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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Over the years, when
I've worked on this program
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with addicts and watching
people struggle from lifestyles
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that are like we heard
today with Buddy and Bryan
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with their coming out of
prison and they really know
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the hustle and they know
how to do all that kind stuff.
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But how do you be a Christian?
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How do you be normal?
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How do I get in recovery?
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And years ago,
God gave me an idea
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of doing a
program for the churches
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or for jails or for the prisons,
wherever where you can literally
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walk through kind of that
foundational Christianity.
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You know, somebody would
say we'll just pray about that.
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When I first came into
a relationship with God,
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I'm trying to be normal,
I'm thinking what is that mean?
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Just pray about that.
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And I'm thinking, do
I just talk to myself?
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Do I just whatever, I
didn't even know any of that?
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You know, what is prayer?
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What is all that kind stuff?
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And so through the
years, God kept impressing me.
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Put a program
together, a program
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that has like I
said basic stuff.
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What is repentance mean?
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What is forgiveness mean?
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What is prayer mean? Who is God?
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I mean all that kind of
thing and so when we first at
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"Celebrating Life in Recovery,"
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I don't know if you
remember the first season
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as we went
through "Steps to Christ."
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And "Steps to Christ"
was a book that I had gotten
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in the early stages of my work
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that just walk me
through that. Who is God?
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How incredible, but that
the creative of the universe
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cares about me and my recovery?
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Who is Jesus?
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What is His death mean to me?
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What is repentance?
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What is it actually
mean to be sorry enough
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not only to quit, but
to turn my life around?
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So we put a program together
and it was really interesting
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as I use "Steps to Christ."
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I use the whole 13
chapters of "Steps to Christ"
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and all of that
kind of stuff and I went
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and did a week-to-week teaching
using all of the testimonies
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that we have on
this program because
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we have incredible
testimonies on this program.
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We have met folks
that have really done some,
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I think, some things
that are just mind-boggling
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as far as stepping
out of their addiction,
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out of their junk, into a
powerful relationship with God
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and they're changing
the world around them.
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I mean it literally is amazing.
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So we took parts
of those testimonies
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at every week of this program,
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did video clips with
that, got them on DVDs.
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So that you can in your groups
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show the DVD 10-15
minute clip of a testimony,
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go through the
chapter of "Steps to Christ."
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We actually have
"Steps to Christ"
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rewritten in a recovery
of language still as anointed
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as it's ever been by talking
about like I said, who is God?
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Who is Christ?
What is repentance?
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What is prayer?
What is forgiveness mean?
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What is that,
you know, what about,
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I know that God forgives me.
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And I know I also have
to forgive someone else.
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And so we covered all of
that kind stuff in 13 weeks.
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On the 14th week,
celebrate your recovery.
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Then jump into another class
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doing Bible study
whatever you need.
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But right know,
if you are in a place
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where you need
recovery, if you have somebody
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that's coming into your church,
that they're just coming out
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of jail or they're
just coming off the streets
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or they're coming out of a
crazy lifestyle, have a group.
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Put a thing together for them
to literally learn basic stuff,
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stuff that you already know.
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We don't know.
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When we first walk into
door we don't know anything.
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And so put a group together.
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If you're
interested in this program,
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man, call us, email us.
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Go to our website truestep.org
and really bring us in.
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We'll teach you how to run it.
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We'll teach you how to do this.
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And when you put a program
like this together in a church
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you'll give
somebody a foundation
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that can't be rocked.
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It just can't be rocked.
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And that's what my
hope is for this program
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for you and your
recovery, is getting the word,
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getting a group, get
around people that adore you
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and can support you.
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Learn what God
wants to teach you about
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who you actually are
because you're not a druggie,
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you're a child of God.
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You know, He wants you to love
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that and be okay
in your own skin.
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So man, I want to
thank you for joining us.
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Thanks for listening
to the testimonies today
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and until next
time always remember
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that God is crazy
about you, me too.
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