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<v Speaker 1>Hello, beautiful souls, and welcome to Claudie Grooves. I'm your girl,

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<v Speaker 1>is your risen? Thank you for joining me. The title

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<v Speaker 1>is stay Sober, Stay awake, right So, if you're n ever,

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<v Speaker 1>does some beloved take a seat real quick, let's talk.

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<v Speaker 1>Get get comfortable, because right now this is not a

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<v Speaker 1>soft word.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a fire word.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to talk to you about something that has

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<v Speaker 1>been sitting on my spirit for a while now, something

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<v Speaker 1>I can't keep silent about anymore, and that is the

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<v Speaker 1>state of some of our gospel stages, the state of

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<v Speaker 1>some of our pull pits, the state of the people

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<v Speaker 1>we have trusted to carry the anointing, and what happens

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<v Speaker 1>when they show up compromised.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>Gospel singers showing up to a sacred events intoxicated. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>talking about pastors stepping into pullpits impaired, And I'm talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the people around them, the promoters, the handlers, the

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<v Speaker 1>ministry leaders, who saw it, who knew it, and who

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<v Speaker 1>let them go up anyway, Shame on the artist who

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<v Speaker 1>shows up altered to sing about deliverance they are not

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<v Speaker 1>currently walking in. And shame shame on the person who

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<v Speaker 1>allowed it. The one holding the microphone standing who could

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<v Speaker 1>have said not tonight, baby, the one backstage who smelled it,

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<v Speaker 1>who saw the stumple, who noticed the glassy eyes, and

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<v Speaker 1>who whispered just get them through the set. That person

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<v Speaker 1>is not innocent. That person is complex because when you

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<v Speaker 1>enable a compromise vessel to stand in a sacred space,

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<v Speaker 1>you are not protecting the ministry. You are protecting a lie.

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<v Speaker 1>And that don't sit well with me at all. This

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<v Speaker 1>is why.

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<v Speaker 2>People don't want to go to church.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about sobriety, actually what it means, Okay, because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we've been honest about it. Be sober,

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<v Speaker 1>be vigilant, because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion,

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<v Speaker 1>walketh about seeking whom he may devour. According to one

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<v Speaker 1>Peter five to eight, right, that word, quote unquote sober.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not a suggestion. It is a command tied directly

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<v Speaker 1>to survival. It is tied directly to rather or not

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<v Speaker 1>you get devoured. And when you step they don't want

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<v Speaker 1>me talk. Oh shut up, I'm gonna talk. And when

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<v Speaker 1>you step onto a stage and pair, when you step

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<v Speaker 1>into a pull pit, not in your right mind, you

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<v Speaker 1>are not vigilant. You are exposed. You are exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>the enemy is looking for, an open door. Let us

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<v Speaker 1>not sleep as do others, but let us watch and

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<v Speaker 1>be sober first Thessalonians five and six. Watching requires clarity.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot watch over a flock. You cannot watch over

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<v Speaker 1>a congregation. You cannot watch over an altar call. If

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<v Speaker 1>you cannot even watch over yourself. If you cannot stay

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<v Speaker 1>sober for one hour on a stage where people are

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<v Speaker 1>reaching for a hope, what does that say about.

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<v Speaker 2>The nine other hours nobody's watching.

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<v Speaker 1>I need us to sit with that, because here's what's

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<v Speaker 1>really happening. We have created a culture, and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>say it plainly, a culture in gospel spaces where talent

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<v Speaker 1>has been allowed to cover for character, where a voice

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<v Speaker 1>that can hit a note that makes the building shake

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<v Speaker 1>right gets a pass on everything else. We're a preacher

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<v Speaker 1>who can quote unquote bring the word on Sunday gets

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<v Speaker 1>excused for what he's.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing Monday through Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>We have let the anointing become a costume that covers

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<v Speaker 1>up rots. And that is not grace that is enabling,

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<v Speaker 1>but grace of Yahweh that bringing salvation and has appeared

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<v Speaker 1>to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldliness,

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<v Speaker 1>we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world.

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<v Speaker 1>Accordnatitus to eleven and twelve. So read that again. Grace teaches.

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<v Speaker 1>Grace does not excuse, Grace does not look the other way.

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<v Speaker 1>While you stuffle to the mic, Grace is actively daily

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<v Speaker 1>teaching you to deny what would destroy you. If your

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<v Speaker 1>relationship to Grace has become a rationalization for your relationship

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<v Speaker 1>to substances, that is not Grace anymore. That is a counterfeit.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want to speak now to the ones enabling it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know who you are.

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<v Speaker 1>You're the manager who books the artists, even though you

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<v Speaker 1>know you're the church member who covers for the pastor

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<v Speaker 1>because quote unquote he's been through a law drunk again.

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<v Speaker 1>You're the sound engineer who's been in every single you

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<v Speaker 1>know you're there every single week, right, and just turns

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<v Speaker 1>the mic of Louder to hide the slur in the words.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not protecting the ministry. You are protecting an image.

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<v Speaker 1>An image cannot save anybody. Shame on the person who

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<v Speaker 1>allowed it. I said it, I said it once, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say it again. Shame on that person who allowed it,

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<v Speaker 1>because somebody needs to hear it in their own house today.

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<v Speaker 1>If you knew, if you saw the stuffle, if you

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<v Speaker 1>smelled it, if you notice the odds weren't right, if

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<v Speaker 1>you clocked the shift in behavior backstage, and you still

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<v Speaker 1>push that person onto the platform in front of people

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<v Speaker 1>who came hungry, who came broken, who came believing they

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<v Speaker 1>were about to receive something holy.

