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Decluttering Q&A with Kathi Lipp & Spiritual Warfare Q&A with Dr. Sam Storms · Karl and Crew

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  S1: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond. It's Carl
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  S1: and crew. Come as you are an experienced guide, overcome
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  S1: what seems impossible and live as you never imagined delivering
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  S1: the truth daily.
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  S2: If it were possible to have every worldly gain available
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  S2: and you're forfeiting your soul, there's no amount of gain
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  S2: that would make it worth it.
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  S3: Our own way never ever works. Because it's apart from
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  S3: the life source, which is God.
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  S4: For me, growing up, love was always conditional and can
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  S4: be taken from you. Christ's love can't. And he went
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  S4: to the cross with my mind and my heart that night.
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  S1: Now, from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl
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  S1: and Crew. Well, ask the experts and oh, we've got
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  S1: some help.
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  S5: Needed coming right out of the chute. Cathy is with
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  S5: us here today. And here's the question. We got paper everywhere,
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  S5: says someone. I struggle with. Getting rid of paper represents
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  S5: my life journey, and when I look at it, I
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  S5: just can't release it. Please help. What do you say, Kathy?
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  S6: Well, first of all, that may represent your life journey,
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  S6: but it's not your life journey. And so I just
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  S6: want to say there, there are levels of paper, you know,
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  S6: we're going to keep the passport, we're going to pay
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  S6: the bills. But one thing that I think is so
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  S6: important is so much of that paper needs to be
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  S6: kicked back into play. So some of it is bills
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  S6: that we are just hanging on to too long because
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  S6: out of fear, what if I don't? If I pay
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  S6: the electric bill, am I going to have enough money
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  S6: for the water bill? You know, so we we keep
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  S6: things too long because of fear of not having enough.
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  S6: And so that is something we definitely need to get
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  S6: a handle on. But if we're looking at older papers,
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  S6: things that are from your past, things that maybe their
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  S6: letters or something like that. You don't need to keep
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  S6: every letter that your boyfriend from eighth grade sent. Now
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  S6: I will say you keep one because those memories are sweet.
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  S1: He was a good dude.
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  S6: He was a good dude. He just wasn't your dude. Okay?
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  S6: And so.
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  S5: That's.
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  S6: Right. One and release the rest. And you know, when
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  S6: it comes to maybe relatives who have passed on, we
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  S6: don't need to keep everything that they've ever sent us,
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  S6: given us, keep the thing that is most representative of
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  S6: that person or your relationship, and hold that, dear. We
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  S6: need to curate, you know, if if our if our
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  S6: people that we love knew that we would be hanging
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  S6: on to these things for the rest of our lives,
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  S6: they would have sent us a lot less stuff. They
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  S6: don't want you carrying around that burden.
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  S2: Kathy whip with us right now. Author, speaker, blogger, podcast host.
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  S2: Her podcast is called the Clutter Free Academy. She also
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  S2: has a Facebook group that's wildly popular, clutter free. If
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  S2: you've got a question on clutter on Decluttering organization 805 557898,
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  S2: 800 555, 7898. Kathy. This whole topic can bring a
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  S2: level of shame because depending on the degree to which
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  S2: you feel like you're living under the weight of clutter,
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  S2: you feel like I just can't get it together. Everybody
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  S2: else is so much organized. I've tried so many times
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  S2: to get a handle on this house, speak to some
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  S2: of the emotions that sort of keep us stuck in
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  S2: these patterns.
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  S6: Yeah. You know, that feeling of everybody else has got
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  S6: their life together and I'm a loser is very prevalent.
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  S6: But UCLA did a study that said that 66% of
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  S6: women say that clutter is a big issue in their life.
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  S6: So you are not alone, friend. You just are not.
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  S6: And so to think about that shame, maybe the shame
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  S6: is over the money you've spent that on things. You know,
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  S6: those things that are hanging in your closet that maybe
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  S6: still have the tags that, uh, you know, they look
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  S6: like a great idea at the time, but they don't
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  S6: actually fit your life. Yeah. I just want to remind people,
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  S6: this is your first time on earth. Okay? We're all
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  S6: just figuring this out. So we all make mistakes. We
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  S6: all buy things we shouldn't. We all hold on to
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  S6: things because of the memories attached. And so part of
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  S6: maturing is saying, you know what? I made a mistake.
