May 16, 2025 • 34 mins
What if the thing you're still clinging to is the very thing keeping you stuck?
In this raw, honest episode of Rooted & Recovered, Dan and Justin dig deep into Step Six of the 12-Step journey: “We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.”
This isn’t just about being tired of your mess—it’s about being ready to let God remove it. Step Six is the place where survival strategies meet surrender, and where coping mechanisms are finally laid at the feet of the One who can actually bring transformation.
Key Highlights:
- The difference between being tired of consequences and sick of the cycle
- What you protect from God, you keep—and what you keep, keeps you
- Our defects often started as survival mechanisms, but now they sabotage our growth
- Psalm 139:23–24 becomes your bold, dangerous prayer of surrender
- Isaiah’s encounter with God (Isaiah 6) shows that purification always comes before purpose
Scriptures Covered:
Psalm 139:23–24 • Isaiah 6:5–8 • Jeremiah 29:11 • John 15 • Romans 3:23 • Matthew 5:8 • James 1:4
Final Truth:
God doesn’t use perfect people—He uses surrendered ones. And the truth is, you’ll never change what you’re still trying to control. Step Six is your moment to stop bargaining and finally say: “God, I’m entirely ready. Take what I can’t carry.”
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This world doesn't hand outhealing.
It offers quick fixes, cheappies and empty promises, but
real recovery.
It takes roots.
Roots that dig deep into truth,into identity, into the
unshakeable grace of God.
We're not here to sugarcoat thestruggle.
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We've lived it.
Addiction, shame, relapse,regret, but we've also seen
resurrection.
We've seen what happened.
Happens when broken people getanchored in something real
rooted and recovered is morethan a podcast.
It's a battleground for thesoul.
A place where scars tellstories, where scripture speaks
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louder than shame, where freedomisn't just a word.
It's a war we win daily.
So if you're tired of surfacelevel answers, if you want truth
that convicts, hope that heals,and conversations that cut
through the noise, you're in theright place.
Welcome to Rooted and Recovered.
Justin (01:08):
Welcome everybody to another exciting episode of
Rooted and Recovered.
This is one half of the Dynamicduo, Justin Miller.
I am joined as always with Dan.
Dan, how are you doing today?
Dan (01:20):
I'm doing great, brother.
It is a beautiful day and uh, Icouldn't think of anything
better to do than sit in astudio with you and talk about
step six today, brother.
Step six,
Justin (01:36):
man.
You ever been so sick and tiredof just being sick and tired?
Mm-hmm.
Everybody's been there.
Right?
But the question isn't if you'resick and tired, the question is,
are you ready to stop?
Being sick and tired, becausethat's what step six is about,
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when you're finally tired ofyou.
Mm-hmm.
Right.
Step six, we are entirely readyto have God remove all these
defects of character.
And like I said, are you ready?
Or are you just tired?
Because there is a difference.
There's plenty of days that Iwake up tired, but I still get
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up and go to work.
Mm-hmm.
There's plenty of days that Iwake up tired and I still go do
what Justin needs to do.
But there are days when Justinis ready to take a break, when
he is ready to lay down, when hehas to, and that's where we're
at in step six.
We've already committed ourlives to Christ.
We've already admitted we neededhelp.
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And if you're here today andthis is your first time, I would
encourage you go back to stepone, go back to episode one and
start listening.
And there's no shame.
Do not despise humblebeginnings.
Go back to the beginning.
But for those of us who's beenon this journey, today is the
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day that we have to understand.
Something has to change.
And that's what this is about.
When you get to that moment andyou realize that something has
to change,
Dan (03:19):
Justin, you asked the the question, are you ready or just
tired?
and let's just be real.
Everybody wants change but noteveryone is ready.
there's a difference betweenbeing tired of the consequences
and being sick of the cycle, andstep six, Justin, it's not about
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being perfect.
It's about being positioned.
It's about being willing, andit's about being open and
surrendered.
And until family, listen to me,until you are entirely ready,
you'll keep bargaining with yourdysfunction.
You'll say things like, well,I'm working on it, or, you know,
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I, I'm doing better, or, or, youknow what, man, at least I'm not
as bad as I used to be.
are you ready to let it go?
Or are you still defendingwhat's destroying you?
Because family, you can't bedelivered from something that
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you keep
Justin (04:24):
justifying.
I think of it as a masterpiecethat God's trying to create with
us.
Right?
And you think of him.
He's got a chiseling hand andhe's knocking off those chunks
that don't need to be there.
Right?
He's making you, he's moldingyou into the image of Christ
that he desires.
'cause along with that image ofChrist comes healing, along with
that image of Christ comes thatGodfidence, as I like to call
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it, where you can realize it'snot about me, it's about him.
But here's the thing about God,he's perfect in all his ways.
Meaning when he's swinging thatchisel and hammer, he's not
missing the mark.
Mm-hmm.
The problem is too often, I likewhat you said, we're defending,
we are moving out of the waybecause we're just not quite
ready to give that up yet.
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Ah, God.
You know, I know that's a hardpart of my life, but I'm just
not quite ready to let it go andthere's many different reasons
for that.
Sometimes it's'cause we'recomfortable in the chaos.
You'd be surprised how manytimes you hear people say is, I
won't know anything else otherthan chaos.
So how can I find peace in it?
Because fear of the unknown.
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Is a very real fear.
And then there's other timeswhen we're just not ready to let
go of it because we're not,we're scared of the unknown and
we're scared of what we'llbecome.
You're scared of what the futureholds, not only around you, but
in you, because who will you bewithout that?
If you don't get anxious overthis, what are you gonna replace
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it with?
Well, let me tell you something.
If you are in Christ, you aregonna replace it with
Christ-like things.
But in order for that to happen,you have to be ready.
Dan (06:02):
For that to happen.
Well, think about that, Justin.
How many times do we bargainwith the, the chaos and the
dysfunction in our lives?
How, if I'm being honest withmyself, how many times did I
look somebody in the face, deepinto my addiction and say, well,
I'm, I'm working on it.
you know, that old, that oldchildren's song, we used to sing
in Sunday school.
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he's still working on me.
how many times have we saidthat?
But all we're doing is defendingwhat is destroying me.
And that's what I love aboutthis step right here, Justin.
This is a real, honest, realstep.
It has nothing to do with beingperfect.
Stop thinking you're gonna beperfect.
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Stop thinking you're gonna haveit all figured out.
What this step is all about,Justin, is about you and I being
positioned, you and I beingwilling and open, and more
importantly, being willing tosurrender that to God.
