This episode: Breaking Chains: Troy’s Journey from Sexual Addiction to Spiritual Redemption.
Here’s what you’ll learn about:
Overcoming sexual addiction and finding truth through God. (0:05)
- Troy Musser shares his personal story of being tapped on the shoulder by God to live a different life, free from sexual addiction and lies.
- Troy emphasizes the importance of listening to God’s message and making a decision to live differently, as He can conquer and bring wonderful living.
Spiritual Intimacy and personal Growth. (2:54)
- At age 24, Troy realized he had a different definition of intimacy with God than what he had previously understood through cultural and personal experiences.
- Troy became a chaplain and had opportunities to serve in various physical places, starting with New Horizon Ministries in Colorado.
Spiritual growth and redemption in a prison ministry. (6:17)
- Troy shares personal journey from ministry for foster care to prison ministry, finding intimacy with God.
Faith, sports, and redemption in a prison setting. (8:51)
- Troy shares his experience of meeting RJ in a prison facility and building a relationship through shared interests in sports.
- Troy attributes his ability to connect with RJ to his own vulnerability and willingness to listen, rather than trying to convert him.
- Troy reflects on the importance of finding common ground and building trust in order to share one’s faith with others.
Ministry and personal growth with a focus on one transformative moment. (14:13)
- Troy describes RJ’s transformation from resistant to receptive to God’s message through a series of incremental moments.
Personal growth, gratitude, and business advice. (16:48)
- Troy shares a personal story of somebody he’d ministered who overcame homelessness and how Troy was able to provide opportunities for others through God’s grace.
- Troy advises young Troy to keep a heart of gratefulness and pay attention to the moments of impact in life.
- Troy offers business advice to young Troy, encouraging him not to be afraid to try new ways of executing his ideas and not to be a slave to how he’s always done things.
To learn more about Troy’s mission, go to these websites at
https://www.newhorizonsministries.org
https://www.notmywillministries.com
https://www.fathersfarmnd.org
Troy’s Bio: Troy Musser is a pretty open book when it comes to talking about ministry of various types. He has experience in prison ministry from a chaplain’s perspective and also from the perspective of providing childcare for women who are incarcerated. Troy loves talking about God’s redemption!.
About your host: I’m Drew Deraney, the proud father of three children. For most of my life I’ve been concerned with what people thought of me and how I was supposed to act. I learned not to be my authentic self and instead became a people pleaser, a man wearing a mask.
In a 9-month span a few years ago, I endured four faith-shaking life events that caused me to question my existence.
I became determined to find a better way to live. Through intense self-reflection and awareness, I realized that in order to be happy, I must adhere to my standards of honesty, integrity and truth and needed to break free from the belief system that was anchored in me for close to 50 years.
I found my purpose and my mission in life. I’ve now become the man I know I am meant to be. My mission is empowering men ready to make a change to do the same.
My men’s group and one-on-one Coaching provide a safe space for men to share, without judgement, and transform. My male clients learn to release their inner greatness and stop self-sabotage, the #1 roadblock keeping them from reaching their goals.
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Drew Deraney now travels the world both to Live and Virtual Events showing mostly men the steps needed to strengthen self-identity and self-worth, to overcome self-limiting beliefs, and to build confidence while being authentic, maintaining boundaries and to transcend people pleasing skills to become the person they are destined to be. Drew challenges them to reach deep inside and make a lasting impact.
In a 9-month span, Drew experienced a grueling divorce, job loss, his son’s suicidal ideations, and his father’s death which devastated Drew emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. It is a commonality for men to consider any challenge as a weakness as well as to show emotion and ask for help. While writing his book, Drew realized he was not the only man suffering in silence. With more clarity of purpose than ever, he began asking for help. Drew Deraney’s mission is to help especially men, release their inner greatness by showing vulnerability, keeping in integrity of their power, and making a great impact on the people in their lives both personally and professionally.
Drew Deraney was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ where he still lives to this day caring for his elderly mom and his 3 adult children Matthew, Nicholas, and Emma. Drew earned his B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in Applied Psychology, and two psychology research publications while at Fairfield University; a scholarship from the Healthcare Financial Management Association; and his M.B.A. in Health Care Administration from Baruch College / Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NY. His hospital career spanned 24 years where he was co-chair of the Leadership Institute, spoke at JD Power, was one of three leaders interviewed by The Commonwealth Fund, received his Communicating with Empathy Trainer certification and is a Certified Patient Experience Professional. Four years ago, Drew founded Profit Compassion LLC, an entity to coach and empower mostly men to create resiliency and authenticity as Chief Resilience Officer. Drew is the podcast host of ‘From Caving in to Crushing It’ and recently became a best-selling author with his book ‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’ - Memoir of a reformed People Pleaser.
