I just want to say
thank you for even letting us
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present this topic,
because there is certain things
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that I think that people
don't want to talk about and
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we don't want to look at.
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I want to go back to where
we were at the beginning of
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the show, where we were
in Romans in talking about,
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what Paul wrote in Romans 8:1.
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About "there is no condemnation
for those who belong to
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Christ Jesus, and because
you belong to him the power of
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life giving power of the
Spirit has freed you from the
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power that leads to death. "
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So all your sins, you are
freed from that because of
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what God has poured into you.
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But my favorite part of
that whole Scripture just cracks
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me up because before
that, Paul is talking about his
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struggle with sin and
that is where I so relate.
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And you know that I'm not
just the best reader, so stay
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with me on this as I
read I think from Romans 7:11.
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No I'm not going to go from
there, I am going down to where
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it says "and I know that
nothing good lives in me, that
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is in my sinful nature, I
want to do what is right but
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can't," I don't if you
relate to that, but I can.
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"I want to do what
is good, but I don't.
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I don't want to do what
I've been doing, but I do it
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anyway. " And he goes on
to say, I'm struggling with
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this and I know what Ron was
saying I know that this is wrong
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I'm even tried to get the
word of God back of my life
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and I'm trying to do
all that kind of stuff.
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I'm literally going to church.
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We had a girl on not long
ago on this season, she was a
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stripper working in clubs and
going to Sabbath school and all
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that kind of junk,
and I know it's wrong.
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This is what Paul is
saying over and over, it's like
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I have this bad battle
within me and I am trying
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to do the right,
I'm trying to stand up,
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I'm trying to switch lifestyles.
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I know, I know, and he is
going back-and-forth in this
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battle and finally
he says, you know what,
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who is going to save me?
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This is wretched, I'm
wretched I'm miserable, I'm
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battling and you can
just feel that all of a sudden
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the Holy Spirit brings
just brings peace into him.
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He said, so, oh
yeah, Jesus will save me.
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I wanted to say that
when you struggle, when you
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stand up in your addictions,
when you stand up and
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realize that you're very
lifestyle may be in question.
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Don't be shamed, go back
to Romans 8:1 where it says
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there's no
condemnation in Christ.
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Go back to even when
Paul says, I understand the
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struggle in which you
are dealing with and when you
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step in to your
relationship with God.
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If you stumble and fall, I don't
want to say so what because
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I do not want to be just
disrespectful, stand up again.
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Stand up again, because
we have a God that says, you
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know what I know who
you are outside of all this.
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I know who you are
created to be, it's fabulous,
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absolutely fabulous.
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I can stand as a woman of
God in the presence of a holy
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God just feeling so
much joy belonging there
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not because of my background,
but because of who God is.
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It is just the coolest thing.
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So see you next time on
Celebrating Life and Recovery.
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And remember until then,
always, always remember that
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God is crazy
about you and me too.
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God bless!
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