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The Jesus I Know-He Saved My Life · Get The Hell Out of Your Life with Ron Meyers

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  Announcer: It's time now to get the hell out of your life.
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  Announcer: A weekly broadcast with real people, sharing real struggles, and offering real hope.
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  Announcer: Today's show will encourage, inspire, and empower you to face life's challenges with a bold confidence and renewed hope now.
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  Announcer: Let's join our host, Ron Myers, the promoter.
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  Ron Meyers: Hello, my friends.
• 0:24
  Ron Meyers: It is so good to be with you today.
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  Ron Meyers: Easter weekend brings back many fond memories of my childhood.
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  Ron Meyers: Easter weekend was probably something like a lot of you do.
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  Ron Meyers: Just get together, dress up, go to church, family dinner, hide Easter eggs, little Easter baskets for the kids, and everybody having a fun family time.
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  Ron Meyers: It's a shame that twice a year Christmas and Easter brings families together for some very special things.
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  Ron Meyers: But shouldn't every day be like Easter or Christmas?
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  Ron Meyers: And just enjoying the presence of Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: I'm Ron Myers, and this is a show called Get the Hell Out of Your Life: Real Stories, Real Struggles, and Real Hope.
• 1:10
  Ron Meyers: And today I don't have a guest, so I have a special program for you, something very personal.
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  Ron Meyers: You know, what is my Easter story?
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  Ron Meyers: We all have an Easter story.
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  Ron Meyers: You know, where God came into our lives and changed everything about us.
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  Ron Meyers: He resurrected that dream and purpose in each of us.
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  Ron Meyers: And Easter is a story that goes on day in and day out until we leave this world.
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  Ron Meyers: So I want to share something with you today, very personal.
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  Ron Meyers: It's from my book, chapter one.
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  Ron Meyers: It's called The Voice.
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  Ron Meyers: But before I start, I just want to say a couple things.
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  Ron Meyers: This show really has a heart for those that don't go to church.
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  Ron Meyers: Church isn't your thing, or maybe churches hurt you, because Jesus is not limited to only doing work in a building where people attend.
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  Ron Meyers: No, Jesus is a personal God.
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  Ron Meyers: He comes in, our life, he moves in, cleans house, and he never leaves.
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  Ron Meyers: That's right.
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  Ron Meyers: Once you have Jesus inside you, he never leaves.
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  Ron Meyers: You can't kick him out.
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  Ron Meyers: You can't behave your way out of a relationship with Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: His grace is limitless.
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  Ron Meyers: So what a blessing, what an opportunity, what a privilege to share some stories and some time with you today to brag about Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: And my story, the one I'm going to share, my Easter story of rescue, purpose, and new life.
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  Ron Meyers: I share it because we all have an encounter with God at one time in our life, don't we?
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  Ron Meyers: And if you haven't had an encounter with God that he introduces his son Jesus to you, well, you're going to one day.
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  Ron Meyers: You will.
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  Ron Meyers: And perhaps maybe it's today.
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  Ron Meyers: And one of the most powerful truths about Easter is this that God writes himself into our story.
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  Ron Meyers: What I mean is God is so loving, so cool, that he came to earth.
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  Ron Meyers: The Bible says the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
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  Ron Meyers: And Jesus said the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
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  Ron Meyers: So how does he save the lost?
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  Ron Meyers: How is he going to reach us?
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  Ron Meyers: Well, most of the time in my stories that I've had for over the last seven years validate this.
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  Ron Meyers: Most people that I know met Jesus when they got to the end of themselves.
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  Ron Meyers: They were tired, they were desperate.
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  Ron Meyers: They didn't know what to do.
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  Ron Meyers: And see, that is what the incarnation is so beautiful about.
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  Ron Meyers: That God created us, he sees us, he sees us struggling, searching.
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  Ron Meyers: Sometimes we're flailing, sometimes we're sinking.
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  Ron Meyers: And he does not stand at a distance.
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  Ron Meyers: He doesn't say, Well, clean up your act and then come to me and I'll fix you up.
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  Ron Meyers: No, he loved us so much that he writes himself into our story.
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  Ron Meyers: A lot of you right now, maybe you don't have that relationship with God.
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  Ron Meyers: That's okay, no judgment here.
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  Ron Meyers: I'm glad you're listening.
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  Ron Meyers: But if you look back in the rearview mirror of your life, I absolutely believe you will see how God has been a part of your story.
