Participants: Pr. Joshua Nelson (Host), Dominique Diambois, DonnaKaye Scarlett, Lauldi Nedd
Series Code: PC
Program Code: PC000017
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00:01 The following program discusses sensitive issues.
00:03 Parents are cautioned that some material 00:05 may be too candid for younger children. 00:41 Hello and welcome to Pure Choices. 00:43 I'm your host Pastor Joshua Nelson. 00:45 And I'm just so excited 00:46 that you decided to join us today. 00:48 We have an exciting program for you today. 00:51 We have a group from, all the way from Miami, Florida 00:54 called Pure Reality, 00:55 not to be confused with Pure Choices, 00:57 and they are wearing their nice shirts. 01:01 I tried to match them today 01:02 but I don't got the logo on mine 01:04 but so happy to have you all here today on the set 01:07 and just want to hear a little bit 01:10 about Pure Choices, Pure Reality, excuse me. 01:12 Pure Reality is a program in Miami 01:16 that talks about purity. 01:18 And so we're excited to have you here today. 01:22 Maybe just start and tell me a little bit 01:23 about your journeys and how you got here? 01:26 And why this is a passion for you to talk about purity? 01:30 Well, my name is Donnakaye 01:31 and when I look at some of our experiences in life, 01:36 we all come up with labels. 01:38 There are just certain labels that are put on us 01:40 just based on what we've been through. 01:42 And for me as a single parent starting with that, 01:47 I just think about the journey that I've come through 01:50 from the things that have happened to me personally 01:53 and as being a Christian and reconciling 01:55 that God loves me from being a product of rape 01:59 to molestation, incest, just my own choices that I made 02:05 because of that and looking up 02:07 and trying to say, "God, where are you?" 02:10 And when finding out that God loves me, 02:13 He loves me just as I am 02:15 and that He can take everything. 02:17 The some of all those experiences, 02:18 all the labels that tried to hold me down 02:21 that he could take those things 02:22 and decide that, "You know what? 02:24 Through you, I'm going to answer 02:27 the desire of your heart 02:28 and that is that other young people 02:29 can be enlightened and empowered 02:31 from very young age. 02:32 So that they can understand that no matter what happens, 02:35 I am God and I can make something beautiful from it." 02:37 Amen. Amen. Powerful. 02:41 Someone else wanna share? 02:43 Miss. Dominique? 02:45 Yes, my name is Dominique, 02:47 and my story is a little bit different, 02:53 and a little bit similar. 02:54 So I did experience some molestation as a child. 03:00 My parents are divorced and at a very young age 03:03 they were separated, 03:05 so I grew up with my mother, mostly. 03:09 And so many things happened in my childhood 03:12 that really collide my experience. 03:14 So when I had my own children, 03:16 I got married and I had my children, 03:19 I was very fearful that what happened to me 03:22 would happen with them. 03:24 So at a very young age it was my duty to teach them 03:29 and empower them without exposing them 03:34 to withstand the lure of what is gold 03:38 and because it glitters. 03:40 Yeah. 03:42 And therefore, I found myself needing to speak to them 03:47 from the get-go about the true nature of sex, 03:51 the true nature of purity. 03:53 What it is that God expects from them? 03:55 And even in their decision making process 03:59 to make sure that they knew, what was the expectation 04:03 on their lives and what their purpose was. 04:06 So Pure Reality for us is a way to redirect children 04:10 that have not found that purpose 04:12 or don't know what God intends for their lives 04:15 and to give them a way to go. 04:18 Okay. That's beautiful. Lauldi? 04:20 Hi, my name is Lauldi, 04:22 and I grew up in a two-parent household, 04:25 parents are still married today. 04:27 And I believe that I represent the face 04:30 that most of us as Adventists 04:32 or people in society would want 04:35 as far as a household having two-parent household, 04:39 growing up the kids, 04:40 a Christian type of environment. 