God’s grace is bigger than our sin. Thanks Sarah for being so honest and sharing boldly about falling back into sin. This has been a struggle of mine with lust for a very long time this is been very encouraging to hear! sometimes when I fall back into old habits i feel like I’m on an island all by myself and don’t feel like there’s no one I could turn too. Thanks Sarah. I really missed your encouraging videos and hearing your music and angelic voice. I’m praying for GODFIDENCE for you. And HIS Strength. I have to tell myself to Murder my flesh every day and live by the spirit.
She's a smug idiot. She didn't "mess up". She ran headlong into it so she could make a video and make a video. She can barely contain her glee. That's not remorse.
Thank you for sharing. I have been sober for 32 years, but I still wake up every day an alcoholic. It's a disease that has no cure, and I don't take my sobriety for granted. I pray to God every day for the strength to resist the urge to drink, but ultimately, the decision is mine to make. When I experience strong cravings for a drink, I must reflect on what is lacking in my life or what God wants me to work on. The important question to ask is, "What do I need to work on?" Are there things hidden in the darkness of inner being that need to be brought into light and finally acknowledged and dealt with !
I am really grateful that you shared that questioning with me and I will keep this in my arsenal! God Bless you and am proud of you for staying the course.
I know I came across this video for a reason. I have asked Jesus to forgive me for my sins and I have repented but I’m finding it hard to forgive myself. Part of me still feels shame about my sins because I knew what I was doing. I knew that I was sacrificing my salvation. I knew that I was separating myself from God. And it’s hard to let go of that self guilt and disgust. It’s even harder when it was the same sins being committed over and over then I kept asking for forgiveness yet I would do it again. There is no worse feeling than feeling like God is absent from your life. Glory to God that he sent His Son and that it is finished! Thank you for this edifying testimony and being so transparent and authentic. You may not be a perfect Christian, none of us are, but you are a real Christian and you dropped so many gems. This will bless many and it has blessed me and it has given me divine confirmation that God has forgiven and forgotten my past sins and I can move onward and upward in my relationship with our Heavenly Father 🙏
@@sarahspeaksupso true. The truth is freeing and no one can use our past sins against us because nonbelievers like to do that to tempt us back into sin. But God!
Pls continue to succeed. I lost my niece today because she drank and emotionally not in a good place in her life. 😢she was 42 years old and beautiful. She had three children. RIP Jomarie. My brother first born he’s the entire family is devastated heart broken. God give him and her children strength to get through. 🙏. Pls. Never stop trying I pray this help you , beautiful soul Gbu. Satan is a liar!
I wrestled with the bottle for a long while. Christ's grace alone has kept me sober for almost 6 years. Sanctification is a lifelong process - peaks and valleys are guaranteed. Good for you putting light on your temporary setback - shame festers in the secret dark.
Peaks and valleys are Not guaranteed. GOD’s Word actually says that if we walk according to the Spirit we will NOT fulfill the desires of the flesh. Gal 5:16 Christians need to stop making room for sin in their lives. Just submit to the Spirit of GOD ALWAYS. If a saint does that, they won’t have a testimony of occasional failure.
U bounced back quickly. Well done. I'm 20 years sober but 7 years ago I stepped away from my belief and faith from Jesus. Big mistake? I think so. I went on a "truth path" search, went full circle and eventually made my way back "home" but... there was no one there to greet me... But I've been knocking every day and on occasion I get an old familiar sense of God's grace. I cherish it, I nurse it. And... For the first time, I fully understand the work required in understanding faith more deeply. Thank you for the honesty of your sharing. God bless! may the light of God's grace bless us all.
Don't ever delete your channel! This was a powerful share and a much needed reminder to forgive myself and quote scripture to my accuser when he starts up.
I backslid 2 days ago. I woke up today to a conversation with the Holy Spirt. I know It took you months to experience this but I am so thankful that I found your video immediately after spending time with the Lord this morning after skipping for a month. I am not my sin and I am trusting God's grace. Your obedience and confession is inspiring. Great job.
My friend, this comment touched my heart so deeply.. I was really on the fence about making this video as you can imagine but I knew it was important. ❤God is so good to us.
Exceptional, inspirational, motivational video. As Christian’s I think we all need these reminders. I know I did. Thank you for sharing. It would have been a disservice to the Lord and a victory to the evil one if not. But Jesus strength put out those flaming arrows! Good for you! And good for all us Christians. Thank you again. Stay strong! God Bless 🙏
Thank you young lady for being real! Part of being a true Christian is being transparent. The best testimony is when the lost realize them Christians aren't perfect but forgiven. When they realize our faith is in Christ, not in ourselves. God certainly can use that to open their eyes to His grace and salvation.
Wow…Honesty and transparency! I am so glad I came across this video. I love seeing a brave Christian speak truth and share God’s grace. Thank you for your bravery. I struggle with alcohol as well. Just enough to know that it is negatively affecting my life even if it is just a little it is probably a little too much. Praying for you and your channel.
This is very courageous..!! Thanks for your honesty.!! This is genuine CHRISTIANITY..!! WE MY STUMBLE ...but ..He picks us back up ...dusts us off ...and sends back on our way ..to serve the LORD .!! WE ARE STRONGER FOR THESE EPISODES..!!!❤❤❤❤
Appreciate the strength and vulnerability to share, Sarah. Our testimonies with Him are ongoing and I’m discovering more things God wants me to purge as I walk with Him. Glad u are okay and now we know how to pray for u.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 God knows we all need more of Him.❤
I just found your channel, and your word is what I needed at this point. Thank you for sharing and showing the light of getting up from your knees when knocked down by a week moment. Powerful message ❤
James 5:16 "confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed." Good for you -- not many people can do this . . . me for one. Thanks for this.
So we sin, repent, sin .. 360? I don’t think so. Imagine getting caught and in front of the judge you say .. “sorry it won’t happen again”… over and over .. I don’t think that the judge will believe us.
@Instant_Nerf I never suggested such, and as the apostle Paul rightly said shall we continue to sin that grace may abound, most certainly not. A role of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is to convict us of sin, as we mature in faith our willingness to sin reduces. the fruits of the spirit, self-control temperance,long suffering, etc, take precedence. people will inadvertently sin because we are flesh with desperately wicked hearts, it's only by the strength of God that we do well in the earthly realm.
Isnt there a passage in the bible that says be perfect like my father is in heaven? Doesnt that come through faith? Allowing jesusus power not your own to change you. You will allways fail if you try to use your own will power only
This video is such a blessing. So many followers of the word don’t understand the goal is to keep going after him. No matter what 🙏🏽. Confess and try again.
Thank you sister for your confession. You showed up on my home page, not being a subscriber, but your title grabbed me. I also fell back into the sin of alcohol, and I could experience in prayer time God was not happy. I repent, but was still hating on myself. I am grateful to you for reminding me to forgive myself. May God bless you.
@@chrisgreen2299 i’m so grateful that this was a reminder to you. God is so good in using us to encourage one another and he is going to use you to encourage someone else 🙏💓
I blew 9yrs sobriety and fell into grave sin. I felt unworthy and the truth is on my own I am unworthy, but because of the love and mercy of the Lord I am indeed worthy! Thank you for being so honest and open. Where sin abounds grace abounds more!
