Russ Taff Inspirational Interview on Addiction and Recovery | Dinner Conversations
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2018
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“HOLD TO GOD'S UNCHANGING HAND”
WRITTEN BY JENNIE B. WILSON
PERFORMED BY RUSS TAFF, RON BLOCK, BUDDY GREENE, MARK LOWRY & ANDREW GREER
© 2017 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
I just watched, “I still believe.” Russ’ story is heartbreaking and inspirational. Kudos to his friends & family for their support.
WOW! WOW! WOW! Finally, someone understands the daily struggles of Christians who love JESUS and has the balls to say it! Thank you Russ Taff, Mark Lowry and Andrew Greer for being 100% REAL!!! I love you JESUS, I really do!!!
"I didn't know he loved me that much". It is so scary that we can sing and preach about the love of God but not believe it for ourselves. The world may turn it's back on us, but God never will. For His love is based upon His grace and mercy given to us through the Cross and our faith in Jesus as Savior.
I grew up in that type of chaos and abuse and no one knew my Dad was an atheists. So at 11 I joined the Catholic church because it felt clean and safe. I got save as a young adult. When giving my testimony at my church's woman's group I was told I should not glorify sin. That was the end of my testimony. As an older adult I know that the pastor was wrong and can let GOD handle that. But, at the time I was discouraged. The Church should support us not regulate us! Thanks for sharing. WOW This is so powerful. My drink/drug was the people pleaser trying to measure up not to God, but people. All you said is so so true .
There are no words to describe how much Russ' music meant to me in the 80s, and way beyond. It's not possible to count the tears I have cried listening to Medals. It's Russ' best work and I love him for bringing it to me. It's amazing how he survived the bottle and can now be of even more help to others. I too grew up in a minister's home and know all too well how you have to be quiet.
Anyone listening, please pray that I would find such precious trusted ones in my life. Sadly, they are not easily found in the church at large
What a testimony of the Love of God! Russ Taft is the real deal! Hearing him share how he would go to the church late at night and talk to Jesus was so precious. God always knew Russ's heart and never let Him go. This is the real Gospel of Jesus.
Sometimes we have to overcome an abusive childhood by ourselves with the help of Jesus. The Church is not responsible. I still struggle with feelings of self-hate. The Church can never understand. Only Jesus does. He is my Healer.
Thank you so much for this. As a teenager I was invited to be part of prison ministry. I know that was of God because I finally found a place where masks could not be worn. I was accepted and loved even with my masks off. That for me was my first true experience of church!
I grew up in a similar situation to Russ. My husband took me to see his documentary. It brought back a flood of horrible memories for me. I am back in counseling now, but it has been rough. Addiction is a problem I am struggling with for too many years now. Please pray for me.
Love all of you.
Oh my, this resonates with me! My father was an alcoholic, but thank God I had a Mother who loved Jesus. She was saved on the last night of a Billy Graham crusade before I was born. When I was 6 years old, my Mother led me to Christ. Had it not been for Calvary, I don't know what would have happened. Grace and judgement have always been a struggle for me. Like Mark, I am a "recovering fundamentalist." :) We are all just broken vessels still being used for the glory of God.
I grew up with a father like Russ's, very legalistic and abusive. It helps open my eyes hearing Russ's video. A person can't just get over it alone. It's wonderful to hear about the healing that's taken place in Russ's life.
Right off the bat.... I’ve said the same thing for years! People don’t confess their faults to one another because we (the church) prefer to gossip than to bear one another’s burdens. I used to have pastors come to me with their darkest secrets because they couldn’t go to other pastors for fear that their secret would be political leverage used against them. Heck, Tony Robbins does a better job of this than most of the Church, at least in the western world. I’ve been treated better by atheists than some church leaders....
So good. Glad I stumbled across this.
I love Russ Taff! I love Jesus even more!!!
I’m one of these Christian who has experienced this same road with all the pains and sufferings. Took years of AA meetings, study, and prayer to heal and truelly feel loved by God. What a truelly powerful blessing you have been my life. Love you brothers in Christ.
My heart breaks for the child that Russ was. How the Lord has given him such gifts and testimony.
Hello Amy
How are you doing?
Although I'm outraged at his parent's hypocricy! I wonder if Jesus will tell them - get away from me for I never knew you!. How could they behave in such an evil manner day after day??!! We don't hear mention of Russ's siblings, I wonder how they faired in life given such awful beginnings.
