(narrator) THARINA BEGAN MOVING INTO HER NEW HOME AND SUDDENLY BECAME VERY ILL. WITH ONLY A MATTRESS ON THE FLOOR, SHE LAY DOWN AND REALIZED SHE WAS BEGINNING THE PAINFUL PROCESS OF DETOXIFYING.
(Joyce Meyer) DETOX IS A PRETTY INTENSE THING, PEOPLE HALLUCINATE. I WAS A MESS. I WAS JUST SHAKING. I COULD BARELY BREATH. I COULD NOT SWALLOW. BUT I WOKE UP AFTER THREE DAYS, TOOK A BREATH IN, OPENED THE DOOR TO MY NEW TOWNHOUSE AND WALKED OUT. I KNEW I HAD FELT THE CHAINS COME OFF OF ME. I KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOD. THIS THING THAT HAD KILLED MY PARENTS, THAT HAD BEEN THE EVIL PART OF MY LIFE, THAT I THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS AS MUCH AS I KNEW GOD AT THE TIME AND I WAS FIGHTING FOR IT, THERE WAS A PART OF ME WHO JUST THOUGHT: I DON’T KNOW IF IT WILL EVER BE GONE.
(narrator) IT WAS GONE. THARINA HAS BEEN ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS NOW. SHE IS THE MANAGER OF A CHURCH DAY CARE, SHE HOME-SCHOOLS HER DAUGHTER TRISTIN, AND SHE IS FINALLY ABLE TO HELP OTHERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME ADDICTIONS THAT KEPT HER IN BONDAGE FOR YEARS.
(Joyce Meyer Ministries) THERE ARE GIRLS OUT THERE IN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT NOW THAT I PARTNER WITH A COUPLE OTHER GROUPS; THEY ARE EX-STRIPPERS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE IN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. THEY GO BACK INTO THE CLUBS AND SMILE AT THESE GIRLS AND GIVE THEM GIFT BAGS AND SAY, “WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE AND THAT WE LOVE YOU.” I GOT TO SPEAK WITH SOME YOUNG GIRLS THAT WERE PREGNANT. THEY THINK TO THEMSELVES: THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN RAISE A BABY. WHAT CAN I DO? WELL, I’VE GOT SOMETHING I CAN TELL YOU. IT’S AN AMAZING THING TO SIT THERE NOW BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE GOING THROUGH THE SAME STRUGGLES AND BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT JOYCE HAS DONE — SHARE THE HOPE. THERE IS NOTHING THAT THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD AND FIGHTING AND KEEPING HIM IN YOU THAT CAN’T BE ACCOMPLISHED. WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE — ALL THINGS. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE ON YOUR LIST THAT PROBABLY HASN’T BEEN ON MINE. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU’VE BEEN, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU, IT DOESN’T MATTER YOUR PAST, NONE OF IT MATTERS. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS GOD IN YOU AND YOU STAYING FOCUSED ON HIM. THERE ARE A LOT OF HELPERS, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION YOU NEED AND A LOT OF WORK YOU NEED TO DO, BUT THE MAIN THING IS: THROUGH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE — ALL THINGS.
Joyce Meyer Online – And then also we’re going to send you a bonus, which is three copies of a new book that I have written on beginning your new life with Christ and it’s called “a new way of living.” It’s just a small book that teaches you how to receive Christ as your savior, and then how to begin that new life with him.