Wow! THANK YOU so much for sharing your heart after falling down and sinning! Honestly, as I was scrolling through videos to watch, I was like, "No there's a video I've never seen before!" And it's true. Not many people post videos repenting. I think that the world would be like, "Finally!" The enemy does get us when we feel like we're doing good and those times are where we need to be on guard the most. I've never drank before but I struggle with pornography and sexual addiction and am trying to walk in sobriety. I have failed many times and gotten back up many times as well. But, through it all, the work of the cross is truly done and God is always reaching out to us in grace. Again, THANK YOU!
"We express our love for God with our actions" at 15:25. YES....!!!!! What you are saying has me thinking for the first time that obedience to God -- obedience to Jesus -- is a FRUIT. I have bemoaned my lack of fruits so much. Seeing obedience as a fruit makes me feel so much better. But then again, I don't remember seeing that in the Bible. Well, whether it be a fruit or a vegetable, I know our obedience IS His will...!!!
I can totally relate. I don't know of anyone who backslid as long as I did (WHILE thinking I was a Christian) -- 30 years! It has given me a GREAT respect for how dangerously seductive the enemy can be -- and how mind-blowingly merciful and forgiving our God is through Jesus Christ and His own sacrifice just for US...!!!
Thank you Sarah ❤ god bless you and your family amen 🙏 🤟🏻💋❤️🌹😊 I understand your feeling and the pain inside you but god always be with you inside your soul to keep away the evil amen 🙏 love you Sarah ❤
"Just because you have a gift, doesnt mean you know how to use it" dang, that hit home. Thanks for this. I stumbled recently and I needed to hear this.
I began injecting heroin when I was 15. I was addicted to fentanyl, heroin, meth, cocaine, alcohol, steroids, sleep medication, anxiety medication, high blood pressure medications, LSD, porn, etc. I picked my face off with tweezers because I thought worms were crawling out of my face. I lost my mind. I've been to 10 jails and 5 prisons. I have 4 DUIs and 5 felony convictions. Then the last time I was in prison I opened up the Bible and read it for the first time. I began reading it in my cell every day. I believed the gospel. The Lord began to deliver me of all my addictions and changed the desires of my heart. I relapsed on meth, alcohol, and porn when I got out of prison and was quickly convicted and repented. Then I was baptized. By the grace of God I have been set free from all drugs, alcohol, and porn for years. Hallelujah! To anyone watching, I pray that you turn to the Lord Jesus with all your heart. There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain. Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, Amen.
Beautiful testimony of the mercy and grace showed you through Jesus Christ, friend. Also, about thinking there are worms in your face, have you heard of Lyme's disease, from a tick bite? One of the co-infections of parasites that a tick can inject in its host is Morgellon (?). Recently watched a documentary on it, and many had mentioned tiny long hair-like worms crawling under their skin, something like that. And their frantic quest to remove them! Just thought I'd share that..
Thank you for your dialogue. Your inner strength was expressed extremely well. I feel proud to know that someone like you exists. Your life is a movie script for us to learn grace and tolerance.
WOW! Praise God! I am so glad the Lord kept you alive, so that you could be an awesome minister to others that are going through the same struggles. Keep the faith. God is going to use you mightily! Be blessed brother.
I battled my alcoholism for years. I was sober almost 4 years in the early 90's, drank again, and it took me almost 20 years of trying before finally surrendering on Dec. 3/2012. I got on my knees and cried the alcoholic prayer, "God help me." I suffer from a physical craving that gets activated when I take one drink coupled with the obsession of the mind and a spiritual malady. "The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink." p. 24, Alcoholics Anonymous. Keep going Sarah, thanks for sharing this!
The enemy will always tell you you’re worthless & God doesn’t love you when we mess up. But you know that the Holy Spirit comforts you & Jesus said nothing can snatch you out of his hands.
Thank you for making this video! It eases the pain of my own repentance to know that I'm not alone, especially in thinking that I was "doing well" as a Christian when I fell into sin. Thanks for pointing out the little compromises you made along the way too. It's hard to get back up, but it's good to know that God's grace is magnified by my failure. He'll make us stand, it won't be like this forever. God bless you!
Praise Jesus! thank you for your response! your testimony is power in How God's Grace Openly Work's in a believer's life, in repentance! not to many out here would do that! I love how God treated you with LOVE and KINDNESS! Like a Loving Father, I just had heard of a Preaching about the prodigal son, and it just came over me in how the father treated the son that was lost, and is alive again! it's all about God's love for mankind! and the redemptive power of The Gospel Of Jesus! Praise God! hold on to That Word! cause as you know your work is not over, till is over! sister keep the Faith!
Praise God for He is faithful. He knows we are but flesh. One day we will be free from this fleshly vessel and not have to deal with sin! Sarah: Matthew 16:24-28. This is what I rely upon, everyday! Thanks for the honesty and courage,
We all sin everyday and fall short of the glory of God. We are His though . Were not perfect but serve a Risen King who is God is still molding us to this day God Bless P.S Im single and looking for a Godly woman Im 35
Amen Sarah! We are all on this journey of sanctification as believers and the pruning process is always painful. God is just snipping those dead branches of your soul away. Thank you for your vulnerability. I believe the Lord communicated to me this morning “My grace isn’t supposed to make sense so just receive it.” I hope this encourages someone
What really speaks volumes here is the fact that you're concerned about it and you're telling others about it. And you're humbling yourself; that shows that God's really in your life regardless of a slip up here and there. Because if Jesus wasn't really in your life, you wouldn't be concerned about this. When we are weak He is strong!
James 5:16 KJV "Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed..." At 73 I'm a recovering alcoholic. Battled it off & on since 18. It'll be 3 years sober August 17, All Glory to God 🙏
I NEVER thought I'd be one to ever backslide. But just like you said the thoughts start slipping in slowly. The devil is a very good liar. And I did. It was the old me coming back. Now the old man is out and the new man is in! I feel so free and good now all thanks be to God! Don't underestimate our enemy people. But we must go and sin no more (John 5)! You ARE called to be perfect (Matthew 5)! And those who are born of God CANNOT continue to sin (1 John 3)! Don't abuse God's grace. Push forward and strive to be like Jesus. But praise God if we slip his grace is there.