Justin (06:58):
And I love what you said.
It's willing.
That's all God's asking you todo did.
That's it, dude.
He's not asking you to get itfigured out.
He's not asking you to do it.
He's just asking you to bewilling.
That's why if you haven't doneit, go back to step one.
Understand you're not God.
Understand that he is God, andunderstand that you need God and
then give to God.
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Right?
Understand that it's God who'sgonna do this work in you, and
it's hard.
I've, I've tried getting rid ofthose things in my life that I
didn't want to be there.
But when I came to God, Iwatched those things fall away
in a way that I could neverimagine.
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you look at our characterdefects and you might think,
well, what are they?
Well, oftentimes.
Their coping mechanisms that wehave built up in our life over
time trying to deal with thetrauma because instead of facing
it, it was easier to pretend itwasn't there.
Dan (07:57):
Mm, that's good.
Justin (08:00):
It's like the person who every time something happened in
their house where there wasfighting and violence.
They'd run to their room andthey'd turn their TV on and
they'd lose themselves in thescreen.
Mm-hmm.
And they'd pretend that theywere the characters on the
screen so that their life wouldfeel better.
And then they grow up and theywonder why.
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Well, why do I have a hard timebeing honest with people?
Because your whole life, youspent lying to yourself.
Why do I struggle withpornography?
Because your whole life, you'vebeen putting yourself in other
people's movies.
You've been pretending to besomebody you're not.
But this is us saying, God, I'mtired of pretending, but not
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only am I tired, I'm ready foryou to
Dan (08:46):
remove it because I can't.
you said it, those are lies thatwe tell ourselves.
Why, so we can stay broken.
Justin.
And you hit the nail on the headjust a, a few moments ago.
Our character defects are oftentied to our survival strategies,
those coping mechanisms, if youwill, that we built in chaos.
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Think about this anger.
It made you what?
It made you feel powerful.
What control give you, it gaveyou security.
What's people pleasing doing?
It's making you feel needed.
But now what's once served you,Justin, is now sabotaging you.
That very coping mechanism, thatvery survival strategy, that
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wall, if you will, that you havebuilt up around your life, that
thing that used to protect youis now destroying you.
It's sabotaging you, friend.
But I love what David said, andwe just talked about this a
couple episodes ago in Psalmschapter 139:23- 24.
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Get your Bible out.
Highlight this scripture righthere because this.
Is a powerful, bold prayer thatwhen somebody's ready for
change, this is the type ofprayer you pray.
If you're not, don't read thisprayer family, because I'm
telling you, it's a real, bold,honest, raw prayer.
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But listen to what David said.
He said, search me God.
Not search me friend, not searchme, counselor, not search me,
uh, dope or alcohol or whatever.
That, that, that survivalstrategy.
Search me, uh, anger, search me,control, search me.
People pleasing, no.
David is saying, search me God,and know my heart.
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Test me and know my anxiousthoughts.
Verse 24 says, see if there isany offense in me and lead me in
the way everlasting.
Justin, this is not a politeprayer.
It's dangerous.
It's the kind of prayer thatinvites God into the rooms that
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you have.
Kept locked, but it's also justthe kind of prayer that leads to
true lasting change, not justbehavior modifications, Justin,
but we're talking a pure hearttransformation because the thing
is family, God won't force hisway into areas that you are
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still trying to manage.
Justin (11:29):
So what are you trying to manage today?
I have to ask myself thatquestion in the morning.
You see, everybody thinksrepentance is a one time and
done thing.
Every day I wake up and say,Lord, search me know my heart.
Test my thoughts.
Point out anything in me thatoffends you and lead me in the
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way everlasting.
You see, here's the thing.
If we want to be led in the way,everlasting, the way to life
goes through Christ.
Dan (11:57):
Mm
Justin (11:57):
Guess what Christ says, if you abide in my love, I will
be with you and you will haveeternal life.
The problem is if we're hidingthings from God and trying to
protect things that he's tellingus to get rid of, guess what
we're doing?
Saying, God, your love isn'tgood enough.
I don't want you to have thatpart of me.
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I'm not ready to give up thatthing in my life that you're
telling me to give up.
Let me tell you, that's a scaryplace to be because when you're
there, you're not ready.
And you wonder why day after dayyou get up and you struggle with
the same thing over and overagain.
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And I know you're sick.
I know you're tired, and that'sgood and that's great, but you
have to be ready when it comesto this step, and that's why
it's important.
To have the Holy Spirit in yourlife because he will give you
the strength to say that boldprayer.
You see, it's only through Godthat this has truly
accomplished, and I'm not takingaway from the programs, I'm not
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taking away right from the, thetreatments and all that.
But what I am saying is, likeDan said, if you want real
lasting change, if you want lifeand life more abundantly, you
have to give yourself over tothe vine dresser.
Let him till that soil.
Let him remove the rock.
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Let him remove the thorn andthistle and let his word plant
on the tender soil.
That is your heart.
That's what this is.
This is us saying, God, I'mready for you to have my heart,
all of it.
Remove those things that chokeyour word out.
Dan (13:41):
Amen.
And that's the thing, guys.
I'd said this just a few momentsago.
God won't force his ways intoareas of your life that you're
still trying to manage.
And here's the cold hard truth,what you protect, guess what
family you keep.
And here is a, it's the brutaltruth.
Anything you protect from God,guess what?
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You keep.
So what does that mean?
You'll keep bitterness.
I.
That means you'll keep jealousy.
and God will let you until youfinally say, I don't want this
anymore.
Justin.
This is what makes step six sopowerful.
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It's where your healing becomesintentional.
Guess what?
It's not about your feelings.
You might feel attached to it,but willingness is saying, God,
even if I'm scared to lose it, Itrust you to replace it because
you'll never change family whatyou're still trying to control.
Justin (14:51):
We're entirely ready.
That means beyond a shadow of adoubt, that codependency, that
you're struggling with that,like Dan said, that anger, that
bitterness, that rage.
What about that fear ofrejection?
Dan (15:06):
Mm-hmm.
Justin (15:06):
You don't wanna let it go.
You think, well man, I would,but how am I, how am I gonna
know that I'm loved?
Look at the cross.
Look at what he's done.
Look at what he's doing.
Look at what he's gonna do.
You see, God promises us inJeremiah 29 for I know the plans
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I have for you.
Dan (15:28):
Yep.
Justin (15:29):
Right Now, I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that every
day here on this earth, who,man, it's great and it's gravy
and you're not gonna struggle.
