Beyond Sunday
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Beyond Sunday
How Faith Shattered Generational Addiction
What does it take to break a generational curse? When your family name carries decades of negative associations and people have written you off before you've even begun, how do you forge a different path?
Meet Trey Abernathy, whose raw and powerful testimony demonstrates that no one is beyond redemption. From age 13, Trey was deep in methamphetamine addiction, eventually spending an astonishing $10,000 weekly on drugs while staying awake for 6-8 days straight. After losing both his father and his young daughter within a span of just a few years, his addiction spiraled to dangerous new depths.
When Trey found himself in jail after multiple arrests and a failed suicide attempt, something unexpected happened. A voice repeating "It's time. Release. Let go" began speaking to him—though he wouldn't recognize it as divine intervention until much later. What followed was a transformation so complete that the same man who once seemed destined for destruction now leads a faith-based recovery program helping others find freedom.
This episode explores how accountability, community, and faith can break even the most entrenched patterns of addiction and generational dysfunction. Trey's journey shows that your past doesn't have to determine your future, and that the narrative around your name can be completely rewritten. For anyone struggling with addiction, trauma, or the weight of expectations, this conversation offers genuine hope and practical wisdom from someone who's walked through the darkness and found his way to light.
Good morning everybody. How are you doing? It's Pastor Lee and I pastor the Church Christ Family Outreach located in Amelia, virginia, and if you've not yet come by to visit us, I encourage you to do so on Thursday nights at our recharge service at 7 pm, or on Sunday mornings, doors open at 930. Service gets going at 10 am. This is the podcast Beyond Sunday, and we've got a special guest at the table here today. His name is Trey Abernathy and he has a testimony that I know is going to touch every single one of you listening today. Trey, good morning brother. How are you doing? Blessed brother.
Speaker 2:How are you this morning?
Speaker 1:Oh man, I'm blessed. I'm so glad that you're here. I've been praying over this episode for a long time. I've been wanting you to come into studio to be able to talk about it, and so I'm so glad that you finally made your way in here. I believe it's the timing of God, you know. I believe that there's going to be people that are listening to this episode, that are going to be able to share the link with other people, Because, quite honestly, maybe most of those who are listening today have not walked the walk that you've walked, but maybe odds are in today's society. They know someone who has walked it and needs to be encouraged by your testimony, or they know someone that's currently walking it and needs to be encouraged by your testimony. So you know, I believe that God uses people's testimonies to set people free, and so I'm really excited to get into yours. So we're going to dig right into it.
Speaker 1:Luke, chapter 4, verse 18,. Jesus says the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed. And this is what Jesus is still willing to do today, Brother Trey, and this is exactly what Jesus Christ did for you. He set a captive free and you, just like the rest of us, we were all captive to the enemy and sin at one time, all of us on different levels.
Speaker 1:You know what we go through in life and how we get beat up and knocked around, but this is what excites me about having you here today at the table is the simple fact that, man, you are a living, walking, breathing testimony of a captive being set free physically, mentally, emotionally and, of course, spiritually. Right, so let's dive right into it. Brother Trey, from a young age, you struggled with depression. In your testimony I've read it very, very good you struggled with anxiety and you were told that you were never going to amount to anything because of your last name. So you're struggling with depression, anxiety and lack of self-worth simply because of what your last name was yes, um, not not having the best reputation not being involved in the greatest decisions?
Speaker 1:Yeah, so would you say that that is as what we say in church and what we see in the word of God. You were, you were hung up in generational curses. Amen, yes, sir, yeah. And because of that, just knowing you and knowing your testimony, because of that that kind of that title hung over your head. Did you ever believe what the people were saying? Was it a point in your life where you ever believed?
Speaker 2:well, if everybody said I'm not going to amount to nothing. I'm probably not. No, sir, I kind of always fed off of when somebody tells me I can't do something. I'm going to try to prove you wrong, yeah, yeah. So I always went with that. I just started out in the wrong direction with that. Instead of going to the Lord, I went to the worldly side of things.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And that led me into the wrong direction in life. So all in pedal to the worldly side of things, yeah, and that led me into the wrong direction in life.
