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The following program is sponsored by Ron

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Meyers Ministries .

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It's time now to get the hell

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out of your life . A weekly broadcast

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with real people sharing real struggles

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and offering real hope . Today's

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show will encourage , inspire and

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empower you to face life's challenges

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with a bold confidence and renewed

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hope . Now let's join

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our host , ron Meyers . The Provoder

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.

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Hello , my friends , it is so good

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to be with you for another great

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show of Get the Hell out

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of your life . I want to welcome you

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to my neighborhood Now . I have a

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neighborhood that well . It's a little different

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than most neighborhoods . It has all

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kinds of people that we call ourselves

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misfits . We never fit in . We

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march to a different

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beat of a drum because we

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want to find out who we are , who

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Jesus says we are , and what

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he wants us to do with

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the life he has given us . So you're

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going to hear real stories from real

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individuals that offer real

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hope , and today's story is

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one that you're really going to enjoy

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. Paul opens up about

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, well , his past , and all of

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us Don't ? We all have a past . I

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mean , my past was sex , drugs and

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rock and roll . I was a pretty

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big promoter on the Gulf Coast , promoting

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anything I could make a buck

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at . But Jesus

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changed my direction , just

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like he does with all my guests

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. So this show , it's all

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about letting you find

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a new way to

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connect with Jesus . It's

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not in church , it's with your

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heart , it's with having daily

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conversations with Jesus . Because

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, friends , what you have when

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you do life with Jesus

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, you have power , you have peace

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, you have purpose and you have passion

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. Well , my guest today has a great

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story . He has become a very

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good friend of mine and he is

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on fire for Jesus

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.

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So to speak . Yes , on fire , that's a

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Christian-ese term , but you know what

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? I'm secure and I'm committed

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. The effect that Jesus had

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on me when I said , jesus , I receive

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you as my Savior , has never died out

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or never changed and I carry

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that effect with me everywhere I

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go and in everything I

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do . So instead of saying I'm on fire because

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people get on fire and then the next thing you see they're

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cold , so to speak

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. I was preaching in jail for a long time and

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I walked in a jail cell one day

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and they hadn't had anybody in there a long time

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and some people come up to me and said , brother

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, it is so dry in here , we haven't

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had anyone in here to preach in a while . I said it's

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fixing the rain and

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we had a wonderful time because

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I stay in a position of what

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Jesus did in me when someone

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told me this is the way you receive

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him . And I did that , and the effect

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that he had on me was inside

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and I knew something changed . That

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change has never dwindled or left

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. So , yes , I'm on fire . I

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guess that would be the way you would terminology

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say , give a term to

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it if you're a Christian , but if

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you're someone who just lives a normal life , then

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I stick with what happened

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to me when I was saved .

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Amen . Now have you been

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like this all your life ?

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Actually , no , I was raised Catholic and I'm

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very , very thankful for my Catholic

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foundation . If anything I was

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taught it was to be in love with Jesus

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, and they gave me a solid foundation

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, which was be faithful period

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. And so I was raised in church

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. I was an altar boy . I did all those things and

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then , around the age of 13

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, I got on drugs , I was

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introduced to smoking pot and

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all those different things

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, and so I wasn't . And

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in those years of being in the

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Catholic Church , I never heard

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the salvation message , even though it had

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to have been preached week after week or spoken

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of . Somehow I missed it . And

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so the day that someone came to

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my house we're doing visitation

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I had been praying Lord Jesus

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, send someone to me . Because I say it

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like this I was a long-haired dope , smoking

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, vulgar mouth , cigarette smoking hippie and

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I had been asking Jesus , if you're

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real , then send someone

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to me to teach me about you . And

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it wasn't . Three weeks later , someone was knocking

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on my door , and when they knocked on my

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door and I opened it , I lived out in the country . I

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moved out in the woods to grow weed . I grew

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, I sold hundreds of pounds

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of weed and grew a lot and

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other things . And when they knocked on

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my door and said we're from the church down the road

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, I said God sent you to

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me , give me just a minute and I'm going to let

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you in . So I went to the other end of the house

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and opened up the doors and told my wife light cigarettes

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, I'm letting these people in . God sent someone to

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us and they led us to salvation

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that night . And I knew

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that if God was that kind and merciful

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to me even in my dope

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head , drug selling

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self , vulgar mouth

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self his kindness and his mercy was

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to come to me and teach me about himself

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, then I need to do everything I can to

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learn as much as I can about him , and I've

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never been out of church since then

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.