Right?
And you're not gonna have harddays.
But what I am gonna tell you ishe has a spiritual plan for your
life that is good, that is foundin him.
That one day you will walk onstreets of gold where there is
no sorrow, there is no pain.
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But let me tell you something,you can have strength in this
life to overcome those thingsthat come against you right
here.
You feel like you struggle withpatience and you're always being
impatient.
Why not ask God to remove thatfrom you and let him give you
the same patience that he hadwith you for your whole life
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before you came to him.
You feel like you can't trustanybody.
You feel like those, those justthose issues that nobody else
knows about, but you project,right?
Because what we don't realize isoftentimes those things in us.
That we dislike the most are thethings the rest of the world
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sees.
Dan (16:35):
Amen.
Justin (16:36):
They're the things that everybody out there, your family
members, they see when you getangry, they see, they see your
trust issues, they see yourbrokenness.
God sees it, and let me tell yousomething, he's not scared.
Dan (16:53):
No, he's
Justin (16:53):
not.
He's not waiting there with aruler in his hand to smack you
for.
You know, how dare you be likethis?
He's saying, I know you're likethis.
Are you ready for me to
Dan (17:05):
take
Justin (17:05):
it?
Dan (17:06):
Well, that's the spirit of religion.
Justin, I was raised in a, a, areligion.
Um, I didn't have a relationshipwith God till I was 33 years
old.
I was raised in a religion towhere, you know, you were scared
to the altar.
You were scared to be servingGod and then you were scared
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during your whole time youserved God that one wrong move,
that he was going to blast youwith a lightning bolt and just
wipe you off the face of thisearth.
And that's what, that's a majorproblem.
That's why so many people staystuck.
But I love what you said,Jeremiah 29:11 for.
I know the plans I have for you.
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Declares who the Lord, the Lord.
Plans to prosper you and not toharm you.
Plans to give you hope.
And a future.
Now, I don't know about youfamily, but when I was in my
deepest part of my addiction,even early in my recovery,
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Justin, two words, I knewnothing about hope and future.
Hmm.
I knew nothing about those.
But when I gave my heart and mylife to the Lord and I
surrendered my will and I, and Iconfessed not only to God but to
that accountability partner likewe just talked about last week,
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and now in this step six thatI'm literally.
Entirely just sick and tired,and I'm ready to have God to
remove all those defects, allthose things that are making my
character bad, that God issaying, you know what?
Dan, I already got you.
I got plans for you.
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I got plans to prosper you.
What addiction tried to do toyou to kill you?
I've got plans to prosper you.
When suicidal thoughts tried toharm you?
I got plans.
Dan, that's not to harm you.
In fact, I give you hope.
I give you future and family.
You can't find that and youwon't.
Find that in anything in thisworld besides Jesus and Justin.
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I know that's a bold statement,man, but I'm telling you,
family, I've been there, I'vedone that.
I've tried that.
I've banked hope into things.
I've banked hope into people,and I've banked hope into
programs for them to only let medown.
But only Jesus family cansatisfy your soul.
He says to you.
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I have plans for you.
Plans to prosper you not to harmyou, plans to give you hope and
a future.
Justin (19:50):
And the reason he has plans for you is because he
loves you.
Amen.
You see, God loves you rightwhere you are, but you know what
else?
God loves you enough not toleave you there.
He doesn't want to see.
You continue to struggle withthe same things you've been
struggling with.
Now, sometimes he'll use thosethings to refine us.
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Yeah.
Because we need to be refinedand he'll uses those things to
get us to that point where we'reentirely ready.
Mm-hmm.
You know, for a long time Istruggled with anger.
I'm not gonna say that I'mperfect and that every once in a
while, that old man, and we'lltalk snap of a finger.
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Mm-hmm.
The old Justin sometimes is woo.
Oh yeah.
But before I came to Christ,that was a part of my identity.
If you ask people about me, theywere gonna say that he was
angry.
Right.
And that's a character defectbecause that anger for a long
time.
It kept people at bay and itkept people from getting close
because I had such a fear ofrejection that I didn't even
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want people to get close to me.
I had abandonment issues andtrust issues.
So my defense mechanism was tojust keep people at bay.
And then I came to Christ and Ijust let'em love me.
And I remember getting mad at myson one day and I stopped and I
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said, is this really.
You know, I had been sick andtired of it before, right?
I had been, you know, in that,oh, woe is me.
But that's the difference.
And the Bible talks aboutworldly sorrow and godly sorrow.
This was that point where it wasno longer woe is me.
It's God, this isn't me.
This isn't who you're asking meto be, and I'm ready for you to
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remove it.
And he did.
It wasn't, he didn't smack me inthe mouth and punch me in the
gut and tell me, just suck it upbuttercup.
Put your boots on.
He said, Justin, I, I love youin spite of this.
Yep.
Dan (21:58):
Yeah.
I have plans for you.
It's because you encountered hisholiness, Justin.
And that's what happens fam whenyou encounter his holiness.
And it brings us to, ourscripture focus for today, and
that was in Isaiah's encounter.
I encourage you to go to Isaiahchapter six and read verses five
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through eight.
This is what it says.
Just says, woe to me.
I cried.
This is Isaiah the prophettalking.
Woe to me, I cried.
I am ruined for I am a man ofunclean lips and I have lived
among a people of unclean lipsand my eyes have seen the king.
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The Lord Almighty.
Then one of the seraphim flew tome with a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with tongsfrom the altar with it.
He touched my mouth and said,see, this has touched your lips.
Your guilt is taken away andyour sin atoned for Then I heard
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the voice of the Lord saying,whom shall I send and who will
go for us?
And I said, this is Isaiah.
And I said, here I am.
Send me.
Now you think about this for amoment, Justin.
When Isaiah is brought face toface with the glory of God, his
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first reaction isn't to sing, itwas to shatter.
He doesn't raise his hands.
This man drops to his knees andhe cries.
Woe to me.
I am ruined for, I am a man ofunclean lips, but that's the
power family of holyconfrontation.
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You see, the closer you get toGod, the more.
Clearly you see how broken youstill are.
But see, God didn't leave Isaiahin the wreckage.
He's not leaving you in thewreckage today.
In fact, the Bible says he takesa live coal from the altar and
he touches Isaiah's mouth.
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Not to punish him family, but topurify him.
And he says, your guilt.
Has been taken away.
Your sin has been atoned for,and right here in the ashes of
confession, we just talked aboutthis in the last episode, step
five guys, go back and read thatin the ashes of confession, what
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happens?