Speaker 1:So all in, pedal to the metal right Far as you could go in the opposite direction of the church. Yes, sir, Was there now? I wasn't raised in church. Were you a child that was brought up in the church and you got out of the church? Or did you guys not go to church? How was church attendance as a child coming up for Trey Abernathy?
Speaker 2:Um, I probably had been in church three or four times throughout my childhood. Um, my, my mom was raised in church, even even with my dad. My dad, could, you know, write take scripture right out of the Bible? Yeah, um, I could not. I just I never comprehended it. I never even listened to go that way, and I had some bad experiences with churches as a younger child and it led me away from that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and sadly, what I have seen as an adult now through the years, is that that's one thing that Satan does out through the years, is that that's one thing that Satan does. He will take bad experiences and use that, highlight that for people. That'll be people's reasons to not go to church because of experiences. You know, I just had a grown man tell me the other day. He was like you know why is the church full of imperfect people? And I was like man, I've never known the church to have perfect people. You know what I mean. And then I told him I said look, man. I said because this was a believer. I said, look, brother. And he was really just struggling with some things that he's going through. I said, look, brother, here's the deal. I said the beautiful thing about the church house is that people with problems can come into it looking for hope right, looking for restoration, looking for redemption. But the enemy doesn't want people to know that. He just wants people to look at church as offended. You know, I got offended so I don't go, or so-and-so goes to that church, and they offended me, I'm mad at them and I don't go. So yeah, I did not know that you and I had that part in common. I'd only been to church maybe two, three times tops as a boy as well, and my mother also grew up in the church and was heavy in church and then at some point got out of it. So we have that piece of our testimonies we've got in common.
Speaker 1:The reason I ask if you were brought up in church is because 1 Peter 5, 7 tells us that we can cast all of our anxieties on Christ. And here's the really cool thing. The Bible says 1 Peter 5, 7, we can cast all of our anxieties on Christ. Here it is because he cares for us, and I think that that's a beautiful piece. So to the listeners, friends, if you're struggling out there, I want to remind you that Jesus Christ cares for you, even if it feels like no one else does, and he's willing to offer you His peace. Amen, trey.
Speaker 1:One of the ways, trey, that you coped with all of the depression, with all of the anxiety that you had going on in life, was that you shut your feelings down. You built up walls, and the reason you did this is so that people couldn't hurt you any longer, right? So what would you say to people out there right now, trey, who are struggling, who may be using that exact same tactic. They're shutting doors, they're locking them, they're building up walls, they're fighting depression, they're fighting anxiety. They're pushing people out. What do you think, trey, is the most dangerous thing about shutting people out of your life.
Speaker 2:I feel like if I would have brought a different crowd of people into my life and not just shut everyone out and started listening to more people, maybe I would have run across the right person to try to lead me in the right direction, instead of going down that wrong path.
Speaker 1:Now, did you have people early on in your life, and even as a high schooler, as a young man, when you got wrapped up heavily into drugs? Did you have people at that time trying to give you good advice to get out, or had you so blocked everybody out, that those people were no longer around? You have people at that time trying to give you good advice to to get out, or or or with those, or had you so blocked everybody out that those people were no longer around?
Speaker 2:No, sir, I had blocked everybody out of my life. I was not willing to listen to anything or any anybody that had to say anything positive yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because, whatever they and I'm guessing, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing you block those people out because they're not selling what you want, right? Amen? I mean everything that they're trying to give you you're not trying to take. I was not having any part of it. Yeah Well, after shutting people out, after building up walls, you turned to drugs. How old were you when you first started using, and what was the first drug?
Speaker 2:How old were you when you first started using and what was the first drug? I started using drugs right at age 13, and methamphetamines was my drug of choice throughout my whole life, throughout your entire life.
Speaker 1:Yes, sir, so is that what you started on? Yes, sir, okay, so straight to the heavy stuff. Yes, sir, straight to the heavy stuff. So the drugs. According to your testimony, trey, the drugs are doing two things. You felt like the king of the world, right, absolutely. And they're making you. They're also, while feeling like the king of the world, they're making you numb to all of life's problems, right, not just Trey Abernathy's problems, but all the problems around you. But then something happens, right Later on in life, you share in your testimony that your best friend, who was your dad, he passed away. How old were you when he passed so?