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  S6: I'm going to I'm going to release that. And I
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  S6: know I've told this story here before, but you guys, uh,
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  S6: when I was a single mom, we went to a
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  S6: goodwill to find my kids some shoes. And my son
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  S6: was desperate to feel a part of school, and all
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  S6: he wanted in life was a pair of cool shoes
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  S6: and we went to goodwill. Goodwill is not known for
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  S6: their cool shoes. Let's just say that that's not what
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  S6: their reputation is about. And we get there. And my
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  S6: my junior high going into high school is wearing a
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  S6: men's size ten. And so we go to the elevens
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  S6: to try to find something he can grow into. And
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  S6: he gives me this pair of shoes and he goes, mom,
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  S6: these are the ones I want. They were an eight
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  S6: and a half. Okay. That that we would have to
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  S6: cut the toes out. We finally I look at those
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  S6: shoes because they come from the eight and a half section.
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  S6: And guys, they were a size 11. And I just
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  S6: think about that guy or most likely his wife who says,
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  S6: you've never worn these. We need to donate them. They
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  S6: didn't know that they were the miracle that my kid
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  S6: needed that day. And I'm so grateful that somebody said,
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  S6: I can release these.
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  S5: I love that story. Taking your calls for. Kathi Lipp
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  S5: 805 557898. When it comes to clutter or hoarding, it
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  S5: manifests itself in a lot of ways. We want to
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  S5: talk solutions here. So if you've got questions, you're stuck.
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  S5: You want to get unstuck. Give us a call right now.
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  S5: Let's go light them up. Phone lines (800) 555-7898. We'll take
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  S5: test text messages as well. Those questions 805 5578 90.
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  S5: Let's go to the phone lines here Ali yeah.
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  S2: Porsha calling in first time caller from Bensenville, Illinois. Go
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  S2: ahead with your question for Cathy. Hi.
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  S7: I just have a quick question on laundry. Um, we
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  S7: have a family of six sports and extracurriculars, plus an in-law,
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  S7: and it seems like laundry is never ending in our house.
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  S7: There's like piles of it. It just, it just feels
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  S7: so much. Is there a system that I can put
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  S7: in place to make laundry easier and more efficient for
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  S7: our household.
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  S2: Great question. What do you say, Kathy?
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  S6: The such a great question. And Porsche keeping up with
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  S6: six people. I, I, you know I'm going to get
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  S6: tips from you. That's what I'm going to say. But
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  S6: one thing I have, uh, I have really released from
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  S6: my life is being precious about laundry. Uh, you know,
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  S6: fabrics are so much better than they were even ten
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  S6: years ago. And lots of people are sorting into like
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  S6: micro piles and it is causing more work than you
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  S6: actually need. So I would say, uh, don't be precious
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  S6: about it. And, uh, I love a shout. Stick more
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  S6: than anything else. That's the best invention of the past
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  S6: ten years, right? And so I.
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  S1: Don't know what that is.
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  S5: What's a.
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  S1: Shout?
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  S2: Stick stain remover.
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  S1: Oh, okay.
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  S6: It's a stain remover. That is just. It's fabulous. It it.
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  S6: Or there's the also the Oxiclean remover. But both of those,
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  S6: those are going, you know, you put them on there
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  S6: and then they sit. The other thing I would say,
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  S6: I don't know how old your kids are, but I
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  S6: think about 9 or 10 is a great time to
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  S6: start learning laundry. Or the first time a child puts
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  S6: clean clothes back into the laundry hamper. That's the sign
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  S6: that they need to start learning how to do laundry.
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  S6: So you start with folding and putting away, but then
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  S6: they can start managing some of that on their own.
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  S6: And I think with six people, you just have to
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  S6: resign yourself to the fact that laundry is an everyday habit.
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  S6: But if you can get into that everyday habit and
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  S6: it doesn't pile up, you're going to feel so much
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  S6: more at peace with all of those things. The last
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  S6: thing I'll say is we have we just have two people,
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  S6: but we have, um, laundry hampers on both floors if
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  S6: you have an upstairs and downstairs. And that's something we've
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  S6: just done recently that has has made a huge difference.
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  S5: Is this why moms sniff clothes?
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  S6: Yes.
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  S5: To see if it's dirty or not. Because moms, I've
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  S5: noticed moms, they just sniff laundry. It's it's a little odd.
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  S6: I, I have I have never been a person who
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  S6: struggles with deep, deep anger until I found clean clothes.