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And the church is obviously in you .

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When I realized I was a member of his

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body . Then I

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realized actually I went

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to the other church it was a Baptist church and

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I'm so thankful they did . And I used to always

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say inside my heart I wonder how hard

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it was for them to say , okay , this is

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a night of visitation , who are going to go see ? And

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someone said , let's go visit the hippie

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. Because I lived out in the woods , because we

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grew weed . We couldn't do that in the city . And

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when they came to the hippies house

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and the hippie got saved

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and all of a sudden the hippies in church and

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I was in church from then on and I would come

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to church stone . It took the Lord two years to

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get me off weed . Actually I asked

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him Lord , what is ? It was more like this Dude

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Lord , what is wrong with this stuff , man ? I

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mean , why can't I get stoned ? This is taste

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so good . And the scripture the

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Lord gave me was you shall love

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the Lord , your God , with all your heart , with

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all your soul and with all your strength

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. You're loving me with all your heart

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, but you're turning your mind , your will and

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your emotions and your physical body to being

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comforted by smoking weed

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or drinking beer to get a buzz . And

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I asked you to love me with all three . And

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I said I see it , lord , if you'll

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help me , I will never touch this stuff

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again . Get me free from it . And

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I can't tell you what day I

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quit smoking pot and I got free

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from cigarettes . It just happened

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over a , like I said , about

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a two year period . I slowly dwindled

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out of my life because I grew spiritual

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. I used to tell friends I will sit with

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you next year on New Year's . Y'all will

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all be getting stoned and I'll

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sit with you and I won't take a single

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toke off your joint because

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inside me something's happening . You

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can't see it , but I'm growing spiritually . Right

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now my spirit isn't strong enough to throw

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off the things that I trained it to do for all

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these years of my life , but I'm

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growing inside and when I get spiritually

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strong enough because of feeding on the Word of God

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, I will overcome these outward

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things that are controlling me and I'll be able

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to sit with you and watch you get

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stoned while I turn

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you onto something stronger than dope , which is the Word of

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God . And that day came , brother

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, and it's never left Amen

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.

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So right now somebody's listening that

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says man , I'm going through the same thing

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, but I don't want to go to church . What would you tell

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that person ?

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I would tell them Jesus is the only Lord

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and Savior , the only God , the only man who

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is absolutely here in everybody , all

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the time , anywhere , and start

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asking him , like I did . I started asking him

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. Okay , jesus , if you're real , please help me

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, please send me someone to teach me

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about you , please . There was a

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preacher at the gas station who used to ask me if

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you died right now , would you go to heaven

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? I'd say I was baptized

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as a baby . Do I have to have a special ticket

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to get in there ? I thought that I'm going to heaven

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. And he'd say well , have you been born again ? I said

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I don't even know what born again is . So

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I started asking the Lord . So I'm telling you , start

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asking the Lord and he is man enough

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and loving enough and he is Savior enough to

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be able to help you and communicate

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to you and send someone to you to

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lead you to a life with him , a

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salvation experience , receiving him as

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your Savior . And the easiest thing

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to do would be for you to say Jesus

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, I accept what you did . I believe

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in my heart that you died for me and that God raised

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you from the dead and I need you to help

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me , and you know what he'll do . The Bible says whosoever

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shall call upon the name of the Lord , he

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will save . You'll never be ashamed of doing that

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. Do it now . Call on him , ask

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him . Jesus , help me , save me .

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You know what you just said there in the last couple

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of minutes is absolutely life

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changing . It's so simple . He had to make it that simple

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, then why have we made it so complicated

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?