Thanks RUSS TAFF, my dad was a head deacon in a church, he would beat up on my mother, he always had a bottle of Brandy under the bed, we lived in a nine by twelve house, many kids and we slept on the floor. there were so many things that happen before I was fifteen when i had a vision at school, ran home just in,time to stop him from killing my mom. The secrets, enmity between siblings, Church folks gossips, half brothers and sisters, Most of my brothers and sister are not saved today. I remember once I knelled in the yard and wish my parents had died. I asked Gods forgiveness since. My mother asked my forgiveness for the way she treated me. I have been working on my forgiveness list. I tried everything till God said: "I will teach you and He is really showing me that it is easier than I think, was already taken care of at the cross when Jesus said : 'Father for give them they know not, what they did
included what anyone could have ever done or will ever do to me. I really love God and grateful that He thinks well of me. Roz
Roslind Manu thanks for sharing. Great to know that with all you’ve been through you’re still a believer. Will be praying for your siblings. Stay strong in the Lord! 😊
Wow y'all are talking about my life right now I am in tears! I know the family life that Russ is talking about and I call it the stain glass masquerade! I am the oldest child of a Baptist pastor who is battling addiction so I can't believe the things I am hearing thank you for posting this. Oh to clarify I am battling addiction not my Father he is addicted to food lol
Powerful interview. I’m a middle-aged PKWB (Preacher kid with baggage) myself, Saved by Grace 15 years, sober 15 years...as SOON as I got saved, I download Priority. I still listen to various songs almost daily in my random music play. Thank you Mr. Taff, for allowing God to use you so that your voice and lyrics would reach my wounded soul from childhood to this morning. I look forward to hearing what you can do when your voice is harmonizing with Angels. 💕
I dream of a day I could talk to someone without judgement
Man I love Russ Taff. I saw him sing when I was in the middle of my mercury poisoning. I was eyeball with him. I said, "Your music has blessed my socks off." tears in my eyes. He just said, "Thanks" and continued to just look me in the eyes. Man.
One of the most honest conversations I've heard about growing up as a PK. I, too, am a PK; and, even though there was no alcohol ever in our home, my father was a product of an alcoholic home. I see how this affected our home and family, in both good and bad ways. I will say, I think that "don't tell anyone what goes on in this family" was also a product of that generation (I'm going out on a limb here and assume Russ is near my 6 decades lol). Even in non-believer homes, you just didn't talk about what went on behind closed doors. It's why people think things were so much better "back then." They really weren't any different, you just didn't hear about it.
CarolJ2013 well said. So true.
Wow, that "don't tell anyone" stuff screwed my mind up! My father wasn't a pastor, but he was a teacher. And in that generation (I'm 62) even teachers had this innate sense of hiding anything that would shed them in a bad light! So the baggage in my only child soul heaped up. I still don't feel torally healed at times.
Russ ....think about all the many people you have helped by being transparent. God bless you, brother!
Less judgment is essential for a safe place to share our hearts and be real. Brokenness is not a weakness
Yes!
Life tried to take him down, but God had Russ in His plans. I have to thank God for His mercy and forgiveness. When you try to serve Him with all your heart and walk in Jesus path then the devil wants to bring your past back up. When that happens to me, I go to His word that’s says in John1:9 If we confess sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Russ you have been bless God has given you a beautiful talent your voice and you have honored Jesus with it. Your in my 🙏🏻.
May God fill everything with His majesty. Jesus comes to us and make us whole over and over again!!!!!
Cindy Cobb commented, Russ has always been a very special person. It must be so...a few weeks back I was watching a Gaithers UA-cam video filmed some years previous. As Russ sang, tears began pouring for no explicable reason. I very rarely cry. It wasn't the lyrics; not even the music, per se. For lack of a better explanation, I'm attributing it to God's created harmonics.
Ooooo, tough love: I believe I've gone through times of brokenness, but, Russ, you wouldn't have time for me.We don't all deal with brokenness in the same way and how we come out the other end may not be the familiar broken, end result others recognize. The only person who understood or will understand the affects my divorce had on me was my beautiful, earthly dad. It became apparent to him as he sat across from me in the restaurant--and he didn't know what to do. I loved him for trying.
I am here watching this beautiful message about Russ and the Lord and also thinking “what about that food nobody is eating” lol
I met Russ Taff in 1989. He was much less than friendly. Cold and unwelcoming. But I admired his great singing in the 1980s-mid 1990s
I watched this again because I lived through this in my marriage. I not only eventually lost my marriage, but we were thrown out of a church because my husband had addictions that the Pastor couldn't handle
Hope u r ok and doing well
happened to me too. I finally left my husband to save my children. two of them were damaged but I did save the youngest. should have left sooner.
