Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Reginald & Marquand Buchanan
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR00077D
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00:14 Welcome back I want to hear everything from this family.
00:17 So I'm glad that you guys are joining me to close out 00:20 this program, but Marquand before we get into how 00:24 your dad maintains his recovery and I would like to know 00:27 where you got that cube, that is the coolest thing. 00:30 Well my Pastor gave it to me a long time ago. 00:33 - The Pastor that worked with you at the evangelistic 00:37 series? - no, it was my former Pastor. 00:39 He gave it to me and showed me how to do it, 00:42 gave me directions and everything and now I take 00:45 it everywhere with me. 00:46 I saw hanging on your pants and that's when 00:49 I said what is that? That's when you showed me. 00:51 Someone was telling me I think, one of your sisters, 00:54 told me that Pastor started doing Ministry at 00:57 a really early age too. 00:58 We always thought that I started Ministry at the age of 01:03 eight, he started working with me also. 01:05 He also said do not let anyone tell you, you are too young. 01:08 That was such a biblical thing, there were people in the Bible 01:11 that started Ministry at eight years old. 01:13 - Even Kings. - Even Kings, that's right so you really 01:18 got that in your heart. - right, at a very early age. 01:22 I remember when I was in the Baptist Church, that at the 01:27 age of four I was leading a praise team. 01:32 - How do you do that at four? 01:34 I don't know, it was just the Holy Spirit working 01:36 through me. - That's so funny. 01:39 I wanted to read so bad at an early age, I wanted to read 01:44 so bad and as soon as I learned how to read, I would tell my 01:49 dad I want a Bible, give me the Bible. 01:52 I wanted to read the Bible, when I had my first Bible 01:57 I slept with it like a teddy bear. 01:59 - because you were so excited to have it? - yeah! 02:02 That's so amazing, so you saw him grow right away? 02:05 - Yes! - that's nothing like your life. 02:07 No, totally opposite, yes just waking up that morning 02:13 and see him hugging the Bible, I'm telling you, 02:16 we were touched. 02:18 So knowing where you come from, and the things you know 02:22 about life, things that you know about your own 02:24 sinfulness, your own ability to act out, share with us 02:29 some things you do to make sure that you just stay going 02:34 in the right correction. 02:35 You stay really safe as a father, as a man of God. 02:39 The thing is I'm very active now in prison ministries. 02:42 - how did that come about? 02:44 Actually I met a guy, he is a great friend of mine by the 02:49 the name of Tim Brown, and he has been active for a long 02:54 time, and he just visited our church and then he offered 02:59 me, would you like to help out? 03:01 He knew about my testimony, he just asked me to help out. 03:06 I just told him I would love to come to work with some guys 03:10 that is going through similar situations as I was. 03:13 - to get them encouragement, hope to come out of all that. 03:15 - yes and I'm telling you that is an exciting 03:18 experience to just deal with. 03:21 To go and minister to somebody and see them giving up the 03:27 same things that you gave up, that is just exciting. 03:30 Letting them know, I think for some of us when we give up 03:33 something we are thinking I don't know how to do this. 03:35 I don't know I'm going to survive this, I not going 03:37 to get through this. 03:38 You can say, you'll get through it. 03:39 - and you'll get through it, yeah, I'll tell you I've 03:41 been through it, yeah. 03:43 How long did it take you before you realize that you're 03:46 going to make it, I think I'm going to get on the other 03:49 side of all this? 03:51 How long did it take? Well Cheri the thing is that when 03:57 I saw the experience I had when the Lord showed me that 04:02 if I go back out there that I was going to end up dying 04:08 out there, when I saw that experience right there. 04:13 - the guy jumping out of the car and running at you? 04:17 Yes, after that experience right there I knew right then 04:21 and there that the Lord was with me. 04:23 I knew that whatever thing would get in my way, any 04:27 obstacle that came, I will make it over, He got me past that. 04:32 He saved my life right there. 04:34 - so prison ministries, can you tell me, think of 04:36 a story you have seen in a prison that makes this 04:38 something that you are passionate about? 04:41 Well, the thing is that one time I was up giving my 04:49 testimony, some of the guys in there, a lot of them look 04:53 like they should be in prison, some of them look like 04:57 they're totally innocent. 05:00 I was sitting and looking at these guys that was on the 05:04 front row, actually they had a mad look on their face, 05:09 and stuff like that. 05:10 They were confused and I was giving my testimony, 05:13 and these guys who look like hard core criminals actually 05:18 at the end, they were in tears. 05:21 They were standing up when I made the appeal and they 05:24 came up, there was eight came up and that touched me. Yeah! 05:28 So what is really fun to me is when I look at your family 05:32 and I look at everybody and realize that God not only 05:35 wants to change our lives, when I talked about the 05:39 blessings and cursing for generations, that we can take 05:42 our families in any direction by what our choices are. 05:45 What do you think of that? Because you know it is true. 05:48 Yes you are right, exactly, my choice to follow Jesus 05:51 actually changed my whole everything. 05:54 Now my family is blessed, and he does not have to 05:57 suffer from what I suffered from because of that 06:00 choice to follow Christ. 