From The Dust Podcast
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From The Dust Podcast
From the Streets to Redemption
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Daniel Pena's life was spiraling out of control. Abandoned by his father and raised by a mother battling addiction, he grew up surrounded by chaos, domestic violence, and constant instability. By age 12, he was already drinking and smoking marijuana, desperately trying to numb the pain of rejection and abandonment that consumed him.
The next decade brought a destructive cycle of felony charges, prison sentences, and crippling drug addiction. At his lowest point, Daniel found himself homeless, weighing just 100 pounds, facing 15 years in prison, and contemplating suicide. "I accepted that I was going to die on the streets or rot in prison," he recalls, his voice still carrying the weight of those dark times.
But something extraordinary happened. Through three pivotal divine encounters – at a youth group at 14, in solitary confinement at 21, and in his father's backyard while preparing to inject drugs – God persistently pursued Daniel. The final surrender came when he dropped the needle, fell to his knees, and begged for help. This marked the beginning of an extraordinary transformation through a year-long discipleship program that taught him to work, pray, and build a genuine relationship with God.
Today, 11 years sober, Daniel is a devoted husband, father of four, and founder of Men of Purpose, a ministry helping men discover their God-given identity. His message resonates with brutal honesty and profound hope: "When you don't know who you are, you'll latch onto anything – work, addiction, relationships – searching for identity. But you are a child of God, and He has a purpose for your life."
Have you been searching for meaning in all the wrong places? Are you ready to discover your true identity? Listen as Daniel shares how God can transform anyone's life – no matter how far they've fallen. Subscribe now and join a community finding strength through faith and authentic connection.
Introduction to From the Dust
Speaker 1Cursed be the ground for our sake, both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us, for out of the ground we were taken for the dust that we are, and to the dust we shall return. The From the Dust podcast features people who have had life-changing experiences. Here they share their stories and testimonials about how God can move and change a person's life. Welcome to the From the Dust podcast. Take a listen, open your hearts and ears. Here's your host, james Saenz.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, welcome back to another episode from this podcast. I'm your host, james science. Wherever you are and whatever you do and hope, you're highly favored and highly blessed. Well, we're gonna get right into it and I'm gonna bring in my guest daniel, and he's here to share some word in his story. Let's bring him in, brother daniel, brother Daniel, how's it going?
Speaker 3How's it going, man you?
Speaker 2know what I'm blessed bro.
Speaker 3I feel real good about today and I've been looking forward to this. Yeah, man, I've been looking forward to it as well, man, Thank you for inviting me, bro. I really appreciate it, man.
Speaker 2It's always an honor to share our testimonies with those who need to hear most. You know.
Daniel's Troubled Childhood
Speaker 3Thanks for being a part of it. So let's, let's get into um. Where'd you go? Where are you from? So I was born in um.
Speaker 3I was born out there in glendora, california, and, uh, we moved around a lot as a kid man. You know my mother. She struggled with addiction as far back as I can remember from my earliest ages, man, and so, like I said, we moved around from house to were kind of chaos, you know, there was domestic violence in the home. My mom was always bringing these dudes home that were no good and they would beat on her. So I saw a lot of things that I shouldn't have seen growing up from a young age, you know. So I saw a lot of things that I shouldn't have seen growing up from a young age, you know. And since I was moving around a lot, I really wasn't able to, uh, I wasn't able to make friends and I wasn't able to get rooted. You know I wasn't. I felt like nowhere, really felt like home. You know what I mean. And, uh, now that I'm a little older, I could see that I had, I had this constant wall man and it's, you know, number one. It came from my dad not being around. That affected me in many ways, and I didn't know it until I was further on in life. I knew there was something wrong, but I didn't know that that was the root issue.