Oh no. The church threw you out because of a weakness? My Lord!!
Many Christian churches are like that where the pastor cannot deal with the problems that the congregation might bring to him.
I have a handful of sisters in Christ that I can go to and they will keep it to themselves. They will listen and if there is something to help me with they'll speak. But I don't go to my Pastor for that kind of help.
He can help in other ways, but as for being there for us in the pastoring sense- No.
So I have been going for years to Jesus Christ, and he takes care of everything. And I have gone through a lot during the past nineteen years of my salvation and 18 years of an now broken marriage, we're drinking and adultery happened.
Amen we're all broken vessels that need a savior!!!
We love you Russ Taff, and I know the pain of childhood memories, they brought tears to my eyes every time I narrated them , because I really wished I never experienced pain as a child, honestly, I wanted things to have gone right for me, until I psrayed this kind of prayer which just came to me, I asked Jehovah to allow The Holy Spirit to walk down the memory lane with me, even to visit the day I was conceived in my mother's womb, because I was suspecting that my mother was hurting during her pregnancy with me, oh my God, tears were falling from a deep hurting heart that has been hurting through all the years, and as I prayed for each year in patience I sensed heaviness leaving me and I stopped wondering where was God in my childhood but I realized He was there, always waiting to hear a prayer of someone volunteering to stand in the gap for me and at that time nobody cared to pray for me, and this taught me this lesson: WE MUST PRAY FOR OTHERS, you pass by and you notice pain in a child's face, pray for them, I tell you that prayer will make a difference. I am saying this because most of the pains that lead to depression and addiction are due to childhood experiences. We love you Russ , you have touched us positively with your music, alone even when you were with GVB
Thank you Russ Taff for your open, honest story. It has helped me - I grew up in an emotionally abusive family with a step-mother that disliked me and a father who never stood up for me when I was so wronged. He eventually became as bad as she was. I finally had to kick them both out of my life, for peace. It all does leave scars, but I now have a long term happy marriage and blessed stability.
I really enjoyed seeing this show. I played the Imperials music with Russ Taff in the late ‘70’s while in college. The Holy Spirit definitely sang through his soul, he was a powerful singer. I’ve heard about him throughout the years but I was really excited to hear him today on DC with Mark. I just discovered Mark two days ago thru his own old comedy monologues on UA-cam. I had no idea of Russ Taff’s testimony but I’m really not surprised after thinking about it for two minutes. God uses the broken-hearted. My daughter asks me why life is so hard and I tell her ppl would not turn to Jesus if we had no problems. I am thankful that Russ Taff is in the world, he ministers to so many!
Hey Russ. My name is Andrew. Just wanted to let you know that I have been following you for a very long time (early 1970s). As the manager of the CLC bookstore in St.Lucia, I sold alot of your music (The Imperials) to the saints over here.
I am glad that your love for Jesus did not wane.
I am also into music (keyboards) so I follow you folks online. God bless you sir. Keep holding to the unchanging hands of Jesus.
I attended the same church from 6 years old until 36. I suffered in silence all that time. I had been molested and there was no interest in me or what may be wrong.
I felt like the worst sinner. It was excruciating. No one, not one cared. Still I love God and I rejoice that he helped me to realize its not about the laws of man but about his love. He loves me. Thank you father.
I grew up in a home like Mr. Taft did. However, I didn't turn to drinking. I learned to be invisible, unless I had to protect my Mom. Then I would run my heart out to my uncle's house to get help for her , while I hid .
Russ Taff your life deeply touched me. We all have our traumatic story. God loves you!!
my mom is 84. A recovering alcoholic for 27 years. I take her to her AA meeting once a month. I love the meetings and often think Christians need to be as open.
Oh my brother Russ! I never knew your background. I can understand what you walked through.
I have loved Russ’ music for many years. Now I have a new respect for him because of your dinner. Thank him for me please!!
I wish I had a friend! I have Jesus but a person here on Earth that understands me would be great and to have someone to pray with and play music with. Depression is a hard go.
I did not get to watch this when it was first posted, but as I watch it today - Nov. 21, the day before Thanksgiving - I have to tell you that I've had the song "Hold To God's Unchanging Hand" pop up in my life several times in the past month. Considering that this is not one of the hymns we hear very often today, I can't help but feel there is a message in there that I need to be reminded of. Thank you all for singing it on this broadcast. God doesn't change . . . no matter how we try to change him to fit our current world . . . and I'm so thankful for that! Blessings to you all.
