Finding Hope and Liberation in Jesus

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The following program is sponsored by Ron Myers Ministries .

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It's time now to get the hell out of your life . A weekly broadcast with real people sharing real struggles and offering real hope . Today's show will encourage , inspire and empower you to face life's challenges with a full confidence and renewed hope . Now let's join our host , ron Myers . The Revoter .

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Yes , join me today for a 28 minute show of inspiration , empowerment and encouragement , because when you get the hell out of your life , life is good , and right now I know some of you have some serious hell in your life . You are looking to the creation individuals , people , teachers , scholars , for your answer and they are smart , they are intelligent and they sure look good with that bow tie and suit or that fancy dress and the degrees on their wall . But this is the problem they are steel human beings , they are creation , they are broken people sharing their message to broken people . So some of the ideas that we receive from them , they are good and we can apply them in our life , but we find that after a week or a couple of weeks or a month , we are going back to the well for more and more , and it's constant . Going back to the well for more teaching , more encouragement , and it's all based on a creation individual sharing what they believe you need for peace , purpose , prosperity , whatever it is you feel in the blank . However , there are other people I'm one of them that have found out that the creation will disappoint you will let you down , will never feel any of the needs that you have , because they can't . They're broken people , they are creation , but the creator , jesus , through his father God , can come into your life , my life , and feel every single need , because if our needs are met spiritually , physically and just with that rock solid relationship with Jesus , you know there's not too many things in life that we can't deal with .

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I'll go into this a little later in my monologue , and it's something that I think you really need to listen to today because , friends , I will tell you once , I will tell you a thousand times my message is all about Jesus . It's not about denominations , it's not about rules , it's not about regulations , it's not about serving Moses and the law . It's all about expressing the beautiful awesomeness of Jesus in your life , in your job , in your relationships , allowing you to be who you were created to be . You get to be yourself . Today's story is from Mary . Mary was looking to the creation to fill the voids in her life . It started at a young age , but one day she met the Creator .

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Jesus to me is my everything , he's my hope , he's my Redeemer , because my entire life I lived a life of sin , disobedience and rebellion . And on March 17 , 2015, . I fell to my knees , threw my hands up and said Lord , I cannot do this anymore . I cannot be in control of my life , so I'm asking you to please be Lord and Savior of my life . And that day I literally felt baggage coming off of me and that day he made me free , for whom the Son makes free is free .

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Indeed , at 10 years old was the very first time I smoked a marijuana joint and it was actually laced with PCP , which you know . I didn't know . I'd heard about marijuana , but I didn't know what PCP was . But that was the error , or that stuff was popular and the neighbor kids were older than I and they put it in there , thinking it was funny . But that's how I got started . It led to me actually shooting drugs in my veins at the age of 14 . Back then it was cocaine , but throughout the years it's been everything that you can put

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in your vein .

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You know I went to the Catholic school and actually you know I did , you know , played basketball and I was a cheerleader and my mother had me in beauty pageants , all this kind of stuff , you know , baton majorette , and I couldn't stand any of that , you know . I just that wasn't for me . I enjoyed , you know , going to the railroad tracks behind our house and smoking weed at the time , you know , because what I was doing was actually numbing pain that I had in my life . I had a lot of hurt , I had a lot of rejection and I had a lot of abandonment in my life . Because , you know , I love my parents and they did the best with what they knew . How I mean that's any parents , you know , because a lot of us do have dysfunction in our lives and the parents that we have are given to us by the sovereignty of God , you know . So they're part of your if his plan and purpose in your life . And you know they had whatever issues they had as children , but they passed it down to you too , to me , and there was a lot that I didn't know how to deal with . It was very painful because I saw that other children at school and stuff . I didn't see pain in them , you know , like I had and I hid it the best I knew how at school . But you know some of my family , they knew what was going on , you know , and then that would embarrass me because they did know . You know that . Oh , I'm so sorry and it just put like shame upon me because I am , I not good enough for my parents to love me .

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My mom , she had a hard time because she truly loved my dad and he was very abusive to her physically , mentally and emotionally . And she has told me later on in years , you know , that I just wanted the best for you , I didn't want you to go through what I went through with your dad , you know , and she just pushed me so hard and then when I rebelled she didn't know how to deal with it and you know she would give me beatings on time and at the age of 15 , I believe it was 1981 , you know 1980 . And I got kicked out for drugs . So my mom was working at the Paschal State School Districts then and she left me at home for a couple of weeks trying to figure out , you know , where am I going to put her what's going to happen , because you know she's very . She just wanted all of us children to have a great education . So she found this place called Golf Post Christian Academy in Gulfport and I went there . So I got caught smoking marijuana in there with another girl . But you know we had to have a big sit down and my mom was like please , please , just let her graduate , just let her graduate . And through the mercy and grace of God I was able to graduate .