Speaker 2:I was 32, 33. And how old was your dad? My dad was 60, 65, 33. And how old was your dad? My dad was 65, 66.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and you guys had a good relationship. I mean you say he was your best friend in life.
Speaker 2:Yes, so even when I got married, my dad was listed as my dad, but also my best friend, and from day one, I don't have probably a single memory in life without my dad, but also my best friend. Yeah, and from day one, I I don't have a probably a single memory in life without my dad in it. Yeah, yeah, he was always in it. Yeah, um, not necessarily in the best ways, um, but yes, my dad was in every memory that I ever have in my life. So, your dad, passes.
Speaker 1:And then, two years later, you say it's the most difficult, terrible, worst day of your life. What happens next? Yes, two, two years later, your daughter, two and a half years, she passes yeah.
Speaker 2:So when I thought the worst day of my life would ever be would was when my dad passed away and then, two and a half years later, you know, I lost a two and a half year old daughter and that was tremendous. I mean, that was. That's a parent's worst nightmare.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and share with the listeners at that time in your life. How do you cope with that?
Speaker 2:Oh, I mean I was at the point of that time I was probably staying up six, seven, eight days at a time on drugs, no sleep.
Speaker 1:No sleep Six, seven, eight days straight. No sleep.
Speaker 2:Yes sir, that was the best way. And then the drugs were blocking everything out, and then I would crash and sleep for a couple days. So that was blocking everything out, and then I'd wake up and just repeat the cycle. It kept everything blocked out of my life.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then share, share this piece. Your, your, your, your, your wife, right? How is? How is she handling all this? She, she's just lost a daughter, you know, and she's two years prior to that. You know. Your dad's gone, right, so how? And then also, obviously, your wife knows what you're going through, right, how is she handling this? Because somewhere out there there's a very real chance that there's a spouse right now listening who their spouse is currently fighting an addiction. Give some advice. Who was your wife to you then? Was, was she that solid rock for you? Was, was she fighting for you? Uh, what was her role during this particular time? Was, what did that look like?
Speaker 2:yes. So my wife has always been my solid rock, um for years on end. We've been together for um a little over 20 years. We've been married for coming up on 15. And for me she knew about the drugs at a young age but thought they had stopped, so she just kind of took it. As you know, he's coping. He's going through a lot in his life. He lost his best friend, he's lost a daughter, just like I have, and she had just lost her father, also just prior to my dad. So we were going through all of this together and it kind of all just seemed to go together, yeah, and the depression and anxiety and the tension was growing fast.
Speaker 1:Was there ever a point where you thought this, my problem, could possibly end my marriage?
Speaker 2:No, um, no, I don't. Yeah, there was a point, but that's later. Down the road, at this point, you know, I felt like we were.
Speaker 1:We were pretty close, yeah yeah, um, I know that you say in, in in your testimony that the uh, when, when, when your daughter passed the drug addiction just kicked into overdrive. You, you told me, brother trey, one one time how much money you spend a week on drugs and I about fell over. Now I called me ignorant, right, I mean I had, I had no idea that that someone could take that amount. But but share, share with the listeners what, what at your at your worst point, uh, financially, what that, what that looked like for you and the amount of drugs that you were taking.
Speaker 2:So yeah, by the time my daughter had passed away, I was up to the about 12 to 14 days straight and I was. I was probably about nine to $10,000 at this point a week into drugs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, to me I would say that's, that's unheard of. But I'm sure someone out there may be able to say man, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm doing more than that. Yes, sir, you know. But but he and and, and I remember one day I asked you, it was in our small group I asked you man, how did, how did you afford that? Right? And you, who's got that kind of money?
Speaker 2:Right, yes, so that's kind of part of you know. I started dealing pretty heavy in my teenage years and that kind of led into it. You know you have to deal drugs to be able to afford that kind of amount of drugs. Yeah.
Speaker 1:So you're dealing to make the money in order to take that money and then spend it right on on on more drugs. Uh, you end up purposefully, because of all the pain you've gone through with your dad and now especially with your little girl, you end up purposefully overdosing uh, trying to commit suicide, correct?
