Life is Hard… But God is Good with Harry Alicea

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Harry Alicea was born in the late 80’s to a drug addicted mother. As a result, he was also born addicted to cocaine and suffered from a cleft palate. At two years old, he went into the foster care system. He was never adopted. Today, Harry shares his story of abuse and abandonment, and ultimately, healing, because of Christ. In a culture that encourages victimhood, Harry experienced victory. Today, he is a father, a business owner and a devoted husband. He reminds us that we don’t need to be victims of our circumstances. We can rise above them and bring the hope and healing of Christ to a new generation. SHOW NOTES

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. This is Heidi St. John. Welcome to Off the Bench. Today is Meet My Friend Friday.
0:06.0	And you guys know I like to have people on the show on Fridays who will encourage and inspire you.
0:10.0	Last week you heard from Harry Alessia and they were talking about their adoption journey.
0:17.0	We've already heard from a lot of you who are encouraged by that. I've invited Harry to come back and talk about his testimony.
0:23.0	It's a remarkable story of what it means to trust the Lord in the midst of hard circumstances.
0:29.0	Stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged.
0:39.0	All right. So I'm glad you guys are here today. A couple things before we get jumping on the Harry bandwagon today.
0:45.0	I want to encourage you to check out Mom Strong International. We are doing a series for the summertime there.
0:50.0	It's a little bit of a lighter study. We typically do that in the summertime.
0:54.0	But it's a great time for you guys to get involved to check out just getting into a rhythm of studying the word of God.
1:00.0	We'll encourage you to do that at momstronginternational.com.
1:04.0	Also check out the books I've written you guys at Heidi St. John.com.
1:09.0	There is a brand new book that came out. The last book that I wrote is really focused on the promises of God.
1:16.0	And it kind of reminds me a little bit of what we're going to be talking about today.
1:19.0	Because no matter what happens in our lives, life can be difficult. You guys have heard me talk about my testimony here at the show many times.
1:26.0	Life is hard, but God is good. And God can be trusted. And today I'm excited to have Harry back on the show.
1:32.0	Last time you're here, you heard their beautiful wife Kayla talking about the adoption of solar grace, which was very well received by the way.
1:40.0	That was a really encouraging and encouraging interview.
1:44.0	But I wanted to bring you back today because you kept talking about where you had come from and the testimony that God had given you.
1:51.0	And so I wanted to invite you back on to talk about where you've been and sort of what the Lord has done in your life.
1:58.0	Because there are a lot of people right now who are walking through difficult circumstances.
2:04.0	You know, a lot of people lost their jobs in the middle of the Rona.
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