Speaker 3You know, and I'll say, when I was about six years old, my, my stepdad, came in the picture and, uh, he had family out here in Las Vegas and that was one of the best things that ever happened to us, man, because my mom kind of, she kind of chilled out for a little bit. You know, and I'm not sure how they came together, bro, because he was a stand-up guy. You know what I mean. He had it all together. He was working, he was a good dude man. He loved me like his own. You know, now that I'm a father, I respect him like way more than I ever did before. You know what I mean. And uh, so because of him, we ended up moving out here. I can't remember how old I was, man, but I was maybe about eight, seven or eight.
Speaker 3Uh, I moved out to Las Vegas, man, and that's kind of where I grew up was in Las Vegas, and uh, you know, that place is, it's not a, it's not a place for kids, right, and so he kept me in sports man. He always tried to. He always tried to do the right thing for me. Man, put me in sports, always bought me you know nice, nice stuff for sports, like he made sure that I was doing the right things.
Speaker 3But the problem was man, I had this internal conflict, right? Uh, like I said, my dad wasn't around man, and so that caused me a lot of abandonment issues, rejection issues, which led me to having a lot of anger, resentment, depression, bitterness, and so what happened was I, I kept that all in right. I didn't have anybody to talk to about it. You know I'm the oldest of four boys and so I didn't really have a lot of people you know to look up to to, to talk to about these kinds of things. And growing up, you know you're taught as a man that you don't talk about those things. You know you kind of you keep them hidden, you suppress your emotions. You know you got to suck it up, you got to be a man Right, but what ended up happening was because I was holding all that in man.
First Encounters with Faith
Speaker 3You know, my life's from the age of I believe I was about 12 or 13 when I started drinking man, my mom and my stepdad, we'd go to their friend's house and, uh, there'd be like little barbecues going on, you know what I mean and they let me drink, bro, so from the age of like 12 and 13, I was already drinking. They were cool with it, you know, they never said nothing and eventually that led to smoking weed and that's where I kind of began my drug addiction. Um, from a young age man and my life was pretty chaotic, from the age of about 13 to 25, bro, I ran the streets. I was in and out of jails, prisons, rehabs, men's homes, juvenile facilities, and I had an encounter with God when I was 14 years old. This was the first time I ever heard the gospel man.
Speaker 3And my mom, she sent me to a youth group with one of her friends and, it's crazy, because she didn't go to church, bro, she believed in God but she never went to church and you know she saw me acting up and acting out and her best thing was okay, I'm going to send my son to church with somebody else. And you know she saw me acting up and acting out and her best thing was okay, I'm gonna send my son to church with somebody else, you know, and I didn't respect that growing up, man, because kids, they uh doesn't matter what you tell them, it's all about what they see right. And so seeing her not going to church, seeing her getting high and doing all these things, and then telling me not to do it, it was uh hypocritical and I couldn't respect it. You know, I didn't. I didn't respect her as a mother, I didn't respect the things that she told me, but anyway, she would send me to church with this lady man, and I believe I was about 14 at the time and it was like a youth group and I heard the gospel for the first time, man, and that was one of the first times that I felt like love, man. You know, one of the things that really affected me growing up, with the abandonment issues and the rejection issues and the anger, depression, all those things, the reason I was getting high is because I didn't want to feel those things, man, and, uh, I had this constant wall up, like I said. So it was hard for me to give love to people, it was hard for me to receive love to people, it was hard for me to receive love. So I can honestly say, like, when I went to that church and I felt the love of God for the first time. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before. Man Like it hit me to my core, man, and everything that the pastor was saying was resonating in my soul. I felt like he was talking directly to me and I can remember giving my life to Christ that night, right. Everything he said, man, about repenting of your sins. I started to feel the weight in the world of the things that I was doing, man, and I was only 14 years old, you know. But that was the very first time in my life that that emptiness that I had in my heart, in my life, that that emptiness that I had in my heart, uh, it was gone for a split second, man, and I wanted more of that. But the problem was I wasn't connected, you know, I didn't go to church. My parents weren't going to church. I didn't know any of my friends that were on that path. So I went right back into the world. You know what I mean get my life to Christ. I didn't build the relationship, part of it. And so, you know, I would eventually have a second encounter with Christ when I was about 20.
