Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Dr. Douglas Weiss
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR00034C
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00:13 You have probably thought of a lot of things
00:16 during this show, I know I have. 00:17 And during the first part of my recovery, 00:20 it was amazing to me, because when somebody 00:22 said to me stop heroine you will be fine, I wasn't fine. 00:24 There was a lot of stuff 00:25 What was interesting with everything that God did, 00:28 the first part of my recovery, every single thing that 00:31 came up on the table. 00:32 I'm trying to learn how to socialize, how to do this, 00:35 and I don't know how to trust, I don't know how to not lie, 00:37 I manipulate all time. 00:39 It seem like a lot of things to deal with. 00:42 And I dealt with that one thing at a time, 00:45 Recover today, just anything that comes up, 00:47 if you have something that comes up, 00:48 deal with that one thing. 00:50 Really get a grip on that, and the Bible says 00:52 something that I thought was amazing 00:53 I literally thought was amazing. 00:55 It says don't back away from things too soon. 00:58 If you get hit with something, if you feel like why do 01:01 I always get kind of stuck right here. 01:03 God says don't back away from it don't be afraid of that because 01:06 I'm going actually do a work in your area 01:08 in your life at that thing, and as we work through that 01:12 It's going to develop in you patience. 01:15 The ability to not be triggered so much. 01:20 You know every time I felt put down by a group, 01:22 every single time if I felt and I'm a homeless kid 01:26 I'm strung out, my parents are addicts, my dad just 01:28 just died in December of his addictions. 01:31 80 pounds 6 feet 1. 01:32 I mean I don't have anything to pull from. 01:34 So when I would feel insecure in front of somebody, 01:37 I would literally go all way back to childhood 01:41 and being abused again. 01:43 God says I don't intend for you to have that 01:45 your whole life. 01:46 I want you to not have to trigger back. 01:48 I want you to be able to stand as a woman of God, 01:51 full of joy, and the Holy Spirit. 01:53 I want to pour into your life. 01:55 But if every time somebody hurts your feelings, you trigger 01:57 back to a kid being abused, we're going to stay working 02:01 on that your whole life. 02:02 And so every single thing, as it comes up, as you just 02:07 start to look at something small like, Nyse was saying, 02:10 you know some of your weight stuff. 02:13 That I'm not exercising. 02:14 Know I have some anger issues. 02:16 Now, I hit my kid, or whatever it is, I don't care, 02:19 not that it don't care what it is, It doesn't matter what it is 02:22 Start with that one small thing, and God will do the next 02:25 small thing, and the next small thing, 02:26 Pretty soon, you're not triggering back as far. 02:29 It's amazing to me that I thought I was doing incredible. 02:33 I really thought I was doing incredible, 20 years into my 02:37 recovery, 20 years and now God now can I show you 02:40 what the issue is? 02:41 and I'm like shut up! 02:43 It wasn't the issue nona nona nona nona and it got 02:46 to the core issue for me. 02:47 Was I was never loved or learned how to trust or any of 02:50 that kind of stuff. 02:51 God said really the core issue, all this behavioral stuff 02:54 Is that you don't know how to love and I AM love. 02:57 The Bible says God is love. 02:59 I so know how to do that and I will take you to a place 03:03 that you don't even know 03:04 And right now, because we don't know how to get there 03:06 right away is to just start with the small things. 03:08 Let's start with whatever comes up. 03:10 If you're late deal with their late issues, 03:12 If you lie, if you exaggerate, deal with that. 03:15 If you are gambling, online porn, strung out on drugs, what 03:18 ever deal with what ever is there. 03:19 But God will take you to a place slowly, after taking one 03:22 layer off, another layer, to the point where you get the 03:25 core issues and then when you're done that. 03:27 You're done, you can stand in the presence of a holy God 03:31 laughing out loud. 03:32 Glad to be in your own skin, and that is the coolest part 03:36 of who God is and what He wants for our recovery. 03:38 It is the absolute, that is what He says victory in Christ 03:42 and to know the truth and the truth will set you free. 03:44 The truth is not your victimization. 03:45 The truth is that God loves you and He wants to heal you and 03:49 wants to hang out with you. 03:50 How cool is that! 03:52 See you next time on Celebrating Life In Recovery |
Revised 2014-12-17