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  Ron Meyers: How many times were you in the right place at the right time, got the right call at the right time?
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  Ron Meyers: And how many times did bad things happen to you?
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  Ron Meyers: But a year later, that bad thing ended up to be one of the best things that's ever happened in your life.
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  Ron Meyers: Because it takes us to get tired of being sick and tired.
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  Ron Meyers: It takes us to basically almost hit bottom in the emotional scale and say, I need help.
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  Ron Meyers: Jesus, I can't do this anymore.
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  Ron Meyers: So I'm so glad to share something with you today.
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  Ron Meyers: And it's really how God shared himself with me, how he wrote himself into my story as a youngster.
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  Ron Meyers: And I was going to cash in.
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  Ron Meyers: I was going to end my life.
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  Ron Meyers: But something happened.
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  Ron Meyers: So I want to share that with you today.
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  Ron Meyers: Today's episode is from my book, chapter one.
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  Ron Meyers: It's called The Voice.
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  Ron Meyers: And this is my story of being resurrected into a new life with Jesus, a life that has been nothing I could have ever imagined.
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  Ron Meyers: It is absolutely amazing the things that I have been able to do in my life, and I never was trained or even desired to do what I'm doing.
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  Ron Meyers: But Jesus, when he is part of you, he inspires you with ideas and directs you down certain paths and roads that are incredible.
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  Ron Meyers: And I've always said he does this so we can never take credit.
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  Ron Meyers: I can't take credit for what I'm doing today here on the radio or on a podcast.
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  Ron Meyers: Because Jesus inspired me with the idea.
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  Ron Meyers: And people often ask me, Ron, you're very passionate about Jesus, aren't you?
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  Ron Meyers: Yes, it's not just belief, but I'm addicted to Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: He's my life, he's my friend, he's my mentor, he's my savior, and he's my king.
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  Ron Meyers: Why?
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  Ron Meyers: Because he saved my life.
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  Ron Meyers: He saved my life, and because of him today, I've had a good life.
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  Ron Meyers: Oh, I've had a lot, of lot of troubles.
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  Ron Meyers: But I have a family, grandchildren.
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  Ron Meyers: I have so many things that I'm so grateful and blessed to have in my life.
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  Ron Meyers: And that's why every week I like to share a message with you to just brag about my Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: So let me tell you about the moment in my life where everything almost ended.
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  Ron Meyers: Not as a grown man, not after years of mistakes, but as a scrawny little kid who didn't know anything really about life or God growing up in Iowa.
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  Ron Meyers: I was alone, confused, and convinced I didn't matter.
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  Ron Meyers: And in that moment, when I believed the world would be better without me, I heard a voice.
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  Ron Meyers: That's right, friends.
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  Ron Meyers: I heard a voice, not loud, not demanding, but undeniable.
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  Ron Meyers: It said, Ronnie, don't hurt yourself.
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  Ron Meyers: I love you.
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  Ron Meyers: I have a plan for you.
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  Ron Meyers: And that voice has never left me.
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  Ron Meyers: So today's show is my Easter message of hope, peace, and purpose.
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  Ron Meyers: Easter isn't just about what happened to Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: It's about what happens to us.
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  Ron Meyers: From darkness into life, from confusion into purpose, from believing lies to discovering truth.
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  Ron Meyers: So let me take you back to my childhood growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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  Ron Meyers: I wasn't the one teachers bragged about.
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  Ron Meyers: And I surely wasn't the smart kid.
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  Ron Meyers: I wasn't the star of the Little League baseball team.
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  Ron Meyers: I was the kid on the bench.
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  Ron Meyers: That's right, even my own dad, my coach, he coached me in Little League.
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  Ron Meyers: And he'd say, Not yet.
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  Ron Meyers: You gotta sit this one out.
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  Ron Meyers: I knew I wasn't any good at baseball.
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  Ron Meyers: I could barely hit the ball.
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  Ron Meyers: I could barely catch the ball.
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  Ron Meyers: But come on, dad, I'm your son.
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  Ron Meyers: Let me play.
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  Ron Meyers: And then you tell yourself, ah, it's just a game.
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  Ron Meyers: But when it keeps happening, it starts to feel like it's not just baseball.
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  Ron Meyers: It's you.
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  Ron Meyers: I started to really say, Man, am I good at anything?