Justin purpose is born becausethe very next thing Isaiah hears
God asking is, whom shall I sendand whom shall go for us?
And the very next thing Isaiahsays is, here I am.
Send me.
Do you see the shift?
He went from, I am ruined.
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To one encounter with God to Iam ready.
He went from I'm unclean to thatencounter with God to I am
available.
And this is what God does,family.
He doesn't skip over thebrokenness.
He redeems it and he releasesyou into your purpose because of
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it.
Family purification always comesbefore purpose.
Because God doesn't use perfectpeople.
He uses surrendered ones,
Justin (25:24):
and before that comes honesty.
You have to get honest withyourself and realize that there
are things in your life that Goddoesn't approve of.
I, this is coming from a pastor,so you're thinking, oh, it's
just a pastor preaching thesermon.
Let me tell you, as a brother inChrist, because look, you can
call me Pastor Justin all day,but at the end of the day, Jesus
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Christ is the head of everychurch I've ever attended, and
all I am is a brother intribulation.
A brother in suffering is Johnwould say, and let me tell you,
the one thing I've learned isthat if I'm not willing to get
honest, if I'm not willing toput away those.
Things that God told me to putaway that I'm never gonna be
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ready.
This is us saying, Lord, I'mready.
And look, it's here.
It's here.
And I think I think of abaptism.
I think of you going into thewater and you coming out.
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This is the other side of that.
This is being raised to newlife.
This is the old falling away.
The old has to fall away for thenew to come, but you have to be
ready for it to fall awaybecause too many times we're
holding onto these things in ourlife for no reason at all.
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They don't bring anything good,
Dan (26:57):
right?
Justin (26:58):
But God does.
For, I know the plans I have foryou, and I love, I love this
about Isaiah and this is to thatChristian today.
Who thinks that, man, you've gotit made.
Can I tell you something?
Isaiah was a prophet.
Yep.
Isaiah had been a prophet.
This wasn't first chapter Isaiahbefore he came.
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This is Isaiah six.
He was already called doing whatGod had asked him to do, and now
he stands in the presence of amighty God.
And I don't understand whypeople think that God has
changed.
That is the same God then as itis today.
And guess what, Isaiah, it's thesame response I had when I was
in that moment, Dan, when I wastalking about, I said, God, woe
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is me.
And he said, I understand thathot coal.
That's Jesus Christ.
He comes and those characterdefects, he burns them away.
It's the fire of the HolySpirit.
It's the touch of God thatpushes those things out of your
life that doesn't need to bethere.
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But like Isaiah, we need to falldown first and say, Lord, I have
these in my life and I'm readyfor you to get rid of them.
Dan (28:11):
That's the thing.
It, that's what Isaiah did.
He, he said, Woe is me.
I'm a man of unclean lips.
And then he gives his life.
He offers himself to God,Justin, and that's what you
gotta do, family.
It's not about being perfect.
It's not about having everythingall figured out.
It's just being willing andavailable, but more importantly,
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having a surrendered heart toGod.
So the
Justin (28:39):
question, what are you still gripping?
Dan (28:43):
Hmm?
Justin (28:43):
Ask yourself today, what am I still holding onto?
What character defect am I notwilling to let go of?
And then ask yourself why Noticeit doesn't say character or
tribute.
These things that God's askingus to remove aren't the good
parts of us that right.
Make everybody like us.
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These are the parts of us that.
That hurt others.
These are the parts of us thatnot only hurt others, if we're
being honest, they break us.
But look, there is a beauty inbeing broken.
Mm-hmm.
Because it's there that God canfinally show up and show out.
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When I came to the end of me,God started, and this is us
coming to the end of us andsaying, God, I'm ready
Dan (29:33):
for you to start.
Amen.
You know, what is that onething?
Family.
Justin asked a good question andit's making me even think about
it right now as we're doing thispodcast.
What's that one thing you'restill holding onto?
But you know, you know, deepdown inside that God has been
asking you to release it.
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What is it?
Is it pride?
Is it control?
Is it fear of being vulnerable?
Is it a hard heart towardssomeone who's hurt you?
But see, family, step six iswhere you and I stop saying
maybe someday, and we startsaying today because there's no
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freedom, without willingness andno willingness, family without
surrender.
You see, this isn't aboutbehavior, it's about posture.
Are your hands still clenched?
Are they finally open?
Justin, we're about to wrap thispodcast up, brother.
(30:37):
I could keep going on and onabout this.
Is there anything you want toclose with before we, uh, say
goodbye to the listener thisweek?
Justin (30:49):
I just wanna do a little bit of housekeeping.
Um, guys, when you hear the wordsupport, you think.
They want money.
They're just asking fordonations.
We're not, you know, when Ithink of support, I think of the
brother standing next to methat's getting ready to ask God
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to remove those characterdefects and they just need
somebody to lean on.
Mm-hmm.
You see, this is about more thana podcast.
This is about a family.
This is about a forever familyin Christ.
Guys, pray for one another.
Pray for us.
Pray for this ministry.
Pray that these podcasts get outand reach the one that needs to
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hear it.
We ask you to like, share,subscribe.
Go to our Facebook page, checkout the Instagram page.
We're getting started.
Go to our podcast page, letpeople know that there's hope in
Christ.
Amen.
And guys, be there for oneanother.
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Look, we have a Facebook pageand I want to encourage you, and
I've seen it on our prayerrequest, man, if you're going
through something, just say it.
Put it out there.
And if you're the one readingthat pray, don't just say, Hey,
I'm gonna pray.
Mm-hmm.
Take time and pray because thisis what it's about.
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Christian brothers and sisters.
Being the Christian brothers andsisters that God's called us to
Dan (32:28):
be.
Amen guys.
God's ready, grace.
It's available.
It's abundant.
The question is, are you, I'mnot talking about just being
tired of the consequences.
I'm not just talking about beingaware of your defects.
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But I'm asking you today, areyou entirely ready?
Like step six says, are youentirely ready to lay it all
down to allow God to remove whatyou've been trying to manage?
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Family.
We love and honor you.
We thank you so much forallowing us into your home, to
your vehicle, into your ear.
Justin said, pray for us.
Jesus said he took his disciplesout and he said, look, the
fields are ripe for harvest, buteven Jesus made a prayer
(33:33):
request.
He said, but pray for workersbecause they're few.
We need your prayer family.
We need your support, like andshare these podcasts.
Get this podcast out to someonethat you know could use it.
