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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You know what?
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My favorite part of this program
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is to realize that we have a God
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that says nothing can
take you from my hand.
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And I've never
lost sight of you,
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never lost sight of you.
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And whatever it
takes, I will get you home.
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And saying and I think,
often I think, you know,
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what is my goal?
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Is my goal to be cleaned?
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To pull a needle out of my arm
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and not be so
crazy in my thinking.
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Is this my goal to
have a loving family?
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And I would love that
'cause I love my family.
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We've been robbed
by our addictions.
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But I love them.
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Each and every one of
them is just so incredible.
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But you know what?
My goal is to get home.
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You know, this wasn't
how we're supposed to be.
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We're not supposed
to be lost in addiction
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or being
molested or being abused
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or in dysfunction.
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But you know when
I listen to, Connie.
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Connie, when I
listen to your story,
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I want to say,
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first of all thank you
for being on the program.
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But when I listen to your story,
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it makes me want to
kiss God on the face,
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that makes me want to
say, God, you know what?
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You do it over,
and over, and over.
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You convince some
crazy person like me,
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like you, that
love can change us.
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Absolutely.
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How cool is
that? It's beautiful.
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So as we close, I would
like you to look in the camera
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and convince somebody else
that love will change them.
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Yes, this is to
that woman, that man
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that has had similar or
not experiences as myself
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and you're lost,
you're still in pain,
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you're hurting, talk about it.
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Don't be afraid to open
up and to share your life,
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your pain with someone.
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And God will lead
you to that person.
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And when He does
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that will be the beginning
of the end of your sorrows.
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Give it a try.
God bless. Thank you.
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So not only the beginning
and the end of your sorrows,
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but the enemy has a
strategic plan for you.
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He lies you in the
bondage or the shackles
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like Connie says,
that you get yourself in.
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As soon as I see the truth,
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the lie is void
from the very beginning.
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Are you kidding me?
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From the very beginning,
I think if this is true
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then it's never been
true that I'm not wanted.
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It's never been
true that I'm by myself.
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It's never been true
that God doesn't see me.
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And when you get that truth,
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it's like you just are freed up.
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You take out some
clothes that weren't yours
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to wear in the first place
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and you like God
himself dress you.
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And He has a
robe of righteousness,
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it covers all of your sin.
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It's crazy cool.
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And He said there's nothing
you can do to change that fact.
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I adore you.
I'm crazy about you.
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So until next
time always remember
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that God is crazy
about you, me too.
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Bye-bye.
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