Speaker 3I was 21, man, it was my third year in the prison and I was in solitary confinement and I didn't have nothing but me, my Bible and and God man. And that was like one of the first places. You know I should have been a wreck, bro, like my life was out of order, bro. I was suffering cause I was in there. You know, I was involved in a lot of nonsense in there, but somehow some way, man God meets you wherever you're at. It doesn't matter where you're at, bro, he'll meet you on the streets, he'll meet you in a prison cell. You know, when you're really ready to surrender and give your life to Christ, he'll meet you exactly where you are, man, and that's what he did for me. And so for a year straight, bro, I was reading my Bible, I was praying, I wasn't involved in the yard, the politics, nothing, just me and God man. And I can remember sending letters to everybody just telling them about Christ. You know people, I knew family members, I was ministering like the word of God and I was in one of the worst places.
Speaker 3But once again I felt peace, man. I had that. I felt love again and I felt that emptiness that I had in my heart was gone, and you know, the Bible calls it the peace that surpasses all understanding. And so I had that for a short while, you know, and um, a miracle happened while I was in there, man, um, you know, once you get aligned with God, he's a. He's a loving God, a forgiving God and a God of restoration man. And one thing he restored in my life was my relationship with my man. And one thing he restored in my life was my relationship with my, with my dad, man, um, I remember he sent me a letter and he said hey, son, you know what? I want to be a part of your life, man. I just got out of a rehab, I'm getting my life together. You know, I'm sorry for not being there all those years. And uh, and I remember just instantly forgiving a man and and thanking God man for for doing that Cause you know now that I, like I said, now that I look back, you know that one problem right there was, it was a source of a lot of the things that was going on around me, but I didn't know it until I was older.
Speaker 3And so my dad came back into my life, man, and, uh, it was. I remember it was getting ready for me to time to get out of the hole, man, and I still had like two more years to serve right and God was asking me. He was like, hey, I want you to step away from the individuals that you're involved with in here and I want you to follow me and, you know, get my life fully right. And I wanted to do it so desperately, bro, like I really did. Man, I was, I was deep in, you know, relationship with Christ, man, and I was ready to do whatever it took, but I just I didn't have the strength, man, and I was very fearful at the time, man, and I let my surroundings control my, my mindset and control my relationship with Christ. So I ended up getting out of the hole, going back to the yard, doing the same nonsense, man. And, you know, eventually I was released, man, and, uh, I believe I was 20, 23 when I got out of prison, and so I ended up just going back to the same stuff. I think I did good for like two weeks, bro Maybe two weeks if I was lucky and I started to go back to my old ways. I went back to the same environment, you know, hanging around the same people doing the same things and I eventually spiraled out of control, man.
Speaker 3During that time I met my wife and you know she was walking in sin too, man, and at the time the things that we were doing, they kind of the lifestyles, went together like bread and butter, man, and I didn't judge her for the things she was doing. She didn't judge me for just getting out of prison, and so I think I was only like two or three months out of prison when I met her and you know, we started going wild together, man, and I married her a year later after I met her. But I don't know how we made it, man, because our first year of marriage was chaos, bro. God was nowhere in the picture. You know, there was addiction issues, there was unfaithfulness. You know, I was unfaithful in my marriage and I look back now and it's amazing how God worked in that situation, because normally the situation that we were in, bro, like most people don't make it out of addiction, most people don't make it out of, you know, unfaithfulness in the lifestyle that we were living. And God brought both of us out of that eventually, you know.