Speaker 2:Yes, sir, and it's fairly unheard of of anybody ever overdosing on methamphetamines, ever overdosing on methamphetamines, and you know I remember bits and pieces of it now. But looking back, you know I took two and a half ounces of crystal meth at one time and what I couldn't get I just shoved in my body and in less than a couple hours of waking up in the hospital I was right back to heaven, you know, probably a kilo sitting in my lap, ready to rock all over again.
Speaker 1:Wow, wow, and I know that you didn't realize it at the time, but really that's God having a plan for Trey Avernett. Amen, brother, you know what I mean. That's God saving your boy's daddy, right, your current daughter right, who's still here with us you know her daddy, you know. And that's also God saving your wife, her husband, right and so, and even much more than that, god is still using you right now in ministry through a life recovery program, which we'll get into that in just a moment, and how God's using you now. But you say in your testimony that back then you didn't realize why am I still here? You know you're not realizing that God has a plan for Trey. Yeah, no.
Speaker 2:I couldn't even imagine, like why am I still here? Why can't I just be gone? Why can't I ease this pain Right?
Speaker 1:because up until then, that's what the drugs are doing You're using to keep from having to feel what's going on here in reality. Yes, yeah, so you had mentioned, too, that you were blocking people out, and a lot of what you were going through was because you didn't have the right circle, and that's one thing that I preach at church. A lot is that your circle does matter. Touch upon the piece of that where how much of your life has changed now that your circle has changed? Because you know now I look around, Trey, when I see you at Bible study or see you at a church event or see you at church, and there's a whole new circle that you have placed around yourself. How has life changed for you since you've got a new circle of friends?
Speaker 2:My life day to day now is just amazing. Amen. It doesn't matter what I'm going through, big or small, If it's something that seems like it's the end of the world. I have a group of people that I can pick the phone up now and shoot a text to or a phone call, and it's going to be answered immediately and it's going to be. It's going to be responded to with prayer and love and care and it. You know, it's never been like that for me. It was. You know, it was always let's high, yeah, and it's not like that anymore.
Speaker 1:And the beautiful, and I'm proud of you, man, and I know it's God doing the work in you. The thing the really cool thing is, though we have to accept that work and want that work to take place and manifest. The thing that I want our listeners to understand, too, is, when we get born again and we are delivered from that old lifestyle, whatever that old lifestyle looks like, it's not that we give up on our old circle. It's just that we can't go back to that old circle and participate in the things, the foolishness and the nonsense that they're doing that used to hold us down. So what I say is that anybody from my old circle that wants to come join my new circle, they're welcome to come. Amen. From my old circle that wants to come join my new circle, they're welcome to come, amen.
Speaker 1:You know, I just can't end up back in that old circle because I don't want. I don't want the fruit, I don't want the outcome of what that old circle produces. Have you since, since, since you have been delivered from addiction have you ever had anybody from the old circle that you used to run with? Has anybody ever reached out to you? Anybody from the old lifestyle reached out to you and said Trey, how'd you do it? You know what's going on. What's it like on that side of the fence.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, absolutely. I have some boys that you know I used to run with, that come to church every Sunday, Thursdays. Amen, it's a blessing, because nobody ever thought that Trey Abernathy would have ever, ever been released from drugs and alcohol.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah Again. Because of so many prior generations. Yes, right, do you know, trey? Do you know how many generations back? Addiction runs in the family.
Speaker 2:A very, very, very long line.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I don't know exactly. I know, you know, way back to my granddaddies.
Speaker 1:Gotcha. Yeah, so people have that reputation of Abernathy. You know you spoke about that in the very beginning, in the intro of this podcast, and yet now these folks are looking at a chain that's been broken. It's a curse, a generational curse that has been broken in the name of the Lord, and your life now produces more fruit beautiful, good, righteous, holy, godly fruit. The really cool thing about a generational curse being broken is now that line has been broken and because you, t trey, have stepped up and been obedient to the call of god, it gives something for your boys and your daughter to um have a new, fresh start. Amen to to not to not have anyone tell them well, you're an abernathy, so you'll never right. Or your last name is this, so you'll never. Or trey's your dad, so you'll never. You're gonna be just like your dad, right. Well, now you're gonna be just like your dad is a good thing. Praise God, amen. So that's exciting.