@@sarahspeaksup I actually didn't even say what my sin was but it's probably something most wouldn't even consider a sin. Playing video games. But those things open up doorways in the spiritual realm for evil spirits to move right in. That's exactly what happened. And just as Jesus said in Matthew 12 other spirits even worse than that one came in as well. Then I really found myself in a world of hurt and lust came back along with some others. It was horrible! Now I'm a deliverance minister and at that time I had to deny prayer for people because I was going through it myself just as you said you avoided making videos. Doing deliverance I see a lot of incredible things happen but sometimes people have to realize it's not always as simple as laying hands on someone and saying "Come out in Jesus name" as Paul did in Acts 16. Sometimes you have to be the one to do the resisting. To prove yourself faithful. As James said in chapter 4, Submit to God, resist the devil and he must flee! God didn't give you a spirit of fear but if power, love and self control! So we have to use that self control to say no to Satan and that glorified God and then he will remove those evil spirits! Mark 9 Jesus said some of these only come out by prayer and fasting. And that's the truth. It's all in the book but when you start living it then it's even that much more real. God bless sister. Jesus is coming soon so get ready! ❤️🙏
@@rebornasdavid That is so interesting you said video games.. the reason I say that is because it shows how deceptive the enemy is using something that seems like no big deal. This is why I am weary of what I watch on TV. It is not legalism for me it is being alert of the enemies tactics. I pray your ministry helps many people. God bless and I will see you in heaven!😇
@@rebornasdavidI look at sin as anything that becomes more important than God. Yes even smoking because at a point you need that cigarette as it becomes need. Also, it's John 8:1-11 is the story of the woman caught in adultery and brought before Jesus. She told her to go and sin no more.
@@Saiman9000 I'm well acquainted with what sin is and the LORD even had me repeat out loud that I would not play games any more then the next day I heard the opposite voice saying I could do it but just don't make it an idol, like an hour a day. And of course that was the enemy which turned into much more than that. But I felt some need to test the spirit. When I first began my walk with the LORD he had me toss my TV in the garbage, my PlayStation, and eventually I even threw my computer in as well. After I did that I got major freedom and deliverance. So I had been just praying, fasting, reading the word and spending time with God for a while. James summed it up well when he said sin is when you know the right thing to do and don't do it. That opens the door to just about anything being sin. I used to be fat and I loved sugary foods and drinks and the Holy Spirit told me I'm not allowed to have soda ever again. So for me that's a sin, but not necessarily for you. A good example of sin that doesn't lead to death. But some sin is universal. When you're brainlessly watching TV your spiritual defense goes down and your alpha brain wave patterns even change, allowing evil spirits to move into your house, as Jesus calls it. Smoking is a sin because it's suicide. A very slow process but you are killing yourself. I felt that demon enter me when I started smoking. Once you get rid of the larger and more easily identifiable sins then you begin losing grace for smaller sins and need to start removing them. Christians are told for instance in Romans 13 to obey the law, unless it conflicts with God of course. So that means driving the speed limit. And here in CA nobody does that. Nearly everyone goes 10-15 over here. I had to relearn to drive. So speeding is indeed a sin. So is Jay walking, even taking a straw without asking. But if you're still struggling with lust or alcohol you probably won't be convicted of those things yet. But the more of these I remove the closer I feel with God and it's been an amazing journey so far. Let the Holy Spirit lead you in all things and I pray all goes well with you in your journey with the LORD. God bless. ❤️🙏
Amazing! Well done for being so honest. That kind of honesty and authenticity is so important because if all Christians ever show to the world is a shiny perfection then it discourages non-believers because they feel they could never make the grade :)
Thanks for sharing. I've been struggling with porn and gambling addiction. Normally when we think we are doing well is when we are often in the most danger of Satan tempting us and us falling back into sin. Thank the Lord that we have his unending grace.
@@marcuscro8887 thank you for sharing that with me! You are so right “when we think we are doing well” this experience made me more alert than I ever was 🙏💓
Thank you so much for sharing this! I have been really struggling for a l9ng time now with a lot of these same things. I really needed this, to see that I'm not the only one. So often, Christians struggle, but don't speak of it. You go to church and hear sermons about it, but never hear anyone's personal testimony about these struggles. Everyone just seems to put on their "Christian" mask while in church and it always made me feel alone even in a full church. So again, thank you for this. I needed to hear this
“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.” Hebrews 12:7-13 KJV
Thank you so much for this Sarah. Thank you for being obedient to God and preparing this video for us. Your vulnerability and genuiness helps us relate to what each one of us go through every day. Thank you for allowing God to use you to encourage us to pick ourselves up again, dust ourselves off and pick up our cross again. Only through Christ are we able to do this. Only through Christ are we able to be victorious. Appreciate you and you are loved. From a brother in Christ, all the way from South Africa
@@tangoleong amen and since this video God has illuminated much to me through the Bible about how to continue growing in holiness ♥️ He is so good. We must cling to Him!
God led me to stop alcohol completely during 2020. I knew that God was delivering me and that I needed to give up my rebellious, stubborn ways and finally surrender all to Him. We are each enticed by our own lusts. But we must not yield to them. We must yield to God. I’ve been feeling unworthy too, sister. All I have left is to depend on His mercy and grace to carry me over the finish line. Even so, please come quickly, Lord Jesus 🙏🙏
For me it took many relapses to hit that place where I really honestly had had enough.Praise Jesus 18 years alcohol free. Once in a while I enjoy a n/a beer and probably always will.I was addicted to alcohol not n/a beer.thanks
Thank you for displaying true transparency and role modeling what repentance really is. Bringing our sin to light is critical to moving forward with Christ. I am a new life In Christ I am no longer defined by my past or shortcomings. This type of message has a huge impact . Thank you for this and God bless you on your recovery journey.
The Lord knew we would fall as Scripture attests- even a righteous person falls 7 times a day - PROVERBS 24:16. Thank God as a Catholic Christian for the gift of the “Sacrament of Confession”. We are also called to be perfect Matthew 5:48 and HOLY- 1Thessalonians 4:3. The CONFESSIONAL is the “Tribunal of Mercy” and most Catholics sadly ignore this awesome gift. No faith group in the world has this unique OBJECTIVE MECHANISM in place to make one a saint. Pax Christi
Amen sister, 10 years sober from straight vodka everyday and no desire for it, God is awesome, but before this I was a drunk since 18years old now 58yrs and God thought me a hard lesson by first losing my license, my job, my appartement my car and all the money i had and almost my health but now i gained it all back, praise Jesus my Lord and Savior.
Jesus has set me from habitual sin and showed me that repeating from sin isn't scriptural and is adding works to the gospel . If you believe on the finished work of Christ you are saved ! Acts 16:29-31 29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you and your household. Time to speak the truth , up to the rapture you won't find repent from sin in the Bible. Repent FOR remission of sins is in Acts chapter 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Read the verse carefully, it says Repent and be baptized FOR the forgiveness of sins. Do you get baptized every time you sin???. Peter was speaking to the Jewish people who sacrificed animals for their sin now they had to turn away from that belief and believe Jesus paid for all sin. 1 John 3: 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. How are we born again ? 1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. If you don’t believe on the finished work of Christ because you add works then you are not born again 1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Galatians 3:21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. ps we all sin, and the bible says if you commit one sin then you have committed them all. That's why we need Jesus .
This is excellent, thank you for your honesty and courage. Don't be to hard on yourself. God never thinks you're unworthy. It's interesting I'm not a Christian but my beliefs and faith are very much alighned with yours. 🙏❤️
Drinking alcohol isn't a sin, but getting drunk is. God wants all of us to have sober minds. I made the decision in May of 2018 to not drink alcohol anymore because I didn't have the self control not to stay sober. My alcohol use never got me in any legal trouble, but my wife didn't like it when I drank and I certainly didn't stay sober at times. If staying sober is an issue, you may need to quit with the fake beer and just turn your back on all alcohol.