Until next time, family stayrooted, stay recovered, and
let's get to work.
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You are not just surviving.
You are becoming, becomingrooted in truth, becoming
recovered by grace, and becomingthe person God always knew you
could be.
Thanks for joining us on Rootedin Recovered.
If this episode stirredsomething in you, don't keep it
to yourself.
Share it, live it, let it takeroot.
(34:19):
We'll see you next time righthere where scars become
testimonies and hope rises fromthe ashes.
This world doesn't hand outhealing.
It offers quick fixes, cheappies and empty promises, but
real recovery.
It takes roots.
Roots that dig deep into truth,into identity, into the
unshakeable grace of God.
We're not here to sugarcoat thestruggle.
(00:22):
We've lived it.
Addiction, shame, relapse,regret, but we've also seen
resurrection.
We've seen what happened.
Happens when broken people getanchored in something real
rooted and recovered is morethan a podcast.
It's a battleground for thesoul.
A place where scars tellstories, where scripture speaks
(00:43):
louder than shame, where freedomisn't just a word.
It's a war we win daily.
So if you're tired of surfacelevel answers, if you want truth
that convicts, hope that heals,and conversations that cut
through the noise, you're in theright place.
Welcome to Rooted and Recovered.
Justin (01:08):
Welcome everybody to another exciting episode of
Rooted and Recovered.
This is one half of the Dynamicduo, Justin Miller.
I am joined as always with Dan.
Dan, how are you doing today?
Dan (01:20):
I'm doing great, brother.
It is a beautiful day and uh, Icouldn't think of anything
better to do than sit in astudio with you and talk about
step six today, brother.
Step six,
Justin (01:36):
man.
You ever been so sick and tiredof just being sick and tired?
Mm-hmm.
Everybody's been there.
Right?
But the question isn't if you'resick and tired, the question is,
are you ready to stop?
Being sick and tired, becausethat's what step six is about,
(01:57):
when you're finally tired ofyou.
Mm-hmm.
Right.
Step six, we are entirely readyto have God remove all these
defects of character.
And like I said, are you ready?
Or are you just tired?
Because there is a difference.
There's plenty of days that Iwake up tired, but I still get
(02:20):
up and go to work.
Mm-hmm.
There's plenty of days that Iwake up tired and I still go do
what Justin needs to do.
But there are days when Justinis ready to take a break, when
he is ready to lay down, when hehas to, and that's where we're
at in step six.
We've already committed ourlives to Christ.
We've already admitted we neededhelp.
(02:41):
And if you're here today andthis is your first time, I would
encourage you go back to stepone, go back to episode one and
start listening.
And there's no shame.
Do not despise humblebeginnings.
Go back to the beginning.
But for those of us who's beenon this journey, today is the
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day that we have to understand.
Something has to change.
And that's what this is about.
When you get to that moment andyou realize that something has
to change,
Dan (03:19):
Justin, you asked the the question, are you ready or just
tired?
and let's just be real.
Everybody wants change but noteveryone is ready.
there's a difference betweenbeing tired of the consequences
and being sick of the cycle, andstep six, Justin, it's not about
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being perfect.
It's about being positioned.
It's about being willing, andit's about being open and
surrendered.
And until family, listen to me,until you are entirely ready,
you'll keep bargaining with yourdysfunction.
You'll say things like, well,I'm working on it, or, you know,
(04:03):
I, I'm doing better, or, or, youknow what, man, at least I'm not
as bad as I used to be.
are you ready to let it go?
Or are you still defendingwhat's destroying you?
Because family, you can't bedelivered from something that
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you keep
Justin (04:24):
justifying.
I think of it as a masterpiecethat God's trying to create with
us.
Right?
And you think of him.
He's got a chiseling hand andhe's knocking off those chunks
that don't need to be there.
Right?
He's making you, he's moldingyou into the image of Christ
that he desires.
'cause along with that image ofChrist comes healing, along with
that image of Christ comes thatGodfidence, as I like to call
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it, where you can realize it'snot about me, it's about him.
But here's the thing about God,he's perfect in all his ways.
Meaning when he's swinging thatchisel and hammer, he's not
missing the mark.
Mm-hmm.
The problem is too often, I likewhat you said, we're defending,
we are moving out of the waybecause we're just not quite
ready to give that up yet.
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Ah, God.
You know, I know that's a hardpart of my life, but I'm just
not quite ready to let it go andthere's many different reasons
for that.
Sometimes it's'cause we'recomfortable in the chaos.
You'd be surprised how manytimes you hear people say is, I
won't know anything else otherthan chaos.
So how can I find peace in it?
Because fear of the unknown.
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Is a very real fear.
And then there's other timeswhen we're just not ready to let
go of it because we're not,we're scared of the unknown and
we're scared of what we'llbecome.
You're scared of what the futureholds, not only around you, but
in you, because who will you bewithout that?
If you don't get anxious overthis, what are you gonna replace
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it with?
Well, let me tell you something.
If you are in Christ, you aregonna replace it with
Christ-like things.
But in order for that to happen,you have to be ready.
Dan (06:02):
For that to happen.
Well, think about that, Justin.
How many times do we bargainwith the, the chaos and the
dysfunction in our lives?
How, if I'm being honest withmyself, how many times did I
look somebody in the face, deepinto my addiction and say, well,
I'm, I'm working on it.
you know, that old, that oldchildren's song, we used to sing
in Sunday school.
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he's still working on me.
how many times have we saidthat?
But all we're doing is defendingwhat is destroying me.
And that's what I love aboutthis step right here, Justin.
This is a real, honest, realstep.
It has nothing to do with beingperfect.
Stop thinking you're gonna beperfect.
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Stop thinking you're gonna haveit all figured out.
What this step is all about,Justin, is about you and I being
positioned, you and I beingwilling and open, and more
importantly, being willing tosurrender that to God.
Justin (06:58):
And I love what you said.
It's willing.
That's all God's asking you todo did.
That's it, dude.
He's not asking you to get itfigured out.
He's not asking you to do it.
He's just asking you to bewilling.
That's why if you haven't doneit, go back to step one.
Understand you're not God.
Understand that he is God, andunderstand that you need God and
then give to God.
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Right?
Understand that it's God who'sgonna do this work in you, and
it's hard.
I've, I've tried getting rid ofthose things in my life that I
didn't want to be there.
But when I came to God, Iwatched those things fall away
in a way that I could neverimagine.
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you look at our characterdefects and you might think,
well, what are they?
Well, oftentimes.