Speaker 1:I know, I know there was a long time that you were able to function while on the drugs. Let's touch on that for a moment. You, you, you were, you were able to function on on the addiction and you were able to hide it from people. Is how you share in your testimony. But there came a time when you could no longer hide it. You ended up quitting your job, right? You feel like you're losing your family. You feel like you're losing your house. You're hit with multiple restraining orders. There's a rehabilitation stint in there, you're running from the police and there's multiple arrests and jail time. Yes, sir, during this time in jail you hear a voice speaking to you and at the time I think in your testimony it says you didn't know at the time it was the voice of God. No, I had no idea. What was that voice saying to Trey Abernathy in jail? It's time.
Speaker 2:It's time, it's time Release, let go. You know, just like a repeat of the same, just short sentences. You know, just let go, release. It's time, just over and over. And. And you know, looking back now like it's no doubt that it was the good Lord yeah, yeah, giving you instruction, right, yeah, you direction give me a whole chill.
Speaker 2:yeah, thinking about it, you know being in that jail cell just hearing voices. You're in jail with 98, 100 other men and all of this noise is going on and you can just hear it plain as day. It's just like it goes completely quiet. Yeah, like you were to cut this mic off and you hear it release, let go.
Speaker 1:And it just kept pecking at you. Yes, sir, Just kept speaking to you.
Speaker 2:Hey man, that's powerful stuff, brother, very powerful and, like I said at the time, I had no idea. Yeah, I had no idea, yeah, yeah, or I didn't want to believe it. You know, I didn't.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah. But then when you start to walk with the Lord, you realize who that voice was speaking to you. Amen, because the normal Trey Abernathy wanted more drugs and at one time wanted to die. So that's not Trey's conscious talking to Trey, right, that's an outside source. That's God Almighty. 1 Corinthians 10.13 says this no temptation has overtaken you. That is not common to man. God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability. But with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape that you may be able to endure it. And I believe that that voice was your way of escape. You know, our way of escape is Jesus Christ. It's an open door in God and I personally, after hearing your testimony, I believe that that was the voice of the Lord offering you that way of escape. Who knows what would have happened, brother Trey, if you didn't take it? No, no doubt you know. I mean, we don't even know if you'd still be living. I think that's a fair assessment, right? Yes, sir, absolutely so.
Speaker 1:You get out of jail, and this is when things start getting really, really good for Trey Abernathy. You get out of jail and someone invites you to one of our Thursday night recharge services at CFO Church and for those that don't know, a recharge service is like a midweek church service. We come in there, there's prayer, there's praise and worship, there's the preaching and teaching of God's word. It's like a normal church service, just on a Thursday night. But somebody invites you. Who was it? You don't have to give a name. But was it a family member? Was it a friend that invited you? Was it family friend? And what did that conversation look like?
Speaker 2:It is one of my top friends that was there for me through my addiction. That has been through the exact same addiction that I have.
Speaker 1:And I'm assuming, I'm assuming they come to church, they come to CFO. Yes, sir, okay, so, so so they invite you. Was that a phone call? Is it a face to face that they stop by the house and say, look man, it's time to get real, you know?
Speaker 2:So he just he never really pushed it on me. He said you know I go to this church and it has been amazing to me, and you know we have recharge on Thursday nights. You know, sundays we have men's Bible study. He just kept explaining it to me. Yeah, he was like you know, if you ever want to go, just let me know.
Speaker 1:That's awesome. So he's not beating you over the head with a Bible. Yes, sir, he's just like hey, my life has been changed. I want you to come check this out, right? Yes, sir, praise God. So how long after coming, trey, was it until you got saved? Do you remember?
Speaker 2:So it was only three or four weeks before I got saved yeah.
Speaker 1:So it didn't take long? No, sir, it didn't take long, not at all. So hey, as we're talking, this question hits me how long did it take to see immediate difference in the two circles? Like, so you walk into church? Because I think some people that struggle with addiction, or struggle with sin, or struggle with feeling like they're not good enough to enter into a church, right, they feel like, well, I could never go in there, the roof's going to fall down on me, right? Well, the good news is the roof ain't falling down on nobody. That's where God wants you is in the church, right? So when you came into church, did you feel judged? Did you feel love? Did you feel nervous? Did you feel peace in the presence, like what was going through when you first walked in the room for the first time?
