Real Recovery

Tim Walsh, Senior Vice President at Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, joins Bill and George to outline how to find out if our emotions are sending us the right message.

Being surrounded by violence and constant fighting growing up isn't an ideal situation for anyone. It's a tough place to be in when there's no direction on moving forward in life. When the Holy Spirit got a hold of Clinton he then was on fire, for all the right reasons.

Many won't admit it but we're all searching for true peace in our lives, even if we're not aware of it. It took him getting into prison for Brian to experience this, and get to the place of the greatest content he's ever had. Totally submitting to God's will being the center of his life allowed the transformation to begin.

Justin Lackmacker from Redemption House shares how addiction is a slow progression into slavery and Jesus is the only source of recovery.

*This program originally aired on January 10, 2021 Pastor John Elmore joins Bill and George to share his story of addiction and recovery, but it doesn't end there. After his recovery, God led him to seminary and to eventually develop and lead Re:Generation Recovery ministry at Watermark Church in Dallas, TX.

We can sometimes place our identity in something that seems worthwhile, but ends up only being temporary. When it suddenly gets ripped away from us, it's hard to move forward with life. Matt, author of "The Leftovers," had his world turned upside down and struggled to find the peace he was looking for- but by God's grace everything changed on his thirtieth birthday.

*This show originally aired on June 20, 2021 No matter how far we go astray or how often we fall back into sin, God still pursues us. Isabelle built a belief that everyone in her life would eventually leave her and this led to her continued using, but Christ still had a greater plan in store.

Many of us walk through life going through the motions, putting on a face that doesn't reflect our heart's intentions. One day when the Holy Spirit convicted Marshall's heart, he finally made the decision to lean in. His story was loaded with destruction but now he's working hard to please the Lord.

*This show originally aired on June 13, 2021 Like so many have experienced, a diagnosis starts a pain medication treatment and it can go off the rails from there. Some are fortunate enough to get to the place of being sick and tired of being sick and tired. This was the case for Janessa and now God is doing a new thing (Isaiah 43:18-19) in her life, by giving her purpose in Honduras.

Dealing drugs in high school, breaking your neck multiple times, and abusing medication should lead you down a path of no return, but Jesus has different ideas. Rob says God's given him more than a second chance, He's never given up on him. When he changed his attitude while checking into the ARC at the Salvation Army for the second time, things began to shift.