Prison, Addiction, and Spiraling
Speaker 3But we ran wild, man, and I believe it was, you know, our first year into marriage, I had another encounter with God, man, because I completely turned my back on God when I got out of prison. And I did my thing, man, I left God right where I found him. You know, I wasn't really trying to follow him, man. And you know, with this specific encounter, I had gotten in a high-speed chase with the police man. I had drugs in the car and my wife and I were separated at the time, man, we couldn't make things work and that was that did something to me, man. It really messed me up. Like I said, I was already on drugs, I was already wearing wild, so it just added to the chaos that I had going on. But I remember getting in this high speed chase, man, to the chaos that I had going on.
Speaker 3But I remember getting in this high-speed chase, man, and I remember, you know, finally giving up and surrendering to the police, getting booked into the county jail. And here I was, you know, looking at this piece of paper with 12 felonies on it, man, and so I pretty much accepted that my life was over, man, because I was guilty of at least six of them. You know, I'd already, I already have a nice record. You know I already been to prison, they already know who I am. And here I am with 12 felonies, you know, doing my same old nonsense.
Speaker 3And I remember telling my wife I was like, because she was still trying to support me, man, when she found out I was in there, you know she was trying to talk to me she came to visit me and I pretty much told her like, hey, just go your way, I'm done you know what I mean like it's not gonna, it's not gonna work out, probably gonna be sitting down for a long time in here. And, um, I remember going to my first, my first court case man and the public defender said hey, man, the best you're going to get is 15 years. So if you don't take this deal, then we're going to have to go to trial. And if you lose, you know there's risk that you're going to get more time. And at the time I was like 15 years, that's not a deal, man, I'll take my chances, you know. And my wife, bro, she went out of her way to get me a lawyer and she got me this lawyer man and he was able to, you know, really go to bat for me.
Speaker 3But I remember sitting in there after hearing the 15-year deal, and I cried out to God, man, this was like a genuine cry, man. And I said man, god, give me a second chance in my life and I'll change. You know, I want to change, I just don't know how. Like, please just bless me with a second chance in my life. And I went to court, you know, a week later, and right when I get in there, the judge says hey, mr Pena, you're going to be going home today. Man, da decided not to file charges. And I remember my heart dropping to the ground, man, cause I really I couldn't believe it. Like I said, bro, there's no reason that I that was in 2000,. I was in 2014, man, so I would still be sitting down right now. You know what I mean, and I remember just not believing it, bro. Like man, this can't be true. You know what I mean. And I took my blessing, man, and I left.
Speaker 3I ended up leaving Las Vegas. My wife and I, we still couldn't work it out, man. I left Las Vegas, man, and I came out here to live with my dad man, you know that relationship was. I came out here to live with my dad, man, you know that relationship was built. So I went to live with him and unfortunately, man, I didn't have a solid foundation. I didn't have a solid, you know, church that I was connected to, I didn't have Christian brothers around me. So what did I do, bro?
Speaker 3I went back to running the streets again and I ended up catching another case over here. Even though I told God I would change man, I found myself right back In the same boat again, just in a different place. You know, I thought by leaving that, you know, I was the problem, not where I was living right, but somewhere in my mind. I thought, if I leave that, something would change and nothing changed, man. But I ended up getting another case out there, a felony dope charge, man. If I leave that, something would change and nothing changed, man. But I ended up getting another case out there, felony dope charge, man. And you know, I got out of there again. I asked God, man, give me a second chance. You know, bless me again. And I ended up getting out of jail.
Speaker 3I did like two or three weeks in LA County jail and then, you know, I hit the streets again, bro, and I was doing the same thing, man. And then, you know, I hit the streets again, bro, and I was doing the same thing, man. You know I was slamming dope at the time. I remember I got out for a week and my wife came. My wife, she moved out here to San Diego with her parents that's where, that's where she's from. So she was living out here.