Steven Curtis Chap Russ Taff, and Joni Erickson Tada were the ones put in my life that spoke directly to my heart and were anchors to keep me hanging on to God.
I love yr show its my favorite new place to hang out and feel loved and safe...God Bless this site 🙏💯🙏
How great would a book by Russ Taff be!! So much to tell us of pain and recovery with God's love!
People in the church do others an injustice when they show up for service and present themselves as having perfect lives. People who are fighting battles and are in pain have no idea what God can do for them! It's time to shed the perfect image and be real so that others can know Jesus for real!
I like Russ Taff. That man has an angelic voice that I could NEVER get tired of hearing.
oh I hope my husband and I can one day have friends such as these
so thankful to see Christians opening up to their human struggles. in our weakness He is strong!
Honestly, I need dear Christian friends like these!
Raised the same way. What goes on in the home stays there. Religion. No one heals properly and church just keeps hiding it all. Church is to heal, Jesus is the healer.
Dinner conversation a beautiful platform where you can come and speak of your your dark moments and not be judged, you are encouraged, loved and appreciated with the word of God.
"You don't have that far to fall when you've already climbed down the ladder." -- so insightful. In other words, "humble yourself", right? Otherwise that fall from prideful hiding is humiliating, but humbling oneself is noble and leaves us with dignity and a right kind of self-respect.
There is so much meat in this episode,like “if pastors would show their scars rather than their trophies”. Thank you Russ Taff for being so honest and transparent,and just being Jesus!
To be honest if pastors were more honest about their scars they could be fired or hounded to resign. We had problems with our oldest daughter and instead of standing by me and my wife I had people in the church falsely accuse us and they turned their back on us. I almost left the ministry over it and am in a different church now because staying there was not tenable. Ironically one of the families who turned on me had lots of problems with their own children. Go figure. I pray for them and support them and when it is my turn to receive I did not get any. In fact I got wrath.
Annette Wilson I agree
Van PastorMan Thats terrible! As a lifelong layperson, it always appeared to me that the clergy and their families were the ones to receive lots of grace, special treatments, etc., unless of course there was real sin then there should be thorough investigation and discipline. the average nobodies (like me) are always the ones to suffer alone, be abused, maligned, and hated. This is shocking to hear, and I wonder why that happened to you.
And if they did,churches would fire them. Many church congregations cultivate a fake veneer and if you want to keep paying the bills you have to tow the line.
@@vanmoody I am so sorry you were treated like that. Shame on them for what they did.
Beautiful testimony by Russ and I so connected with who we were raised to believe God was and Who He really is. I still struggle with Jesus loving me fully but "I'm still here" as Nicole Nordeman song says. I'm reconciling my estranged father's death in Aug (who was an alcoholic and abusive) we were slowly reconciling. I'm redefining who I am now because of it and in Christ, who that will change me even further for the better in Him. It's a deep, painful, all encompassing grief and healing walk with Jesus. But He's never left or forsaken me in all our years together ❤
If we could all be real !!! Thank you !
You never know what the other guy has lived through, what pain he's carrying around.
Amen Mark! So glad to hear you be honest on this subject. Really blows my mind how the so-called church treats people. No, I don't look at the church as a crutch, because I love God. I will say this though, when I was going through some of the hardest times in my life, the church condemned me instead of helping me. Now, I travel across the country singing about my God and His Son Jesus! When I quit looking to the church for help, and started looking to Jesus from where my true help comes from, my Lord, He blew the doors off of my life! I saw you once at a taping of The Music City Show in Nashville. I was a guest in the audience. I didn't get to meet you personally, but man, you have been an inspiration in my life. Then, I missed you at NQC this year. Hopefully soon, you'll be in Northeast Alabama for an event. God bless you my brother! Russ, keep singing my brother. You are also an inspiration!
God bless all of these men for their honesty! The only difference between us and them, as Mark said… Is they have a microphone.
May the light of Jesus shine through all of our cracks… For those of us who believe, and may Living Water overflow through those cracks as well.
This was a very honest, accurate picture of a lot of us. I bear scars, physical (surgeries), and emotional that I feel has been passed down to my two sons. I try my best to keep in touch, and keep it on a positive note, but we know when it's just a facade. My youngest son has a deeper bond with me as he is farthest away (GA), than the one who lives with me. I am stuck in a nursing rehab due to virus, and only have a week to go(they constantly tell me this),
and can not wait to see my home about 5 min.away. This crazy pandemic has most of the residents in a screaming frenzy, and blasted I'm tired of waking up all night with strange people in my room, or brawling right outside my door. I usually just pray and act delirious or dead, so they will leave me alone! God Bless Russ Taff and these Dinner conversations with Mark and Andrew. Please pray I can find the empathy to help my fellow residents with God's grace until I can go home.