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  S6: I mean, I was going to say something more powerful there, but.
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  S8: No, no, it's powerful enough.
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  S6: You know, to find clean, folded clothes in your child's
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  S6: laundry basket.
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  S2: Yes.
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  S6: Is is is, you know, whatever crime is committed. After that,
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  S6: she is excused. And, um, you know, a jury of
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  S6: women would not convict. Uh, and I think a lot
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  S6: of it comes from overstuffed drawers. Our kids. Most of
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  S6: our kids aren't dealing with too little. They're dealing with
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  S6: too much. And they just it's hard for them to
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  S6: manage the symptoms. So getting those older clothes out of there,
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  S6: the things that, you know, maybe somebody bought for them
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  S6: that they don't wear overgrown, they're outgrown. Get those out.
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  S6: Because if they see a drawer that's too full, that's
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  S6: going to go in the laundry hamper.
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  S2: Cathy, live with us right now. Author, speaker, clutter Free
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  S2: Academy is her thing. You got a question 800 555 7898,
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  S2: 805 5578, 98. Coming up, we'll tackle this one. Heartfelt. Cathy,
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  S2: how do I help an elderly parent free up clutter?
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  S2: They asked for my help, but when I help, they
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  S2: don't want to get rid of anything that's coming up.
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  S1: Get in the know with life's biggest questions. It's Ask
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  S1: the Experts week with Carl and crew.
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  S2: Ask the expert. This half hour we have Cathy Lipp,
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  S2: clutter free expert. This question came in from a dear
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  S2: listener who says, Cathy, how do I help an elderly
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  S2: parent free up clutter? They ask for help, but when
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  S2: I actually help, they don't want to get rid of
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  S2: items that clearly they should. Cathy. This one is um.
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  S2: This is very near and dear to the heart of many.
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  S6: Yes, this is the universal thing that all of us
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  S6: are going to have to deal with with very few exceptions.
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  S6: So here's what I would say. Ask that parent what
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  S6: their goal is. They say they want to declutter, but
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  S6: why do they want to declutter? Is it because they
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  S6: want to be able to have people over? Or is
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  S6: there a safety issue? Uh, or do they just want
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  S6: less so that it's easier to clean? Or maybe they say,
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  S6: you know, think I don't want to leave all of
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  S6: this for my kids because you can go back to
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  S6: that answer over and over again. And when they are
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  S6: struggling to get rid of things, it's or to put
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  S6: things away to say, hey, mom, I want to make
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  S6: this a safe place for you to be able to
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  S6: walk around? I'm. I'm also worried about your safety. And
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  S6: so being able to say those kind of things put
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  S6: the goal in front of them. Um, I think it's
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  S6: really important to ask before you touch things like, um,
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  S6: can I go through this box? Can you know, we,
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  S6: we have to remember our people, our, our parents aren't
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  S6: former people. They are, they are people and they have
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  S6: whole lives. They have, you know, their, their boundaries. Um,
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  S6: and then to realize you're just going to have to
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  S6: go slow. Uh, sometimes they don't want to get rid
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  S6: of things because they're worried that the story is going
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  S6: to be gone. So you can ask, hey, tell me
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  S6: about this picture or tell me about this. And we
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  S6: also have to remember that they're grieving a season of
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  S6: their lives that, uh, you know, that people who maybe
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  S6: are near and dear to them are now gone and
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  S6: they can't share. So I would say keep it to
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  S6: short amount of time, 30 to 90 minutes. Um, pick
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  S6: one small area and I would start with safety first.
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  S6: I think that's the most important thing, especially if things
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  S6: are on the floor and start with easy wins the
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  S6: expired food. I know that some people are still going
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  S6: to hold on. Those are perfectly good fruit cocktails. But
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  S6: to say you know what, let's just start with a
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  S6: fresh pantry. The things that you're actually eating. Because a
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  S6: lot of that food was from a season that they
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  S6: are no longer in. And so start with those small wins.
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  S6: But safety is the most important thing. But also their
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  S6: emotional comfort is really, really important. And I think a
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  S6: lot we, we think about getting rid of stuff. It's
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  S6: probably going to be more storing stuff until it's the
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  S6: child's decision. That's, that's what I'm seeing more and more.
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  S6: It's not so much about getting rid of stuff. It's
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  S6: about storing things in a, um, a systemized way until it.
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  S6: Some people just are not equipped to make those emotional decisions.