04:43 I really do believe despite having that, 04:47 I think my parents tried the best 04:49 that possible way to raise us as children. 04:51 But the one thing I would actually say 04:53 is the fact that they weren't open enough, 04:56 open enough to really dialogue about the issues and sexuality. 05:01 You know, we were told and I joke about this 05:04 with the girls all the time about, 05:05 you know, being a young lady and growing up 05:08 and no embarrassment to my mom. 05:10 But, you know, as a young lady, you know, 05:15 going through your menstrual period 05:16 and having that dialogue with your parent. 05:19 You would think they would sit down 05:21 and really talk to you about, you know, 05:23 sexuality and everything else. 05:25 And at that particular point in time, I mean, 05:27 it was something very, very basic. 05:30 You know, now is the times that you don't, 05:33 you know, talk to boys. 05:34 You know, you don't let a boy touch you. 05:36 And being so naive and silly, you know, you're like, 05:38 "Okay, you know what? 05:39 During that period time I can't talk to boys." 05:41 You know, as if osmosis was gonna occur. 05:43 But you know what? 05:45 I think that is so important 05:47 and one of the things that I've realized 05:49 is the fact that a lot of us as parents, 05:51 a lot of our parents do not talk to their kids. 05:53 And I really do believe 05:55 that as parents that's a major responsibility 05:57 that we hold as far as empowering our children 05:59 with the key tools on how to prevent situations 06:05 as it relates to the opposite sex. 06:07 So for me that's my critical emphasis 06:12 or passion as to the importance of parents 06:15 really dialoguing with their children. 06:17 Okay. 06:19 And I really appreciate your sharing, 06:20 you know, part of your story. 06:21 And I do want to just touch on what you just said 06:23 before we kind of go into a little more 06:25 about your ministry and Pure Reality. 06:28 When you just talked about how many parents 06:30 sometimes it's hard for them maybe to discuss these things 06:33 with their kid, why is that? 06:35 You know, why is that? Any one wanna just share it? 06:36 Why do you think that is, that it's just so hard 06:39 for that to be discussed? 06:40 Because the world had made sex something 06:44 that is nasty and dirty, 06:46 even though it's something that is beautiful 06:48 that God has created. 06:49 And when sex happens within the confines of marriage 06:53 as God intended it to be, it's a beautiful thing. 06:56 But because everything God does has a counterfeit. 07:00 The devil has created this illusion 07:02 that sex is dirty and should be hidden, 07:05 and so parents developed the shame 07:08 about talking to their children about sex. 07:11 Furthermore, nobody wants their children to know 07:14 their own deficiencies. 07:16 So as parents we're afraid for them 07:19 to see the transparency in us 07:21 and our vulnerability and where we've been. 07:24 So we hide it and cover it 07:25 and in order not to expose ourselves 07:28 and confront our own issues, 07:30 then we shield our children completely from the topic. 07:33 Right. 07:34 And, Donnakaye, I think you'd mentioned something 07:36 about this when we were talking before on just about, you know, 07:39 hiding things or, you know, 07:42 why do we feel a need to do that? 07:45 People feel a need to hide 07:48 because they don't understand 07:50 the full scope of what they're dealing with. 07:54 There is not a deeper understanding, 07:56 there's pain, there's hurt, 07:57 there are issues and so therefore, 07:59 basically we tend to cover up. 08:01 It goes back to the garden, you know, Adam and Eve, 08:04 when Eve bought the fruit and they bit that fruit, 08:08 automatically their eyes were opened 08:11 and they felt this need, 08:13 you know, to cover up. 08:14 And so it's a natural thing that comes because of sin, 08:19 and when you look at the family, 08:22 this is where the church starts. 