Participants: Cheri Peters (Host), Tracy Hammond
Series Code: CLR
Program Code: CLR000118C
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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. 00:16 Welcome back. 00:17 You know it says in Job 00:19 that you make a covenant with your eyes. 00:22 And so you were talking about that, Tracy, 00:24 when you see a girl or a woman, or I don't know if men, 00:29 I don't know if you did the same-sex stuff 00:31 but whatever it is, you see skin 00:33 and all the sudden you go there 00:35 with all of your addictions just kind of screaming. 00:37 And the demons themselves telling you to play with that. 00:40 Right. 00:41 And you're saying with God, I am bouncing my eyes away. 00:44 I am saying, you know, to look once, 00:47 to actually catch it and be 00:48 sucked in a little bit is one thing 00:51 but I'm not going to look again 00:52 because I'm asking God, please change my very desires. 00:56 That's exactly right. Yeah. 00:58 Yeah, to look once and look at it, 01:00 then I feel the demon tempting me to go places 01:02 I've been in the past with images 01:04 and I know God saying, if you go the second time 01:06 you'll be inviting the demons back in your eyes, 01:08 you know, you cherish something 01:10 that's not in the kingdom of heaven-- 01:12 And I can't protect you there. 01:13 Yeah. Right-- 01:14 Because it's your choice. 01:15 It's going to be a coned off 01:17 accident scene leading to death. 01:18 It's not going to be a pretty picture 01:20 for anyone to do that. 01:22 What's really interesting to me is you talked about 01:25 being a deacon in the church 01:26 and stepping into those roles and leadership 01:30 and I am so proud of you as you do that, you know. 01:33 And so that is way different than where you were. 01:37 First of all, what does your momma think of that? 01:40 Oh, she's very happy for me right now 01:42 and she's probably watching me, 01:43 she will be watching and she's praying for me. 01:45 She's so happy for me to be doing so well. 01:48 You know she said that 10,000 to go 01:49 and to walk over sin is a lot better than a funeral bill 01:51 because she could see where I was going, 01:53 you know, down to 170 pounds of bruises all over me 01:56 and she's just so happy, she is... 01:58 Amen. Yeah. I love her. 01:59 So what is your-- if you'd to say 02:04 if God physically walked into the room right now? 02:10 You know, what would you want to thank Him for first? 02:12 Oh, man. 02:13 For being my big brother, you know, 02:16 I got the biggest big brother in the universe. 02:19 Jesus being my big brother is awesome. 02:21 I want to thank Him for being there all the time 02:23 but giving us the freedom 02:25 to choose our way, the free will-- 02:28 starting from the sacrifice on the cross 02:30 the free will to actually choose 02:31 to do evil is incredible. 02:34 Or good. To find out, yeah. 02:36 And then the freedom to escape the enemy anytime you want. 02:39 We have the free will to walk right out of that valley 02:41 any time we want which the devil hates that 02:43 but we've got it, God has insured it. 02:45 So did you realize that in coming out 02:47 that the only power was in Christ? 02:50 Oh, yes, I knew, if it was up to me, 02:52 you know, I just keep getting more drugs 02:54 and kill myself eventually. 02:55 Well, I am glad you didn't, I am glad you were here. 02:57 I love you. Thank you. Love you too. 02:59 I want to just say for anybody watching 03:01 is that if you are struggling with any of that, 03:03 grab hold of God, grab hold of Christ down, 03:07 resist the devil and he has to flee from you. 03:10 That's an incredible thing, just the joy 03:13 for any of us addicts for sure. 03:15 Until next week, always remember 03:17 that God is crazy about you, me too. |
Revised 2015-01-08