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Actually , I ran away from Mississippi at the age of 17 . I ran to Birmingham , alabama , because my dad's aunt lived 30 miles south of Birmingham . So I'd met a bunch of you know friends there and I ran away to there and just continued my drug life until the state troopers and all that were looking for me . I mean , it was just everything I did was huge to where everyone knew about it . When I had went to the Golf Coast Christian Academy , there was a guy there named Brother Emmett . I can remember him to this day and he came to me and he told me . He said you know , the Lord has plans for you in your life . Well , of course I didn't know what he was talking about because you know , I went to Catholic school and I didn't . I didn't have a personal relationship . I knew about God , but I didn't have a personal relationship with Jesus . And so this guy was just like , really honest , and he read the word , he taught us the word and it was very , very , you know , inspiring to me . The word was so in July of 2006, .

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I actually have I hope I can say this but I had some crystal math and I was getting ready to go deliver it to someone and I looked to the left and I see a bunch of Harleys and I'm thinking , oh wow , we have a new biker bar in Mississippi . So I turn around , I call the person and I'm like , hey , I'm gonna be a minute because I just found a new biker bar . I pull in there , I get out probably weighing maybe 90 pounds , soaking wet , you know high is all get out and I go to the door and there's a lady standing there with the Bible and I'm like , oh my Lord , is this not a biker bar ? And she says to me no , honey , it's a biker church . And I said she says to me but you can come in . I said , but I'm high . And she says , but that's okay .

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I go in there and they're praising and worshiping Jesus and I , you know , stood in there and I , just , I had so much peace when I was standing there , but then I , just , I was convicted , you know , of my lifestyle , and so I just ran out of there so fast . But Pastor John Taylor and Sister Jackie Taylor , who are the pastors and they're also my spiritual mother and father and I love them so much they said she'll be back . This one will be back and I did . I went back , wow , again , on March 17 , 2015, . I fell in my knees , you know , and the I could feel the baggage . I was made free and from that was in March . So from March 15 to April 16 , you know , life was grand , it was peaceful , and then I get a phone call that my baby brother was shot and killed by our biological father and I threw my hands up and I said you're sovereign , you could have stopped this .

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Like he , you just gave Darren back to me for the last 15 months of his life because of my lifestyle we didn't have , it's not . It's not that Darren didn't love me , it's cause I was ashamed to go around him and his family and I had the best 15 months of my life being able to be a Christian sister to my brother , who was also a God fearing man . And you know , it was just the best time of both of our lives because he was going through a lot . And he even told my mother three days before he was shot and killed . He said had it not been for God and Deneem , he said I couldn't have made it these last 15 months . That was on a Monday . And then he also told my mother . He said I'm ready to meet my creator . And then that following Wednesday , on my twin daughters 33rd birthday , he was shot and killed .

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Why it's called sin , and you know my dad had . He had a lot of pride , like all of us do , you know , and there was just some issues going back and forth between the two of them and , truth be told , I truly believe other people may not believe this , but I believe my dad was having issues in his mind because he's he's not the same person . Of course that'll change a person , but I believe it was starting before this actually happened . I do , but Darren is where we long to be . To God be the glory . And you know I was selfish at first because , you know , I wanted him back . I just had 15 months of my best life with my baby brother and because we shared Jesus together and that's what it's all about . Families are to share Jesus together and the Lord gave me that . But you know , like I was saying earlier , I was very upset with God . You know , like you could have stopped this , but you know what I had to get on my knees and repent and thank him that he did give me those 15 months . You know he didn't have to do that , but he did . He gave me those 15 months to have that brother , sister relationship in Christ Jesus and that to me . You know all the money in the world I place that we myself cannot do anything in our own strength , you know , and I was not staying in my word , you know , because of the simple fact that I was staying busy , busy , busy , trying to be there for my mom , you know she lost her baby boy . She was hysterical , and you know I have an older brother that has Down syndrome , his name is Scooter , and I needed to be there for them , you know . And I kept in my own strength , you know , trying to represent Jesus . But you know you can only do that for so long and then your spirit runs dry , you know . And so I went back home after five weeks and laid in the bed , gotten a deep doctor to press in for another five weeks , like literally just stayed in the bed .