08:23 And if in the family things are being covered up, 08:26 and they're hidden, then the church as a whole 08:28 cannot confront what it cannot deal with. 08:31 And things that are covered, 08:32 they don't heal well and so therefore, 08:34 we tend to go ahead and hide 08:36 because it's the natural inclination 08:38 that is within us 08:39 forgetting that as Christians we are empowered 08:41 by the power of the Holy Spirit, 08:43 to call sin by its right name, 08:45 and to fight a spiritual warfare 08:47 that we can tear down whatever stronghold. 08:50 Amen. And that's so true. 08:53 We wanna talk a little more about that 08:54 before we go into that, I want to really just talk 08:57 about what is Pure Reality? 08:58 You know, what is the ministry that you all have, 09:01 you know, presented to us? 09:03 And really how did it start? You know, what was it really? 09:06 You got to tell me a little story about, 09:07 kind of, how it started? 09:08 And why you felt a passion to talk about this subject? 09:11 So who wants to share? 09:13 Lauldi, you're smiling, you wanna share? 09:14 Okay. Go ahead. 09:15 Well, we started about 10 years ago 09:18 and the emphasis with Pure Reality 09:22 is really dealing with issues of sexual immorality 09:25 and teaching purity as a lifestyle. 09:28 That's the basis. 09:30 And we actually cater to the ages of 12 to 24. 09:34 I believe that God led these powerful women here 09:38 next to me together really, we come with different phases. 09:41 We represent different aspects of the family. 09:45 And I think what makes us different 09:47 is the fact that we are parents. 09:49 We have our love for our children 09:51 and we want to be able to deal with the issues 09:54 that we ourselves probably didn't have 09:56 and be able to empower our children to be better. 09:59 So at the time we both, we all actually had teenagers. 10:03 I think my older daughter was probably about 14 10:06 and probably making 15 at the time. 10:08 And, you know, there was just some big need 10:12 I believe for addressing that issue. 10:15 Now you're having teenagers and thinking about boys 10:18 and it's like, wow, holy book. 10:20 So you were just afraid, 10:21 you don't want them to get involved 10:22 with some of the boys you saw in there. 10:24 You know, seriously, 10:25 I was not ready as a parent to like, 10:27 see my kids starting to think about dating at all. 10:30 And that scared me and then, of course, of the fact that, 10:32 you know, HIV, AIDS and all these different issues 10:36 as it relates to sexual, you know, deviant behavior 10:41 that my kids could be exposed to those type of things. 10:43 So for me that was a big, big issue 10:45 and I remember distinctly 10:47 and I was sharing this with these ladies earlier. 10:50 Back then, I remember there was a school 10:53 that was very close to our church 10:56 and they had these high statistics 10:58 of over 67% of the graduating class 11:00 had HIV and that scared me to death. 11:03 Sure. 11:04 I was like, "Wow, my child is a teenager, 11:07 what are the chances of her interacting 11:10 or meeting one of these kids from the school 11:12 and possibly even dating them? 11:14 And when I felt that as a parent 11:16 it was extremely important at that time 11:18 to actually address the issues, 11:19 make our kids be more aware of dating, 11:22 and all of the issues as it relates to purity. 11:26 So you say we got to do something. 11:27 We got to address this. We got to do something. 11:29 Hey, let's just move on this. 11:30 Let's start talking and dialoging. 11:32 So you all were talking together? Okay. 11:33 And funny enough I would say 11:35 that our friendship really wasn't a deep friendship, 11:39 we knew each other from church, 11:42 but I believe in interacting and talking 11:46 we started clicking really. 11:48 And I really do believe 11:50 that God really led 11:51 the three of us together with our stories 11:54 and seeing the world from a different perspective. 11:58 And to be totally honest with you, 12:00 I remember as we got together to really pursue this 12:05 and go before the church as to, 12:07 "Hey, we need to start something." 12:10 We got a lot of pushback. 12:11 Yeah. We got a lot of pushback. 12:13 We didn't get a lot of buy in. 12:16 As a matter of fact as we sat to really dialogue 12:18 about what this would look like. 12:20 Our initial intent was to really pursue... 12:23 The girls. A girl's, a girl's emphasis. 