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  S5: Love it. Kathy Lipp is our expert right now answering
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  S5: your questions. 805 557898. Going to give back the phone lines.
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  S5: Got a text that came in help. I got a
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  S5: husband who's a hoarder, doesn't care to get things organized,
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  S5: but then it obviously bleeds into my life and functioning.
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  S5: That's a tough one. Kathy, what do you say?
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  S6: Oh my goodness, I am with you guys. My dad
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  S6: was a hoarder. I saw my mom struggle with this
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  S6: not for years, but for decades. And so, um, a
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  S6: couple of things. If he wants help, there are now
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  S6: some hoarding programs. So you can Google this, um, that
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  S6: were not available even two years ago. So, but if
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  S6: he doesn't want help, then I think you have to
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  S6: put bigger goals in front of you as a couple as, um,
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  S6: then I just want to get rid of your stuff.
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  S6: So one of the goals can be I want to
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  S6: be able to feel safe in my own home. I
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  S6: want to be able to feel peace in my own home.
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  S6: I want to be able to have our kids. Or
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  S6: for a lot of people, it's a safe place for
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  S6: the grandchildren to come. That's really important. And sometimes this
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  S6: isn't a clutter issue. Um, it is a relationship issue
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  S6: to say I need safe spaces to respect. And so
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  S6: with some couples, we have to be able to say, hey,
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  S6: you get this room, I get this room. I'm not
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  S6: going to talk about anything that's in your room, but
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  S6: I need for our kitchen and our living room to
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  S6: be safe, clear spaces so that I can feel at peace.
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  S6: And for a you know, hoarding is a mental disorder
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  S6: that is not something that you can train out of
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  S6: a person. And so you need to get them in
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  S6: to get psychological help. Or if it's really just a
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  S6: clutter issue that may be marriage counseling and go see
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  S6: a marriage counselor that has dealt with clutter and stuff
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  S6: and hoarding before, because that's what you're going to, you're
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  S6: going to need somebody with some background. You really will.
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  S2: Kathy Lipp, our guest this morning, want to get as
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  S2: many questions as we can in these remaining moments. Anonymous
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  S2: caller from Miami, Florida. Go ahead with your question.
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  S9: Hi. Good morning. My problem is I have a department
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  S9: store at home and in the storage. I was a
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  S9: shopaholic and I still love to shop. I cut down,
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  S9: but now I'm trying to get rid of all of
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  S9: these clothes. And I too am embarrassed because I don't
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  S9: invite anybody to my house. My house is nice and clean,
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  S9: but it's full of clothes and I don't know. Sometimes
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  S9: I am very embarrassed and ashamed, and I have to
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  S9: apologize to God for the bad use of the money
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  S9: that he has given me. And I try to do sales,
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  S9: but I. I'll sit out there for a little while
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  S9: and I lock it up, but I really and truly
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  S9: want to get rid of this stuff every time I
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  S9: start to get rid of them, you know, it becomes
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  S9: so overbearing that I just it's my teeth and stop.
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  S9: So I yeah, it's like I'm not getting anything done
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  S9: on my own.
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  S2: Yeah. Anonymous from Miami. Thank you for that honest call.
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  S2: Go ahead. Kathy.
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  S6: Well, first of all, I just want to give her
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  S6: a hug. I really do, because, um, I know the
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  S6: shame of buying too much and feeling like I've abused
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  S6: the resources that God has given me. But I do
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  S6: believe that there is redemption in this. And one of
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  S6: the things I would say is, uh, cluttery people and
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  S6: shopaholics are some of the kindest, most generous people I
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  S6: have ever met in my entire life. And to our
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  S6: anonymous caller, I would really encourage you to find a
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  S6: program that is equipping women for the workforce or helping
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  S6: single moms who are struggling. And once we know, oh
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  S6: my goodness, there's a person on the other end who
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  S6: needs these clothes, who needs these shoes, who needs these
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  S6: for a job interview or to be able to go
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  S6: to church on Sunday and feel and feel confident. Find
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  S6: a program that works with those women. And once you
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  S6: know when whenever I talk with cluttery women or Shopaholics,
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  S6: if they know the things that they've bought can go
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  S6: to help somebody else. There's a release in that. There
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  S6: is a freedom in that. And so, um, maybe God can,
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  S6: you know, just redeem those decisions that you made when
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  S6: maybe you were in an emotionally vulnerable place or just
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  S6: didn't know how to deal with some of the emotions
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  S6: in your life. So shopping was the answer. And now
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  S6: you can use those results to help other women.