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<v Speaker 2>You did not pre text them.

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<v Speaker 1>You sacrifice them, and you sacrifice the people in the

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<v Speaker 1>seats too awake to righteousness and sin, not first Corinth,

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<v Speaker 1>then fifteen thirty four, awake, not asleep at the switch,

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<v Speaker 1>not looking away because it's uncomfortable to confront somebody with

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<v Speaker 1>a platform. Awake means you see it and you say something,

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<v Speaker 1>even when it cost you the relationship, even when it

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<v Speaker 1>cost you the booking, even when it cost you the

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<v Speaker 1>tide from the ministry, even when it cost you a

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<v Speaker 1>community of frauds.

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<v Speaker 2>Let it leave you.

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<v Speaker 1>I know this is heavy, but heavy things need to

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<v Speaker 1>be said in the light, not a whispered about it

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<v Speaker 1>in group chats about the fact I was a raging

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<v Speaker 1>alcoholic for over twenty years, so I know how to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of there if you're ready. So I know

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<v Speaker 1>the subject is very heavy because a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>aren't there yet. They're not there to face themselves yet.

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<v Speaker 2>But heavy things need to be said out loud.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what I want to leave with the artists, the singers,

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<v Speaker 1>the preachers who are hearing this and know it's you.

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<v Speaker 1>You were not called to perform sobriety. You were called

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<v Speaker 1>to live it. There is a difference between hitting the

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<v Speaker 1>notes and being in right standing with the God those

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<v Speaker 1>notes are supposed to glorify. People can feel the difference,

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<v Speaker 1>even when they.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't name it. They can feel it. It's a frequency.

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<v Speaker 1>They walk away from a set feeling empty, not because

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<v Speaker 1>your voice was bad, but because what was behind the

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<v Speaker 1>voice wasn't real in that moment. Be sober in all things.

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<v Speaker 1>Indoor affliction two Timothy four and five in door. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the word. Not perform your way through the affliction. Not

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<v Speaker 1>mask it with a substance another type of subtence, and

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<v Speaker 1>go sing anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>No endure it.

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<v Speaker 1>Sit in the discomfort of getting help, Sit in the

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<v Speaker 1>humility of stepping back from the stage until you are

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<v Speaker 1>actually well. That is not failure. That is the most

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<v Speaker 1>honest worship you could possibly offer, stepping down instead of

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<v Speaker 1>stepping up, compromise and to the ones enable, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to give you a way forward too, because shame without

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<v Speaker 1>a path is just cruelty, and that's not what this

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<v Speaker 1>transmission is for.

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<v Speaker 2>The way forward is one sentence, not tonight. That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't need a theological like defense, right. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to have the confrontation conversation perfectly rehearsed.

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<v Speaker 2>You just need the courage.

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<v Speaker 1>To say not tonight. When someone is not fit to

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<v Speaker 1>stand in a sacred space. I had to tell somebody

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<v Speaker 1>today not today, because I know you coming from a

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<v Speaker 1>dark place.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not there no more.

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<v Speaker 1>That single sentence protects the artist from doing damage to

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<v Speaker 1>their own testimony, and it protects the people in the

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<v Speaker 1>room and deserve the real thing, not a performance covering

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<v Speaker 1>up a crisis. I want you to imagine for a second,

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<v Speaker 1>the person sitting in the fourth row, the one who

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<v Speaker 1>drove two hours because they heard this ministry changes lives,

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<v Speaker 1>the one who was one bad night away from giving

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<v Speaker 1>it all up entirely, and they watch someone stumble through

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<v Speaker 1>worship impaired, and they think to themselves, if this is

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<v Speaker 1>what the anointed look like.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe there's nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>To this after all, and that person walks out of

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<v Speaker 1>there and ends their life.

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<v Speaker 2>That is the cost.

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<v Speaker 1>That is what's act on the line every single time

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<v Speaker 1>we let this slide.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's my clothing word.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to receive it exactly as it's meant.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are the artist, get sober, get help, get honest,

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<v Speaker 1>and step back from the platform until you can stand

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<v Speaker 1>on it clean.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no shame in stepping down to heal.

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<v Speaker 1>There is only shame and staying up their compromise and

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<v Speaker 1>calling it ministry. If you are the enabler, grow a

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<v Speaker 1>freaking spine. Say not, tonights protect the room more than

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<v Speaker 1>you protect the relationship or the reputation.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you are.

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<v Speaker 1>The one sitting in the seats watching all this happened,

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<v Speaker 1>you are allowed to ask questions. You are allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>expect sobriety from the people you trust with your spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>That is not judgment.

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<v Speaker 1>That is discernment, and discernment is a gift, not a sin.

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<v Speaker 1>Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days

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<v Speaker 1>of my life, according to Psalms twenty three six. But

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<v Speaker 1>goodness and mercy are not an excuse to stay stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>They are the reason we have the strength to get up,

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<v Speaker 1>get clean, and do it right the next time.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been where many of you are.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a dedicated alcoholic for twenty plus years.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm almost fifty now, but.

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<v Speaker 1>More than half of my life was gone to alcoholism.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay sober, please stay awake, Stay accountable to yourself and

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<v Speaker 1>to each other. I've been where you are, and there

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<v Speaker 1>is an exit when you're ready, but nobody can force

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<v Speaker 1>you through that open door. This has been a cloudy,

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<v Speaker 1>gruse transmission, and I'm out.