Page 137: James Winston
The Unfolding
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🗓️ 2 September 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
James Winston understands that Romans 12:2, "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind," means more than simply changing your mind. It means complete transformation. When he was 22, James was sent to Viet Nam. Like thousands of other soldiers, he was introduced to heroin. That began an addiction that enslaved him for 30 years. Along the way he served multiple prison sentences and devastated his relationships. It seemed he would never change. But at 55 years old, entering his 5th prison term, he knew he needed transformation. In desperation, he committed to do only one thing – read God's word.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 137 of the unfolding is the story of James Winston. |
| 0:05.0 | Any kind of situation that I needed to get through heroin became my way to get through it. |
| 0:10.3 | I had people talk about recreational drug use. |
| 0:12.8 | The first two weeks, I guess it was recreation. |
| 0:15.1 | But the last 29 years and 50 weeks, it was not recreation. |
| 0:18.6 | It was something that had dominioned me. |
| 0:21.7 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 0:25.1 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 0:28.2 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:34.5 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:45.3 | Yeah. Another page in the unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:48.9 | There's a scripture in the book of Romans in the New Testament of the Bible that says, |
| 0:53.4 | Do not conform to the pattern of |
| 0:55.4 | this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. I have a tendency to think about that |
| 1:01.5 | as meaning changing your mind. James Winston understands that it's so much more. It's about having |
| 1:08.3 | your mind, your heart, your life transformed into something new. |
| 1:13.7 | In 1970, when Mr. Winston was 22, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Vietnam. |
| 1:19.9 | Like tens of thousands of other soldiers, that's where he was introduced to heroin. |
| 1:25.4 | What started out as a way to deal with homesickness became the driving |
| 1:29.0 | force of his life for 30 years. A period of time that would lead many to believe change was |
| 1:35.6 | impossible. Well, Mary, I was born. We lived in a little place on a street called North Papa |
| 1:43.7 | Street. |
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