Speaker 2:So when I first walked in the CFO church, I knew that I was going to be judged. I had been judged all of my life. That's just what I knew was going to happen. I'm going to walk in here. I've been hearing this voice. I've been hearing about it. I walked in a CFO. Not at any point in time have I ever been judged for my last name or the decisions that I had made to this.
Speaker 2:And I tell everybody that I invite the CFO church that to me that is one of my top tiers that I absolutely love.
Speaker 1:Well, that puts a smile on my face because, as the pastor there, we really do truly say we're family. Yes, and guess what? Family makes mistakes. Yes, sir, you know, family's going to let one another down, but we're not going to judge one another. We're going to love one another because, at the end of the day, the Bible says for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. You know, and the truth is, we need one another to shoulder one another's burdens and to do it together, you know, and that's what true family does. So, fast forward, you get saved, you're now a born again Christian, you're walking with Jesus Christ, you've got relationship with them, you're drug-free, you're sober and you're attending church every week.
Speaker 2:Now, right, tell the listeners how attending church faithfully helps you remain strong and helps you stay clean so for me, when I I've always been that person that I always like face-to-face accountabilities yeah, even when I was in my drug addiction, dealing drugs, I was a face-to-face person. So for me, walking into church every Sunday, every Thursday, bible studies, my accountability groups that I am, that helps me realize that I am in the right place and following God, just relieves all of that pain and that pressure that I used to turn to drugs and alcohol for.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you mentioned accountability and I totally agree with you. There's something about being in a room with like-minded individuals that helps us stay out of trouble. Yes, you know it. Uh, I kinda, I kinda see it like this is a crazy analogy and if, if you don't hunt, you may not get this, but for those who hunt, you'll probably get it.
Speaker 1:I love being in the woods watching the dogs run, you know, and one dog can pick up a scent and just go bananas over it, just just start barking and yelping and going crazy, hooting and hollering and and he'll start running. That He'll start running the scent on that deer. Well, the other dogs in the woods hear him light hot, you know and and they all come find him and they'll join up. Oftentimes they might not even smell what he's smelling right away, but they know he's doing his job. So, hey, if he's into it, I'm into it. Right, and it's that pack mentality that family gets going and I see oftentimes as brothers and sisters in Christ. You know we're there to say, hey, this is my strength and this is what the Lord's doing in my life right now. And if anybody wants to come join me, the more the merrier. But we're going to have a blast on this ride. You know, if my old circle wants to now come be part of my new circle and we're going forward in Christ, then let's go do that together. But everybody's invited.
Speaker 1:So yeah, I love that word that you bring up accountability. There's accountability and, let's be honest, we all need accountability Absolutely. And can I just say it's not the person that's struggling with alcohol or pornography or drug addiction or infidelity. We all need accountability, if for nothing else, just to make sure we're still living and loving for the Lord Jesus Christ every day of our lives. And so that's important. So if you're listening today and you don't have a circle where you're plugged in, if you don't have a group of people that you can text, if you don't have someone that you can call on a regular basis, you need to get into church. Or if you're already in church, you need to begin to look around and find somebody that you can plug into with and be accountable with. It's so important.
Speaker 1:Even when Jesus sent out the disciples Trey, he sent them out in twos. So it's important. Second Corinthians 5.17 says therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come. So let's talk about that for a moment briefly. The old passing away, the new has come. You've received such a new you life that you're helping lead a class at church called Life Recovery. How many people back in the day would have ever seen Trey Abernathy teaching a class about being clean and sober brother?
Speaker 2:Never. That is an absolutely amazing thing. And you talk about, you know, the past groups and stuff, and when they do approach me they're like, man, I hear you're leading a life recovery program. What's that about? Yeah, and you know I get to share that time with them and it's amazing.
Speaker 1:So yeah, isn't it something, man? Like how God will take something from the ashes brother Trey, like how God will take something from the ashes Brother Trey and he will use it all for his good? Why don't you, for a quick moment, take a couple minutes, if you will please, brother, and just share with the people what life recovery is all about? And I just want to say, if you live in and near this area in Amelia, you're welcome to come to our life recovery class. It's free of charge, right after church on Sunday morning. So you come to church, get to church service right after service our life recovery class they meet together, they eat for they'll have a little meal right there at the church and then they break out into the life recovery class just to take a couple of moments, trey, and share what life recovery is all about.
