If Nothing Changes...

James 5:16 says to confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. However, this is counterintuitive, and the enemy wants us to keep our hurts & bad habits to ourselves. This seems right but, in the end, it extends my pain and weighs heavy on my soul. Damon shares how admitting his hurt and confessing his secrets led him into healing. Damon is involved in several ministries, and you can find out more about him at https://www.barnesdoor.com 

Maybe you have had some exemptions in your life. However, no one is exempt from struggles, hurts, bad habits and hang-ups. How have you delt with some of these things in your life? Perhaps you have never struggled with drugs or alcohol but like our guest today you have struggled with food and codependency. Rick shares how God has given him freedom from these struggles, and his life-change story will bless your day!

Have you ever wanted to change your past? How much time have you spent thinking about your past mistakes? Sometimes the enemy tries to keep us stuck in our past so we can't move forward. I need to take action in my life if I want things to change in the future. Eric talks about what taking action looked like in his life, and first steps to changing our future. Great opportunity to reflect & evaluate your past and your future!

We all have hurts, bad habits and character defects. These cause all of us to be broken and in need of repair. Have you ever felt broken? How have you tried to fix yourself? Tony shares how dysfunction, alcohol abuse, PTSD and betrayal broke his life, and the only one who could repair the broken pieces was Jesus. Blessings await!

Every person is born with an empty space within themselves. Some people try to fill that space with alcohol, substances, money, success or affirmation. However, some try to fill that space with love and relationships. Diane shares how her pursuit of love continued to leave her empty and hurting. But then, God changed everything! This story will bless your life.

Have you ever looked back at your life and thought about the decisions you've made? Have you ever examined the events of your life that may have caused you to take one path or another? Have you ever tried to fill the emptiness with substances or unhealthy living? Kent describes some of the twists and turns of his life that led him to a crossroads of change. This is an amazing story that will bless your ears! Change is possible!

Have you ever felt like you were insignificant and not good enough for your family, a group or maybe even God? Where has that line of thinking led you? Liz describes how this feeling of not being good enough led her into some codependency behavior that eventually led her into having an affair. How does a person change their perspective about themselves and how God views them? Fantastic life-change story!

Have you ever felt helpless to change something in your life? Perhaps it is a bad habit or maybe it's a hurt from your past that just keeps coming back to haunt you. How have you tried to change it? Have you tried harder and harder or have you simply stuffed it, hoping that it would disappear. Eric discusses the importance of admitting that we are powerless against our struggles and that there is only one source of power that can give me victory over hurts, habits, and hang-ups . This episode is different than previous episodes but if you are looking for change, you've come to the right place!