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  Ron Meyers: Now on the outside, we look like that perfect little suburban family growing up in a nice little neighborhood.
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  Ron Meyers: But on the inside, I felt like the odd one out.
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  Ron Meyers: I was the black sheep, the one who couldn't get it right.
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  Ron Meyers: And when you constantly hear you will never amount to anything, you're too much to handle, you begin to believe it.
• 8:52
  Ron Meyers: And then something shifts.
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  Ron Meyers: You don't just hear those voices anymore, you start repeating them.
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  Ron Meyers: You start telling yourself, I'm no good, I'm not going to amount to anything.
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  Ron Meyers: Let me be honest.
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  Ron Meyers: I wasn't just misunderstood, according to my mom.
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  Ron Meyers: I was a juvenile delinquent.
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  Ron Meyers: I was a class clown troublemaker, always pushing the limits.
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  Ron Meyers: But you know, I think about this a lot.
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  Ron Meyers: I was the class clown for that minute, two minutes, I had the class looking at me, laughing at me because I did something sometimes so stupid.
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  Ron Meyers: And I was always sent to the principal's office.
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  Ron Meyers: Was it worth it?
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  Ron Meyers: Absolutely.
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  Ron Meyers: Because underneath all of that, I was hungry.
• 9:43
  Ron Meyers: I was starving for attention.
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  Ron Meyers: I was hungry to be seen, hungry to be valued, and hungry to feel like I mattered.
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  Ron Meyers: My life mattered.
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  Ron Meyers: Because when I got a laugh for a moment from the class, I wasn't invisible.
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  Ron Meyers: I was the star of the show.
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  Ron Meyers: But eventually, you just don't fight all those negative feelings that come into your life.
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  Ron Meyers: You just say, well, I guess that's that's how I was born.
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  Ron Meyers: But here's the best part God was getting ready to write himself into my story.
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  Ron Meyers: Out of seven kids, I was the only one that went to a Catholic school.
• 10:24
  Ron Meyers: Now, if you have listened to this show for a long time, you know recently I've been talking about it seems like things are rigged in life, that God rigs situations or encounters with people because he's setting us up for something that's coming down the road.
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  Ron Meyers: So, as I said, I was the only one that went to a Catholic school, not because I was special, but because I was the problem.
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  Ron Meyers: The public school told my parents, we can't handle your son anymore.
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  Ron Meyers: You need to take your son and get some psychiatric exams.
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  Ron Meyers: And then we'll talk about him coming back to school.
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  Ron Meyers: Well, my dad took me to the University of Iowa where they did all these tests and I was doing puzzles and seeing shapes and images.
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  Ron Meyers: They came back and said, Vron has a few issues.
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  Ron Meyers: He's got a high IQ and he is bored with school.
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  Ron Meyers: He needs a stricter environment.
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  Ron Meyers: Well, at that time, that felt like rejection.
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  Ron Meyers: I was gonna leave a public school where all my friends were, my brothers were, my sister was, and go to a Catholic school all by myself.
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  Ron Meyers: I didn't know anybody on that side of town because we lived on the west side of town where, you know, the middle class lived, and all the rich kids went over to the Catholic school.
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  Ron Meyers: But now I see it differently.
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  Ron Meyers: That was God setting me up.
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  Ron Meyers: He was getting ready to write himself into my story because I did not learn about Jesus at home.
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  Ron Meyers: I learned about Jesus from the nuns and the priest.
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  Ron Meyers: And if I don't go to that Catholic school, I never hear about him.
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  Ron Meyers: If I never hear about him, I would have never recognized his voice.
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  Ron Meyers: If I never recognize his voice, I don't survive what came next.
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  Ron Meyers: So here's the morning that changed everything.
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  Ron Meyers: Before sunrise, the house was quiet.
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  Ron Meyers: Too quiet, actually.
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  Ron Meyers: Have you ever noticed that how everything seems to slow down when you're about to make a decision you cannot undo?
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  Ron Meyers: And I made a decision.
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  Ron Meyers: I can't do this anymore.
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  Ron Meyers: I was going to end my life.
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  Ron Meyers: And then I thought, when I'm gone, then they'll notice me.
• 12:47
  Ron Meyers: They'll wish they treated me better.
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  Ron Meyers: In that desperation plea in my mind that I needed to end it, I heard something.
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  Ron Meyers: I heard a voice, a beautiful voice.