12:27 And as we dialogue more we realized that, 12:29 "Hey, you know what? 12:30 We're gonna be teaching these girls. 12:32 What we need to be teaching them 12:33 and they're coming back with the same boys. 12:35 Right. Right. 12:36 So we're like, "Hey, we got to do something." 12:37 So we actually got together and decided, 12:39 "Hey, we gonna definitely put together a ministry 12:42 or retreat for girls and boys. 12:44 Okay. And... 12:45 So talk about that pushback a little bit. 12:48 You know, what was kind of the reasons 12:50 why maybe people didn't like the idea 12:53 that you all were coming together 12:54 and wanted to talk about the subject. 12:56 Sex in church is taboo. Okay. 12:59 You don't talk about sex from the pulpit. 13:01 And 10 years ago, 13:03 you didn't even mention anything sexual at all 13:06 and it was scary for people. 13:09 And so again the exposure and the transparency 13:13 that has to come through, people were very shy about it. 13:18 They didn't want their children, 13:19 they thought their children were not exposed 13:21 to this kind of behavior. 13:23 When children everywhere watch television, 13:26 listen to music, 13:28 and even just from the lyrics of today's music 13:32 can have a whole curriculum about sexual behavior. 13:36 Right. You don't need to see anything. 13:38 On top of it, 13:40 we have encountered a lot of parents 13:41 who do not talk to their children about sex, 13:44 and who do not expose their children 13:46 to what real intimacy is in the home. 13:50 I have met young men who are in their 20's, 13:53 who have never seen their parents 13:55 have an embracing moment. 13:59 And so there was a deficiency in the church body 14:04 related to intimacy, relationship, sex 14:08 and so people did not want 14:11 their deficiencies to be exposed. 14:13 Right. 14:15 Or having to confront their children about it. 14:17 So there was a lot of fear, little skepticism about it, 14:19 but you'll press forward. 14:20 Okay. Go ahead. 14:21 From what kind of happened is I believe that 14:24 when God is setting anything up 14:27 in order to help humans to see it from all angles, 14:32 He allows our humanness to come into play 14:35 and so what I feel 14:37 is that the Holy Spirit really wanted us to see the full scale 14:40 of how warfare was right there within the church 14:43 and not even dealing with what's in the world, 14:45 but right there in the church. 14:47 And so because of it, while we deal with 12 to 24, 14:51 it helped us to realize 14:52 that there needed to be a broader issue. 14:55 Because not only were the girls, 14:57 would girls come back to the same boys 14:59 but coming back to the same home, 15:00 you come back to the same leadership. 15:02 So the Holy Spirit use that to illuminate 15:04 and say to us, it's not just about 12 to 24, 15:08 it's about cradle to grave 15:10 and it's actually about cradle to grave 15:11 because of the fact that, let me tell you something, 15:14 in dealing with the children 15:16 the parents are going to be listening. 15:18 So I'm gonna need to deal with the parents 15:20 but, you know what, as humans and we can say this today 15:23 as humans when we're saying 15:25 that we're dealing with the children, 15:26 it brings the guard of the parent down. 15:28 And so they are able to receive 15:30 because God knows how to get each of us, 15:33 and then in dealing with parents, 15:34 now you're dealing with leadership. 15:36 And because it's about the children, 15:37 it's about the parents, 15:39 then it brings the guard of leadership down 15:40 and their ears are open. 15:41 And so in that way the Lord is getting the exposure 15:45 that He needs to touch each and every life 15:48 because of the structure of how our program is built. 15:51 Right. Right. Okay. 15:52 You know, because of the structure. 15:54 So let's talk about that. 15:55 When you talk about that structure a little bit, 15:56 you know, how is it structured? 15:58 And what makes your program may be different 15:59 than some other maybe retreat or other workshop out there? 16:05 What is it that really makes Pure Reality, Pure Reality? 16:09 There's a couple of things with Pure Reality. 