Their coping mechanisms that wehave built up in our life over
time trying to deal with thetrauma because instead of facing
it, it was easier to pretend itwasn't there.
Dan (07:57):
Mm, that's good.
Justin (08:00):
It's like the person who every time something happened in
their house where there wasfighting and violence.
They'd run to their room andthey'd turn their TV on and
they'd lose themselves in thescreen.
Mm-hmm.
And they'd pretend that theywere the characters on the
screen so that their life wouldfeel better.
And then they grow up and theywonder why.
(08:21):
Well, why do I have a hard timebeing honest with people?
Because your whole life, youspent lying to yourself.
Why do I struggle withpornography?
Because your whole life, you'vebeen putting yourself in other
people's movies.
You've been pretending to besomebody you're not.
But this is us saying, God, I'mtired of pretending, but not
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only am I tired, I'm ready foryou to
Dan (08:46):
remove it because I can't.
you said it, those are lies thatwe tell ourselves.
Why, so we can stay broken.
Justin.
And you hit the nail on the headjust a, a few moments ago.
Our character defects are oftentied to our survival strategies,
those coping mechanisms, if youwill, that we built in chaos.
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Think about this anger.
It made you what?
It made you feel powerful.
What control give you, it gaveyou security.
What's people pleasing doing?
It's making you feel needed.
But now what's once served you,Justin, is now sabotaging you.
That very coping mechanism, thatvery survival strategy, that
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wall, if you will, that you havebuilt up around your life, that
thing that used to protect youis now destroying you.
It's sabotaging you, friend.
But I love what David said, andwe just talked about this a
couple episodes ago in Psalmschapter 139:23- 24.
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Get your Bible out.
Highlight this scripture righthere because this.
Is a powerful, bold prayer thatwhen somebody's ready for
change, this is the type ofprayer you pray.
If you're not, don't read thisprayer family, because I'm
telling you, it's a real, bold,honest, raw prayer.
(10:17):
But listen to what David said.
He said, search me God.
Not search me friend, not searchme, counselor, not search me,
uh, dope or alcohol or whatever.
That, that, that survivalstrategy.
Search me, uh, anger, search me,control, search me.
People pleasing, no.
David is saying, search me God,and know my heart.
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Test me and know my anxiousthoughts.
Verse 24 says, see if there isany offense in me and lead me in
the way everlasting.
Justin, this is not a politeprayer.
It's dangerous.
It's the kind of prayer thatinvites God into the rooms that
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you have.
Kept locked, but it's also justthe kind of prayer that leads to
true lasting change, not justbehavior modifications, Justin,
but we're talking a pure hearttransformation because the thing
is family, God won't force hisway into areas that you are
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still trying to manage.
Justin (11:29):
So what are you trying to manage today?
I have to ask myself thatquestion in the morning.
You see, everybody thinksrepentance is a one time and
done thing.
Every day I wake up and say,Lord, search me know my heart.
Test my thoughts.
Point out anything in me thatoffends you and lead me in the
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way everlasting.
You see, here's the thing.
If we want to be led in the way,everlasting, the way to life
goes through Christ.
Dan (11:57):
Mm
Justin (11:57):
Guess what Christ says, if you abide in my love, I will
be with you and you will haveeternal life.
The problem is if we're hidingthings from God and trying to
protect things that he's tellingus to get rid of, guess what
we're doing?
Saying, God, your love isn'tgood enough.
I don't want you to have thatpart of me.
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I'm not ready to give up thatthing in my life that you're
telling me to give up.
Let me tell you, that's a scaryplace to be because when you're
there, you're not ready.
And you wonder why day after dayyou get up and you struggle with
the same thing over and overagain.
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And I know you're sick.
I know you're tired, and that'sgood and that's great, but you
have to be ready when it comesto this step, and that's why
it's important.
To have the Holy Spirit in yourlife because he will give you
the strength to say that boldprayer.
You see, it's only through Godthat this has truly
accomplished, and I'm not takingaway from the programs, I'm not
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taking away right from the, thetreatments and all that.
But what I am saying is, likeDan said, if you want real
lasting change, if you want lifeand life more abundantly, you
have to give yourself over tothe vine dresser.
Let him till that soil.
Let him remove the rock.
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Let him remove the thorn andthistle and let his word plant
on the tender soil.
That is your heart.
That's what this is.
This is us saying, God, I'mready for you to have my heart,
all of it.
Remove those things that chokeyour word out.
Dan (13:41):
Amen.
And that's the thing, guys.
I'd said this just a few momentsago.
God won't force his ways intoareas of your life that you're
still trying to manage.
And here's the cold hard truth,what you protect, guess what
family you keep.
And here is a, it's the brutaltruth.
Anything you protect from God,guess what?
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You keep.
So what does that mean?
You'll keep bitterness.
I.
That means you'll keep jealousy.
and God will let you until youfinally say, I don't want this
anymore.
Justin.
This is what makes step six sopowerful.
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It's where your healing becomesintentional.
Guess what?
It's not about your feelings.
You might feel attached to it,but willingness is saying, God,
even if I'm scared to lose it, Itrust you to replace it because
you'll never change family whatyou're still trying to control.
Justin (14:51):
We're entirely ready.
That means beyond a shadow of adoubt, that codependency, that
you're struggling with that,like Dan said, that anger, that
bitterness, that rage.
What about that fear ofrejection?
Dan (15:06):
Mm-hmm.
Justin (15:06):
You don't wanna let it go.
You think, well man, I would,but how am I, how am I gonna
know that I'm loved?
Look at the cross.
Look at what he's done.
Look at what he's doing.
Look at what he's gonna do.
You see, God promises us inJeremiah 29 for I know the plans
(15:27):
I have for you.
Dan (15:28):
Yep.
Justin (15:29):
Right Now, I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that every
day here on this earth, who,man, it's great and it's gravy
and you're not gonna struggle.
Right?
And you're not gonna have harddays.
But what I am gonna tell you ishe has a spiritual plan for your
life that is good, that is foundin him.
That one day you will walk onstreets of gold where there is
no sorrow, there is no pain.
(15:51):
But let me tell you something,you can have strength in this
life to overcome those thingsthat come against you right
here.
You feel like you struggle withpatience and you're always being
impatient.
Why not ask God to remove thatfrom you and let him give you
the same patience that he hadwith you for your whole life
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before you came to him.
You feel like you can't trustanybody.
You feel like those, those justthose issues that nobody else
knows about, but you project,right?
Because what we don't realize isoftentimes those things in us.