WOW, Sarah!! I just stumbled onto your online site as I was skimming the internet on my iPAD and came to a dead stop when I heard what you were talking about and looking into that refreshingly open and honest looking face of yours. I was CAPTIVATED and listened to what you had to say to the conclusion of this broadcast!! I’ll refrain from rambling on too much but the subject of your presentation was so relevant to my own situation and struggles that I couldn’t believe what I was hearing!! Anyhow, I am an Old Aussie Bloke who is fighting to get his Christian Faith back after years of alcohol abuse and recent sobriety of some 3 yrs duration. I am starting to make the same compromises that you talk about with nonalcoholic to low alcohol wine to…….. I want to hear more from you. I think you have a great presentation style with clear and concise speech and an honest and sincere face! I am at something of a crossroads myself and would like to hear more from you. You have the Voice of The Lord calling out to me in the wilderness!!! Cheers from Australia. 🙏🤠😳🇦🇺👍🙋♂️🎭🦘🦘🐨
Thank you for sharing Sarah. When you reach a point of wanting to please Him more than yourself the addictions fall away. I was able to get there with the help of the Holy Spirit and His incredible forgiveness and love. All praise to Jesus.
sister i've been there those cravings can become overpowering what works for me will not work for everyone else so im not going there but with the help of our LORD we can struggle through it his grace is far bigger than our cravings never stop fighting
We all have our weak points that the devil can identify. “I was totally being led by my flesh” is something that absolutely applies to me, in a different context. Thankyou for being so open and courageous in telling what happened to you. Your words are insightful and help us all realise that we are all susceptible to the snares of this world. Gods bless you 🙏🏼
Absolutely. Thank you so much for your openness. It spoke to me very deeply as I too am a Christian and have been sober for years relapsed last Friday . Having a very deep conversations with lots of grief lots of healing to happen. Thanks again.
I'm thankful you didn't delete your channel. Your journey of grace and mercy and forgiveness and humility is empowering. If you HAD deleted your channel, I wouldn't have found your story. Very encouraging. Thank you for sharing. Stay strong, sis.
Sarah, many thanks & God bless you for keeping it real. So much in the world today is fake & it’s so refreshing to hear you speak your truth before God and man. Keep fighting the good fight & encouraging us to do the same. Thanks again for sharing your heart & shining God’s light on many important topics🙏
Be encouraged. Our will and flesh are in no way capable to go up against the demonic spiritual forces that are against us. Only in Jesus are we able to be victorious. We're free, in Jesus; and now we're going to walk in what Jesus has provided. We stand back up and take the hand of Jesus, that is always extended, ready to help us up.
Thank the Lord, we are saved by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross. There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. Praise him. Thank God we don't have to be perfect, no-one would make it to heaven. But God came and died for our sins. His precious blood sets us free. 🙏❤️
Join the club..We are not Perfect only God is Perfect. We sometimes veer off the narrow road a go to bad places, but the most important thing is to get back to the narrow road..
You’re an inspiration. I’m sitting here in my room aboard a cargo ship, a tanker, tied up to the dock in Pusan, Korea. You have a gift. Your life will have great ups and downs, but you have a great attitude. And I love that New York accent.
God’s grace is bigger than our sin. Thanks Sarah for being so honest and sharing boldly about falling back into sin. This has been a struggle of mine with lust for a very long time this is been very encouraging to hear! sometimes when I fall back into old habits i feel like I’m on an island all by myself and don’t feel like there’s no one I could turn too. Thanks Sarah. I really missed your encouraging videos and hearing your music and angelic voice. I’m praying for GODFIDENCE for you. And HIS Strength. I have to tell myself to Murder my flesh every day and live by the spirit.
Thank you for relating.. and I plan on posting more singing soon ❤
She's a smug idiot. She didn't "mess up". She ran headlong into it so she could make a video and make a video. She can barely contain her glee. That's not remorse.
@@sarahspeaksupGo ahead and "mess up" again for sympathy. You can't even keep a straight face.
SAVE IT.
@@DexterWhite-v8i shut up pharisee. Carry on with your sinless life.
@@sarahspeaksup🙏
Taking down your youtube channel, Sarah, is precisely what the enemy desired. May God Bless your life for sharing this testimony.😃
it was brave for you to post this; thank you for being willing to share your story.
You not deleting your page, confessing and repenting is what we all need to see. It’s an example we need to follow. God bless you and your family.
Oh Gosh, PLEASE don’t EVER delete your channel! Your faith is contagious!
Thank you for sharing. I have been sober for 32 years, but I still wake up every day an alcoholic. It's a disease that has no cure, and I don't take my sobriety for granted. I pray to God every day for the strength to resist the urge to drink, but ultimately, the decision is mine to make.
When I experience strong cravings for a drink, I must reflect on what is lacking in my life or what God wants me to work on. The important question to ask is, "What do I need to work on?" Are there things hidden in the darkness of inner being that need to be brought into light and finally acknowledged and dealt with !
I am really grateful that you shared that questioning with me and I will keep this in my arsenal! God Bless you and am proud of you for staying the course.
Whenever I think of judging people harshly I remind myself that the first person I need to judge is myself.
Falling down is much much different than staying down and backsliding.
I know I came across this video for a reason. I have asked Jesus to forgive me for my sins and I have repented but I’m finding it hard to forgive myself. Part of me still feels shame about my sins because I knew what I was doing. I knew that I was sacrificing my salvation. I knew that I was separating myself from God. And it’s hard to let go of that self guilt and disgust. It’s even harder when it was the same sins being committed over and over then I kept asking for forgiveness yet I would do it again. There is no worse feeling than feeling like God is absent from your life. Glory to God that he sent His Son and that it is finished! Thank you for this edifying testimony and being so transparent and authentic. You may not be a perfect Christian, none of us are, but you are a real Christian and you dropped so many gems. This will bless many and it has blessed me and it has given me divine confirmation that God has forgiven and forgotten my past sins and I can move onward and upward in my relationship with our Heavenly Father 🙏
@@ThelmaJean91 thank you for sharing this! Beautifully said. Honesty is so powerful and healing ♥️
@@sarahspeaksupso true. The truth is freeing and no one can use our past sins against us because nonbelievers like to do that to tempt us back into sin. But God!
I completely understand
Start praising and worshipping Him. That was what took me from pure mental torment into joy and peace and truth.
Pls continue to succeed. I lost my niece today because she drank and emotionally not in a good place in her life. 😢she was 42 years old and beautiful. She had three children. RIP Jomarie. My brother first born he’s the entire family is devastated heart broken. God give him and her children strength to get through. 🙏. Pls. Never stop trying I pray this help you , beautiful soul Gbu. Satan is a liar!
Beautifully truthful and genuine, thank you for sharing your experience, it's so important for all believers.
I wrestled with the bottle for a long while. Christ's grace alone has kept me sober for almost 6 years. Sanctification is a lifelong process - peaks and valleys are guaranteed. Good for you putting light on your temporary setback - shame festers in the secret dark.
