Our Turning Lives Around series features my guest Matt Thomas: : “I grew up I grew up in a pretty rough environment. My house was pretty rough. My mom, bless her heart, was an alcoholic and my dad wasn't around.”

Coupled with not such a great environment, Matt started getting in trouble at a really young age, spent time in juvenile hall and all his teenage years in a home for wayward boys, a gothic boarding school.

“It was the pattern. And eventually, being highly addicted to methamphetamines, I ended up catching a couple charges for burglary, a stolen car and some drugs. And I did three years in the state of Arizona, and in that process is where God really got a hold of me. You know, people I know, people will say I came to Christ, but I’ve got to tell you, he pursued me.”

Matt’s story is stunn ...