Speaker 2:So we do, we always, we. We get together and um we get, we get to eat and um it's kind of about that accountability You're in that accountability group and um we go through a 12 step program um for life recovery, Christian based faith based, yes, christian faith, and there are throughout the 12 steps.
Speaker 2:there are different steps for each step, so there's about six different groups. Through each section of the 12 steps. We get together, we get to pray over these, we get to talk about early trauma life. We get to talk about trauma or things that are happening day to day with us even now, as we are saved by God, and we get to be there to help others go through situations that we have been through. And there's a group of people there. Just because you're there, you may be there for drugs or alcohol or anxiety or depression.
Speaker 1:There's people there that have been through that and have been relieved from God for that and they're all there to help, yeah, and whether it even be the individual that has been abused or been on addiction, sometimes their spouse comes with them too, right, and it's part of the class, because the spouse had to walk through that along with that person. So they need some healing as well. And I think it's important that we also mention the fact that it's not just for alcoholics and drug addicts. It's for people, as you mentioned, who may have been through trauma as a child. It doesn't have to be just recently, but sometimes people go through things as a child and it's still affecting them as a grown adult now.
Speaker 1:You know, that's what I love about the life recovery class. It's for any and everyone who's struggling and just want help, and they want help through the method of accountability as well To walk through this thing with other people, to be reminded that they're not alone, brother Trey, they're not alone, and they've got people like yourself that have been there, done that and is willing to say hey, I'm not going to get up on a high horse here. I remember who I was and I know where God bought me from, and I'm willing to walk you through this valley in your life as well.
Speaker 2:Yes, I by far don't have all of the answers to life's trauma that everybody has been through, but I can tell you I know somebody that does. That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1:I know somebody that does God. Does Amen, brother Amen, and we can find the answer to everything we go through in life in the word of God. That's why I love that the Life Recovery Program y'all are doing is faith-based and it's loaded with scripture, loaded, because it's the word of God that sets us free, because it's the word of God that sets us free.
Speaker 1:Amen. In closing, trey, I want to read this verse Isaiah 43, 18 through 19, says Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, and I love that. You know God is saying I will make a way in the wilderness and I will make rivers in the desert. And isn't that what God has done in the life of Trey Abernathy? Amen, yes, he has.
Speaker 1:We start this podcast out with talking about how the name Trey Abernathy had this title and people thought it was doom and despair. You know, they thought nothing good was coming from that title. But we in this podcast, giving God glory knowing that Trey Abernathy has a brand new title. You know that name. Although it's still the same two names, it's really a brand new name because it has different meaning. Now you know it's got different hope, it's got the love of Christ, it's got the love of Jesus, it's got the love of God and the spirit of God in your life. You know, and so I can testify, that I have seen a change in you just from when I first met you, and it is God taking you from faith to faith and glory to glory. And so I just want to say thank you, brother, for for being willing to be real, share with the people on this episode and let them know that, hey, if God saved you, he can save anybody. Amen.
Speaker 2:He can save anybody. Yes, he can.
Speaker 1:Father, we thank you for this opportunity to be here today. I thank you that Brother Trey's testimony shed some light for people today. I thank you, god. It's so powerful, this thing called generational curses. It can hold so many people back. It is a very powerful thing, but the truth is that the power of God is far greater than any generational curse.
Speaker 1:So, father, I pray in the name of the blood of Jesus for anyone out there that's listening right now that may feel like they're not good enough. They'll never amount to much or anything. That was told that they'd never get anywhere in life. Father, I pray that they would be encouraged by Trey Abernathy's testimony that who he was is not who he is now and he is continuing to be built up in the faith through Jesus Christ. So, father, I pray that all those out there today that want to be set free that they would understand that we are set free through Jesus. In Jesus' name and blood. Amen, amen and amen. Folks, we thank you for tuning in. Please share this link, share this episode with some people that it could bring them hope and encouragement. And until next time, we'll see you on Beyond Sunday. God bless.