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Now , all this time I have been clean of drugs and alcohol and then I get . The Holy Spirit says enough time to get up . So I get up , wash my face , get myself dressed , and I went to the pharmacy to get my and this is the truth my 800 milligram . I'd be profaned for , you know , my back pain . Well , what happens ? I see someone that I used to know , they know about what happened and they say to me oh , I'm so sorry . You know , I've been trying to find you . Well , I knew that this person had drugs . So I made the choice because we have free will to choose I made the choice to go numb that pain and in doing so , the Bible says in red letters . So therefore , from Jesus , that when you know the truth and you go back out there , it's seven times worse . And that is the truth . Jesus says it , that's true . And so I was older this time , right , because you know my younger days . I was out in the streets doing all this stuff and I was like , oh no , this is not good . You know , I'm older now . The world's gotten worse . I mean , it's just crazy out there in that drug world , it is . It's just crazy , all right .

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So 10 weeks after Darren passed away , and then it was July 17th to no , I'm sorry , july 7th 2017 . And I was attending Michael Memorial Baptist Church . I was high and I called brother Jeff and I was like , can't do this man , it's just not me , I cannot do this anymore . The night before , I was in my home and I , just , high as a kite man , like my mind , was going everywhere , and I cried out to Jesus and I said I can't find my way back to you . I said I know that you never left in a forsaken me , but I've left you and I can't find my way back . And I heard a voice so loud , say you will go to home to grace , you will be disciplined in my word and you will spend time with me , one on one . I heard it . I heard that voice .

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So the next day I called brother Jeff and he says come to church . I said I can't , I just do a line from here to Texas . He says , girl , it doesn't matter , come to church . So I went high , you know , paranoid that everybody was looking at me . And when the service was over , brother Jeff says you're going to home to grace . And I just like the hell in the pew and started crying . He says I talked to pastor Tony before . You know the service . And he says you're going and by the grace of God I was able to go .

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I went . That was my seventh time to go to rehab . Never did I graduate any of them and the seventh time is completion . You know seven is completion in God's eyes . And I went and I graduated . Brother Ryan , if you don't mind , I would like to please give thanks to some people that have really , really encouraged me in my life , my journey , and have never given up on me , and that would be pastor John and Jackie Taylor from the biker church , pastor Tony Carn from Michael Memorial Baptist Church , brother Wade Benton he's also from Michael Memorial Baptist Church and Kelly Taylor . These guys have never given up on me and they have encouraged me and helped me through this journey of sanctification , and I want to say how much I love and appreciate each and every one of them . Thank you .

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Life is good for you , isn't it ? Amen ?

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I mean the

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. The word says you know , hey , you will have troubles in this life . You know what Jesus says . Take courage , you know , be of good cheer because I've overcome this world . So , being a Christ follower , you know you have a piece that surpasses all understanding . It only comes from Jesus , but you're going to have days where you know what's happening , but you don't have to run to the sin that you were addicted to . You can run to the arms of Jesus .

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What I want to say to any of you that truly know what I'm talking about is that there is hope , and that hope is in Jesus . He truly can make you free of all the hurt , pain , rejection , whatever it is that's hurting you so bad right now , to the point where you don't even want to live . You don't even know why you were born . He can do this for you . You just have to reach out to him and cry to him and ask him to help you and he will do that for you .

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And then you find someone that you know can get you in a Bible-based church or in a celebrate recovery any of that to help you get through . It's all about Jesus . Everything is about him . He takes us that have all these hurt , habits and hangups . He redeems us , he gives us a purpose that none of us ever had or thought we had , and that purpose is to give him the glory , praise and honor , and to also share the gospel , his good news , his hope , to other people , so that they too can come and have a personal relationship with him and be made free .

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Welcome back listeners . Creation versus Creator . I opened up the show talking about do you look to the creation for answers ? Individuals , people , scholars , professors Whoever looks like they are a credible individual that has diplomas , that went to college . We think they have all the answers .