Peaks and valleys are Not guaranteed. GOD’s Word actually says that if we walk according to the Spirit we will NOT fulfill the desires of the flesh. Gal 5:16
Christians need to stop making room for sin in their lives. Just submit to the Spirit of GOD ALWAYS. If a saint does that, they won’t have a testimony of occasional failure.
Been there and still deal with it. Thank God for his grace and mercy!!
Man! I could identify with you in all you said. My faults are easily being distracted by the world instead of keeping my focus on Jesus! Thank you
Two Words, Celebrate Recovery! Good on ya for being real! We all fall short, it’s how fast we repent! ❤️
U bounced back quickly. Well done. I'm 20 years sober but 7 years ago I stepped away from my belief and faith from Jesus. Big mistake? I think so. I went on a "truth path" search, went full circle and eventually made my way back "home" but... there was no one there to greet me... But I've been knocking every day and on occasion I get an old familiar sense of God's grace. I cherish it, I nurse it. And... For the first time, I fully understand the work required in understanding faith more deeply.
Thank you for the honesty of your sharing. God bless! may the light of God's grace bless us all.
Don't ever delete your channel! This was a powerful share and a much needed reminder to forgive myself and quote scripture to my accuser when he starts up.
@@stevethiel thank you for that reminder 🙏
Amen.
@@mrm8850Jesus is the correct name for the English-speaking world
Thank you, Sarah, for your honesty, humility, insights, and prayer. This will help many people.
@@Patrick-d6z AMEN! All Glory to God!!!!
I backslid 2 days ago. I woke up today to a conversation with the Holy Spirt. I know It took you months to experience this but I am so thankful that I found your video immediately after spending time with the Lord this morning after skipping for a month. I am not my sin and I am trusting God's grace. Your obedience and confession is inspiring. Great job.
My friend, this comment touched my heart so deeply.. I was really on the fence about making this video as you can imagine but I knew it was important. ❤God is so good to us.
Exceptional, inspirational, motivational video. As Christian’s I think we all need these reminders. I know I did. Thank you for sharing. It would have been a disservice to the Lord and a victory to the evil one if not. But Jesus strength put out those flaming arrows! Good for you! And good for all us Christians. Thank you again. Stay strong! God Bless 🙏
@@damaral1216 thank you for your kind words 💓 yea, God put it heavily on my heart to share this.. HE IS SO GOOD!!
You’re absolutely real. Nothing fake here . I Really appreciate that, I just subscribed . Keep up the good work , girl .
Thank you young lady for being real!
Part of being a true Christian is being transparent. The best testimony is when the lost realize them Christians aren't perfect but forgiven. When they realize our faith is in Christ, not in ourselves. God certainly can use that to open their eyes to His grace and salvation.
Keep going sister. “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.” (Philippians 2:13 NLT)
Thank you ❤
Wow…Honesty and transparency! I am so glad I came across this video. I love seeing a brave Christian speak truth and share God’s grace. Thank you for your bravery. I struggle with alcohol as well. Just enough to know that it is negatively affecting my life even if it is just a little it is probably a little too much. Praying for you and your channel.
@@jeffhuxford2870 I appreciate these words and I know God has you .. saying a prayer for you and I thank you for your prayers 🙏♥️
This is very courageous..!! Thanks for your honesty.!! This is genuine CHRISTIANITY..!! WE MY STUMBLE ...but ..He picks us back up ...dusts us off ...and sends back on our way ..to serve the LORD .!! WE ARE STRONGER FOR THESE EPISODES..!!!❤❤❤❤
@@randylavoy6196 amen! You summed up the whole message of this video 😁💓
Appreciate the strength and vulnerability to share, Sarah.
Our testimonies with Him are ongoing and I’m discovering more things God wants me to purge as I walk with Him.
Glad u are okay and now we know how to pray for u.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
God knows we all need more of Him.❤
Thank you Julia ❤
I just found your channel, and your word is what I needed at this point. Thank you for sharing and showing the light of getting up from your knees when knocked down by a week moment. Powerful message ❤
James 5:16 "confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed." Good for you -- not many people can do this . . . me for one. Thanks for this.
Go read the first verses of James chapter 1…. It isn’t written to you.
@@jafojafo5412 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Thank You because we are misunderstood 😊🙏🌹
Remember, we are NOT perfect, but God's love for us is.
Amen to that,it took me 35 years as a child of God to truly know he love,s me and i mean know
So we sin, repent, sin .. 360? I don’t think so. Imagine getting caught and in front of the judge you say .. “sorry it won’t happen again”… over and over .. I don’t think that the judge will believe us.
@Instant_Nerf I never suggested such, and as the apostle Paul rightly said shall we continue to sin that grace may abound, most certainly not.
A role of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is to convict us of sin, as we mature in faith our willingness to sin reduces.
the fruits of the spirit, self-control temperance,long suffering, etc, take precedence.
people will inadvertently sin because we are flesh with desperately wicked hearts, it's only by the strength of God that we do well in the earthly realm.
It's not perfect, since it required blood sacrifice instead of forgiveness.
Isnt there a passage in the bible that says be perfect like my father is in heaven? Doesnt that come through faith? Allowing jesusus power not your own to change you. You will allways fail if you try to use your own will power only
Everyone falls..... it's getting back up and moving forward ❤
This video is such a blessing. So many followers of the word don’t understand the goal is to keep going after him. No matter what 🙏🏽. Confess and try again.
@@trishse4030 thank you for your kind words. God bless you. 🙏🫶
As someone in recovery I thank you for sharing this. Only by Gods Grace am I clean and sober today- one day at a time. ❤❤
Thank you sister for your confession. You showed up on my home page, not being a subscriber, but your title grabbed me. I also fell back into the sin of alcohol, and I could experience in prayer time God was not happy. I repent, but was still hating on myself. I am grateful to you for reminding me to forgive myself. May God bless you.
@@chrisgreen2299 i’m so grateful that this was a reminder to you. God is so good in using us to encourage one another and he is going to use you to encourage someone else 🙏💓
I’ve been a Christian for 33 years, yet I have been very blessed by your words. Thank you sister😊
@@Medic545 GOD BLESS YOU 🫶
I blew 9yrs sobriety and fell into grave sin. I felt unworthy and the truth is on my own I am unworthy, but because of the love and mercy of the Lord I am indeed worthy!
Thank you for being so honest and open. Where sin abounds grace abounds more!
@@josephbarrett8287 🙏💓🫶
Here's a good song The climb it actually is a good song take care and God bless
Wow! THANK YOU so much for sharing your heart after falling down and sinning! Honestly, as I was scrolling through videos to watch, I was like, "No there's a video I've never seen before!" And it's true. Not many people post videos repenting. I think that the world would be like, "Finally!" The enemy does get us when we feel like we're doing good and those times are where we need to be on guard the most. I've never drank before but I struggle with pornography and sexual addiction and am trying to walk in sobriety. I have failed many times and gotten back up many times as well. But, through it all, the work of the cross is truly done and God is always reaching out to us in grace. Again, THANK YOU!
You are WELCOME bro! I am so glad this encouraged you. God is so good. We cannot grasp how much He loves us..
