Welcome back! We
have talked about a lot.
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We have talked about a lot
in your testimony, even the
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questions, what
Angela was saying about not
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even in the right
place yet to deal with that
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emotionally, so I would
like you to talk for Angela's
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question of not being in
the place, but somebody that
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is going to take that journey.
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What is it about the
journey that is worth it?
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What do they need to
know? Is it worth the fight?
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It is, it is, it
is worth the fight.
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And I want to encourage
you, if you're going to take the
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opportunity to believe in
God, stay there, stay there.
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Bite into it, fight with it.
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If you have to holler,
fuss, slam things, don't stop
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talking to Him
because that is what I did.
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I believe He brought me
through this journey because
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I didn't stop talking to Him.
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A lot of time we're in
pain, when we have hurt
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feelings, we walk away from God.
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Someone hurts you in the
church, and our family, we walk
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away from God, but He
was the reason you started to
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believe in Him, He was
the reason that led you to Him
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stay there, fight with
Him, go to the Scriptures and
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start saying, You said this.
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You said this, why
am I begging for bread?
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Your family, people don't
beg for bread, I'm begging
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for bread, fight with it.
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Why did you let me get
molested? I want to know!
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Tell me now, open up
my mind, you said come
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let us reason together.
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God wants to know your
heart, He wants to hear it from
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you, so you can create a
bond, but if you leave, it won't
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work, and so I have learned
to just keep talking to Him
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and there is a scripture
that says 2 Corinthians 1:9,
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do not trust
yourself. - I love that one!
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I believe it's a
verbatim Scripture,
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do not trust yourself.
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I've learned that, so when you
are in the stage of your life
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that you're feeling I'm not
there yet, I'm not there yet.
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Say Lord, You get me there.
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You told me and John, I
can do nothing without You,
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so You get me there.
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I can't get to heaven
without You, You get me there.
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However it may be, this
is what I'm going to do,
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I'm going to believe in
You and because of that you're
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going to save me.
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Keep working on me because
I'm going to stay with You.
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That is the thing I teach
people, don't trust yourself.
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- Amen, I want to thank
you for coming on the program.
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I want to say to
anybody that is at any stage of
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recovery, is that it is
not only stopping the drugs,
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stopping addiction, is not
only walking away from that
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stuff, it is not only
reevaluating all your family
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junk, what you have been
taught, what you have seen,
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it is not only looking
at the behavior acting out.
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Like some of us have
acted out in crazy ways.
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It is not only that, it is
stepping in to take care of
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ourselves, to learn not to
disassociate, like Raven was
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saying, stay present to
figure out from God who I am.
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When He starts to do all
that, with getting me healthy,
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healing my family dynamics
stuff, bringing friends into
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my life, helping me to connect
with someone, helping me to
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get physically
healthy, is that I realized,
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God, this is pretty cool!
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I woke up one day feeling
like that I am having a great
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day, and God
said this is health.
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I'm like shut
up, how fun is that.
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How fun is that, so I want
you to know that staying with
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it, like Raven was
saying, stay with God.
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Let Him walk with you on
every one of those steps and
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there will be a day you
are going to stand up and say,
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this was all worth it.
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Especially on the other side.
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I want to say thank you
for joining us on the program.
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Thank you for
hanging in there with us.
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Thank you for hanging
in with your own recovery.
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See you next time and
until then remember that God is
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crazy about you and me too.
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God bless!
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