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I don't even try . And you know , when

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I received Jesus

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as my Lord and I started going to a

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church and really got serious , I had asked

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the Lord to

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lead me to a church . I said I'm not going to go

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to a church , lord . I was going to the Baptist church

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and I was faithful there . I never left . So I

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said I'm not going to go find a church . I

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had learned more than what they were teaching

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and so I started

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asking the Lord , I'm not going to go find a

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church because I'd probably fall in love with the people . I

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want you to send me a church , and

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a church that is teaching the uncompromised

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word and that will bring me up to another level

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with you , a greater relationship with you . And

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he sent me a church . So I

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never try and entertain too much in my

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mind of what is so wrong

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with most churches . I

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try to stay with . There's

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more to learn . We never learn at all . We

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never know at all . So I've always sought out

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send me teachers , lord , who will

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help me have to learn more

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and grow more , so for

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us to be stuck in a place

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where we don't learn , the simplicity of

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salvation , or more

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than just salvation , is

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, then you need to find a church that will teach

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you more than that . You need to ask the Lord again

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. There he is . Okay , jesus , where do I need to

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go ? Or actually , holy Spirit , you've got to

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get me connected , somewhere where I can grow to

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, where I'm actually a person who

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lives this life not just on

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Sunday , but I'm example to

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others of this is what a Christian is like

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.

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What you're describing right there . That's

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the kind of stuff , the conversation that

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we have with Jesus . I believe that

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Jesus really loves

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it when we come to Him for

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the answers of life's troubles

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that come our way ?

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Could you imagine someone knowing you and they never

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acknowledge you . They get around

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you and they never say anything . I say

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this a lot to people , especially when I'm Sounds like my parents

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, when I was little , me too . I

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never heard my dad say I love you and all that stuff

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, I don't worry about that stuff . Today I

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got saved . It was about two , three weeks later

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. I went to him I was still long hair , dope smoking

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, vulgar mouth , cigarette smoking , hippie and went to him and said Dad

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, I need to tell you that I love you

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and that Jesus put it in my heart

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to come tell you that I love you and to forgive you of

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anything you've ever done or didn't do to me . But

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there's been a love placed in my heart that I

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just can't contain it and I've got to tell you . And he

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has said to me where are you going to church , boy ? And

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I told him where I'm going , he said you're going to hell

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. I said I'm finally not going to hell , daddy

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. I finally really Jesus

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is my Lord and you need to do just what I

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did . You need to call upon Him to save

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you . And he said things and

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what we were raised . But yes

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, yes , ron , I like to acknowledge

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Jesus throughout my whole day

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he morning , noon , anytime

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, anywhere , any place . And

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you might be in a grocery store and you're walking

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down the aisle , and I learned that when I raised

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my hands for some reason that blesses the

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Lord . So I'll be in home deeper . I'll

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be in a store , a grocery store , and

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you'll see somebody in the aisle and I'll have my hands

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raised saying thank you Jesus , because

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I've been in a place where I didn't have the

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money for the groceries I've wanted . Now

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I'm in a place in life where I have the money for the

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groceries I want . So sometimes , at His

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presence , I just stop and say I

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acknowledge what you have done in my life

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and I thank you for what you've

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brought me through , and I just raise my hands

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there and say you say raising your hands blesses

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you . So right here , right now

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, publicly , I'm saying I bless

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you Jesus .

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Do you ever just scratch your head and just say , man

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, this Jesus stuff is more than

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I ever thought it would be . It's so wonderful

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.

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I also had to make myself think

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of it like this If I'm going

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to have a good relationship with my wife which

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you know , we butt heads everybody . But if you don't

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put it , heads in hallelujah . But we

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butt heads once in a while . But the thing

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that keeps us in a good marriage

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is our relationship . She

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knows my pet peeves , I know her pet peeves

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, and I read in the Bible

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where it says that Jesus said unto

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you is given to know the secrets and the

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mysteries of the kingdom of heaven . And actually

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one version says he said this

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to his inner circle and I thought

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I want to be part of your inner

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circle , or please let me in

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your inner circle . If there's something I'm doing in my

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life that is keeping you from letting me be

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close to you , that I'm in your inner circle , then

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I need that out of my life . So

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there's people in my life who they're my acquaintance

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. I know if I get around them they're not going to talk like

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I like to talk , they're not going to act like I like

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to act , they're not going to do things that I

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think is good to do , and so they're

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not in my inner circle . But then there's friends

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who I know , when I get around them , man , we're going to talk

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Jesus stuff , we're going to talk prayer stuff , we're going

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to talk prosperity stuff or what

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we've got to do to get out of things that we're

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in that we know isn't pleasing to the Lord . So