16:12 We teach only abstinence, there is a lot of programs 16:15 that teach abstinence plus. 16:17 Meaning you have it and out. 16:19 You have "Just in case." 16:22 We don't believe that there is a just in case 16:24 in God's law. 16:26 It is what it is, 16:27 and God empowers us to follow His law. 16:30 So our Pure Reality does not compromise purity, 16:34 and does not preach that, 16:36 just in case you decide to try it, 16:39 then use this or that. 16:40 There is no such thing. 16:42 And also we think that purity is not just, 16:46 not doing sex like Pastor Kelly said, 16:50 "Purity is not the absence of something, 16:53 it's the presence of someone." 16:55 And so Pure Reality teaches you 16:58 that your relationship with Jesus Christ 17:01 is what causes you to be pure 17:04 because impurity cannot stand in presence of God. 17:07 And so your purity is dependent 17:11 on your relationship with Christ. 17:13 So the deeper your relationship with Christ, 17:15 the stronger you are and your desire to be pure. 17:19 And the more you are able to sustain 17:21 and withstand that upfront of the devil. 17:26 Okay. Amen. 17:27 And a part of what also makes us different 17:29 is that the components of how we teach, what we teach. 17:33 Because it's not just, 17:34 "Our emphasis is not on abstinence," 17:36 as she said our emphasis is on relationship. 17:39 And our emphasis is on the fact 17:41 that we use this word sex so loosely, 17:43 but it's really about intimacy. 17:45 It's really about 17:46 an intimate relationship with God, 17:48 in order to understand who you are, 17:51 and it's not just about sex 17:52 because there's a whole arena of choices out there 17:56 that may not be of a sexual nature 18:00 but may lead you to a sexual act 18:03 because of your other choices. 18:04 And so therefore, we address and we give a place, 18:08 what makes it different. 18:09 We give young people a place of security 18:13 where I can come to you, 18:15 and a young lady can come to us and say, my arms, I cut them 18:19 because this is the only way that I can release the pain, 18:22 and there is no condemnation. 18:24 I can then talk to this young lady, 18:27 the Lord has just, I just, I'm just so excited 18:30 when I think about what God has done because He showed us. 18:33 We have to have it in a mentored fashion. 18:35 So we have the mentorship, 18:36 we have professionals that are on our staff. 18:40 We have people that are trained by, you know, 18:43 by the educational system 18:45 and then those that the Holy Spirit 18:46 has just empowered 18:47 and so we have levels of security. 18:49 We have everything in place that the Lord has told us 18:52 and that the Holy Spirit had said, 18:53 "This is what they need in order to be safe, 18:56 in order for their eyes to be open." 18:58 And we take that and it's not just anyone thing, 19:02 it's a combination of a group of things 19:06 that really just set young people in a place 19:08 of being able to say, 19:09 "I can be transparent because you've been transparent." 19:12 Amen. That's powerful. 19:13 And I wanna talk a little bit as we're going to our close. 19:16 What are some stories maybe you can share with us, 19:19 some success stories about what this program, 19:21 this ministry has done? 19:23 What you've seen actually happened through the spirit? 19:26 Breaking down on strongholds. 19:29 Mercy. 19:32 Sometimes we see young man, 19:33 for me one of the most powerful experiences 19:35 is to be able to see young man, ages 16 and up, 19:40 even 20 year olds, just breaking down. 19:46 You know, a lot of times we think 19:48 and we started talking earlier about the taboos, 19:50 and the girls, and I think even as a church 19:52 or community or society, 19:54 we always put this onus on females 19:57 as if we're the ones always at fault, 19:58 we're the ones that have to have our stuff straight 20:00 so that the guys won't fall, you know, 20:03 but a lot of our young men are struggling. 20:05 And for me this hold, just Pure Reality 20:10 and this whole stuff have taught me a lot 20:12 about not being judgmental. 