Speaker 3I was living in LA with my dad and she wanted to see me after I got out. So she came to pick me up. I was probably weighed like a hundred pounds, bro. I was doing real bad man. And she took me to go see her dad and, uh, he saw how bad I was doing, man, and he said hey, you need to go to rehab, man, you need to give your life to God and go to rehab. And I remember just laughing in his face, bro, I wasn't to rehab. And I remember just laughing in his face, bro, I wasn't, I wasn't trying to hear it, I wasn't ready. And uh, and I went back to my dad's house, right, and a week later, man, I'm out there in my dad's backyard, bro, I'm coming down hard, I'm about to load myself up. You know, I'm about to put the needle in my arm, bro.
Speaker 3And those words kept registering in my head. I just kept hearing them over and over you need to go to rehab, you need to go to rehab, you need to go to rehab. And I wanted to change. Man, I was tired, bro, like I said I was. I was beat down. I was tired, like I felt, like you know, I was having suicidal thoughts at this time. I really didn't want to live, no more, bro. I didn't have a purpose, man, I didn't. There was no reason for me to keep going. You know what I mean. My marriage was failing, you know. I weighed a hundred pounds, I couldn't get off drugs, I had nothing to my name, like. My next step, you know, was was death or prison, like that's how deceived the devil had me. And so I remember sitting in the backyard man hearing those words, and I had an encounter with God, man, and I said man, god, I don't want to do this, no more. And I remember just dropping the needle on the ground, man, and I cried. I cried God, like, help me, you know, and I felt like the weight of the world just lifted off my shoulders, bro, everything I was going through just instantly delivered from me, like, and I called my wife and I said hey, I will do whatever it takes to change. I want him to go to rehab. I want to restore our marriage, like I'll do whatever it takes. You know I was really ready this time.
Turning Point and Rehabilitation
Speaker 3So I ended up going to a year long men's home. It was called the Hacienda Christian Life Campus, man, out there in Paris, california, and it was like nothing I ever experienced before. It wasn't like an institution or any of the juvenile facilities I'd been to or any of the other programs. This was a straight discipleship program, man, I went to church two or three times a day. You had a job. It was a work-to-live program. It waship program. Man, I went to church two or three times a day. You had a job. It was a work to live program. It's completely free, man, but you had to work in order to stay there. So I got to learn, like, the basic skills of working and having a relationship with God, man, and God really grabbed a hold of me, man, and you know what? During that time, my wife would come pick me up once a month and we would. You know we worked on our marriage and you know that was in 2015 that I graduated from that place and that was where I really surrendered.
Speaker 3God changed my entire life, bro, restored. He restored my marriage after I got out of that program. He blessed me with four beautiful children. You know I've been sober since 2015,. So I got 11 years sober now and I've been walking with the Lord ever since, bro, and I think you know I could never imagine being where I'm at right now, like talking to you, doing this right here. You know, ever in my life, bro, because there was times when I was sleeping on park benches, I was out there on the streets, bro, homeless, because I was so far in addiction that I didn't have. I didn't have anywhere to go. You know what I mean. Like I had nothing to my name, I had no responsibilities, couldn't even take care of myself. And you know, now God restored me and helped me to be the man that he designed me to be, and now I'm able to go to work and take care of my kids, take care of my wife and be a present father. You know what I mean?
Speaker 2Yeah, Not just that, though. When I'm learning from you, bro, and watching what you do, like I want to glean off that and you remind me of modern-day fishes of men, bro, men of purpose. You know God gave you a calling and you obviously you answered it. You want to talk about that, why you have men of purpose and what you do for others.
