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"When I Made My Bed In Hell, He Found Me There"

Li a
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Yerby-Bryson

"If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the
wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me,
and thy right hand shall hold me." Psalm 1 39:8-1 0 (KJV)

Lisa used a myriad of drugs for 20 years
including heroin, crack and alcohol. …As
she says, "Never to “reminisce to reopen
the wounds or to revisit the pain”, but to
daily remind herself of God’s amazing
grace. From the ashes of defeat has sprung
up a well of life called Praising Through
Lisa has always been a "go-getter”, an out- Recovery commonly called (PTR), to which
going extravert, and not afraid to take life by Lisa is the Founder and Executive
the shoulders and climb on top. She’s an Director.
aggressive, savvy business woman who loves
to laugh and have fun; and most of all she She has been responsible for helping over
loves Jesus Christ. However, that level of 300 clients find a new life after drug and
love didn’t come as easy for her. Her life has alcohol addiction. PTR has an 80% success
become a testament of, man’s impossibility rate with in-house facilities, and 50%
success rate with out-patient services. .
being God’s possibility.
At first glance these two photos may not
look like the same person, but they are. Lisa
Yerby-Bryson is a long-time friend of mine.
...And I wanted to personally write this
article because of the magnitude of her story
and God’s mighty hand evident in her life.

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