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  S5: Yeah, this is good stuff. Cathy Lip boy, we're getting
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  S5: a lot of questions here that we won't be able
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  S5: to get to all of them. And I think what
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  S5: we need to do is point people to an amazing
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  S5: website here. Right, Alli?
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  S2: Yeah. Just text the word clutter to 805 five, 5578, 98.
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  S2: This is going to connect you to many resources from
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  S2: Kathy on her website. You can get started on some
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  S2: of this today. Very practical. Just text clutter to 800 555, 78, 98.
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  S5: So grateful for the experts that we've had on today.
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  S5: This site is dynamite. Text cluttered 805 557898.
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  S1: You've got questions. They've got answers. It's Ask the Experts
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  S1: week with Karl and crew.
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  S5: It's Karl and crew final half hour. Ask the experts.
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  S5: Got a great man of God with us here today
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  S5: doctor Sam storms. We're answering questions around spiritual warfare 805 557898.
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  S5: Well good morning Sam. I want to kick this off
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  S5: with something very important. We you we prove it's almost proverbial.
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  S5: We either put our head in the sand or we're
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  S5: too kind of Western for it. We don't want to
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  S5: even talk about spiritual warfare, or we fixate on it
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  S5: to our own peril. Now, we've got to be alert
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  S5: to this, because Paul uses four different Greek words to
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  S5: describe this battle that's not flesh and blood. How do
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  S5: we get to a high ridge on this topic alone?
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  S10: Well, I think you're right when you say that there
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  S10: are typically two extreme responses by Christians, which is delightful
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  S10: to Satan. That's you. He would have us, uh, either
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  S10: ignoring the reality of who he is and what he does,
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  S10: or become utterly obsessed with it instead of taking a
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  S10: biblical perspective on it. And of course, you're talking about
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  S10: Ephesians six, where Paul talks about principalities and powers and
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  S10: and dominions and authorities. And what's amazing is that what
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  S10: he says before that, he says, we do not wage
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  S10: war against flesh and blood. And I think, my goodness,
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  S10: if anybody in the world wage war against flesh and blood,
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  S10: it was Paul. I mean, the Pharisees, the religious leaders
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  S10: beat him. They imprisoned him. They did everything they could
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  S10: to kill him. And yet he says no. He says
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  S10: that's real. But that's not really the real battle behind
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  S10: the forces of human flesh and blood are the forces
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  S10: of Satan. And I think that's why we have to
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  S10: remember that we are in a very real battle. I
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  S10: think so many Christians just kind of cruise through their
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  S10: life thinking that because there's nothing, um, you know, really
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  S10: spectacular happening to them, that somehow Satan has left them alone.
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  S10: And that's precisely where he wants you. That's how he
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  S10: wants you to think because that's when he launches his attack.
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  S2: Doctor Sam Storms, our guest, asked the expert this morning,
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  S2: let's go to the phone lines. Diana. First time caller
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  S2: from Tennessee. Go ahead with your question.
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  S11: My question was about unclean spirits. And if you get
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  S11: one out, do they come back? Multiply?
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  S10: Well, certainly it would seem to be consistent with Scripture
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  S10: if an unclean spirit is expelled or defeated or, um,
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  S10: you know, basically banished from your life. If there is
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  S10: not repentance for the sin that led to that attack.
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  S10: If there is not a commitment to Christ to fill
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  S10: your heart, your life, your mind with him. Certainly you
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  S10: can expose yourself to a return visit. And we need
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  S10: to be very careful about that because typically, um, if
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  S10: Satan or if a demon enters into a person, it's
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  S10: because they are living in unconfessed, unrepentant sin. And that's
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  S10: why it's so important that when a person is set free,
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  S10: that they take steps to embrace the fullness of Christ,
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  S10: the fullness of the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit.
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  S10: Because yes, they, they, you know, just give you a
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  S10: quick example. You remember when Jesus was tempted in the
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  S10: wilderness by Satan, and of course, our Lord resisted him
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  S10: at every turn. And at the end of that, it
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  S10: says that Satan left for a more opportune moment. So
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  S10: even in the case of Jesus, Satan is driven away.
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  S10: He's subjected to the power and the authority of Jesus.
