Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Rene Quispe
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000116C
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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 You know I did ask you to stay because I-- 00:18 really like you to close out in prayer. 00:22 But is there anything else you want 00:23 to cover before we end this program? 00:26 Well, there would be a lot of things that we could say 00:28 but probably the most significant for me or to me was 00:32 the moment when God told me 00:34 that I needed to humble myself 00:36 and confess this before the whole church. 00:38 Wow. Not just before her. 00:43 It was our church where we were members. 00:46 Okay, I had not been the pastor of that church 00:48 we were just members there. 00:51 But the Lord made us so clear 00:53 that I wanted to have a special Sabbath for that. 00:59 And I not only ask forgiveness from my wife, my children, 01:06 I ask forgiveness from the whole church 01:09 and after that I was re-baptized. 01:11 Oh. 01:14 And when he is saying that 01:15 he has forgiveness of our children 01:19 and me it was done in the church to all of us. 01:24 So honoring and really it was that you know I know 01:29 that publicly you have dealt with this through out the years 01:32 and so publicly I'm gonna come back 01:33 and say, I am so sorry. 01:35 Yes, yes. 01:36 And that was something that for me was very significant 01:40 because we're in public ministry and we cannot cover up 01:45 under the rug things that people may know 01:49 or may get to know or if they don't know it only honors God. 01:55 He calls us to humble ourselves and to confess to one another 02:02 because being in public ministry 02:04 we didn't only hurt each other we hurt the whole world. 02:10 Absolutely. Absolutely. With the Son of God. 02:12 And it was one of the most precious things 02:16 very special friends that work at Andrews University 02:19 at that time, Dr. John and Dr. Millay Embark came 02:24 and had that time with us and John baptized Rene 02:29 and then we had a little ceremony 02:32 that we invited the members of our church 02:36 and family and also friends from the community 02:39 because we ministering the community. 02:42 We did many seminars for years 02:44 and many of them you what was going on. 02:47 So we invited them to come 02:50 to what was we call new beginnings. 02:53 And we had a little ceremony together. 02:55 And we had a little ceremony. 02:56 That little ceremony all. It was a marriage ceremony. 03:00 No way, I knew you are gonna say that 03:02 and as soon as you went that way. 03:04 I thought that is just a perfect to be have 03:06 to look at each other again 03:08 and say we've lost a lot of years 03:10 but today I am your husband. 03:13 Today, I am your wife. Yes, yes. 03:16 And the marriage in truth had been destroyed. Yeah. 03:20 So it was the new beginning not only relationally 03:26 but a new beginning in this sense. 03:30 When we got married as innocent and ignorant kids 03:36 we promised each other to be faithful and to love each other 03:42 until death to a support without realizing 03:46 that we didn't have it within us to love as Jesus loves. 03:52 And is only by the grace of God that we were giving 03:57 the opportunity to begin loving in this period. 04:03 Could you close this out in prayer? Yes. 04:05 Because I know probably you opened up some wounds 04:08 and some celebrations with folks 04:10 but close this out in prayer. Okay. 04:12 And thank you so much for blessing us. Amen. 04:16 Oh, dear Father, God of the universe. 04:21 You are life and the giver of life. 04:26 You are light and the giver of light. 04:30 We're nothing apart from You. |
Revised 2014-12-28