That we dislike the most are thethings the rest of the world
(16:34):
sees.
Dan (16:35):
Amen.
Justin (16:36):
They're the things that everybody out there, your family
members, they see when you getangry, they see, they see your
trust issues, they see yourbrokenness.
God sees it, and let me tell yousomething, he's not scared.
Dan (16:53):
No, he's
Justin (16:53):
not.
He's not waiting there with aruler in his hand to smack you
for.
You know, how dare you be likethis?
He's saying, I know you're likethis.
Are you ready for me to
Dan (17:05):
take
Justin (17:05):
it?
Dan (17:06):
Well, that's the spirit of religion.
Justin, I was raised in a, a, areligion.
Um, I didn't have a relationshipwith God till I was 33 years
old.
I was raised in a religion towhere, you know, you were scared
to the altar.
You were scared to be servingGod and then you were scared
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during your whole time youserved God that one wrong move,
that he was going to blast youwith a lightning bolt and just
wipe you off the face of thisearth.
And that's what, that's a majorproblem.
That's why so many people staystuck.
But I love what you said,Jeremiah 29:11 for.
I know the plans I have for you.
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Declares who the Lord, the Lord.
Plans to prosper you and not toharm you.
Plans to give you hope.
And a future.
Now, I don't know about youfamily, but when I was in my
deepest part of my addiction,even early in my recovery,
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Justin, two words, I knewnothing about hope and future.
Hmm.
I knew nothing about those.
But when I gave my heart and mylife to the Lord and I
surrendered my will and I, and Iconfessed not only to God but to
that accountability partner likewe just talked about last week,
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and now in this step six thatI'm literally.
Entirely just sick and tired,and I'm ready to have God to
remove all those defects, allthose things that are making my
character bad, that God issaying, you know what?
Dan, I already got you.
I got plans for you.
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I got plans to prosper you.
What addiction tried to do toyou to kill you?
I've got plans to prosper you.
When suicidal thoughts tried toharm you?
I got plans.
Dan, that's not to harm you.
In fact, I give you hope.
I give you future and family.
You can't find that and youwon't.
Find that in anything in thisworld besides Jesus and Justin.
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I know that's a bold statement,man, but I'm telling you,
family, I've been there, I'vedone that.
I've tried that.
I've banked hope into things.
I've banked hope into people,and I've banked hope into
programs for them to only let medown.
But only Jesus family cansatisfy your soul.
He says to you.
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I have plans for you.
Plans to prosper you not to harmyou, plans to give you hope and
a future.
Justin (19:50):
And the reason he has plans for you is because he
loves you.
Amen.
You see, God loves you rightwhere you are, but you know what
else?
God loves you enough not toleave you there.
He doesn't want to see.
You continue to struggle withthe same things you've been
struggling with.
Now, sometimes he'll use thosethings to refine us.
(20:14):
Yeah.
Because we need to be refinedand he'll uses those things to
get us to that point where we'reentirely ready.
Mm-hmm.
You know, for a long time Istruggled with anger.
I'm not gonna say that I'mperfect and that every once in a
while, that old man, and we'lltalk snap of a finger.
(20:37):
Mm-hmm.
The old Justin sometimes is woo.
Oh yeah.
But before I came to Christ,that was a part of my identity.
If you ask people about me, theywere gonna say that he was
angry.
Right.
And that's a character defectbecause that anger for a long
time.
It kept people at bay and itkept people from getting close
because I had such a fear ofrejection that I didn't even
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want people to get close to me.
I had abandonment issues andtrust issues.
So my defense mechanism was tojust keep people at bay.
And then I came to Christ and Ijust let'em love me.
And I remember getting mad at myson one day and I stopped and I
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said, is this really.
You know, I had been sick andtired of it before, right?
I had been, you know, in that,oh, woe is me.
But that's the difference.
And the Bible talks aboutworldly sorrow and godly sorrow.
This was that point where it wasno longer woe is me.
It's God, this isn't me.
This isn't who you're asking meto be, and I'm ready for you to
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remove it.
And he did.
It wasn't, he didn't smack me inthe mouth and punch me in the
gut and tell me, just suck it upbuttercup.
Put your boots on.
He said, Justin, I, I love youin spite of this.
Yep.
Dan (21:58):
Yeah.
I have plans for you.
It's because you encountered hisholiness, Justin.
And that's what happens fam whenyou encounter his holiness.
And it brings us to, ourscripture focus for today, and
that was in Isaiah's encounter.
I encourage you to go to Isaiahchapter six and read verses five
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through eight.
This is what it says.
Just says, woe to me.
I cried.
This is Isaiah the prophettalking.
Woe to me, I cried.
I am ruined for I am a man ofunclean lips and I have lived
among a people of unclean lipsand my eyes have seen the king.
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The Lord Almighty.
Then one of the seraphim flew tome with a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with tongsfrom the altar with it.
He touched my mouth and said,see, this has touched your lips.
Your guilt is taken away andyour sin atoned for Then I heard
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the voice of the Lord saying,whom shall I send and who will
go for us?
And I said, this is Isaiah.
And I said, here I am.
Send me.
Now you think about this for amoment, Justin.
When Isaiah is brought face toface with the glory of God, his
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first reaction isn't to sing, itwas to shatter.
He doesn't raise his hands.
This man drops to his knees andhe cries.
Woe to me.
I am ruined for, I am a man ofunclean lips, but that's the
power family of holyconfrontation.
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You see, the closer you get toGod, the more.
Clearly you see how broken youstill are.
But see, God didn't leave Isaiahin the wreckage.
He's not leaving you in thewreckage today.
In fact, the Bible says he takesa live coal from the altar and
he touches Isaiah's mouth.
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Not to punish him family, but topurify him.
And he says, your guilt.
Has been taken away.
Your sin has been atoned for,and right here in the ashes of
confession, we just talked aboutthis in the last episode, step
five guys, go back and read thatin the ashes of confession, what
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happens?
Justin purpose is born becausethe very next thing Isaiah hears
God asking is, whom shall I sendand whom shall go for us?
And the very next thing Isaiahsays is, here I am.
Send me.
Do you see the shift?
He went from, I am ruined.
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To one encounter with God to Iam ready.
He went from I'm unclean to thatencounter with God to I am
available.
And this is what God does,family.
He doesn't skip over thebrokenness.
He redeems it and he releasesyou into your purpose because of
(25:11):
it.
Family purification always comesbefore purpose.
Because God doesn't use perfectpeople.