20:15 And understanding how people's backgrounds, 20:18 their households, what they live, 20:20 the experiences that they with their parents 20:22 or don't have with their parents, 20:25 things that causes them to act out, 20:28 things that causes them to get into pornography, 20:31 things that cause them 20:32 to have promiscuous behavior or lifestyles. 20:34 Right. 20:36 You know, homosexuality, lesbianism, I mean, name it. 20:41 And just to see sometimes these young men 20:43 that probably don't have father figures 20:45 that found themselves just looking for love 20:47 in all the wrong places. 20:49 Finding out that, you know, we talked about this 20:51 all pure generation concept 20:54 but, you know, technically speaking again 20:57 I don't have to lose my sexuality to show 21:00 that I'm really a man, what makes me a man. 21:03 And being able to see they're saying, you know, 21:05 hey, you know, I hurt. 21:08 You know, every time I did, I have a sexual... 21:13 Interaction? 21:14 Encounter that it wasn't necessarily something 21:17 that made me feel masculine or feel good about myself 21:20 that I do suffer with guilt. 21:22 And being able to let go of themselves. 21:25 Okay. 21:26 Again what makes it different 21:27 is that our speakers are extremely transparent. 21:30 You don't find that in every kind of arena 21:33 or retreat that you go to. 21:35 So it puts the kids at the place 21:36 where they feel comfortable. 21:38 Sometimes our speakers might be people 21:40 that may have also suffer from molestation 21:44 or domestic violence. 21:46 And a lot of our children believe it or not 21:47 are in those same types of environments. 21:51 We do statistics every year 21:53 and funny enough we just did our last, 21:56 I was just getting some numbers from our last survey. 21:59 And on an average we have about 400 young people 22:02 that come to these retreats. 22:04 And got some numbers between the ages of 14 to 17, 22:09 actually under 18, we had about 47% of our young people 22:13 who're already sexually active within that age group. 22:17 One in three of our young ladies 22:20 have had some type of exposure 22:22 to some type of molestations or rape. 22:26 Now these are numbers that's in our church, 22:29 even though our retreat it's actually open 22:31 not just to the church members, 22:32 it's also open to the community. 22:34 We have a large not just in the Florida 22:37 but we have a pretty large cross-section 22:40 of different people coming to the retreat. 22:43 We have folks that are coming from the Islands as well, 22:46 from Jamaica, from the Barbados, 22:48 we have from Bahamas. 22:50 Exactly, we have people that travel all over the place. 22:52 But we actually do the surveys 22:54 and our surveys reflect some of the same issues 22:57 that we have in our regular community. 22:59 So we have some critical issues. 23:00 So, yeah, what makes it powerful? 23:02 What's, as far as the experience 23:04 that I see in these kids having breakthrough. 23:06 For me Pure Reality is about breaking the cycle, 23:09 to me it's about starting new legacies. 23:11 Despite the hurt that you have gone through 23:14 that you can make a difference in your family. 23:16 So, you know, if anything if I were to say 23:21 at the end of the day, what's the success, 23:23 is being able to see these kids saying, 23:24 "Hey, I can break this cycle today, 23:27 I can make it different, 23:28 I can make my family look different." 23:30 So... 23:31 And it changes who they are, it change the reality, really. 23:33 It changes their whole perspective. 23:35 It definitely does. 23:36 And again when we look 23:37 at the large increase in divorce, 23:40 this stuff is hitting us right here in a church. 23:42 Okay. 23:44 Our numbers almost equivalent to what it is out there 23:46 as far as that 50%. 23:48 So, hey, we're here trying to build healthy relationships 23:51 and therefore hopefully have situations 23:54 where our kids now have healthy marriages. 23:57 We want to be able to empower our children to the point 23:59 where they now have all the tools 24:02 to be able to have happy homes. 24:03 Amen. 24:04 As we're going to close, 24:06 you wanna go ahead and share one maybe another story 24:07 or something that took place. 