"We express our love for God with our actions" at 15:25. YES....!!!!! What you are saying has me thinking for the first time that obedience to God -- obedience to Jesus -- is a FRUIT. I have bemoaned my lack of fruits so much. Seeing obedience as a fruit makes me feel so much better. But then again, I don't remember seeing that in the Bible. Well, whether it be a fruit or a vegetable, I know our obedience IS His will...!!!
I've always struggled with the same thing. I'm 35. Praying for ya.
@@nikluz3807 thank you I’m saying a prayer for you right now 🙏
I can totally relate. I don't know of anyone who backslid as long as I did (WHILE thinking I was a Christian) -- 30 years! It has given me a GREAT respect for how dangerously seductive the enemy can be -- and how mind-blowingly merciful and forgiving our God is through Jesus Christ and His own sacrifice just for US...!!!
Thank you Sarah ❤ god bless you and your family amen 🙏 🤟🏻💋❤️🌹😊 I understand your feeling and the pain inside you but god always be with you inside your soul to keep away the evil amen 🙏 love you Sarah ❤
Thank you for your video I am struggling with lust and have been all my adult life and there was help in what you shared. This was very brave.
"Just because you have a gift, doesnt mean you know how to use it" dang, that hit home. Thanks for this. I stumbled recently and I needed to hear this.
@@chefdave6596 thank you for sharing that it means a lot to me 💓🙏
@@sarahspeaksup Thanks for putting this out there
I began injecting heroin when I was 15. I was addicted to fentanyl, heroin, meth, cocaine, alcohol, steroids, sleep medication, anxiety medication, high blood pressure medications, LSD, porn, etc. I picked my face off with tweezers because I thought worms were crawling out of my face. I lost my mind. I've been to 10 jails and 5 prisons. I have 4 DUIs and 5 felony convictions. Then the last time I was in prison I opened up the Bible and read it for the first time. I began reading it in my cell every day. I believed the gospel. The Lord began to deliver me of all my addictions and changed the desires of my heart. I relapsed on meth, alcohol, and porn when I got out of prison and was quickly convicted and repented. Then I was baptized. By the grace of God I have been set free from all drugs, alcohol, and porn for years. Hallelujah! To anyone watching, I pray that you turn to the Lord Jesus with all your heart. There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain. Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, Amen.
@@UnworthyServant777 wow wow wow!!! Just wow 🥹 have you ever thought of recording your testimony?
Beautiful testimony of the mercy and grace showed you through Jesus Christ, friend. Also, about thinking there are worms in your face, have you heard of Lyme's disease, from a tick bite? One of the co-infections of parasites that a tick can inject in its host is Morgellon (?). Recently watched a documentary on it, and many had mentioned tiny long hair-like worms crawling under their skin, something like that. And their frantic quest to remove them! Just thought I'd share that..
Thank you for your dialogue. Your inner strength was expressed extremely well. I feel proud to know that someone like you exists. Your life is a movie script for us to learn grace and tolerance.
WOW! Praise God! I am so glad the Lord kept you alive, so that you could be an awesome minister to others that are going through the same struggles. Keep the faith. God is going to use you mightily! Be blessed brother.
What an incredible journey. God Bless you and Jesus loves you
I battled my alcoholism for years. I was sober almost 4 years in the early 90's, drank again, and it took me almost 20 years of trying before finally surrendering on Dec. 3/2012. I got on my knees and cried the alcoholic prayer, "God help me."
I suffer from a physical craving that gets activated when I take one drink coupled with the obsession of the mind and a spiritual malady.
"The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink."
p. 24, Alcoholics Anonymous.
Keep going Sarah, thanks for sharing this!
@@ferbeybill @@ferbeybillI’m so happy without it and I do need the support group.
Amen! He deserves all glory, honor and praise for all the good done through us. Only He is good!
God bless you always!
The enemy will always tell you you’re worthless & God doesn’t love you when we mess up. But you know that the Holy Spirit comforts you & Jesus said nothing can snatch you out of his hands.
Thank you for making this video! It eases the pain of my own repentance to know that I'm not alone, especially in thinking that I was "doing well" as a Christian when I fell into sin. Thanks for pointing out the little compromises you made along the way too. It's hard to get back up, but it's good to know that God's grace is magnified by my failure. He'll make us stand, it won't be like this forever. God bless you!
@@graceseyoum aww thank you for that! God Bless you too sister
Glad to see you back🎉🎉
Praise Jesus! thank you for your response! your testimony is power in How God's Grace Openly Work's in a believer's life, in repentance! not to many out here would do that! I love how God treated you with LOVE and KINDNESS! Like a Loving Father, I just had heard of a Preaching about the prodigal son, and it just came over me in how the father treated the son that was lost, and is alive again! it's all about God's love for mankind! and the redemptive power of The Gospel Of Jesus! Praise God! hold on to That Word! cause as you know your work is not over, till is over! sister keep the Faith!
@@jrx2662 beautiful 💓
Praise God for He is faithful. He knows we are but flesh. One day we will be free from this fleshly vessel and not have to deal with sin!
Sarah: Matthew 16:24-28. This is what I rely upon, everyday!
Thanks for the honesty and courage,
@@pablofmfdoc6143 Matthew 16:24 love it. I look forward to our eternal life all the time and keep my mind fixed on the Kingdom!
We all sin everyday and fall short of the glory of God. We are His though . Were not perfect but serve a Risen King who is
God is still molding us to this day
God Bless
P.S
Im single and looking for a Godly woman
Im 35
Amen Sarah! We are all on this journey of sanctification as believers and the pruning process is always painful. God is just snipping those dead branches of your soul away. Thank you for your vulnerability. I believe the Lord communicated to me this morning “My grace isn’t supposed to make sense so just receive it.” I hope this encourages someone
Amen ❤ if we could fully understand it, then that wouldn’t be consistent with God’s character so I totally agree! AMAZING grace 🫶
So admirably honest; and so spiritually healthy! Thank you!
forgiving yourself robs the devil of all his tactics. When I fell down as a kid, I would get up , brush off the dirt off my knees, and keep moving on.
I’m sorry for your pain! I’m persuaded that the hardest people to forgive is ourselves!
Speaking from experience.
Thanks for sharing!
What really speaks volumes here is the fact that you're concerned about it and you're telling others about it. And you're humbling yourself; that shows that God's really in your life regardless of a slip up here and there. Because if Jesus wasn't really in your life, you wouldn't be concerned about this. When we are weak He is strong!
@@QuantumEffectResidue thank you for recognizing that.. amen 🙏
Exactly that is a born again believer. ❤❤Sarah is true child of God.
My sister, you have no idea how much this video spoke to my heart. It was as if God Himself was speaking directly to me through you. God Bless You! 🙏
@@donwebb5698 🩵🩵
James 5:16 KJV "Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed..." At 73 I'm a recovering alcoholic. Battled it off & on since 18. It'll be 3 years sober August 17, All Glory to God 🙏
I've backslide, and it's been hard for me to let it go, thank you for posting this.
