The following program
discusses sensitive issues
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related to addictive behavior.
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Parents are
cautioned that some material
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may be too candid
for younger children.
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I had such a
blast with this season.
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And I think I had a
blast because I knew that,
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you know, we are talking
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about some serious
stuff, core issues,
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but one of the overriding
themes was that you really need
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to start to open up your
life to the people around you.
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And you had talked
about the sermon on Sabbath,
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and what God gave
me for that sermon
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is I'm not my brother's keeper.
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And, you know,
and that's what Kane
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said to God when
he had killed Abel.
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But, you know what?
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When God took me to
that, He said, you know,
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"In a sense, we are
each other's keepers
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that
psychologically I could speak
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life or death into you just by
how I respond to your journey."
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Yeah. And I could
walk away and say to God,
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"You know, I'm not
my brother's keeper,
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and that's his problem." Right.
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When in this
journey of recovery,
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I'm just begging people,
don't do that, don't think that.
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Yeah, you know, I love that.
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The term used to respond
to someone eles's journey.
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Don't be put off
by what you may see
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as initial rejection because
sometimes it takes a little time
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to pull that patina, that
facade, to strip that down,
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but under that hard-shell
is usually a soft heart
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that has been
wounded and made tough
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so that they can deal with life.
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Just to
survive. Just to survive.
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You know, I had people in
recovery that beat up my pastor.
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Because, you know,
they just didn't like
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what he said
during a Bible study,
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but you know, you
have to get past a storm.
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You know, but you know,
in part of even this season,
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I had a couple of
my good friends here,
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one from
Australia, one from California
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and even encouraging
people is fine at least 3 people
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that you could
actually be real with.
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And I'm not
talking about a sponsor.
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I'm just talking
about friendships.
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Somebody that you could
call, somebody that knows you,
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somebody that you
can hang out with,
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somebody you can have lunch
with, those kind of things.
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And so for this season,
we're covering a lot of things,
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core issues,
who our friends are,
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making friends,
being real with God
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and with each other.
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And I just got to say
that it was a blast to realize
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that because of you we've
been here for 100 episodes.
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How cool is that?
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I am hoping that
we have 100 more.
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And I'm hoping that it's
all because you're in recovery
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and you're enjoying
your life and the joy
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and that that sense
of being in my own skin
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and feeling good about that.
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That sense is
what you get to have.
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And so, until next time always
remember that God is crazy
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about you and know that
we're going into season 8,
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enjoy every
episode and we enjoyed
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putting it
together especially for you.
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