Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Alta Austin
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000047C
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00:13 You know that I have a song that I heard this morning,
00:17 and I want to try to do it. 00:18 I don't sing, I just want to try to sing it for you. 00:22 It just starts out with, there is a place of quiet 00:26 rest near to the heart of God. 00:31 A place where sin cannot molest, near to 00:36 the heart of God. 00:38 I thought the first time I heard it, you know 00:41 quiet rest, a place for recovery, a place where 00:44 sin can't come in. 00:46 Can't come in and twist things and 00:49 I just wanted to be there. 00:50 As you are hearing these testimonies, as you hear 00:52 Alta talk about her testimony and her relationship 00:57 addictions, sexual addictions, the adultery stuff, 01:00 and all of a sudden the Holy Spirit showing her 01:03 that started way back in her childhood of being 01:08 molested and not understanding any of that. 01:10 About being abandoned, those holes just opened up 01:14 in her life, or that pit, that emotional pit. 01:17 And even Charlie talking about that he came from 01:21 adultery and growing up thinking that he belonged 01:25 to somebody and all of a sudden realized he didn't. 01:28 And you know during the break one thing he said, 01:30 God had revealed that to him. 01:32 I think it is amazing to me that God will reveal 01:35 things to us when we are ready to heal from them. 01:39 Just ask Him, God what is that you want to show me. 01:43 What is it that You want to start healing in my life 01:47 so that I can stand up and be the man or woman that 01:51 You know me to be, that You created 01:54 me originally to be. 01:55 How do I stand up from all this kind of damage, 01:57 this junk that has been in my life? 01:59 Some has been done to me, and some has been done 02:01 by myself, so how do I do that? 02:03 God says you know what, trust Me. 02:05 I will do it, I have done it, I delight in your healing. 02:08 Am I going to say it is easy, absolutely no. 02:12 It is not easy, it's like you're going down this river, 02:16 and it is this raging current and all of a sudden 02:19 God says stand up. 02:21 Well stand up against the current? 02:23 How can I do that? 02:24 He is like, stand up! 02:26 As you stand up, I don't know how God does it, 02:28 but He diverts the water a little bit and you are 02:31 standing and holding onto God's hand. 02:33 And you are saying, you know what, okay I'm standing. 02:35 And He literally takes our hand and says I want 02:38 to bring you out of that raging waters and I want to 02:41 bring you to a quiet, peaceful place and we are going 02:44 to do healing there. 02:46 I can jump back into this mess any time I want to. 02:51 I can say you know what, anytime I want I can 02:53 grab some past hurts. 02:55 I can look at my insecurities again. 02:58 I can start allowing the devil to lie to me and 03:00 say you know what, you are nothing. 03:02 You were born in adultery, you were not even wanted as a 03:05 child, or you are a heroine addict in recovery, or I 03:08 remember your sexual addiction. 03:10 I know who you are. 03:11 I know all the junk that's in your life. 03:13 If I can just let that stuff start going in my head 03:16 anytime I want to, or I can listen to the 03:18 voice of God saying, Cheri you are done with that, 03:21 you are done with that. 03:23 I want to get you into a quieter place, 03:26 I want to bring you to a place of victory and 03:28 I'm thinking it is too cool. 03:30 You are a woman of God, you are the apple of my eye, 03:39 you are who I delight in. 03:41 I'm thinking, you know what I am a mess. 03:45 He's like yeah and I love that about you. 03:48 You know what I mean you don't have to pretend with God 03:51 and be anything other than I am. 03:53 When He says that as you seek My face, 03:56 and that is the reality, 03:57 we start out with even looking at the Commandments. 04:00 What are God's standards? Who is He? 04:01 What do I need to learn? 04:04 And He's like guys as you seek my face, as you look up, 04:06 as you start to open up the word that is the easiest 04:10 way to see God. 04:11 I mean you can see Him anywhere, you could walk around 04:13 and do all that kind of stuff, but open up the word 04:15 you start seeing Him. 04:16 You start to see that as you start understanding what's 04:20 right and what's wrong and all that kind of stuff. 04:22 As you ask for the Holy Spirit to guide you 04:24 in this recovery, you will fully see yourself 04:28 as you fully see Me. 04:30 I'm thinking how do you do that? 04:31 How do you do that? 04:32 Because you know what I found out about myself, 04:34 is I like who I am in Christ. 04:37 I don't steal, I don't lie, I don't try to manipulate. 04:43 I'm not saying that I don't ever fall into that stuff, 04:45 but I never find myself struggling with that but in 04:48 Christ it's not who I am. 04:49 I'm a new creature in Christ like Alta said, 04:52 and I pray that you will find that and if you have 04:55 found that you will be grateful for that this day. 04:57 Until next time always remember that God is crazy 05:00 about you, me too! |
Revised 2014-12-17