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we're in an inner circle . So when I

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started crying out to the Lord , crying

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out to the Holy Spirit , make

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me aware of what I'm doing . That would keep

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me away from your closest

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friend and I want to

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be your friend and he started pointing things out

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in my life . He , you know , he's so kind . He

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points out tiny , tiny , tiny

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things at a time . And

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I look back in my life there's this hundred mile

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long tiny things that

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I've done because he asked me change this

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and it's better change this and it'd be

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better . And I look back in that person who

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was at the beginning of those tiny things . He started

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changing . I think I was really like

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that at one time and

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now my life has become to the place where

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my walk with him is just so precious

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that I don't want to offend him . Do I do things

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that offend him ? Of course I do once in

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a while , but when I do and

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I realize I've done something that offended

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the Lord or offended the Holy Spirit . You know what

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I do . I'm quick to repent , Just

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like if I had a close friend and I did something

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that they thought that is the stupidest thing you could

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ever do , I say I'm sorry , I shouldn't have done

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that , brother . So that's the way

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you keep a real close , a real strong

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relationship with the Lord , and then he's

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able to lead us and guide us and help

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us through our day .

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You and I were talking and you and I carry

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a title that I'm proud of Misfit

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. Right now you've got the mic . I want

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you to talk to all my brothers and

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sisters out there , the fellow Misfits

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.

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You probably feel like a Misfit if

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you do and it's good that you

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do , because Ron quoted

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part of the scripture that God chooses

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a base thing as God chooses a foolish things

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, and so if your base

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are foolish , then God has a calling

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for you . He has a purpose for you . He

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doesn't normally choose very

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rich people to stand

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before people and preach his word , or

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very intelligent people , even though they get

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in there . He does choose some . He

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doesn't . He doesn't choose many . He

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would rather , or he has purposed in his heart

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to choose us who we

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feel like we don't really fit in a place in

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church or fit in a place in religion

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, and we really shouldn't fit in

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that . We should fit in Jesus's plan and

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Jesus's purpose , and he's different

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than us . He has an ability to choose people

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who don't fit into

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the mindset

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of . You have to go to this school or that

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school or this seminary or that seminary to

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be a person who can be used by God . You

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have to be a person who's committed to the Lord

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and then he will slowly bring you

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out into a place where you're being used

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by him and you won't even recognize you're being

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used by him , like him , I'm in a place

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right now where people call me pastor . My pastor

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really is Andrew Lombardo , at

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the Mission Church , and when

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we first started talking about these

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things we both said

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we feel like we come from the island

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of misfits . We were rejected

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or shunned by those who we would

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consider important in the church's eye . So

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we focused on Lord if you can use

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us , then you pull us out

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and slowly but surely he had

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to work on our character to

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bring us to the place where the giftings he

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had in our life could sustain

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us . Because if you have

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gifts and you don't have character

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, then your gifts will take you to a place where your

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character can't sustain you and

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you're not that tasteful

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to those who really need Jesus

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. You might say religious things

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and do religious things in the church people accept

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you or big preachers think you're the wonderfulest

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thing there ever was . But when you

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come from our realm where we're foolish and

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big preachers eyes are big

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, important people who are Christians with important

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names don't think much of

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you . The Lord thinks a lot of you because

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you can reach those who

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aren't reachable by big

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name people or people who are important

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in other people's eyes . I'm not diminishing

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their importance . I'm diminishing their

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ability to reach people like you and

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I , who come from , like Ron said , the

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island of misfits , and there's so

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many out there who are crying out , even

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though they may never know , to cry out to Jesus

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and ask him to help them . They're crying

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out for something to

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make their life what

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did Paul say ? Content . I

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can be content poor , I can be content wealthy

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, but I can be content

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in any situation because of my relationship

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with Jesus . And they're crying

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out so they turn to drugs or they turn

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to sex , or they turn to fame , or they turn

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to promoting themselves or

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whatever it is , so that they

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can feel good about themselves when really

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they need to have . Someone like you and me

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, who've been in a position where we don't

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fit in and what people would

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think You're one of them , or

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you're a church person , or you're a

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religious person . They

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don't fit in that and they never will fit

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in that . So , someone like you and me , who

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haven't found acceptance

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in those realms , so to speak , till