24:09 Furthermore for when we look at our children 24:12 at Pure Reality, the beautiful thing for me 24:15 coming from the personal place inside of me 24:19 is to then now see young people embrace this message and say, 24:24 you know, I'm going To take that extra stance, 24:26 we have a treasure key ceremony that we do after the retreats 24:29 and take this extra stance to say, 24:31 I know that I can now be empowered, 24:33 and I have accountability, and I can remain pure, 24:36 I can talk through my choices with someone, 24:38 and I know that I have that power 24:40 of the Holy Sprit in my life. 24:41 But then the part that's really beautiful 24:43 is seeing the same young people that came to the retreat 24:47 and Satan's lies have been destroyed, 24:49 they have a new reality. 24:50 Then we train them and then they reach this generation. 24:55 Wow. Yeah. 24:57 Because young people will know how to reach young people. 24:59 So it's not about us giving them 25:02 or just facilitating a form for them, 25:04 them in turn taking and saying, 25:06 I'm going to take this and only a way 25:08 that young people can 25:10 and I'm going to impact my generation. 25:12 That's what discipleship is. 25:13 That's exactly what discipleship is. 25:15 And I'm gonna impact that 25:17 and it doesn't matter what my scars are. 25:20 Because we talk about a lot about the sexual component 25:22 like I said, we deal with purity 25:24 and purity is not just about sex. 25:25 Purity is about your choices on a day-to-day basis. 25:29 It's about that alcohol 25:30 that you're drinking behind there, 25:31 it's about the bulimia, it's about the cigarettes, 25:35 it's about so much more, it's about the thoughts, 25:38 the envy, malice, jealousy, and pride. 25:40 And it's a place to say, I'm not perfect, 25:42 but I'm learning and when I learn 25:44 and I empower someone else, then the Holy Spirit helps me 25:47 to be stronger in my work. 25:48 Amen. Amen. 25:50 And a perfect example of success to us 25:52 is the marriages. 25:54 Yeah. 25:55 So we've had a few marriages in the last few years. 25:57 And the young people who came to the Treasure Key Ceremony 26:01 where they receive a key in a box 26:04 that has a note in it to their future spouse, 26:07 promising to keep themselves on to that spouse. 26:09 That's awesome. 26:10 Whether or not they had kept themselves before, 26:13 there is a redemptive power in Pure Reality 26:15 and Jesus where He restores what the locust had taken. 26:20 And so these young people have now decided 26:23 whether or not they were sexually pure before, 26:26 to continue on the word of purity 26:29 and at the altar they exchange keys 26:32 with their partner, with their spouse. 26:34 And so we just feel extremely blessed 26:38 that God is allowing us 26:40 the opportunity to make a difference 26:42 and a new generation to tell others 26:45 that everybody is not doing it. 26:48 That's right. 26:50 Contrary to the message that is popular. 26:52 Everybody is not doing it. 26:54 Amen. 26:56 And there are some who decide 26:57 that they're gonna be like Joseph 26:58 and learn from Potiphar's wife. 27:00 The psalm will decide 27:02 that they're going to be like Esther 27:04 and live for the purpose 27:05 that God has created them to live 27:07 and just be there as a sample, just stand there for Christ, 27:12 and be a witness that purity is a lifestyle choice 27:16 that God had given us. 27:18 That's right. And it's a beautiful thing. 27:20 We are not just the children from our church 27:21 but as we explain the community when their eyes are just opened 27:26 and they're like, wow, 27:28 I have something different I can choose from. 27:30 Wow. That is so beautiful. 27:32 I just want to thank you, three of you, 27:33 the directors coming on and really just sharing with us 27:36 what you do with Pure Reality. 27:37 It's an awesome ministry. 27:39 And we're gonna keep you in prayer and just know 27:41 that God is gonna do something amazing with this. 27:42 So, well, that's our show for today 27:46 and I hope you enjoyed it, 27:47 and just remember to always stay pure 27:50 and make pure choices. 27:52 Until next time, God bless. |
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