I NEVER thought I'd be one to ever backslide. But just like you said the thoughts start slipping in slowly. The devil is a very good liar. And I did. It was the old me coming back. Now the old man is out and the new man is in! I feel so free and good now all thanks be to God!
Don't underestimate our enemy people. But we must go and sin no more (John 5)! You ARE called to be perfect (Matthew 5)! And those who are born of God CANNOT continue to sin (1 John 3)! Don't abuse God's grace. Push forward and strive to be like Jesus. But praise God if we slip his grace is there.
@@rebornasdavid wow appreciate that transparency- thank you for sharing all those verses that apply to this! 💓🙏
@@sarahspeaksup I actually didn't even say what my sin was but it's probably something most wouldn't even consider a sin. Playing video games. But those things open up doorways in the spiritual realm for evil spirits to move right in. That's exactly what happened. And just as Jesus said in Matthew 12 other spirits even worse than that one came in as well. Then I really found myself in a world of hurt and lust came back along with some others. It was horrible!
Now I'm a deliverance minister and at that time I had to deny prayer for people because I was going through it myself just as you said you avoided making videos. Doing deliverance I see a lot of incredible things happen but sometimes people have to realize it's not always as simple as laying hands on someone and saying "Come out in Jesus name" as Paul did in Acts 16. Sometimes you have to be the one to do the resisting. To prove yourself faithful. As James said in chapter 4, Submit to God, resist the devil and he must flee! God didn't give you a spirit of fear but if power, love and self control!
So we have to use that self control to say no to Satan and that glorified God and then he will remove those evil spirits! Mark 9 Jesus said some of these only come out by prayer and fasting. And that's the truth. It's all in the book but when you start living it then it's even that much more real.
God bless sister. Jesus is coming soon so get ready! ❤️🙏
@@rebornasdavid That is so interesting you said video games.. the reason I say that is because it shows how deceptive the enemy is using something that seems like no big deal. This is why I am weary of what I watch on TV. It is not legalism for me it is being alert of the enemies tactics. I pray your ministry helps many people. God bless and I will see you in heaven!😇
@@rebornasdavidI look at sin as anything that becomes more important than God. Yes even smoking because at a point you need that cigarette as it becomes need.
Also, it's John 8:1-11 is the story of the woman caught in adultery and brought before Jesus. She told her to go and sin no more.
@@Saiman9000 I'm well acquainted with what sin is and the LORD even had me repeat out loud that I would not play games any more then the next day I heard the opposite voice saying I could do it but just don't make it an idol, like an hour a day. And of course that was the enemy which turned into much more than that. But I felt some need to test the spirit.
When I first began my walk with the LORD he had me toss my TV in the garbage, my PlayStation, and eventually I even threw my computer in as well. After I did that I got major freedom and deliverance. So I had been just praying, fasting, reading the word and spending time with God for a while.
James summed it up well when he said sin is when you know the right thing to do and don't do it. That opens the door to just about anything being sin. I used to be fat and I loved sugary foods and drinks and the Holy Spirit told me I'm not allowed to have soda ever again. So for me that's a sin, but not necessarily for you. A good example of sin that doesn't lead to death.
But some sin is universal. When you're brainlessly watching TV your spiritual defense goes down and your alpha brain wave patterns even change, allowing evil spirits to move into your house, as Jesus calls it. Smoking is a sin because it's suicide. A very slow process but you are killing yourself. I felt that demon enter me when I started smoking. Once you get rid of the larger and more easily identifiable sins then you begin losing grace for smaller sins and need to start removing them.
Christians are told for instance in Romans 13 to obey the law, unless it conflicts with God of course. So that means driving the speed limit. And here in CA nobody does that. Nearly everyone goes 10-15 over here. I had to relearn to drive. So speeding is indeed a sin. So is Jay walking, even taking a straw without asking. But if you're still struggling with lust or alcohol you probably won't be convicted of those things yet.
But the more of these I remove the closer I feel with God and it's been an amazing journey so far. Let the Holy Spirit lead you in all things and I pray all goes well with you in your journey with the LORD. God bless. ❤️🙏
Amazing! Well done for being so honest. That kind of honesty and authenticity is so important because if all Christians ever show to the world is a shiny perfection then it discourages non-believers because they feel they could never make the grade :)
amen ! thank you. What you said is one of the many reasons God kept nudging me to post it.
Thanks for sharing. I've been struggling with porn and gambling addiction. Normally when we think we are doing well is when we are often in the most danger of Satan tempting us and us falling back into sin. Thank the Lord that we have his unending grace.
@@marcuscro8887 thank you for sharing that with me! You are so right “when we think we are doing well” this experience made me more alert than I ever was 🙏💓
Thank you so much for sharing this! I have been really struggling for a l9ng time now with a lot of these same things. I really needed this, to see that I'm not the only one. So often, Christians struggle, but don't speak of it. You go to church and hear sermons about it, but never hear anyone's personal testimony about these struggles. Everyone just seems to put on their "Christian" mask while in church and it always made me feel alone even in a full church. So again, thank you for this. I needed to hear this
@@dananoble9628 I really appreciate you pointing this out because this is the exact reason why I made this video. God bless you. 🙏💓
Praise Yah you were able to repent. Love you sis in Christ
And none of us are worthy that’s what His blood is for! So thankful you’re still here, not UA-cam, here alive and made new!
“If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.”
Hebrews 12:7-13 KJV
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Thank you so much for this Sarah. Thank you for being obedient to God and preparing this video for us. Your vulnerability and genuiness helps us relate to what each one of us go through every day. Thank you for allowing God to use you to encourage us to pick ourselves up again, dust ourselves off and pick up our cross again. Only through Christ are we able to do this. Only through Christ are we able to be victorious. Appreciate you and you are loved. From a brother in Christ, all the way from South Africa
@@richedalmacio1831 beautiful ! Thank you for sharing 💓🙏
Thanks 4 sharing 🥹
Wow… all glory to Him! Keep walking, keep sharing, keep trusting. Deep calleth unto deep, He is drawing you near.
@@tangoleong amen and since this video God has illuminated much to me through the Bible about how to continue growing in holiness ♥️ He is so good. We must cling to Him!
God led me to stop alcohol completely during 2020. I knew that God was delivering me and that I needed to give up my rebellious, stubborn ways and finally surrender all to Him.
We are each enticed by our own lusts. But we must not yield to them. We must yield to God.
I’ve been feeling unworthy too, sister. All I have left is to depend on His mercy and grace to carry me over the finish line.
Even so, please come quickly, Lord Jesus 🙏🙏
Great points Sarah. As Christians we must self reflect and share. We are not free from temptation.
For me it took many relapses to hit that place where I really honestly had had enough.Praise Jesus 18 years alcohol free. Once in a while I enjoy a n/a beer and probably always will.I was addicted to alcohol not n/a beer.thanks
Thank you for displaying true transparency and role modeling what repentance really is. Bringing our sin to light is critical to moving forward with Christ. I am a new life In Christ I am no longer defined by my past or shortcomings. This type of message has a huge impact . Thank you for this and God bless you on your recovery journey.
Just earned a sub!!!
I m proud of you sis, keep up the good work. This video is going to help a lot of people. I love you .
