This episode contains sensitive subject matter, including drug addiction and eating disorders,

which may be triggering for sub Listeners.

It's been the worst year and yet the best year of all of our lives because we've just learned what really matters.

Truly, and none of us are promised tomorrow.

And so we just try to live each day in the moment, which, if I'm being really honest,

is the hardest thing for me to do.

Any success that we've had is not because of how good we are, how hard we work,

which has been thankful and grateful.

And from those foundational points, is where everything good has happened to us has happened.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast.

When we're not completely honest with ourselves or others about our problems,

struggles, or emotional pain, we can find ourselves disconnected from the world

and may even find ourselves turning to drugs, alcohol, or other addictive behaviors to combat our shame.

This shame can grow over time and fuel our addictions to become even worse,

but there is hope in overcoming these destructive cycles.

And we don't have to live in the shadows of our secrets.

Jesus tells us in the Bible that if we follow Him, we can know the truth, and that truth can set us free.

Our guests this week battled their own secret pain and addictions,

only to find the freedom that comes by pursuing the truth that Jesus so readily wants to show us.

We're talking with country music artists and songwriters Brett and Brad Warren from The Warren Brothers

and Broadway film and television actress Amanda Jane Cooper.

Let's start by hearing from The Warren Brothers.

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