06:02 So you know you are loved? 06:04 You know that your dad loves you. 06:06 You know that when you go home your family is probably 06:10 going to be playing, or doing something, but not yelling 06:13 at each other, or leaving each other, or packing bags, 06:16 and all those kind of things. 06:17 Right, one family for God for ever. 06:20 Amen, that is incredible, that is really incredible. 06:24 With your mom, your mom is still in the picture? 06:28 Yes she is, actually she admits that she had been praying 06:32 for me for a long time, she said and now it seems like 06:37 you're a little stronger than I am. 06:39 You told me that you were giving Bible studies to your mom. 06:42 - yeah, I have been given Bible studies 06:44 to her and she is starting to come around to the truth. 06:50 So what is that like? Going all the way full circle. 06:53 From a little kid coming home from school, with 06:56 something on alcohol, and now you're coming over and 06:58 opening up the word of God for her. 07:01 She knew I always had good things to offer her, now she 07:05 is able to trust me and sit down and do Bible studies. 07:09 So now are you perfect? Is everything dealt with? 07:13 Do you have anything? Where's God with you on that? 07:17 Are we perfect? No! I am so far from being perfect, 07:21 but I'm trying Cheri, I have a desire and I know that we 07:27 can do nothing on our own now. 07:29 You just rely on the truth of God and the Holy Spirit? 07:32 The reason I said that, I didn't mean to catch you off 07:35 guard or be sarcastic with that, but I think it is 07:38 interesting that I turn everything over, 07:42 I'm in recovery, and I fight for my recovery. 07:45 I try to do the right thing, I tried to eat the right things, 07:48 I try to get enough rest, so I try to do the things that 07:50 I know are important for me day in and day out. 07:52 I have hobbies, I go bike riding, I make sure physically 07:57 I'm getting exercise and those things. 07:59 Then I look at my child who is growing up in this stable 08:03 home, I've been married 22 years now, my husband is 08:07 amazing, and she is in this nice home. 08:10 I think that there is a point where I can relax and 08:13 God says don't relax, do the right thing everyday. 08:16 I want you to stay connected to Me. 08:19 Tell me, what I am learning about God is that I need to 08:24 know that I can talk to Him, that I can pray, that I can 08:29 come to Him and really say that I don't feel like I can 08:33 do this without You, so keep that connection going. 08:37 Do you have that same thing? 08:38 Yes, that is right, the Lord a long time ago shared with me, 08:43 some very important Scripture and it is found in 08:47 John chapter 15 where He actually states I am 08:50 the true vine and My Father's the husband. 08:52 He goes on a tells us that we are just branches. 08:56 He really brought out clear to me that a branch cannot 09:00 live without the vine, the vine can live without the 09:05 branch but if you disconnect the branch from that vine, 09:09 it would not live it would die. 09:11 So that is what we have to do daily, we have to stay 09:14 connected to Jesus, we cannot do it by ourselves. 09:17 - I have to say thank you so much for you guys being 09:20 on the program, it has been a blast. 09:22 I'm so glad to get to know you and I think we will see 09:25 you a ton, and I know you will come out and do 09:27 some other things here. 09:28 Reginald I'm proud of you, I'm proud you said okay. 09:33 It seems like surrender is the simplest thing to do, 09:36 but it is really the hardest thing, so it one point 09:39 Reginald when he surrendered was being able to say, 09:43 God I want You to come in. 09:45 Come in, it's amazing, come in and change everything. 09:49 I don't know how to think, I don't know how to be, 09:52 I don't how to do anything different than 09:54 what I've always done. 09:55 Our anger stuff that God comes in, and we have this anger. 09:59 If the anger is not dealt with, if I'm not able to surrender 10:04 that anger, I'm going to bleed out on my family. 10:07 God is saying, not only do I want you to come, 10:11 but I totally want you to surrender that. 10:12 I want you to evaluate, we talked about the rings of 10:17 a tree, if you cut a tree in half you can see the rings 10:20 of damage throughout the years of that tree, the fires, 10:24 the droughts, and all that stuff. 10:25 God says I want you to bring all that damage, whether it 10:29 is hurt, whether it's anger, whether it is that hole you 10:33 have in your heart, for not having a father or not having 10:37 anyone to take care of you. 10:38 I want you to bring it to Me. 10:39 What is fun about bringing it to God is that He does 10:42 those changes in some serious things and not doing drugs, 10:45 but He also helped you to laugh out loud. 10:47 He also helps you to see who I am and how am I connected 10:51 with life, I look at Reginald and I look at his family. 10:55 I just watch them, these kids have been running around 10:58 all day playing, singing songs, going over and meeting 11:02 other people at 3ABN and having a great time. 11:06 So I see this health in them, and it only happened 11:09 because Reginald was brave enough, had enough courage 11:12 to stand up and heal. 11:14 I just want to beg you to have enough courage, I don't 11:17 care where you holding on to, ask God please take it from 11:20 me, please teach me about recovery, teach me about who 11:23 You are, teach me about who I am and give me a life. 11:26 Give my kids a life, let this next generation not suffer 11:30 with the stuff I have suffered with. 11:32 It's amazing, God is so cool. 11:33 Until next time, always remember that God is crazy 11:36 about you and me too! |
Revised 2014-12-17