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  Ron Meyers: And the voice said, Ronnie, don't hurt yourself.
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  Ron Meyers: I love you.
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  Ron Meyers: I have a plan for you.
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  Ron Meyers: I heard that.
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  Ron Meyers: Not outside of me, but inside of me.
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  Ron Meyers: It was clear, it was gentle, and it was full of something I never had felt before in my life.
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  Ron Meyers: Love.
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  Ron Meyers: And just like that, Jesus showed up.
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  Ron Meyers: And I knew it was Jesus because of Sister Mary Catherine.
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  Ron Meyers: She said, Jesus will talk to you when you need him to.
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  Ron Meyers: And he did that day.
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  Ron Meyers: He showed up in a room in a house where he had no business being.
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  Ron Meyers: We didn't even talk about Jesus at the house.
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  Ron Meyers: We were those Christians that went to church on Easter and Christmas.
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  Ron Meyers: We didn't talk about Jesus at home.
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  Ron Meyers: So that day, that voice changed everything.
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  Ron Meyers: It wasn't just a moment.
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  Ron Meyers: That was the beginning of a relationship.
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  Ron Meyers: Because from that day on, I started talking to him.
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  Ron Meyers: I walked the streets, I talked to him, and it wasn't religion, it wasn't rules.
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  Ron Meyers: I was developing a relationship that would grow stronger over the next 40, 50, 60 years in a tight relationship.
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  Ron Meyers: And looking back now, through every bad decision, every wrong turn, and I've made a lot of wrong turns, and every moment I thought ruined my life, that voice, Jesus, never left me.
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  Ron Meyers: He counseled me, he disciplined me, he showed me the path to take.
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  Ron Meyers: And when I failed and I sat there and I was miserable and I cried, why did this happen to me?
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  Ron Meyers: That voice comforted me.
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  Ron Meyers: And friends, that is why I am addicted to Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: He has never let me down.
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  Ron Meyers: He will never let you down.
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  Ron Meyers: He has never laughed at me.
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  Ron Meyers: He will never laugh at you.
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  Ron Meyers: He will never call you stupid.
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  Ron Meyers: He will never tell you your life doesn't matter.
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  Ron Meyers: He will never do anything except build you up, inspire you, and encourage you, and empower you to become the person he created you to be.
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  Ron Meyers: I know he did that to me.
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  Ron Meyers: And I didn't go to a seminary, I didn't go to school.
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  Ron Meyers: I let Jesus teach me.
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  Ron Meyers: When you hold on to Jesus as if your life depends on it, and mine did, it is the best thing you'll ever do.
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  Ron Meyers: Because then Jesus does what he does best.
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  Ron Meyers: Minister to us, speak to us, heal us, love us.
• 15:34
  Ron Meyers: He literally loved the hell out of my life.
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  Ron Meyers: Now here's the Easter message.
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  Ron Meyers: Easter says your story is not over.
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  Ron Meyers: Nope.
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  Ron Meyers: Darkness doesn't win.
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  Ron Meyers: Despair doesn't win.
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  Ron Meyers: Death doesn't win.
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  Ron Meyers: Life wins.
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  Ron Meyers: Jesus wins.
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  Ron Meyers: You are not a misfit to God.
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  Ron Meyers: You've never been a misfit to God.
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  Ron Meyers: You are wanted.
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  Ron Meyers: Your life matters.
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  Ron Meyers: The cross was God telling us, I choose you.
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  Ron Meyers: His resurrection is I'm not leaving you.
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  Ron Meyers: You are not your darkest thought.
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  Ron Meyers: You are not your worst moment.
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  Ron Meyers: And this is what we need to hear more.
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  Ron Meyers: And I don't know why the churches don't talk about this more.
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  Ron Meyers: You are a new creation, unconditionally loved.
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  Ron Meyers: You have limitless grace and you don't climb to Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: You don't earn your way to Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: Jesus begins to write our story.
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  Ron Meyers: He comes into your life and then things begin making sense.
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  Ron Meyers: And you know the first thing that he did.
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  Ron Meyers: I remember this as that child of 13 years old.
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  Ron Meyers: When I heard that voice of Jesus to not hurt yourself, I have a plan for you.
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  Ron Meyers: I had a peace.
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  Ron Meyers: I don't know what it was.
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  Ron Meyers: I probably didn't even use that term peace at that age, but I knew that everything would be all right.