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  S10: But he basically says, I'll come back at a later
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  S10: time when maybe you're a little less strong, when you're
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  S10: a little bit less aware of my presence. And if
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  S10: it was true of him, it certainly would be true
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  S10: of us all.
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  S5: Great stuff. Doctor Sam Storms is our expert for this
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  S5: half hour talking spiritual warfare. You got a question. Let's go.
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  S5: 805 557898. Give us a call if you can. 805 557898. Uh,
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  S5: Dolly in Kissimmee, Florida. What do you say?
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  S12: Good morning. Um, my question pertains of how you deal
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  S12: with this in ministry environments. Like I've, um, facilitated by
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  S12: facilitated Bible studies where I have understood that there is
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  S12: a presence within somebody in the group that returns or,
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  S12: you know, takes breaks and you understand that also, I,
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  S12: I serve in anti-trafficking environments and whenever there are certain
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  S12: Nat activities or the. Such. Pardon me like there is
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  S12: I can. I'm actually fine that I'm in that attack
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  S12: like flat tires. All the things that happen almost 80%
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  S12: of the time that I'm involved in something with anti-trafficking.
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  S12: How do I like, I guess I'm wondering in ministry,
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  S12: is there something, um, I should cling to? How do
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  S12: I deal with somebody sitting across from you in a,
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  S12: in a DBS, um, that, you know, is under um.
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  S5: Yeah, there's a, we, I think we got it. Dolly.
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  S5: There's a few layers there, but number one, Sam and
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  S5: Nick great that she's got her sleeves rolled up and
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  S5: she's in the fight here my man.
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  S10: Absolutely, absolutely. Um, I don't know if you're aware of
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  S10: Luke ten, verses 17 through 22. If you're not, you
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  S10: need to sit, sit down and read it. Actually 17
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  S10: to 20. You remember when the 72 were sent out
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  S10: by Jesus. These were ordinary disciples. Not one of them
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  S10: is named. These aren't elders. These aren't apostles. These aren't
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  S10: pastors or seminary grads. These are just average followers of Jesus.
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  S10: And they came back and they said, Lord, even the
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  S10: demons are subject to us in your name. And listen
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  S10: to how Jesus responded. I have given you authority to
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  S10: tread on serpents and scorpions. That's an Old Testament symbolic
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  S10: language for demons and over all the power of the enemy,
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  S10: and nothing shall hurt you. So the place you have
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  S10: to begin is with the understanding of your authority that
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  S10: has been given to you by Christ through the power
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  S10: of the spirit. And you need to exercise that authority.
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  S10: And if you're sitting across from someone who is oppressed
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  S10: or demonized or whatever degree of influence there is in
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  S10: their life, you simply have to say in the name
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  S10: of the Lord Jesus Christ, I take authority over all
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  S10: demonic spirits. I command you to leave this person. I
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  S10: command that they would never return. Now what often happens
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  S10: is nothing occurs and you think to yourself, well, I failed.
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  S10: We have to remember that oftentimes a person who seriously
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  S10: demonized doesn't want the demons to leave. Their identity has
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  S10: almost been wrapped up in this experience they have had
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  S10: with the darkness of Satan's kingdom. So you have to
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  S10: really probe deeply into their life. Tell me about your background.
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  S10: Tell me about your childhood. Were there any instances of molestation? Um,
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  S10: have you been involved in any kind of unrepentant sin?
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  S10: Are you in it now? Have you confessed and sought
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  S10: forgiveness from the Lord Jesus? And I think when the
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  S10: Spirit of God, when the Spirit of God is present,
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  S10: as he always is, you will get clues as to
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  S10: how this person has opened the door to a demonic influence.
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  S10: And then you, in the name of Jesus, close it.
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  S10: And again, you ask them to repeat these very same words.
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  S10: They need to confess. They need to declare yes. Standing
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  S10: on the authority of Christ that they are seeking freedom,
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  S10: and I think you will find that it happens. Now,
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  S10: it may not happen instantly. Sometimes it takes quite a while.
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  S10: But the fact of the matter is. And that's why
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  S10: I say we command the demons to leave. Not. And
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  S10: they leave. But until they leave, you persevere in declaring
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  S10: the authority of Jesus over your life.
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  S2: Doctor Sam storms taking your questions. He's our expert. This
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  S2: half hour. Questions on Spiritual Warfare 805 557898, 805, five, five, 78, 98.
