Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Buddy Williams, Bryan Myers, Lemuel Vega
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000106C
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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. 00:15 Over the years, when I've worked on this program 00:18 with addicts and watching people struggle from lifestyles 00:22 that are like we heard today with Buddy and Bryan 00:26 with their coming out of prison and they really know 00:28 the hustle and they know how to do all that kind stuff. 00:31 But how do you be a Christian? 00:32 How do you be normal? 00:34 How do I get in recovery? 00:35 And years ago, God gave me an idea 00:38 of doing a program for the churches 00:41 or for jails or for the prisons, wherever where you can literally 00:45 walk through kind of that foundational Christianity. 00:48 You know, somebody would say we'll just pray about that. 00:51 When I first came into a relationship with God, 00:55 I'm trying to be normal, I'm thinking what is that mean? 00:58 Just pray about that. 00:59 And I'm thinking, do I just talk to myself? 01:03 Do I just whatever, I didn't even know any of that? 01:05 You know, what is prayer? 01:07 What is all that kind stuff? 01:08 And so through the years, God kept impressing me. 01:11 Put a program together, a program 01:13 that has like I said basic stuff. 01:17 What is repentance mean? 01:18 What is forgiveness mean? 01:20 What is prayer mean? Who is God? 01:22 I mean all that kind of thing and so when we first at 01:24 "Celebrating Life in Recovery," 01:26 I don't know if you remember the first season 01:28 as we went through "Steps to Christ." 01:29 And "Steps to Christ" was a book that I had gotten 01:32 in the early stages of my work 01:35 that just walk me through that. Who is God? 01:37 How incredible, but that the creative of the universe 01:41 cares about me and my recovery? 01:43 Who is Jesus? 01:44 What is His death mean to me? 01:47 What is repentance? 01:48 What is it actually mean to be sorry enough 01:51 not only to quit, but to turn my life around? 01:53 So we put a program together and it was really interesting 01:56 as I use "Steps to Christ." 01:58 I use the whole 13 chapters of "Steps to Christ" 02:02 and all of that kind of stuff and I went 02:05 and did a week-to-week teaching using all of the testimonies 02:11 that we have on this program because 02:13 we have incredible testimonies on this program. 02:15 We have met folks that have really done some, 02:18 I think, some things that are just mind-boggling 02:21 as far as stepping out of their addiction, 02:23 out of their junk, into a powerful relationship with God 02:27 and they're changing the world around them. 02:28 I mean it literally is amazing. 02:30 So we took parts of those testimonies 02:33 at every week of this program, 02:36 did video clips with that, got them on DVDs. 02:39 So that you can in your groups 02:41 show the DVD 10-15 minute clip of a testimony, 02:44 go through the chapter of "Steps to Christ." 02:48 We actually have "Steps to Christ" 02:49 rewritten in a recovery of language still as anointed 02:53 as it's ever been by talking about like I said, who is God? 02:58 Who is Christ? What is repentance? 03:01 What is prayer? What is forgiveness mean? 03:04 What is that, you know, what about, 03:05 I know that God forgives me. 03:07 And I know I also have to forgive someone else. 03:09 And so we covered all of that kind stuff in 13 weeks. 03:13 On the 14th week, celebrate your recovery. 03:16 Then jump into another class 03:18 doing Bible study whatever you need. 03:20 But right know, if you are in a place 03:22 where you need recovery, if you have somebody 03:24 that's coming into your church, that they're just coming out 03:27 of jail or they're just coming off the streets 03:29 or they're coming out of a crazy lifestyle, have a group. 03:32 Put a thing together for them to literally learn basic stuff, 03:38 stuff that you already know. 03:39 We don't know. 03:41 When we first walk into door we don't know anything. 03:43 And so put a group together. 03:44 If you're interested in this program, 03:47 man, call us, email us. 03:49 Go to our website truestep.org and really bring us in. 03:56 We'll teach you how to run it. 03:57 We'll teach you how to do this. 03:58 And when you put a program like this together in a church 04:02 you'll give somebody a foundation 04:04 that can't be rocked. 04:05 It just can't be rocked. 04:07 And that's what my hope is for this program 04:09 for you and your recovery, is getting the word, 04:12 getting a group, get around people that adore you 04:16 and can support you. 04:17 Learn what God wants to teach you about 04:20 who you actually are because you're not a druggie, 04:22 you're a child of God. 04:24 You know, He wants you to love 04:26 that and be okay in your own skin. 04:29 So man, I want to thank you for joining us. 04:31 Thanks for listening to the testimonies today 04:33 and until next time always remember 04:35 that God is crazy about you, me too. |
Revised 2014-12-17