Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Palischer Ratliff
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR00087C
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00:14 Welcome back, I want to talk a little bit, we have
00:17 mentioned the fast a couple times and for a lot of people 00:20 they don't understand why you would fast? 00:22 What is that all about? And I know I said 30 days and it 00:25 sounds like three days without anything. 00:27 No, no, no. You have smoothies, you have fruit and all 00:31 kinds of stuff, there are stages. 00:33 But can you talk Palischer why do you fast because we are 00:37 talking about core issues, dealing with that stuff and 00:41 coming out from all that junk. 00:42 I know a lot of people don't realize that that is a tough 00:46 journey, so why fast? What is that all about? 00:49 Well fasting for me is a spiritual thing. 00:52 We need power, I need power to make these changes and to 00:55 stay consistent in the changes. 00:57 I made a radical change, I changed my diet and everything 01:01 and I need to know how can I get closer to the Lord? 01:04 What is in me that is holding me back? 01:06 - is there any blind spots? Anything I don't know about 01:10 and sometimes in a fast you can fast and say God I'm going 01:13 to put everything aside right now, even the food I put in 01:17 my body and I want to ask You is there anything in me 01:20 that I need to look at? Any anger? Any pride? 01:23 Anything that maybe I have not even seen? 01:26 Maybe the whole planet has seen it but me, 01:29 but I am asking for me to see it because I want to 01:33 surrender that to You. 01:34 - He will show to you. - He will show it to you. 01:36 And in such a gentle way which is incredible, so the fasting 01:40 and prayer is not only to connect with God, but to give 01:44 Him permission to really do some inventory work for you. 01:48 That is amazing. - show me who He is. 01:51 To show me who He is. That's what changes us. 01:54 So I want to ask you, there is a couple, really groups 01:58 that I my heart breaks for especially after hearing your 02:02 story, one is the mother that has a child that is 02:05 running the streets and is out there and is really 02:08 feel in connection with people that maybe even taking 02:11 them out, him or her out. 02:14 I would like you to talk directly to that mother for 02:17 a minute and also to the child that is out there running. 02:20 Including the one that shot your son. 02:25 I would say to a mother with a wayward child, 02:28 I'll use that word because I don't know which other one 02:31 to use at this point. 02:32 Don't give up on them, don't take it personally, 02:36 your kids are products of you and they wouldn't 02:40 be here without you. 02:41 Prayer is the key to saving them, pray for them, 02:45 love them, love them and don't judge them, love them. 02:50 Know that there is hope in God, ask God to help you have 02:54 faith in Him and do what you can and He will do the rest. 02:58 For the children, for the young children that are out 03:02 there trying to find their own way, I can really identify 03:06 with that because I was trying to find my own way. 03:08 The thing I came to realize is that there is no your way. 03:12 There is either God's way or Satan's way. 03:14 No matter what road you take eventually you are going 03:18 to end up either on one path or the other and you will 03:22 realize it at some point where you have been and 03:25 where you want to be. 03:26 You can always make a choice to change, 03:28 God's arms are always open to you no matter what you do, 03:32 where you have been, or how bad or what ever. 03:35 God loves you and He is always there to help you make that 03:38 change, He is stronger than peer pressure, He's 03:41 stronger than anything you could face and your parents 03:44 love you never be ashamed to come back to them and 03:46 ask them for forgiveness. 03:47 And even God has given me the love for the guy that shot 03:51 my son because God knows He died for that guy too and 03:55 I know he did and He doesn't love me anymore than 03:59 He loves the guy that shot my son. 04:01 You know at the funeral you gave each of those boys and 04:05 girls what? A 'Steps to Christ' because I'm so come 04:09 from God is the answer and I believe that people need 04:12 tools to take with them to understand better what 04:16 they have been fed and so I gave them Steps To Christ because 04:20 it is a beautiful picture of how you can come to Christ 04:23 and how much Jesus loves you. 04:24 You know I am bringing this program to an end and I just 04:28 have to say over and over and over again that we all 04:32 walk around with these core things, anger, rebellion, 04:37 dominant, this stuff that literally will stay in our 04:41 lives and trash the next life in the next life whether 04:46 we have children or not, whether are married or not, 04:48 but every relationship whether it is work, family, 04:50 friendships until somebody just says 04:54 God help me to see it. 04:57 Help me to look at it, help me to understand what 05:00 I carry around and once I understand it 05:02 I want to give it up. 05:03 I want to surrender it to You and I want to feel joy 05:07 and peace and health. 05:09 You know emotionally I want to stand up and laugh out 05:12 loud and enjoy being in my own skin and I want to teach 05:15 that to the people I love. 05:17 I want to teach that to my children. 05:19 Thank you for hanging out with us this last hour and 05:22 until next time always remember that God is crazy about 05:26 you and wants to heal you in every way, in every way. 05:30 God bless! |
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