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  S2: We've got our guest expert, Doctor Sam Storms, founder and
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  S2: president of Enjoying God Ministries, taking your questions on spiritual warfare.
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  S2: 805 557898 let's go to Jeffrey calling in this morning
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  S2: from Elmhurst, Illinois. Jeffrey, go ahead with your question.
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  S1: Hi.
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  S13: Good morning. God bless you guys. Um, so my question is,
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  S13: um password. Can you please describe the difference between I'll
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  S13: say consequences, you know, and uh, um. And um, being
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  S13: processed by God. I don't know if that makes sense.
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  S10: I think consequences and what, what was the last thing
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  S10: you said.
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  S13: And process, you know, when you process, you know, God,
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  S13: you're being processed by God. You know, of course we
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  S13: have to go through some difficult time, you know, like
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  S13: right now, I'm the reason I'm asking is because I need,
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  S13: I need help, you know, it's my fifth week without
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  S13: pretty much sleeping. Well, you know, and I'll be honest
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  S13: with you guys, uh, I was, you know, doing not
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  S13: things right before God, you know, especially with my cell
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  S13: phone and everything. And I fell into temptation. Temptation. And then, um,
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  S13: you know, I repented. You know, I walked away from that.
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  S13: And then, um, you know, and everything is great now, but, um.
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  S5: But you're getting harassed, I think, Jeffrey, I think you're
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  S5: raising a good point, Sam. You know, sometimes you fall
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  S5: to temptation and then you wonder, do I have lingering consequences?
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  S5: Can there be a spiritual war about caving into temptation
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  S5: of looking at something screwy on the internet?
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  S10: Yes, indeed. In fact, in Ephesians chapter four, the apostle
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  S10: Paul says, don't grieve the Holy Spirit, lest you give
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  S10: the enemy a foothold, a place, an opportunity in your life.
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  S10: So the key there is not, oh, we'll when we
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  S10: if we sin, we know we will. The issue is
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  S10: how do we respond to it? Do we immediately confess it?
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  S10: Do we take it to the cross of Christ? Do
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  S10: we say, Lord, I have failed again? I need your
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  S10: healing and powerful presence in my life. I need you
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  S10: to cut off all activity of the enemy who's trying
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  S10: to exploit this And lead me to think that maybe
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  S10: I'm not even a child of God at all. So
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  S10: I think in this kind of situation, yes, there are consequences.
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  S10: We are never at peace with the enemy. We are
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  S10: never at peace with the with the power of the flesh.
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  S10: You know, in Galatians five, Paul talks about how the
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  S10: flesh wages war against the spirit and the spirit against
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  S10: the flesh. And I think all of us can say, yeah,
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  S10: that's me. It's a constant battle. And that's why we
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  S10: need to continually avail ourselves of the benefits of the cross,
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  S10: lay our sins before the Lord with honesty and sincerity,
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  S10: and map out a plan for not yielding to that
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  S10: same sin again. We can't just go blindly into life
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  S10: thinking that we are automatically protected. If we were, Paul
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  S10: would not have said what he did in Ephesians six
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  S10: when he's speaking to a very mature church and he said,
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  S10: you've got to put on the armor of God each
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  S10: and every element of it. So I would encourage you
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  S10: to go to Ephesians six and start with verse ten
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  S10: and read through the end of the chapter, and I
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  S10: think that will help.
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  S5: Excellent. Doctor Sam Storms, our guest is going to go
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  S5: back to the phone lines here. Anonymous. Name. Anonymous. City
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  S5: and state. What's your question for doctor storms?
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  S14: Yes. Um, ten years into my marriage, my husband engaged
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  S14: in pornography, or I should say, reengaged in pornography. Um,
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  S14: things started happening, uh, in my home, in my family,
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  S14: to my children. My health started rapidly declining. Um, things
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  S14: were happening to my children in terms of exposure to, um,
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  S14: sexual things. Um, I did not know this. I was
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  S14: just recently informed about a year ago, um, that this
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  S14: took place 20 years ago. And, um, I want to
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  S14: know what sort of demonic portal or hold because my
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  S14: husband's involvement with pornography was brought into my home because
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  S14: it literally did feel like all hell broke loose in
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  S14: my family about 20 years ago.
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  S5: Thank you. Anonymous. What do you say? Sam?
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  S10: Is his use of photography still present? Is it ongoing today?
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  S15: Well, apparently.