Speaker 3Yeah, man. So I went through a period of my faith the past two or three years where I got consumed with going to work, you know, paying my bills, taking care of my family, going to church. It became a check the box thing, right, like just a routine, like going to church was just a routine. Now I wasn't experiencing any fruit in my faith, man. I wasn't experiencing any, any growth. So last year, bro, I really it really started to hit me, you know. I started feeling that emptiness again that I had when I was on drugs, like that separation from God, and so I started crying out to God like man. God, what is going on? You know? What's my purpose? Why do you have me here? I really started questioning the meaning of life again, you know, and so I started praying, man, like God. What is my purpose? Why am I here? Because I want to tell you something, man when you're not walking with God and you're just going to church and you're just being a father or a husband, and you have just going to church and you're just being a father or a husband and you have no purpose, all those things can become like meaningless and trivial and petty and pointless. Man, you know when God's not at the center of your life and you're not walking in your purpose and you're not fully devoted to him. Whatever you put before God, whenever God comes last, these things are temporary on this earth, man. I don't care how much money you have, I don't care how you know, how good your kids are, how good your marriage is, how big your house is, all those things can be taken away in a split second. All those things can be taken away in a split second. And, uh, when you don't have God at the, at the, as your first priority, it all becomes meaningless. And so I got stuck in that trap. God was second in my life. My job was first, right. I wanted to provide more money for my family. I wanted to get this house that we're in right now. So I worked myself to death to get it, man, and I got it. But I was empty Right. And so I started asking God what do you want me to do? What's my purpose, man? And he revealed to me.
Speaker 3You know, I've always liked to share my story. I've always liked to help men. Along the years, there's always been men that hit me up, that were in the same boat that I was in, they're trying to get out of it, and I've always helped them, right, but I never really paid attention to it. And so God said you know what, you like to talk and you like to share your story. And I was like, okay, what can I do with that, god? And the word podcast came and I was like, okay, cool, I'm going to start a podcast, right.
Speaker 3And originally I was like I'm going to start a podcast, right, and originally I was like I was going to bail on it. A whole week went by. I remember coming home and telling my wife like, hey, god wants me to start a podcast. She's like, yeah, okay, you know another crazy idea my husband has. You know what I mean, because I've had a lot of them over the years. So she said that and I was like, okay, and a whole week went by, man, and I was going to bail, bro, I was going to, I wasn't going to do it. I started questioning God like, hey, god, I don't have the money, I don't know how to do a podcast, I don't know how to start this thing.
Speaker 3And, uh, that following Monday, this guy I hadn't talked to in like eight years, bro, calls me at four 30 in the morning on a Monday, he calls me and he says hey, daniel, you need to start a podcast, man, and I'll come down there. I'm like we'll do an episode. He's like, but I got to go to work, I'm just calling to plant the seed. And hangs up on me and I was like man God, like you know, god always confirms what he wants, what he wants us to do, right, and he knew I was going to try to bail on him, so he sent a messenger. You better do it. You know what I mean.
Speaker 3And so I ended up starting this podcast and uh, I bring men on to do exactly what I'm doing right now share their stories, and uh, the point of it is so that other men can see that it doesn't matter what you're going through. I've had suicide survivors, people who've gone through addiction, I've had pastors, just men from all walks of life, and you get to hear their testimonies of what God's done in their life. And the whole point of doing that is for them to know like, I don't care where you're at in your life, I don't care what you're going through. God can restore you, give you purpose. He has a plan and a purpose for your life and eventually you know what the podcast. You know it's been going pretty decent and eventually it's grown into like a group now where I actually help men. You know, bring them on, we do Bible studies. I know there's a lot more in store for it, so right now it's in the very beginning stages. But basically God's called me to serve men and to help them find their purpose, and the way that we do that is by rooting them in God's word and showing them what their true identity is.
Speaker 3Cause the thing is, when you don't have, when you don't know who you are, you will latch onto things. Right, when you don't have identity, you'll try to identify, as you know, like in your work. You'll find identity. Or you'll find identity in the bottle, or you'll find identity in your spouse. You latch onto whatever you know, like in your work. You'll find identity. Or you'll find identity in the bottle, or you'll find identity in your spouse. You latch on to whatever you can, right, but you are somebody, you are a child of God, right, the Bible says you are a head and not the tail, you are above and not below, and it also says that he has a plan and a purpose for your life, and so, as of now, my main goal and my main mission is just to bring as many men in as I can and show them who they are in Christ, so that they can be three things Better fathers, better husbands and better leaders in their communities and in their households.