Thank You Russ Taff . And Mark Lowry . We All Are Fighting Battles, Thank You for Your Testimony . God Bless You And My Sweet Mark Lowry . In Jesus Name I Ask God To Bless You All . Praying For The Body Of Christ Jesus That We Will All Be One Someday When Jesus Comes Again, Amen
Amazing! Wonderful good news from King Jesus!
This was so awesome! Thank you so much :-) there's nothing better to a woman's heart, then to see humble men, not afraid to shed a tear and talk about the love of God!
My name is Joseph and Im a Grateful Believer and a Christian Celebrating Recovery from pornography addiction, sexual addiction, the criminal justice system, bullying and an adult survivor of childhood physical abuse.
Mr. Staff I listen to you every day my life was like you. My life was 35years on Drugs I lost 7of9 kids because of my life with drug. I was a Southern Gospel singer music director my life was music for 60 your will I been keen 22 year all but pain pill not bad but one two many. I love singing and been told I have the gift but list the dream. 75 years today written two Book my first Dance with the Devil Sang with the Angels been on TV with Both Book and a strong speaker against Drugs and Alcohol and child Abuse. Thank you for your testament and Jesus is my Best Friend today as I know he is your and Mark Love you and you show Pop's
I love this interview, I fell head over in love with Jesus Christ all over again as I listened to Russ, and Mark expressing their love and His love to us without being judgmental. Thank You Lord Jesus Christ, for loving us all that deep.
This was very powerful and really spoke to me. I was in tears by the end of it when they sang, "Oh How I Love Jesus" I can really relate to what Russ says. As I listened to him, I just wanted to yell out..."Yes!! Yes....that is how I feel!!" I really needed to hear this. I realize that even with my problems, I am still God's child and he loves me even though I am not perfect and I have issues I need to resolve (with his help). I fall so short so many times but I am never giving up on trying to do better and be better and I know that God will never give up on me.
Oh to be a student of God's Word BUT I WANT to REALLY know Jesus! To have HIM come and mended my cracks...thanks for saving me a spot at the table.
I was a PK's kid as well. My father was an alcoholic. He eventually became sober, but never admitted to being an alcoholic. We are all broken vessels, needing our Lord Jesus. Thank you for sharing your story.
I knew Russ when at OBU in Arkadelphia. He was a passionate believer...he touched my life as a writer musician with Logos
I love Russ. May God bless him and help him make it to the end in Jesus’Name
Thank you Russ, Mark and Andrew. I attend a group called "Celebrate Recovery" which is a church based program for anyone with hurts, hangups and habits. Same thing as Russ said. A safe place where you can talk and you aren't judged. Thank you Jesus.
Love Celebrate Recovery.
This is so honest, it's almost hard to listen to... Russ Taff is so real... It's time for people to realize what "religion" has done to the children of church people... I'm one of those kids...
i'm also p.k. (not Promise Keeper :-)
Yes. Just like having dinner and getting w friends
Me too
I too am one of these people; I am a granddaughter of a pastor and a sister to my little brother who is also a pastor. I LOVE what Russ said about all the little cracks that make us human, as well as Christians. Just like Jesus' body was broken for us, all my scars and cracks represent HIS healing in my life. No one else could do it but Jesus. I really believe the old adage is true: only cracked pots for His service will do :)
Yip, I was a wounded and unwelcome believer for years.
God still wanted me though. So He called me back home, forgave me and restored me to Himself.
Thank you so very much Russ Taff for being so vulnerable and so real and so honest to tell YOUR story, What a redemption story of how God can take such a broken heart and broken life that started with such horrible abuse and now you have the victory, Russ because of Jesus love for you and HIS redemptive power. I just pictured and imagined just how this must have broken your Heavenly Father's heart watching you as a little boy sing your heart out for Jesus and then to be beaten up for it later by your own biological parents. It was like the enemy was driving them to steal that powerful anointing that was not only on your voice, but on your life. Now All of the chains are broken off and you are FREE, TOTALLY FREE. What the enemy meant for harm, God ALWAYS turns around for GOOD!!!!
So thankful for this conversation, the Church must be more open and welcoming to everyone. Russ has been a blessing to me for many years, and he is a genuine lover of Jesus. Spending time with him is such a blessing. Press on!
