SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL To the very end. And that is what you’ve got to do. You’ve got to make a decision and not take it back. You’ve got to say — no more. Until you do it the devil is going to keep bringing it to you — that desire is going to be there.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS SU03 You know, I am greatful for all of the programs that deal with alcoholism in America. But there is one argument that I have, and that is that there are some who teach that when you have been an alcoholic that you are an alcoholic the rest of your life, even though you are what they call “on the wagon” –
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL Right.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS But you know, I believe in my heart that when God heals a sickness in your life, that you no longer have that sickness.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL That’s right. SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Well, I believe that when a person is delivered from alcoholism, they don’t have to wear the stigma of being called an alcoholic the rest of their lives. I believe that God can heal alcoholism and he can set you free. (APPLAUSE)
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL I do, too. I know he can.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Now someone may be able to say, Candi, someone may be able to look at you and say that you are a former (right) alcoholic. But I can’t look at you and say that you are an alcoholic the rest of your life.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL I am a new creature.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS You are a new person.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL I’m a new person.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS God delivered you.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL He delivered me.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Now that is what goes on (Praise God) at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, the Set Free Clinic over at the City of Faith. We help people not only to get free, but once they are free to help them know that they don’t have to be involved in that again, and that thing can be gone –
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL Forever.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS It can be delivered out of their lives.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL As though they had never done it.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS And we have had lots of people who have had questions on that. And I appreciate all of the rehabilitation programs in America. (Right) But I believe when God delivers you and when you make a decision you are going to stay delivered. You know, it’s a two-way street.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL That’s right.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS You know, you can’t just expect God to do it all.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL It’s up to you, you know. I could have just said, well, you know — maybe. And I could have fluctuated backwards and forward. But God cannot work like that. You have to make a firm decision. You have to say no to the devil. You have to shut the door on him and say — no more. And when you do that God will begin to work on your behalf.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Well, God delivered you, and you are going to stay delivered because you made a decision to stay delivered.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL That’s right. (APPLAUSE) Absolutely.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Will you bless us with another song?
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL Sure will.
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS Giver her a great welcome as she sings the gospel again — Candi Staton Susswell. Here she is. (APPLAUSE) Bless you, Candi.
SPKM CANDI SUSSWELL You see, I needed him so badly in 1982 that I turned everything over to him. And I said, “Lord, take my life. Make me a new creature.” And he did just that. And he’ll do it for you today. All you have to do is just reach out and take his promises and believe them. Hallelujah. SONG Thats_why_I_needed_you AD03 Your child has changed, he’s lost interest in school — you can pick up the phone and ask for YOU CAN BE FREE, a free book for the asking. (APPLAUSE)
SPRR RICHARD ROBERTS For your copy of YOU CAN BE FREE just write me, Richard Roberts, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Or if you live in Canada, Richard Roberts, Toronto, Ontario. Or you can call the Abundant Life Prayer Group right now at area code 918 495-7777. That is 918 495-7777. And say, “Please send me that drug and alcohol survival kit.” That is really what this is. YOU CAN BE FREE. (APPLAUSE) And I will put it right into the mail. SU04 It’s free and there is no obligation. My very special guest today is the founder of Faith Ministries Evangelistic Association in Spartanburg, South Carolina. A man who is formerly a pharmacist who got into drugs and wound up in prison. And while he was in prison he had a visitation of God. His life was transformed and he is now called into the ministry. What a testimony Don Stanley has. Don, we want to give you a welcome to Tulsa. God bless you. (APPLAUSE)