"Any sinner is capable of being a great saint, and any saint is also capable of being a great sinner." - Archbishop Fulton Sheen
@@SouthernFriedPap1st wow
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The Lord knew we would fall as Scripture attests- even a righteous person falls 7 times a day - PROVERBS 24:16.
Thank God as a Catholic Christian for the gift of the “Sacrament of Confession”. We are also called to be perfect Matthew 5:48 and HOLY- 1Thessalonians 4:3.
The CONFESSIONAL is the “Tribunal of Mercy” and most Catholics sadly ignore this awesome gift. No faith group in the world has this unique OBJECTIVE MECHANISM in place to make one a saint.
Pax Christi
Good people will do good things. Bad people will do bad things. But good people will do bad things in the name of religion.
@@taylorthetunafish5737 Your Venn diagram is incomplete.
I am so grateful for His mercy and grace. I sure need it!
Amen sister, 10 years sober from straight vodka everyday and no desire for it, God is awesome, but before this I was a drunk since 18years old now 58yrs and God thought me a hard lesson by first losing my license, my job, my appartement my car and all the money i had and almost my health but now i gained it all back, praise Jesus my Lord and Savior.
@@Steph-lw8hl wow what a testimony!! Praise God ! 💓
Jesus has set me from habitual sin and showed me that repeating from sin isn't scriptural and is adding works to the gospel .
If you believe on the finished work of Christ you are saved ! Acts 16:29-31 29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you and your household.
Time to speak the truth , up to the rapture you won't find repent from sin in the Bible. Repent FOR remission of sins is in Acts chapter 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Read the verse carefully, it says Repent and be baptized FOR the forgiveness of sins. Do you get baptized every time you sin???.
Peter was speaking to the Jewish people who sacrificed animals for their sin now they had to turn away from that belief and believe Jesus paid for all sin. 1 John 3: 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. How are we born again ?
1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. If you don’t believe on the finished work of Christ because you add works then you are not born again
1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Galatians 3:21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. ps we all sin, and the bible says if you commit one sin then you have committed them all. That's why we need Jesus .
This is excellent, thank you for your honesty and courage. Don't be to hard on yourself. God never thinks you're unworthy. It's interesting I'm not a Christian but my beliefs and faith are very much alighned with yours. 🙏❤️
Hebrews 4:15💝
🙏 good one
Thank you, sister. This resonates deeply~
Drinking alcohol isn't a sin, but getting drunk is. God wants all of us to have sober minds. I made the decision in May of 2018 to not drink alcohol anymore because I didn't have the self control not to stay sober. My alcohol use never got me in any legal trouble, but my wife didn't like it when I drank and I certainly didn't stay sober at times. If staying sober is an issue, you may need to quit with the fake beer and just turn your back on all alcohol.
I mentioned no more NA beer for me in this video if you watched it through, thank you for sharing this. ❤
WOW, Sarah!! I just stumbled onto your online site as I was skimming the internet on my iPAD and came to a dead stop when I heard what you were talking about and looking into that refreshingly open and honest looking face of yours. I was CAPTIVATED and listened to what you had to say to the conclusion of this broadcast!! I’ll refrain from rambling on too much but the subject of your presentation was so relevant to my own situation and struggles that I couldn’t believe what I was hearing!! Anyhow, I am an Old Aussie Bloke who is fighting to get his Christian Faith back after years of alcohol abuse and recent sobriety of some 3 yrs duration. I am starting to make the same compromises that you talk about with nonalcoholic to low alcohol wine to…….. I want to hear more from you. I think you have a great presentation style with clear and concise speech and an honest and sincere face! I am at something of a crossroads myself and would like to hear more from you. You have the Voice of The Lord calling out to me in the wilderness!!! Cheers from Australia. 🙏🤠😳🇦🇺👍🙋♂️🎭🦘🦘🐨
@@michaelradel2405 thank you 🙏 💓💓💓
You are doing good, thank you for making this, it did speak to me.
Thank you for sharing Sarah. When you reach a point of wanting to please Him more than yourself the addictions fall away. I was able to get there with the help of the Holy Spirit and His incredible forgiveness and love. All praise to Jesus.
sister i've been there those cravings can become overpowering what works for me will not work for everyone else so im not going there but with the help of our LORD we can struggle through it his grace is far bigger than our cravings never stop fighting
Love your honesty, it is so refreshing, and more importantly the need to repent, thank you for this video.
This blessed me, thank you for your humility and transparency
7 months sober and I’ve been struggling with wanting to numb myself lately and I’m so glad I stumbled across this video…thank you and God Bless
@@Moskee40 praise God, He is going to help you persevere 💓
We all have our weak points that the devil can identify. “I was totally being led by my flesh” is something that absolutely applies to me, in a different context. Thankyou for being so open and courageous in telling what happened to you. Your words are insightful and help us all realise that we are all susceptible to the snares of this world. Gods bless you 🙏🏼
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Thanks for your honesty. This speaks to everyone and inspires those struggling with repeated sin.
Absolutely. Thank you so much for your openness. It spoke to me very deeply as I too am a Christian and have been sober for years relapsed last Friday . Having a very deep conversations with lots of grief lots of healing to happen. Thanks again.
@@1ryankasner I hear you I know the feeling 💓 you got this, eyes on Jesus - I am going to start going back to AA myself
I'm thankful you didn't delete your channel. Your journey of grace and mercy and forgiveness and humility is empowering. If you HAD deleted your channel, I wouldn't have found your story. Very encouraging. Thank you for sharing. Stay strong, sis.
Sarah your beautiful your washed, your clean. What a beautiful transparency, this takes alot. You are brave, thank you Jesus ❤❤❤❤Jessy x
Thank you! 🔥🔥🔥 May the Lord shine his face up on you and gift you of his peace. In Jesus Mighty name I pray, Amen.
Sarah, many thanks & God bless you for keeping it real. So much in the world today is fake & it’s so refreshing to hear you speak your truth before God and man. Keep fighting the good fight & encouraging us to do the same. Thanks again for sharing your heart & shining God’s light on many important topics🙏
Be encouraged. Our will and flesh are in no way capable to go up against the demonic spiritual forces that are against us. Only in Jesus are we able to be victorious. We're free, in Jesus; and now we're going to walk in what Jesus has provided. We stand back up and take the hand of Jesus, that is always extended, ready to help us up.
Thank the Lord, we are saved by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross.
There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. Praise him.
Thank God we don't have to be perfect, no-one would make it to heaven. But God came and died for our sins. His precious blood sets us free. 🙏❤️
A powerful message we can all learn from. Thank you Sarah ❤️
Join the club..We are not Perfect only God is Perfect. We sometimes veer off the narrow road a go to bad places, but the most important thing is to get back to the narrow road..
@@bigdaddyboomakamr.knowital8079 amen
You’re an inspiration. I’m sitting here in my room aboard a cargo ship, a tanker, tied up to the dock in Pusan, Korea. You have a gift. Your life will have great ups and downs, but you have a great attitude. And I love that New York accent.
@@bensanderson7144 wow.. this really moved me. 🫶 thank you 🙏