The following program discusses sensitive issues 00:00:01.06\00:00:03.38 related to addictive behavior. 00:00:03.41\00:00:05.03 Parents are cautioned that some material 00:00:05.06\00:00:06.83 may be too candid for younger children. 00:00:06.86\00:00:13.33 Welcome back. 00:00:13.36\00:00:14.39 What an incredible journey, Alvy, I just have to say. 00:00:14.42\00:00:18.25 And Rene, thank you for joining us. 00:00:18.28\00:00:20.09 This must be hard to hear. 00:00:20.12\00:00:22.84 Yes and no. 00:00:22.87\00:00:24.74 It would have been very hard years ago. 00:00:24.77\00:00:27.26 But I had been going through my journey 00:00:27.29\00:00:30.61 and the Lord has really been healing me 00:00:30.64\00:00:32.97 and helping me to be transparent and honest 00:00:33.00\00:00:36.12 and I'll tell you having Alvy at my side 00:00:36.15\00:00:38.64 is the most beautiful thing I can have. 00:00:38.67\00:00:39.93 Oh. 00:00:39.96\00:00:40.99 And you love her. Yeah. 00:00:41.02\00:00:43.99 You know, we're gonna, 00:00:44.02\00:00:45.05 we're gonna come back and cover your story 00:00:45.08\00:00:47.08 'cause I want to hear from your point of view 00:00:47.11\00:00:49.60 that what happened in the journey back 00:00:49.63\00:00:52.22 and standing up as an incredible man of God. 00:00:52.25\00:00:54.49 And, Alvy, you know with-- 00:00:54.52\00:00:56.70 we're coming to a close on this program. 00:00:56.73\00:00:58.91 I know that there is women and men 00:00:58.94\00:01:01.15 that have been in such situations 00:01:01.18\00:01:02.79 have been watching us. 00:01:02.82\00:01:04.06 Can you close out, just give them a little hope? 00:01:04.09\00:01:07.01 What do you want to say to them? 00:01:07.04\00:01:10.04 God is with you and for you all the time. 00:01:10.07\00:01:14.72 No matter how you feel. 00:01:14.75\00:01:16.36 What you're going to do? How you were born? 00:01:16.39\00:01:19.78 What has happened to you? You belong to God. 00:01:19.81\00:01:25.19 He has a purpose for you and He soul up our light 00:01:25.22\00:01:29.07 and life and peace and joy and if you don't know 00:01:29.10\00:01:33.11 what to do or where to go to, just have faith. 00:01:33.14\00:01:38.42 Faith enough to say, Lord, help me. 00:01:38.45\00:01:43.58 I want to believe that I am your child 00:01:43.61\00:01:46.52 but sometimes we cannot even believe that, 00:01:46.55\00:01:49.07 but say it. 00:01:49.10\00:01:50.85 Call on His name and He will answer, 00:01:50.88\00:01:54.40 He will guide you, He will restore you. 00:01:54.43\00:01:57.62 If He did it for me, He will do it for you. 00:01:57.65\00:02:01.35 Amen. Thank you so much. 00:02:01.38\00:02:03.81 You know I just have to say this was an incredible program 00:02:03.84\00:02:08.78 and that belief is everything and sometimes the things 00:02:08.81\00:02:12.46 that you're having to believe in don't even 00:02:12.49\00:02:15.19 everything in you says that that's a lie 00:02:15.22\00:02:17.52 and this is crazy and you don't, 00:02:17.55\00:02:19.57 you can't trust anybody, that's not true. 00:02:19.60\00:02:22.60 Believe God, believe He is for you. 00:02:22.63\00:02:24.95 Turn it over to Him. And you'll just be wowed. 00:02:24.98\00:02:29.18 Until we see you next time, always remember 00:02:29.21\00:02:30.93 that God is crazy about you, me too. 00:02:30.96\00:02:33.70 Bye. 00:02:33.73\00:02:34.76