Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Dave Casey
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000103C
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00:01 The following program discusses sensitive issues
00:03 related to addictive behavior. 00:05 Parents are cautioned that some material 00:06 may be too candid for younger children. 00:14 Welcome back. What a journey. 00:16 You know, Casey, I am amazed that you survived. 00:21 I'm amazed that you are alive. 00:23 That you didn't get just trashed on every part of that journey. 00:28 But I want you to talk about 00:30 what are some of the main things that God has shown you 00:33 over the years to help you change? 00:36 Well, about surviving, and I do want to witness 00:40 about the grace of God because I have been in-- 00:42 ran over on motor cycles, while I was on a motor cycle, 00:45 I've been shot at, I've been beat down. 00:47 I mean, I've been through it. 00:49 And so God's grace, I did survive that. 00:54 A lot of the things through-- through studying 00:58 and coming to an understanding and having the Holy Spirit 01:00 be able to work in me, I didn't understand things 01:04 that I had done how it can affect other people. 01:08 An example, let's say, 01:09 if I was robbing a store or mugging some guy 01:12 and you assault him, you hit him in the head with a pistol, 01:15 they got stitches in their head, they have to go back home hurt 01:20 and they have a child or son in the home or family 01:24 that instills insecurity within that whole family. 01:28 And I never understood that. 01:30 Before I was just committing these crimes 01:31 with relatively no conscious of what I was doing. 01:36 I didn't have no fear or understanding 01:38 that I was hurting this person and I would just--I did it. 01:43 But through the Holy Spirit working with me, looking back, 01:47 I've come to an understanding that these acts 01:51 that I was committing affected the whole family. 01:54 You know, if you throw a rock in a pond 01:56 and it has a ripple effect going out, 01:58 it affects everybody in that house hold. So the-- 02:02 And you know what I-- we are so out of time. 02:04 I want to just say, I am so grateful 02:07 now that you're on this side. 02:08 That if you're gonna have a battle at all, 02:10 it's gonna be a battle for God and for somebody 02:12 to be in recovery and that's amazing. 02:15 You know, even towards what Casey just talked about 02:18 is the Holy Spirit that'll start showing us about repentance, 02:21 about who we were, who we are, 02:23 what--how our actions affected everybody around us. 02:26 And that is such a gift, 02:27 people try to run from that, don't run from that. 02:30 The more you understand about your behavior, 02:32 the more you understand 02:34 how ugly it is and all the affects of that. 02:36 God shows us that only so that we could choose something else, 02:40 because He really does want to protect us 02:42 and those that are around us. It's amazing. 02:45 I would love to ask Casey, "What did you do 02:46 when you heard the text, 'turn the other cheek?'" 02:49 You know, those are huge ones 02:51 for somebody in recovery, but God says, you know, 02:54 it's not just that you stopped the drug. 02:57 You're gonna have to learn how to act, 02:59 how to deal with your anger, all of those things. 03:01 And God doesn't get tired of teaching us, it's amazing. 03:05 In your recovery, trust God, 03:07 get some people around you. 03:09 And know that you're gonna be 03:10 on a little tricycle at first. 03:12 You're not gonna know anything, but He's faithful. 03:14 So until next time, always remember that 03:16 God is crazy about you, me too, God bless. 03:19 I will see you next week. |
Revised 2014-12-17