We're back and in thinking
about this season in total,
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reminds about an incident I told
you about it, one of my members
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sons had a secret drug life.
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Left the church and went
home and murdered the downstairs
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neighbor and of course his
life was immediately impacted
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and the domino
effect on the whole family,
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and the relations of the
family, friends of the family.
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It was really
devastating for the church.
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It was the families reliance
on God that got them through,
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but for a long time they
just didn't talk about it.
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They didn't want to
say anything about it.
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Everybody knew but
it was very hush-hush.
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I have found, as of course
you have found, that in talking
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about it there is
healing by bringing it to light.
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You find there are
others that are struggling with
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the same kind of stuff.
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This season I think,
perhaps more than the others,
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really highlights that fact.
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We have to talk, we have
to bring light to it so that
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people can talk about it.
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In most of your 12 step
groups that is what the healing
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thing about them is that week
after week, or day after day,
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people get together
and really share all that.
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Sometimes you just get together
and listen and I know that
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I'm not so crazy,
five other people in the
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group talked about this.
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So you get that reassurance
and I think sometimes we are
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not getting that and you
have to, because if you don't
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it settles in there and festers.
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You know like a murder
situation where is really an
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incredible tragic situation that
if you don't get that out it is
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going to reflect on how
you treat people, your safety,
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it would be
fear-based and all that stuff.
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So in this season just
saying it out loud, if you are
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going to avoid relapse,
you have got to get these
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things out of your life.
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When we say there is a higher
power, when a God that cares
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about us, we really do
want to, you really want to make
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amends if you can and really
get into that stuff and make
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it right, at one point you
have to say God here it is.
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And now the increased
steps of 10, 11, 12, of your 12
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steps program, I just
want a knowledge of You.
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A knowledge of who I am,
I want to stay connected,
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I want to daily come into
Your presence, like pressing
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into His presence, I want
to daily understand who I am,
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who You are, what's up for
today those kind of things.
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Maybe we should have called
this 12-step TV, it is more
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than 12-step TV because it's
celebrating life in recovery.
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It's the joy of being in
recovery, of having victory
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and that is what we
have seen very, very strongly
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this particular season.
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- exactly and so this
season enjoy everyone's journey
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but don't forget you
have your own journey.
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To be successful in that you
have to press into His Presence.
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You have to learn to pray
and talk to God and learn to
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listen because
that is the best thing.
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Until we see you next time,
always remember that God is
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crazy about you,
and me too, God bless!
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