The following program
discusses sensitive issues
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related to addicted 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, we are
interviewing my friend Jim
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and I hope that we
become really good friends
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because I just, I see you--
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You know, what I mean,
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and so with Jim talked about it,
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for those who they just tuning
in Jim talked about in his life
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having a really rough time,
deciding suicide was he answer,
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finding comfort in that,
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planning it out be
and seduce by suicide
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and then finally taking the
gun putting it to your chest
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and as you pulled the
trigger realized that hey,
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I don't want-- I
don't want this to work
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and then your journey
back, and I just know Jim,
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as we are talking about that
is that there somebody watching
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that may be even
accidentally found us
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you know, you
know, God does that.
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And so what would you say
to them about their own place.
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So right now they are saying
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but it is the
answer, it does feel right,
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I don't want to
take my next breath,
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and so I'm just gonna have
you even look at the camera
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and talk to them directly.
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Thank you, for
listening to me today,
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and hopefully
you heard my story.
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If you are
thinking about suicide
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there's a couple
things I like for you to know.
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Today I want you to choose life
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and I know if
you are in the middle
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of that storm it seems
almost like an impossible task,
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but understand this suicide
is trying to steal your life,
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is trying to pull
you down this road
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but you may very well regret.
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And unfortunately
suicide is not something
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you can really experience
and all of it its realities
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and walk away from
specially as the same person
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that you were
before you went in.
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So I like to share
five keys with you today
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and I believe these five
keys that they worked for me,
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they will work for you.
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First thing is I understand
that Christ saved my life.
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There is life in Christ.
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Christ has a plan for your life.
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You know, Bible says
taste and see that God is good.
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Suicide is the
thief that's come to lie,
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kill and destroy your life
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but in Christ we have
life and we have abundant life.
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So today seek after God,
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ask God, no
matter where you are.
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You know, He didn't come
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and wait until I
was all cleaned up
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before He met my need.
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He came running to me,
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I was-- I was at abuse,
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neglected
teenager that had no value
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but I have value
in the eyes of God.
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The second
thing I want you to do
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is take up a life vow today.
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For those of us
who choose suicide
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it becomes like
our coping mechanism,
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choose life today
and enforce your life
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vow by finding reasons to live.
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The third thing I
want you to do is,
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is pick up a suicide prevention
hotline and call for help.
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Get help, go to the
hospital, call a friend,
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call an ambulance
if you need to be,
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but address your
reasons why you are hurting.
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Go see a doctor, notify
your doctor where you at.
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The fourth thing I want
you to do is live your life,
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make a bucket list
and go live your life.
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Its better in my opinion
to die climbing Mount Everest,
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chasing after your
dream than dying at the summon
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after choosing suicide.
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And the last thing I urge
you to do is to give your life
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away serving God
and serving others
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and that will
surround your life to something
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that doesn't
even value your life.
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Choose life today--
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Amen, we so need more
time that is good stuff.
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You know what, pay
attention to all that
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because once you
decide to choose life,
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once you hold on to that
and start living your life
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its amazing the
changes that will happen.
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Till next week always remember
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that God is crazy
about you, me too.
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