Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Brian Shaul, David Allen
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR00089C
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00:14 Welcome back, we are going to wrap this up by talking
00:17 to both David and Brian. 00:19 The reason I want to do that is because both of these 00:22 men have different journeys but they are working in the 00:25 same ministry with the same information. 00:27 I want to clarify one thing that happened on the last 00:30 segment is that at the end of David's mother's life 00:35 she went into assisted living so that is why you weren't 00:39 there when she passed. - that's right she had 00:42 progressed beyond my ability to care for her. 00:45 I also said another thing that I thought was funny that 00:48 you had said during the break is that I'm glad you never 00:52 said no, what did you say to me? 00:54 I said no all time, usually whenever I'm challenged on the 01:00 issue that I needed to either let go of or change, 01:02 my immediate reaction was no, wait. 01:06 Yes, and so I chose it reluctantly but the truth will 01:14 set you free and the more I grabbed onto the truth the less 01:17 I needed what was holding me back. 01:20 So I want to end with a couple things. 01:22 Brian I'm going to ask you if you have anything you would 01:26 like to say and then do you have anything you would like 01:30 to say directly to those at home? 01:32 I want to give you not much time, just a minute 01:36 or so to say that. 01:38 The big thing is hope, you know. I didn't have hope. 01:42 But when I've seen these people use these tools and there's 01:47 hope where there wasn't hope before. 01:49 There are tools that you can use that are pretty simple. 01:53 Now don't get me wrong they are not easy, they are not 01:56 easy but they are simple enough you can understand and 01:59 take them one step at a time. 02:01 Okay say some of the tools again so we just 02:03 have it in our heads. 02:04 Three aspects of trust. You can learn those 3 aspects 02:07 of trust and as you learn those aspects of trust you can 02:11 know who to trust and you can know what you need to do. 02:14 Because it's not everybody. - no you cannot trust 02:16 everybody, the first thing I teach people is that you 02:18 can't trust everybody but you can look in your life and 02:21 find somebody who has those three aspects of trust. 02:24 Do they get the job done? Do they have your best 02:26 interest in mind? And that is important. 02:28 And do they have integrity? That's what it's all about. 02:33 When you find some of those you just get blessed, just blessed. 02:36 Okay so now I want to ask you is there anything you need 02:39 to say before we wind up and to actually say to 02:43 whoever is out there, because your journey 02:45 was intense too. 02:46 It was intense and I guess the biggest thing I could say 02:51 is don't be intimidated by the idea of establishing a 02:55 relationship with God, it seems hard to grasp the idea 03:00 at first, because He's not someone you can see, 03:02 He is not someone whose voice you hear in your ear, 03:04 but you can see links to God through people 03:07 who follow biblical principles. 03:09 If you surround yourself with people who follow the Lord 03:11 and truly desire your happiness and success, then 03:14 you are going to find it much easier to start 03:17 doing those things yourself. 03:19 It is incredible to me the difference of when you start 03:23 looking at people that really desire your recovery, 03:27 your success that you can tell they have put their selves 03:30 aside for a moment and are really caring for your heart. 03:33 It really matters to them what you are feeling right now. 03:36 That is amazing, amazing. I love that. 03:40 Okay is there anything else? - I just want to thank you 03:44 for the ministry you have had over the last 10 years. 03:47 You know my son is 23 really remembered you from 03:51 10 years ago and just really I want to thank you for 03:54 him and for the part that you have played in his life. 03:57 Make sure you tell him Hi for me. - I will do. 03:59 I wanted to say that as we, as we bring this to a close, 04:04 and as we look at the trust issue and it really is that 04:09 trust is the biggest thing, in my own acting out I've 04:13 damaged that and the people that have sometime been in my life in 04:17 the past and have damaged it for me. 04:19 I chose relationships that are not trustworthy, but one 04:22 of the first things in recovery is to reestablish all 04:25 that and come to a place where I start looking around 04:29 and finding those people in my life that are trustworthy, 04:32 that have integrity, that really do care about what 04:36 happens to me. You know I had to learn to read and all 04:38 that stuff and you have heard some of the things that 04:41 David went through and you heard what Brian talked 04:44 about with his head injury. 04:45 There are people everywhere and they are incredible 04:47 folks, so look around and find them. 04:49 Until next week always remember that God is crazy about 04:52 you and me too. Goodbye and God bless! |
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