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What happens when a committed Christian leader finds herself trapped in a life-interfering habit she cannot seem to overcome?

In this episode of Kingdom Cross Roads Podcast, TS Wright sits down with author Rose Ann Forte during CPE Summer 2026 for a candid conversation about addiction, shame, transformation, neuroscience, Scripture, and the renewing power of God.

Rose Ann shares her personal journey of developing a severe alcohol problem while serving as both a church leader and an executive. After years of struggling with shame and asking why she could not stop, she entered a science-based program focused on neuroscience and changing thought patterns.

What she discovered surprised her: many of the principles being taught reflected biblical truth—but without acknowledging the King behind the Kingdom.

That realization helped lead Rose Ann to combine Scripture, prayer, meditation on God’s Word, gratitude, intentional practice, and principles of neuroscience into a Christian approach to personal transformation. Her journey ultimately led to the devotional Transformed by His Promises, developed in collaboration with Dr. Karl Benzio.

In this conversation, Rose Ann and TS discuss how these principles can apply not only to alcohol dependence, but to many kinds of life-interfering thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and habits—including unhealthy relationships with technology and other patterns that interfere with a believer’s relationship with God.

In This Episode

• Rose Ann’s journey from church leadership and alcohol dependence to freedom
• Overcoming shame associated with addiction and destructive habits
• Why changing behavior requires changing thought patterns
• The connection between neuroscience and biblical principles
• Renewing the mind through Scripture and intentional practice
• Understanding cognitive dissonance and competing thought patterns
• Why repetition helps create new habits
• The importance of Scripture memorization
• How journaling reinforces biblical truth
• The spiritual and psychological power of gratitude
• Replacing unhealthy habits rather than simply trying to eliminate them
• How everyday habits—such as reaching for a cell phone—can interfere with time with God
• Why transformation requires practice, persistence, and dependence upon God
• The biblical principle that practicing something can eventually produce patterns of slavery—or patterns of freedom
• Why age does not disqualify anyone from being transformed or used by God
• Rose Ann’s reminder that it is never too late for God to transform your life

Rose Ann emphasizes that transformation is not limited to overcoming dramatic addictions. Anything repeatedly interfering with your relationship with God, your thinking, your emotional health, or your ability to walk in your calling deserves attention.

One of the central messages of this episode is simple:

God is not finished with you.

Whether you are 40, 60, 80, or beyond, your past does not determine the limits of what God can still accomplish through your life. Rose Ann points to her own later-in-life transformation and TS highlights Moses, who was 80 years old when God called him into the defining assignment of his life.

If something in your life is not working, continue pursuing God.

Pursuing God is always the answer.

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Call to Action

If this conversation encouraged you, subscribe to Kingdom Cross Roads Podcast, share this episode with someone who may be struggling with a life-interfering habit, and leave a review so more people can discover these Kingdom conversations.

Be sure to learn more about Rose Ann Forte and her devotional Transformed by His Promises as you pursue greater freedom, renewed thinking, and a deeper relationship with God.

And remember: it is never too late for God to transform your life. Keep pursuing Him.

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