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we got really close with Jesus

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and he was able to develop as a place where we

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could speak in both realms that realm and

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in the misfit realm you

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need to start crying out to Jesus and

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your level of courage

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or feeling in

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a place of being content

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or acceptance will rise immediately

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, because you will be accepted by

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the King of all kings , by the Lord

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of all lords . And what other men think

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about you or what other status

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people have in their mind about you won't

19:14

even matter , because your status

19:16

will be the one who really cares about you , and the

19:18

effect that he will have on you will

19:21

change your desire to use

19:23

other means to get there , such

19:25

as drugs or sex or importance or

19:27

a big name . Those things will

19:29

all change because he's the one who changes

19:31

our desires when we have a good relationship

19:33

with him . So if there's anything you could

19:35

do whether you've been a church all your life and

19:38

you still don't feel accepted start

19:40

drawing close to Jesus . Start

19:42

asking him . He's the one who loves all

19:44

the questions . He's the one who can

19:46

answer all the questions . You get

19:48

close to him and you spend your time throughout

19:51

your day talking with him , learning

19:53

his word , and I promise

19:56

you your life will change to the place

19:58

where you no longer feel like a misfit in his

20:00

realm . You might not fit into the other

20:02

realms , but you won't be a misfit in

20:04

his realm . You'll be beneficial to him

20:06

and he will cause things to come out

20:08

of your mouth when you're around people who

20:10

need help that you never dreamed would come

20:13

out of you , and he'll speak through you to

20:15

help others . That's his goal is to reach

20:17

others . And guess what ? You're the best

20:19

thing he has . You're the best person he has

20:22

, and he thinks of you like that . No matter what

20:24

we think of ourselves , you're the best

20:26

he's got .

20:27

Paul Parasich . What a way to end

20:30

our conversation .

20:32

Ron , I am honored I'm shaking in my boots

20:34

to be around you . Ron , I'm honored

20:36

. You know

20:38

what . We're brothers and we're serving

20:40

the same Savior who did the same thing

20:42

in you that he did in me , and

20:44

our hearts in it together . Amen , brother

20:46

, father , we thank you that you've sent

20:48

your word for us to learn by

20:50

, to lead us into salvation . We

20:53

thank you that your word , your Bible , everything

20:55

points us to Jesus and

20:57

I thank you that Jesus gave his life

21:00

for us . You know , there's a simplicity

21:02

in salvation it's if I've

21:04

done things that have violated God's

21:06

thoughts of how I should be

21:08

, then I've offended him . So I know , oh God

21:10

, please forgive me for my lifestyle

21:12

. Up till now , I've done this

21:15

and this and this , and I know that you're

21:17

not appreciative of me doing those things . I

21:19

didn't know better , but I know , now and

21:22

then , if I did something to you that was really

21:24

, really valuable I put $100,000

21:26

in your bank account and I told everybody you

21:28

know to tell you that I did that Then

21:31

the next time you saw me , you would say thank you

21:33

, paul , for what you did . Well , we're

21:35

telling you , and others have told you , that Jesus

21:37

has died for your sins and Jesus took your

21:39

place in spiritual death so

21:41

you could take his place in spiritual life . So

21:44

I'm telling you , you owe Jesus a thank you

21:46

. Tell him thank you , jesus

21:48

, for giving your life for my life and I

21:50

accept what you did for me . Father

21:52

, I thank you for giving them the understanding of

21:54

this and the courage to act on

21:56

that , and for you to change their life

21:58

and bring them into the place where you take them

22:00

off of this place of they

22:03

don't feel worthy of you . They are

22:05

worthy of you because of what Jesus did . Make

22:07

that a reality in their life , as

22:09

they accept what Jesus did , and I thank you

22:11

for that , father , in Jesus' name Amen

22:14

.

22:24

You're listening to Get the Hell Out of

22:26

your Life with your host , Ron

22:28

Myers . Real stories , real

22:30

struggles and real hope .

22:34

Oh , that's when rival religious groups in the Middle East

22:36

get into a civil war . What is agape ? It's

22:38

a little fish about as big as a dime Predestination

22:40

. Well , you're going on a trip and you have

22:42

one destination in mind and change your mind

22:44

and you want a different destination .

