least she is at the bottom and needs to start over again, she and Randy need to step down and be restored. You dont get hit by a mack truck (divorce) and then get up and act like everything is ok and that your on the top of your game and yes according the word Marriage is sacred. After 2 failed marriages i think its time that the body questions the heads spiritual mental state and motives.
I would just like to say this incident with Paula and Randy white has rocked me to the core. I do not get what is happening, this incident is really damaging to US, THE BODY OF CHRIST, were is our witness. We have to pray for Paula and Randy white and other men & women of God we know. This is a full frontal attack straight from the pit of hell. We have to go back to our foundations as christians and truely, honestly check our motivations for doing what we do. Do we really love Jesus? Are we really living SEPERATE lives from the world? Do we really have THE FEAR OF THE LORD? We must answer this question TRUTHFULLY and honestly to know were we really stand. People of God. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH we have to know WHAT we ARE DOING. May GOD have MERCY ON US.
Its always the guilty ones who want to hide behind the "whoever is without sin cast the first stone" scripture. Yes, it is true that we should not judge others but we have to be held accountable for our actions. There is a differerence between judging someone and holding them responsible for the foolish choices that they make. The bible tells us that we should help each other when we sin. God still loves Randy and Paula but he is also very angry with them because they have lied, cheated, stole, been unfaithful, etc. They have shown no signs of repentence. I pity the foolsih people who are excusing them and continuing to follow their teachings. If you read the scriptures for yourselves then you will see that alot of what Paula and Randy teach do not line up with the word of God. So pray that God touches their hearts and they repent. They need to be held responsible for their actions. So stop drinking the "kool aid" and open your eyes to the hypocrisy going on! Don't excuse it ! Say something! Go to www.tboforums.com and go to the faith and religion section and learn the truth about Randy and Paula White. The things that are on there have already come to pass. The truth will set you free! Stop excusing sin!
Let him without sin, CAST the first STONE !
I ADMIRE PAULA AND RANDY VERY MUCH. THEIR DIVORCE THOUGH NOBODY WISHED FOR IT WAS CONDUCTED IN A VERY SANE WAY. IT SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE TO THE MEN WHO INSTEAD OF LEAVING THE WOMEN THEY DON'T WANT TRY TO DESTROY THEM WITH CURSES AND ALL FORMS OF THINGS.
Both her and Randy need to sit on the pew. Not behind the pulpit.
Ok We are to be Spirit Walkers Believers walking after Messiah Y'SHUA, If a Brother or sister Falls we who are spiritual are to pray and allow the Spirit to do His work. we are not to throw stone or gossip unless we to may fall. Paula is a Woman of God , she is Gods annointed, So be careful of how and what you say and do.And May God Move in both of their Lives according to His Will.
For those who are saying that Paula and Randy are only human, after all....and that they can still be used of God.... you are correct in both statements. HOWEVER, King David ADMITTED his sin. What is bothersome to me is that Paula particularly acts as if GOD SENT THIS into her life to make her ministry stronger. Also, she has taken absolutely NO TIME OFF to heal. (See the headline of this article!) She and Randy have submitted to sin in their lives, and yet they choose to ignore that fact and simply try to smooth it over and act as if this was pre-ordained for their lives by God. They need to humble themselves and admit their sins. Only then can they heal and be truly used of God again.
Using King David as a example. how about 1 cor 7. of course we all have faults so does that mean i should do whatever i want. No. i should be held accountable. face it when your in a certain position your responsibility increases as well as your level of accountablility. This isn't a mistake. mispelling a wod is a mistake. divorce is a process it dont just happen. bottom line its a choice regardless on how you look at it. and this just happened and there's no time of reflection? hmmmm. just book writting and interviews huh.
I had the opportunity to view Paula White on LARRY KING, She couldn't even answer most of the questions he threw at her regarding pastors living a lavish lifestyle. She sounded very dumb-founded...and she's a life coach?????.wake up people !!!!!...take your money and run
the viper are coming!!!!!!!1
I hope the IRS audits Paula (botox White , Jaunita Bynum , Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar and a host of other snakes in the pulpit. I tHESE PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY FAKE !!, I will be so glad when the light is shed on all of these parasites who have misused and abused God's people's seeds that have been sown. I pray to God that a new law will be passed in terms of tax write offs for private planes ect . These people are riduculous and should be jailed.
OMG--two more Christian leaders announce that they are (gasp!) human. And so they go, along with Ted Haggard and gospel singer Sandy Patti. Interesting how things change when they affect you personally (oh, and let's not for get former pro-life first lady Nancy Reagan's position on stem cell research).
Wow, ok so I found this late. But seriously people go read your Bibles. No one can go through life and not sin, or screw up (That's why Jesus dies for us). But that does not mean that God can't use them.
Look at one of the most influential men in the Bible King DAVID!! He was a "peeping tom", slept with a married woman and got her pregnant and then MURDERED her husband to cover it all up. Hmmm lets see then what does God call him? "A man after God's own heart" AFTER ALL OF THAT! If God can use him STILL then why can't he use Paula? Right or wrong, don't judge! And if you have to say, "I'm not judging, BUT..." then you are. God can use anyone you just have to be willing. We need to stick to our own faults and make sure we're living above the law and do the right thing and lift Paula up in prayer, clearly she's going through some major poo on her own with out our way ward words. Remember that you have the power of life and death in your toungue! Speak her some life!!!