Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Richie & Timari Brower
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000133C
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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. 00:13 Welcome back. 00:14 I am so proud of God all the time, 00:16 I want to kiss him on the face. 00:17 I wanted to scream that when I said, 00:20 I want to be well, 00:21 I had no idea that you were gonna give me my own self, 00:24 my family and my children in the process. 00:28 And it sounds like in your life, 00:30 the same thing 00:31 and you said, "You've still seen so much." 00:33 Yeah, yeah. 00:34 We've made a commitment, we wanna keep growing. 00:36 So we had a tough spot, 00:38 not too long ago and our counselor said 00:40 something that was really significant, 00:41 when we had to tell us why, I mean, 00:43 we're in marriage ministry, right? 00:44 Right. 00:45 So the devil comes and says, 00:47 "What are you doing? 00:48 You guys, don't have..." What do you guys know? 00:49 And she just simply rephrased, 00:51 reframed the whole issue and said, 00:52 "You know, you guys are in a really heavy 00:54 growing phase, right now." 00:58 Yeah, that's what we do, 01:00 we hit growth phases, don't we? 01:02 And I think that, for me, that just changed everything. 01:04 I was like, "Oh, this is hard. 01:05 We're in a growth phase." 01:07 And even visually, 01:08 when you wanna say that is that, 01:09 when you go out to prune a tree, 01:12 a fruit tree that you want to bear more fruit, 01:14 that pruning is never easy. 01:16 And so we think we're gonna get it 01:17 and we're gonna be home free at that point, 01:20 if we are not dealing with this on a daily basis, 01:23 we will start believing lies again. 01:25 So and so counseling has helped, 01:27 anything else, Timmi? 01:29 No, I think just what Richie said, you know, 01:31 if our goal is 'oneness,' Biblical 'oneness.' 01:34 Then we have to be committed to re-evaluating 01:38 how are we doing now at on a pretty constant basis 01:41 because there's always gonna be things that come in 01:44 and the reason that's important, 01:45 you know, Genesis 2, at the end of the chapter, 01:47 and Moses, you know, 01:48 talks about being naked and unashamed 01:50 and that's what we're going for and, you know, 01:54 I don't think any of us will arrive there completely, 01:56 but that's still what we're working towards. 01:58 And so to keep working because, 02:00 I want our marriage to be characterized 02:02 by naked and unashamed. 02:03 And I love that 'cause it's saying that 02:06 most of us really have this illusion 02:09 of what we see a relationship being, 02:12 we have a picture in our head 02:14 and I think that there are times 02:17 and I know you guys know that 02:18 and I wanna say thank you, for being on the program 02:20 and sharing so far but I wanna say, 02:22 to anybody watching, 02:24 we have a picture in our mind of what is love. 02:26 What is relationship? 02:28 Who am I in relationship? 02:29 And that picture, a lot of time, 02:31 was taken in our pain, 02:33 was taken at a time that we had no idea. 02:36 We were watching a movie about love 02:38 and God himself says, 02:41 "Give me the picture." 02:42 Because I can't heal you with that picture, 02:45 because that's not what love is and so being able to say, 02:49 "Am I brave enough, my knees are shaken, 02:52 my hands are trembling 02:53 and I'm surrendering my very picture of love to God 02:56 and asking Him, 'What is it? 02:59 What is it? Who am I? 03:01 How are you going to put me in relationship 03:03 when I'm afraid of my own shadows, 03:05 sometimes depending on where you come from?' 03:08 And God said, 'I promise you, I'm a great counselor, 03:11 I'm a good accountability partner, 03:13 I know who you are the day after resurrection 03:15 and I will bring you to a place of healing.'" 03:19 It is absolutely the coolest thing. 03:21 Don't be afraid to surrender to God. 03:23 Don't be afraid to check yourself 03:26 and really work through this stuff 03:27 and don't be afraid to love the person in front of you. 03:30 Until next time, 03:31 always remember that God is crazy about you, 03:33 me too, 03:35 Don't be afraid. Turn it out. |
Revised 2016-10-31