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I grew up in a Catholic family and the answers came from the Pope or Mary . Later I learned in life that every single person on this planet , including Mary , including the Pope , are individuals that are creation , broken people that were inspired and moved by God to fulfill their purpose and destiny . They aren't any better than you . They aren't greater than you . They don't have more status in heaven than you . Billy Graham would have told you the very same thing . I know I interviewed his preacher years ago . We are all equal in God's eye , Every person living on this planet . There are no favorites . You may have people that are smarter , wiser , experienced learners of life , but they're still creation , part of the broken people phenomenon which caused God to send his son , jesus , into the world to redeem us . He sent his son so that all would be saved . No , not a predestination where a couple will be saved and other ones will go to hell . No , we have the choice . But he sent his son in the world so that the entire world would be saved . So the validation that you and I receive in life by having a relationship with Jesus Christ . He lives in our heart . He is expressed through what we do . He is the only thing that will fill the needs in your life .

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We are flawed individuals and when are we going to quit looking up to these ? You know the amount of suicides among young people are skyrocketing . When is the alarm going to go off to parents to teach their children that the role models that they look to , the Taylor Swift's , the pro football players they are individuals . They aren't any better than their own child that is in that house . They took a talent , they took a skill and they brought it to the world , and we have put them on a pedestal . We have worshiped them and at the same time , we lose our identity . We don't know who we are in Christ because we think that's what life is about . You see glamour , you see glitch , you see limousines , you see millions of views on TikTok or Instagram and you aspire to be like them . That is a recipe for failure and potentially suicide .

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Parents , you must sit down or take a drive and talk to your children and tell them that they are a unique , one-of-a-kind individual , made with specific talents and skills , and use those role models as an example . If it's a Taylor Swift , they see Taylor Swift well , she's only doing what she was equipped with in life by God the talent , her voice , her singing , her interaction with people . Now find your gift in life . Find your talent , your skill . I think half the parents they're just as much enamored with these stars because they're reliving their childhood through that star and they pass it on to the child .

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What a vicious , harmful cycle that is . When we're living in this world with broken people giving us broken answers in this nice , beautiful gift package and we think , because they say it , it's true , but it's not true . Jesus is the only one that can give you truth . He is the only one that can validate who you are and fulfill every single need in your life . Because I know people right now . They would pay millions of dollars , millions , just to feel like they were someone , that they were worth , something , that they were respected , they were liked , that they could look in the mirror and not be disgusted . Yes , these people have never been introduced to the Jesus that will fill every need . Know what we hear in a lot of churches across the world is all these rules and regulations and these denominations that are completely screwing up Christians . You have men and women , interpretations of the Bible that really discredit the works , the finished works of what Jesus did .

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Jesus' last words were it is finished . When are we going to understand that we cannot earn our salvation , we cannot lose our salvation , that God is not looking at us with a scorecard , that when we come to Jesus through a personal , intimate relationship , we have total forgiveness ? He moves inside of us , cleans house and then says all right , let's go live life , let's go become who I created you to become . And then the journey begins . The needs begin getting filled , the needs seem to disappear because all of a sudden there is a smile , there is some joy in your life . I know I did this .

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I was in bondage to religion , growing up in a Catholic church . I thought I needed to have a confession booth tied to the back of my car . I was in constant oh , I'm sorry , I'm sorry , I'm sorry . And then I found late , very late in life , that that is not the gospel . The gospel is my sins are forgiven . He remembers my sins no more . I am free , I am out of bondage . So today I'm just a Jesus guy .

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I'm a Jesus guy and a message to tell you . You aren't happy , you aren't fulfilled , you are lacking in your life . Because you are listening to other people , denominations , because you think they are right Maybe they are , chances are they aren't If they aren't telling you about the power , the indwelling of Jesus Christ and to understand that you are a force to be reckoned with when you allow Jesus to invade your life and live through you . You don't know what you're missing because you've never experienced . What's that saying ? You never miss what you've never had .

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Friends , you may be on a life journey now where you say well , ron , I'm living a number eight on a scale of one to 10 , maybe a nine . I'm happy and I don't believe in Jesus , so go , blow off , I don't need to listen to you . Okay , that's fine , I respect that , but with Jesus , that nine goes to 99 . See , you never miss what you've never had . And there are people that will never come to God , they will never come to Jesus because they have all the answers . Those are those smart , credible goofballs that go out there , infiltrate our lives and they talk so eloquently that they can lead those of us that are weak and not strong in our faith . They can lead us down a road to destruction . Hey , that's what you want , go do

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it . But when you get tired and you cry out and you can't sleep at night and you're doing drugs and alcohol , that's when you call upon the name of Jesus and he will come into your life and he will get the hell out of your life . Get the hell out .

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