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  Ron Meyers: And all the situations in my life that I've had some serious things when my wife left me for the next door neighbor when I was only 21, and I had a two-year-old and a one-year-old, and I became a single dad with two kids.
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  Ron Meyers: I remember that night looking up in the sky, saying, Lord, what am I going to do?
• 17:23
  Ron Meyers: 21, two kids, and I don't know what to do.
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  Ron Meyers: It was a flashback to sitting on the floor in my bedroom.
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  Ron Meyers: I heard that same thing.
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  Ron Meyers: Everything is going to be okay.
• 17:36
  Ron Meyers: And friends, I raised those children, and I never, never regretted one bit of it.
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  Ron Meyers: It turned out good.
• 17:44
  Ron Meyers: When my wife left, it looked like disaster.
• 17:47
  Ron Meyers: Everybody was saying, How could a wife do that?
• 17:50
  Ron Meyers: How could a mom do that to their kids?
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  Ron Meyers: But it was my blessing.
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  Ron Meyers: I had the privilege to raise my son Ron Jr.
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  Ron Meyers: and my daughter Dawn until nine years later.
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  Ron Meyers: And then I got married to my current wife.
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  Ron Meyers: God is in the business of taking our mess and turning it into a message that resonates with people all over the world, people in your neighborhood, at your work, your relatives.
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  Ron Meyers: It's all about Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: I look at these people on TV now that hate Trump, they hate ICE, they hate, hate, hate.
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  Ron Meyers: But yet sometimes they talk about God or how could God do this?
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  Ron Meyers: They don't have a clue who God is.
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  Ron Meyers: Because when you have Jesus in you, when you get squeezed and the world is just coming at you from every single angle, when you get squeezed and that beautiful Jesus is the only thing that comes out, that's what keeps us sane in a crazy goofy world.
• 18:55
  Ron Meyers: And I'm telling you right now, friends, this Easter message today, where Jesus came to live in you, to write himself into your story, is more important than you probably think.
• 19:07
  Ron Meyers: Because I do believe times are going to get worse.
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  Ron Meyers: But those that have Christ are going to not have that fear.
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  Ron Meyers: They're going to have a peace.
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  Ron Meyers: They are going to know everything is going to be all right.
• 19:23
  Ron Meyers: Jesus has our backs.
• 19:24
  Ron Meyers: Friends, he really does have our back.
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  Ron Meyers: And he's more than just something you talk about and or sing about on Sunday, Easter, or Christmas.
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  Ron Meyers: It's something that you do every minute.
• 19:38
  Ron Meyers: He's my praise, he's my worship, he's my prayer, he's my life.
• 19:42
  Ron Meyers: And when he becomes your life, you see through the eyes of grace.
• 19:47
  Ron Meyers: You hear through the ears of grace.
• 19:49
  Ron Meyers: You see what nobody else sees, and they don't need to see it because God lets you see it so you can share it with the world.
• 19:57
  Ron Meyers: We need to begin sharing Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: And how do we share Jesus?
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  Ron Meyers: We share Jesus by sharing our story.
• 20:04
  Ron Meyers: We become passionate.
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  Ron Meyers: We tell people what Jesus did for us.
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  Ron Meyers: Friends, I was a youngster, and that day I did not want to live anymore.
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  Ron Meyers: And today I spend my money buying time on radio stations and producing podcasts to tell everyone in the world that Jesus is real.
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  Ron Meyers: He wants to live with you.
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  Ron Meyers: And when the world gets tough and people have tossed you out of their life, or they've terminated you, and you're all alone, or you have a bad doctor's report.
• 20:48
  Ron Meyers: I'm going to take a break, and when I return, I have some life lessons, some action steps, and a prayer to close out this week's show.
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  Announcer: You're listening to Get the Hell Out of Your Life with your host, Ron Myers.
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  Announcer: Real stories, real struggles, and real hope.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's a refreshing word for you today from Galatians chapter 2, 20.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
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  SPEAKER_00: The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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  SPEAKER_03: I was ten and we were in Minnesota.
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  SPEAKER_03: There was this huge animated figure of Paul Bunyan, the legendary giant lumberjack.
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  SPEAKER_03: And as I approached, they suddenly hear him booming out, Hello, Ronnie, freak me out.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_03: Turns out my dad tells the ticket guy my name, he tells the guy with the mic.