He uses surrendered ones,
Justin (25:24):
and before that comes honesty.
You have to get honest withyourself and realize that there
are things in your life that Goddoesn't approve of.
I, this is coming from a pastor,so you're thinking, oh, it's
just a pastor preaching thesermon.
Let me tell you, as a brother inChrist, because look, you can
call me Pastor Justin all day,but at the end of the day, Jesus
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Christ is the head of everychurch I've ever attended, and
all I am is a brother intribulation.
A brother in suffering is Johnwould say, and let me tell you,
the one thing I've learned isthat if I'm not willing to get
honest, if I'm not willing toput away those.
Things that God told me to putaway that I'm never gonna be
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ready.
This is us saying, Lord, I'mready.
And look, it's here.
It's here.
And I think I think of abaptism.
I think of you going into thewater and you coming out.
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This is the other side of that.
This is being raised to newlife.
This is the old falling away.
The old has to fall away for thenew to come, but you have to be
ready for it to fall awaybecause too many times we're
holding onto these things in ourlife for no reason at all.
(26:55):
They don't bring anything good,
Dan (26:57):
right?
Justin (26:58):
But God does.
For, I know the plans I have foryou, and I love, I love this
about Isaiah and this is to thatChristian today.
Who thinks that, man, you've gotit made.
Can I tell you something?
Isaiah was a prophet.
Yep.
Isaiah had been a prophet.
This wasn't first chapter Isaiahbefore he came.
(27:21):
This is Isaiah six.
He was already called doing whatGod had asked him to do, and now
he stands in the presence of amighty God.
And I don't understand whypeople think that God has
changed.
That is the same God then as itis today.
And guess what, Isaiah, it's thesame response I had when I was
in that moment, Dan, when I wastalking about, I said, God, woe
(27:42):
is me.
And he said, I understand thathot coal.
That's Jesus Christ.
He comes and those characterdefects, he burns them away.
It's the fire of the HolySpirit.
It's the touch of God thatpushes those things out of your
life that doesn't need to bethere.
(28:04):
But like Isaiah, we need to falldown first and say, Lord, I have
these in my life and I'm readyfor you to get rid of them.
Dan (28:11):
That's the thing.
It, that's what Isaiah did.
He, he said, Woe is me.
I'm a man of unclean lips.
And then he gives his life.
He offers himself to God,Justin, and that's what you
gotta do, family.
It's not about being perfect.
It's not about having everythingall figured out.
It's just being willing andavailable, but more importantly,
(28:34):
having a surrendered heart toGod.
So the
Justin (28:39):
question, what are you still gripping?
Dan (28:43):
Hmm?
Justin (28:43):
Ask yourself today, what am I still holding onto?
What character defect am I notwilling to let go of?
And then ask yourself why Noticeit doesn't say character or
tribute.
These things that God's askingus to remove aren't the good
parts of us that right.
Make everybody like us.
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These are the parts of us that.
That hurt others.
These are the parts of us thatnot only hurt others, if we're
being honest, they break us.
But look, there is a beauty inbeing broken.
Mm-hmm.
Because it's there that God canfinally show up and show out.
(29:25):
When I came to the end of me,God started, and this is us
coming to the end of us andsaying, God, I'm ready
Dan (29:33):
for you to start.
Amen.
You know, what is that onething?
Family.
Justin asked a good question andit's making me even think about
it right now as we're doing thispodcast.
What's that one thing you'restill holding onto?
But you know, you know, deepdown inside that God has been
asking you to release it.
(29:54):
What is it?
Is it pride?
Is it control?
Is it fear of being vulnerable?
Is it a hard heart towardssomeone who's hurt you?
But see, family, step six iswhere you and I stop saying
maybe someday, and we startsaying today because there's no
(30:15):
freedom, without willingness andno willingness, family without
surrender.
You see, this isn't aboutbehavior, it's about posture.
Are your hands still clenched?
Are they finally open?
Justin, we're about to wrap thispodcast up, brother.
(30:37):
I could keep going on and onabout this.
Is there anything you want toclose with before we, uh, say
goodbye to the listener thisweek?
Justin (30:49):
I just wanna do a little bit of housekeeping.
Um, guys, when you hear the wordsupport, you think.
They want money.
They're just asking fordonations.
We're not, you know, when Ithink of support, I think of the
brother standing next to methat's getting ready to ask God
(31:11):
to remove those characterdefects and they just need
somebody to lean on.
Mm-hmm.
You see, this is about more thana podcast.
This is about a family.
This is about a forever familyin Christ.
Guys, pray for one another.
Pray for us.
Pray for this ministry.
Pray that these podcasts get outand reach the one that needs to
(31:35):
hear it.
We ask you to like, share,subscribe.
Go to our Facebook page, checkout the Instagram page.
We're getting started.
Go to our podcast page, letpeople know that there's hope in
Christ.
Amen.
And guys, be there for oneanother.
(31:57):
Look, we have a Facebook pageand I want to encourage you, and
I've seen it on our prayerrequest, man, if you're going
through something, just say it.
Put it out there.
And if you're the one readingthat pray, don't just say, Hey,
I'm gonna pray.
Mm-hmm.
Take time and pray because thisis what it's about.
(32:21):
Christian brothers and sisters.
Being the Christian brothers andsisters that God's called us to
Dan (32:28):
be.
Amen guys.
God's ready, grace.
It's available.
It's abundant.
The question is, are you, I'mnot talking about just being
tired of the consequences.
I'm not just talking about beingaware of your defects.
(32:52):
But I'm asking you today, areyou entirely ready?
Like step six says, are youentirely ready to lay it all
down to allow God to remove whatyou've been trying to manage?
(33:13):
Family.
We love and honor you.
We thank you so much forallowing us into your home, to
your vehicle, into your ear.
Justin said, pray for us.
Jesus said he took his disciplesout and he said, look, the
fields are ripe for harvest, buteven Jesus made a prayer
(33:33):
request.
He said, but pray for workersbecause they're few.
We need your prayer family.
We need your support, like andshare these podcasts.
Get this podcast out to someonethat you know could use it.
Until next time, family stayrooted, stay recovered, and
let's get to work.
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You are not just surviving.
You are becoming, becomingrooted in truth, becoming
recovered by grace, and becomingthe person God always knew you
could be.
Thanks for joining us on Rootedin Recovered.
If this episode stirredsomething in you, don't keep it
to yourself.
Share it, live it, let it takeroot.
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We'll see you next time righthere where scars become
testimonies and hope rises fromthe ashes.
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