Final Words of Encouragement
Speaker 2Oh, bro, I was nearing the same way I was. I had this up for a while, but then I got. I let the people I was hanging out with Get to me, bro, so I became them, you know, and I was stagnant, bro, my faith, I was stagnant In what I was doing and I just got tired, bro, I got. I got tired of Of having issues at work. I started I got tired of having issues at work. I got tired of having issues with people. I was like this was always my love, bro was hearing people's stories and sharing them. And I just got to a place recently. I was like I'm done, god, what do you want me to do? And he's always giving me this gift and I always brought it back. But I was like I don't know, give me a sign and I need, I need, I need more than that. I need people that can relate. I need people I can talk to and they're always scrolling, bro, doing scrolling, just doing scrolling, bro, like wasting my time scrolling scrolling you know what I mean just wasting my time, yeah no, and I
Speaker 2was. I was like, but god was like work on your podcast, but I ignored it, bro, bring it back, bring nah. And then I found, I found you and I was listening to your story, bro, and your word, bro, and I related. You know, I related and you know what. I hit you up, we started talking and you told me about the group. I checked it out and it's only been about two weeks but already, bro, like like my, I got the joy back, bro, I got my motivation back and I want to thank you, bro, for stepping that up, Because if I didn't pray to God and ask God for a sign, I wouldn't have found it, I would have been the same person, I would have been hanging out with the same people. But you brought us together, bro, and I appreciate you, bro, for answering that call, Because I would have probably been stuck in the same cycle, man.
Speaker 3Hey, man, you know what God always sends his workers into the field. You know, and that's the thing I love is it's like it's not me, it's not you, it's the Holy Spirit working through us. Right, and so you know, for those of you that are out there right now who are feeling worthless, or you're feeling like you're doubting yourself, or you're feeling like you don't have a purpose, or you don't know who you are Like, I want to encourage you, man, I was there, you know, like I said, I was out there sleeping on park benches, man waking up in prison cells, just lost, hopeless man. The devil had me so deceived that I was. There was times when I wanted to take my own life, you know, and I had accepted that I was going to die on the streets or rot in prison for the rest of my life. And that's how the enemy gets you. He deceives you. Right Starts with a little bit of deception. And so if you're out there today and you're feeling like lost, hopeless, maybe you're going through divorce, addiction, you know, maybe your relationship with your children's broken.
Speaker 3I want to tell you that there's hope in Christ, man, and it's just like anything else in life. You know you're going to get out of it what you put in, but the one thing is is that you are a child of God and he wants you to come back home. It doesn't matter what you've done, man Like I've done some wicked things and it took me years to recover from. You know the damage that I caused in my life and in other people's lives, but the thing is you know God loves you. God has a plan and a purpose for your life. He's a loving God and he's a God of restoration, and he restored my entire life and turned me into somebody I never thought I could be man, and that's all by the glory of God.
Speaker 2Amen Before we head out, daniel, any last words of encouragement, anything you want to say.
Speaker 3Keep fighting the good fight. Man. You know, if you're out there right now and you're falling away from Christ, I just want to encourage you to come back home. You know you're never too far gone. He's not waiting there with his arms crossed like this. He's waiting there with his arms open. He wants you to come back home. You know, just like a father loves his son, he loves you and he wants you to come back home, man.
Speaker 2Well, daniel, I want to thank you for your time. If you have a story or testimony you want to share, go ahead and hit me up at FlamingDustPodcasts at Outlookcom. That's FlamingDustPodcasts at outlookcom. That's fromindustpodcasts at outlookcom. Stories need to be told and voices need to be heard. Therefore, if any man is a new creature, he will all things become new. Y'all be blessed and keep God first. We'll see you next time.