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  SPEAKER_03: All I know is the big guy knew my name.
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  SPEAKER_03: Well, you know, that's what's so amazing about Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_03: The biggest guy of all knows your name.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's Easter morning.
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  SPEAKER_03: Mary Magdalene has come to Jesus' tomb as a mourner.
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  SPEAKER_03: She's all alone in the garden weeping, and suddenly she hears a familiar voice Mary.
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  SPEAKER_03: Jesus is alive and calling her name.
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  SPEAKER_03: Well, my friend Jesus is alive and he's calling your name.
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  SPEAKER_03: He went to that cross to pay for your sin so you could have the relationship with him you were made for.
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  SPEAKER_03: And there in your brokenness, he's calling you to him.
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  SPEAKER_03: Today could be your Jesus day.
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  SPEAKER_03: The risen Christ is calling you.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's not how you live and will change it.
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  SPEAKER_03: You don't like where your head will rearrange.
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  Announcer: Get the hell out of your life.
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  unknown: Get the hell out of your life.
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  Ron Meyers: As I wrap up today's show, I want to share some life lessons, some action steps, and pray for you before you head out for the day.
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  Ron Meyers: Life lesson number one don't listen to the lies and the accusations from the enemy.
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  Ron Meyers: You are one with Jesus, clean, new, and fully forgiven.
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  Ron Meyers: Number two, God meets you at your lowest and he never leaves you.
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  Ron Meyers: He comforts and works in you right in the middle of that mess.
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  Ron Meyers: Number three, your story isn't over.
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  Ron Meyers: Grace is writing the next chapter.
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  Ron Meyers: He who began a good work in you will carry it on.
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  Ron Meyers: Number four, God is never going to leave you.
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  Ron Meyers: In fact, he is always pursuing you, and now he lives in you.
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  Ron Meyers: No distance, no delay.
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  Ron Meyers: You are his forever home.
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  Ron Meyers: Number five, your pain has a purpose.
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  Ron Meyers: Training, not punishment.
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  Ron Meyers: Discipline is God's love coaching, never payback.
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  Ron Meyers: Here's some action steps you can use on a daily basis.
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  Ron Meyers: When you have troubles or questions, talk to Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: Be real.
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  Ron Meyers: I call it conversations with Jesus and share everything.
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  Ron Meyers: Be open and be honest.
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  Ron Meyers: He's your indwelling counselor.
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  Ron Meyers: Number two, let the body of Christ support you.
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  Ron Meyers: Listen, even if you don't go to church, there are people that believe like you do.
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  Ron Meyers: They love Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: Meet in a coffee shop, talk to him, have a friend.
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  Ron Meyers: Number three, take one small step, a step of faith.
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  Ron Meyers: Say, God, I know Ron said to trust you, so I'm going to take a step forward.
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  Ron Meyers: I trust you.
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  Ron Meyers: I commit my life to you.
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  Ron Meyers: I give you my life.
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  Ron Meyers: Let's do life together.
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  Ron Meyers: Number four, replace the lies with truth.
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  Ron Meyers: Renew your mind with who you are in Christ.
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  Ron Meyers: Fully forgiven and righteous.
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  Ron Meyers: Remember Jesus' last words.
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  Ron Meyers: It is finished.
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  Ron Meyers: Read the word.
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  Ron Meyers: And number five, stay connected to other people.
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  Ron Meyers: Don't isolate yourself.
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  Ron Meyers: You are one with Jesus.
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  Ron Meyers: Enjoy community that reminds you of it.
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  Ron Meyers: The bottom line, my friend, Jesus finished the work, made you new and lives in you.
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  Ron Meyers: So rest in him and watch his life express itself through you by grace.
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  Ron Meyers: And now a prayer.
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  Ron Meyers: Jesus, for the one listening right now, meet them right where they are.
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  Ron Meyers: Let them hear your voice.
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  Ron Meyers: No shame, no failure, but unconditional love.
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  Ron Meyers: Remind them they are deeply loved and never alone.
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  Ron Meyers: And most importantly, you will never leave them and you will never forsake them.
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  Ron Meyers: Amen.
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  Ron Meyers: Friends, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, and I'll be back next week with another grace-filled episode of Get the Hell Out of Your Life available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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  Ron Meyers: Jesus loves you.
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  Ron Meyers: And when you give your heart to Jesus, you not only get the hell out of your life, but life begins to make sense.
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