Thanks so much for sharing this Russ
Loved the Imperials. Thank you Russ for your transparency.
Such a sad story about Russ parents. I can’t imagine my parents punching me. Russ is the type of person whose not only talented but also very likeable. My favourite album is “under their influence” love ya brother. From NZ.
This is an amazing interview revealing the love of Jesus and HIS transformative power... Grace, Grace... God's grace is sufficient! I love Russ Taff and appreciative his transparency!
We need more of these kinds of conversations within the church, don't we.....
...not trying to repair the past...worth the price of admission right there.
I wish that i had someone who I could trust to be a great friend.
Russ your songs have had a deep effect on my walk with the lover of my soul. Christ's finger--prints are all over your life! Bless ya mate!
My heart went out to Russ. I have loved hearing him on the Gaither Homecoming DVD's. I have always felt that he had been hurt bad at so time. God gave him a wonderful gift we love him. I will be joining you Mark by sending $30.00 dollars a month. I wish it could be more.God bless you for all you do for others Mark. Patty
I have loved his music since my teens (I will be 60 this yr). Such a fine musician... Love you Russ.
I lift up your ministry to the Lord...this is so needful...I am praying for your ministry and the end to human trafficking. Our Congress needs to help with our own immigration laws...so much human trafficking goes on between America and Mexico and visa versa...we need to stop the problem in our own country which is involved with the cartels and the drug business and illegals going over our border.
Wow how many kids in church grow up in dysfunctional homes and have a warped view of who God is! In my case thank God for my grandparents and the infilling of the Holy Spirit at a very young age. That somehow created a buffer around me and kept me in Circle of Jesus love
Thank you, Russ, for baring your soul, so that others might be saved. I went to a Billy Graham Crusade (Howard Jones was preaching) to see The Imperials with Russ Taff. I knew it was a crusade, but I viewed it as an Imperials concert. You blessed me and opened my heart in preparation to receive the gospel, and I went forward that night and began my new adventure with Jesus. I hope to meet you sometime. I want you to know what a difference you made in my life by sharing God’s love through the unique gift that God has bestowed upon you. Thank you for your faithfulness!!
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Just love y'all!
Oh how I love Jesus!
Riding on the shepherds shoulders OH WHAT A VIEW!
as the old song goes, just sinners saved by grace.
This was good. The church has a job to do now...undoing the legalistic, rigid, and harsh teaching it has promoted over decades. Now we need to fully understand the grace of God as revealed in His word. This was good and I can relate
THIS IS INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY. RUSS TAFF, MY LOVE FOR YOUR MUSIC AND MINISTRY ARE STRENGTHENED, HEARING THIS OF YOUR LIFE. AMAZING GRACE INDEED .
We had Russ at our Pastor Appreciation a few years ago. He was so awesome and anointed. I appreciate his testimony and sharing of his life. It hits home with so many. So enjoyed this!
Wow sounds like the church I grew up in you would never let anyone know that you even had a problem so very sad but God was there all the time .People will fail you but God never fails.
MUCH MUCH MUCH appreciation for this Video from Melbourne, Australia 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Powerfully Honest Show! Most powerful thing I took from this (5:00) "We wouldn't even need AA if the church did what they were supposed to do". I have been praying about this for a little over a year now. I recently faced my problem with pornography head on, confessed to my wife & found the "Celebrate Recovery" group in town. After joining the group, I discovered others with hurts, habits & hang-ups, like the program says. But as I went through, I realized, "I just need to get right with God & stay in His Word & walk in the Spirit, not in the flesh". I agree with you, Mark Lowry, if the church did what was commanded by Jesus, we could solve much of these problems. We used to call it a "sanctuary" right? I have found support and started attending church regularly again. Thank You, Russ Taff, for your open & honest interview. Your music continues to bless me to this day. Thank You, Mark Lowry, for all the years of laughter, song & honesty about living the Christian life. God Bless!!
RocK ON Man Of GOD! :)
I'm reminded of Jesus, how his disciples fell asleep in the Garden of Gethsemane as Jesus beseeched His heavenly father for mercy from his mission.
How lonely can you truly feel at that moment?
I truly pray to God that I'm the friend that anyone would reach out to.
I want you to reach out and grasp my hand when you feel the most desperation.
Thank you Russ...your story has set me free, your description of the pain growing up hit me over the head and instantly had an understood "why"... THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, thanks Mark and Andrew...you all need to do way, way more of these real stories.