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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Welcome back.
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You know, this
whole hour has been
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talking about testimonies
that are pretty intense.
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Stories that are pretty,
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you guys have
been through as kids,
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you've been through the fire.
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You literally have
gone in and out of areas
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that most of us will
never even understand.
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But I know that there is
somebody watching right now
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that does
understand and does know
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what it feels
like to be that kid.
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Does know what he feels
like to be in that community
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where they're looking
around and they're only out,
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it's their only
option is to jump in
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and learn how to survey there.
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To get the weapon into
school all that kind stuff.
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If you could talk to that
kid about who you are today,
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about what you know today,
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what would you
say to him or her?
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I'd say probably
even at the young age
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that they may be figure out
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what it is that
you really care about,
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you know, what's inside
you that really moves you?
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Well, what are the
issues that really concern you?
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Whatever that is, no matter
what the grown ups tell you,
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no matter what
you teachers tell you,
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commit your energies to that.
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Devote your energies
to that, and trust God,
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and your life
will mean something.
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You know, I love this testimony
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and I love the fact of
starting the organization,
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which could make a
difference in the community
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and I think that what
makes me proud of God is fact
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that He gets us to from
such dark places and, you know,
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a lot of the
viewers know I was homeless
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and all that kind of
stuff and strung out.
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And He gets us
from these dark places
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and literally cleans us up.
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Shows us who we
were created to be,
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what our gifts are, how
we can use the very things
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that used to get us
into all of that mess
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and actually come in as
a ministry and reach out
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into the life of someone else.
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Going into communities
and changing communities
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for the next kid
has either a garden
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to go to or a basketball
court or he doesn't have to look
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at burned out houses
every time he turns around.
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That is absolutely the
coolest thing I have ever heard.
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And for me in my
recovery it's not enough
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just to quit because a
lot of us will do that.
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Quitting the drugs,
quitting the substances,
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quitting, dealing quitting,
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all that kind
stuff is the first step
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and we've talked
about this before.
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It's like buying
a ticket to a movie,
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it's not the
movie it's a ticket.
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You know, so, you know,
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you step into that
and then you look up
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and you just
literally ask God what next?
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What you gonna
do with all these?
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And I am telling
you He will wow you with
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what's next because He
as plan for all our lives.
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Every single one of us.
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And nobody is His favorite kid.
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Nobody has more
gifts than the next person.
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All of us are
different and He just says
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you ask me that
question what's next.
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You bring all of this stuff to
the table and start to surrender
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this to me and I will wow you.
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I have in Jeremiah it says,
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"I have future and a
plan for you to give you hope.
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Not to bring
evil into your life,
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not to trash you,
but to stand you up,
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and one of these days you're
gonna be standing in the middle
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of your own life in your
own skin saying, "shut up.
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How cool is this?"
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And you're gonna be the
person that is going to be doing
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the right thing
and a good thing.
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Until next week, always remember
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the God is crazy
about you, me too.
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