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  S14: Involvement about a year ago. A year and a half ago. Um,
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  S14: but he says he does not have a problem with
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  S14: it anymore. But when we've had conversations with him, there's
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  S14: been a childhood involvement around 9 or 10 of exposure. And, um,
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  S14: I didn't know any of this information. So the family
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  S14: is basically broken apart and um.
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  S10: Yes. Thank you. Okay. And let me just say, um,
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  S10: that perhaps pornography is the single most, uh, frequent inroad
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  S10: of the demonic into people's lives today. It is so pervasive.
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  S10: It is everywhere. So I think that, um, you simply,
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  S10: of course, if you're I don't know the situation. Your
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  S10: husband is still with you. This has to be confronted.
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  S10: This has to be. You all have to take steps
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  S10: to make sure that there is no access to pornography.
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  S10: There are numerous other programs that you can get for
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  S10: your computer that will block any access to it. But
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  S10: the fact of the matter is, there very likely could
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  S10: have been a demonic intrusion as a result of that sin.
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  S10: So what you need to do with yourself and your children,
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  S10: and if your husband, if he's still living with you,
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  S10: but especially for your children, you have to pray over
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  S10: them constantly and consistently and say, Lord, um, they did
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  S10: not sin. They did not do this. This harassment from
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  S10: the enemy was an open door that was created by
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  S10: my husband's sin. So, father, I take authority in the
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  S10: name of Jesus and I ask that you would protect
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  S10: my children, give them wisdom, give them insight, give them power. Uh,
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  S10: make them aware of the fact that they are under attack.
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  S10: And the same thing goes for you as well. So again,
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  S10: if you know, I'm just having been in pastoral ministry
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  S10: for over 50 years. I'm oftentimes rather skeptical about men, particularly,
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  S10: who say, oh yeah, I used to be involved in pornography,
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  S10: but I'm not now. Uh, nine times out of ten,
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  S10: they're lying. The fact of the matter is that it's
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  S10: such a has such a powerful pull on the human flesh. So, um,
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  S10: what you need to do if you can't control that
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  S10: in your husband's life, you can control what happens to
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  S10: yourself and to your children in your home. And you
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  S10: have to simply trust the authority of Jesus, pray it daily,
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  S10: pray it constantly. Luke chapter ten, Jesus says to you
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  S10: and me, I have given you authority over all the
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  S10: power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. You
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  S10: need to memorize that text. You need to speak it
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  S10: out loud. Any time an attack is coming, and you
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  S10: just need to be alert to the fact that pornography
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  S10: is a massive open door to demonic influence.
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  S5: Yeah. So many listening to this right now. Uh, Wayne
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  S5: in Hobart, Indiana. We got to get you in here quickly.
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  S5: Let's go ahead. Wayne.
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  S16: Yes. Uh, my wife's been given a rosary from her.
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  S16: Her sister had it, and now her sister passed, and
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  S16: she's been giving that rosary and, uh, since, uh, since
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  S16: they prayed to Mary over that rosary and saved prayers
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  S16: to Mary. I believe that's, uh, an idol. And I
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  S16: believe it should be taken out of our house. But
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  S16: I'd like your opinion.
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  S5: What do you say?
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  S10: I completely agree with you, Wayne. I completely agree with you. Now,
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  S10: typically if somebody is using a rosary, all they're doing
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  S10: is as a as a way of reminding them what
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  S10: to pray for. But if they're praying to Mary, I mean,
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  S10: why in the world would we want to pray to
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  S10: a human being when we can go directly to the
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  S10: throne of God and pray to Jesus? That just simply
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  S10: doesn't make any sense. So yes, it can become an idol.
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  S10: It can become a form of divination in which there
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  S10: is a dependency upon the rosary for communion with the
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  S10: Lord or for spiritual power. And if that is the case,
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  S10: I think you need to do your very best to
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  S10: persuade your wife to get rid of it and to
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  S10: go directly to the Hebrews chapter four. We go with
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  S10: confidence to the throne of grace to find mercy and
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  S10: grace to help in time of need. So just ask,
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  S10: why would we want to go to a human being
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  S10: when we can go to God himself? I just I
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  S10: have never understood that part of Catholic theology.
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  S5: One mediator between God and man, and that is the
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  S5: Son of God, Jesus himself. Sam boy, we gotta stay there. Okay, guys,
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  S5: we have got a resource page for you. That is
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  S5: absolutely awesome, don't we, Ali?
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