Melissa Huray: My Chains Fell Off, My Heart Set Free

Stand Up For The Truth Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Mary welcomes Melissa Huray to the podcast to talk about true freedom in Christ. Melissa has dedicated the last 15 years to helping people with addictions find freedom through Jesus Christ. She is an Emmy award winning news reporter and anchor, and an addiction counselor with a Masters in Physiology. She is the Executive Director at the Lindell Recovery Network. Her books include Blackout to Blessing and Radical Freedom. She also hosts the Hope Report podcast. Today we look at her testimony of a dysfunctional family and the emptiness she felt as a youth. The deadly cost of gambling on alcohol’s temporary relief brought multiple arrests, harrowing car crashes, and many attempts to quit. She couldn’t save herself – but ultimately put her trust in the One who could set her free from all the pain. God has used her mightily and we talk about a God Who uses our darkest seasons to bring light to others.

Stand Up For The Truth Videos: https://rumble.com/user/CTRNOnline & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgQQSvKiMcglId7oGc5c46A

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Three, three, two, two, one, zero, zero.
0:08.0	From the studios of W.O.R.Q. in Wisconsin, this is the stand-up for the truth podcast.
0:15.0	Today's issues, overlooked headlines, and biblical observations, equipping the remnant around the globe got your sword handy
0:24.6	this is stand up for the truth good morning march 5 2026 i'm crash connell and we're going to ask our
0:33.7	passengers please return to your seats put on your seat belts got some truth turbulence coming your way here. Just a little heads up here. Mary Danielson, good morning. How are you? Truth turbulence. That's a new one, crash. I like that. I got a million of them. You do? All right. I'm looking forward to that. All right. Welcome to stand up for March the 5th. I am so blessed to welcome Melissa hooray to the podcast. I've said often that one of the joys of doing this podcast is meeting so many gifted people and seeing how they build up and edify the church, how God has given them a testimony, a path, a sphere of influence, and that is certainly true of Melissa.
1:14.5	So I'm going to open with the scripture, we're going to pray, and then we are going to jump in.
1:17.0	I'm in Psalm 37, 1 to 6.
1:22.2	Do not fret because of evil doers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
1:26.9	For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust trust in the lord and do good dwell in the land and feed on his faithfulness
1:31.7	delight yourself also in the lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart commit your way to the lord trust also in him
1:38.8	and he shall bring it to pass he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light and your justice as the noon day.
1:46.6	What a great passage. Let's pray together this morning. Lord, we do desire to commit our ways to you
1:52.3	a fresh and anew this morning. Lord, too often we try our own ways and means and when that doesn't
1:58.3	accomplish your purposes, we learned that it was far better
2:01.3	to call on you first.
2:02.7	Teach us your ways, Lord.
2:03.8	Give us the wisdom to move forward always to strive for that upward call of knowing you
2:09.3	and counting all things loss for that privilege.
2:12.8	We lift up Melissa to you.
2:13.9	Thank you for going before her in so many ways, giving her gifts for ministry and
2:19.2	open doors to bring glory to you through the power of the Holy Spirit.
2:22.3	We ask that you protect her and bless her and her loved ones, Lord, give her good health,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Stand Up For The Truth Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Stand Up For The Truth Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.