22:45

Let's face it often Christians and churches speak

22:47

a different language than everyone else .

22:49

Original destination . That's predestination

22:51

. Rapture oh , that's those dinosaurs

22:54

in Jurassic Park that were the ancestors of birds

22:56

. Millennial rain that's when there's

22:58

pollutants in the air and these rain clouds

23:00

filled with these pollutants Sometimes they

23:02

have no idea what we're talking about . Grace

23:04

, she's the blonde with the southern accent on

23:06

that Tuesday night sitcom . Sacrifice of praise . Well

23:09

, it's like when the Red Sox needed two points and

23:11

the guy on second base had to sacrifice a lot .

23:13

If you want to reach someone for Jesus Christ , learn

23:16

how they think . Get into their lives

23:18

, instead of waiting for them to come to you or

23:20

your church , and put their message on a level

23:22

they can understand and relate to .

23:24

Spiritual gifts . Well , it's like on somebody's

23:26

birthday , you want to give them a cross necklace or a religious

23:28

book . Omnipotent that's an animal that can

23:30

eat meat or vegetation , like a grizzly

23:32

bear .

23:55

Well , paul sure had a story , didn't

23:57

he ? But then we all have

24:00

a story . Our story

24:02

is always being written

24:04

, until the day we

24:06

leave this world . You

24:08

know your story . You may think

24:10

that you are disqualified because

24:13

, if you're past , or your story because

24:15

God could never use you . Well

24:18

, you just heard what Paul went through

24:20

in his early days of growing pot

24:23

, smoking , pot , long haired , vulgar

24:25

, mild individual , and

24:28

yet today he could hold

24:30

a conversation with the best of

24:32

the best in the Christian circles

24:35

, because Jesus changed

24:37

him . Jesus changes

24:39

people , not a church . Jesus

24:42

changes people's hearts , not

24:45

participating in a

24:47

ritual . Jesus

24:49

changes everything in our life

24:51

, not our baptism . Jesus

24:54

gives us eternity . He

24:56

gives us intimate relationship

24:59

with him . All we have

25:01

to do is call upon the name

25:03

of Jesus and he will

25:05

save us . And that total

25:07

forgiveness he gives us yes

25:10

, we don't hear enough about that Total

25:13

forgiveness . Your sins are erased

25:15

, past , present and future

25:17

. So you then have

25:19

the freedom to become who

25:21

he created you to become . Oh

25:24

, the world needs you so bad . The

25:26

world needs your gifts , talents and

25:28

abilities , and I hope Paul's

25:31

story will encourage

25:33

you that , no matter where you've

25:35

been , no matter what you've done , god

25:38

can and will use

25:40

you Don't have fear

25:42

. Trust God , trust Jesus

25:44

and remember this that

25:46

when you give Jesus your heart

25:49

, he will give you a

25:51

beautiful destiny .

25:54

Ron will be back in a moment to wrap up

25:56

today's conversation . Did you know

25:58

what Ron did before he discovered

26:00

his destiny ? He was a promoter of secular

26:02

entertainment and , by his own admission

26:04

, he promoted anything he could make a

26:06

buck at . At the pinnacle of his

26:08

success , he walked away from it all

26:11

so he could follow Jesus and discover

26:13

his God given destiny . That

26:15

was over 20 years ago and he has

26:17

never looked back . Ron

26:19

put his story in a novel entitled the

26:22

Promoter and he wants to

26:24

give you a copy . This book

26:26

is a message of hope . To request

26:28

your free copy , visit our website

26:30

at thepromoterorg . Now

26:33

back to Ron .

26:36

Well , friend , my time is up and maybe

26:38

today's conversation has

26:40

led you to think about sharing

26:42

your story . I

26:45

would love to hear your story

26:47

. Go to my website , thepromoterorg

26:49

, and

26:51

click the Share your Story link and

26:53

I'll call you and we'll talk over the phone

26:56

and we'll record your story

26:58

and you can empower

27:00

somebody out there , you can encourage

27:03

someone out there and you can share

27:05

your eye-witness account of

27:07

what Jesus did for you

27:09

. Until next week

27:11

, this is Ron Myers , reminding

27:13

you that I love you , jesus

27:16

loves you , and when you give

27:18

Jesus your heart , he will

27:20

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27:55

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