Step 6 & 7: Sleeping in laundromats & garages, finding God through an unbeliever.Step 6 & 7: Sleeping in laundromats & garages, finding God through an unbeliever.
GOD TALK UNCENSORED
Zach and Monty connect Steps 6 and 7 of the 12-step programme to stories of addiction, homelessness and an unexpected encounter with God through an unbelieving friend. Their conversation focuses on repentance, forgiveness and the belief that God brings both freedom and cleansing from past sins.
18:14•28 Jun 2026
Step 6 & 7: From Laundromats to Grace with the Sheep Guys
Episode Overview
- Steps 6 and 7 focus on being ready for God to remove defects of character and humbly asking Him to remove shortcomings.
- Zach shares his experience of homelessness, meth use and spiritual bankruptcy to show what "rock bottom" looked like for him.
- A non-Christian friend pushed Zach to pray and give his life to Jesus, illustrating that God can use anyone to reach someone in addiction.
- Zach describes a powerful spiritual experience he later identified as the Holy Spirit, marking a lasting change in his life.
- Monty stresses that genuine repentance and asking God for forgiveness are essential for true cleansing and freedom.
“It felt like a warm five gallon bucket of water was poured over my head… the experience was palatable, significant, life changing, and I’ve never been the same since.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This episode of GOD TALK UNCENSORED brings together raw recovery stories and straight-up Jesus talk, aimed at anyone wrestling with addiction, shame, or a sense that life has gone badly off track. You’ll hear Zach and Monty frame Steps 6 and 7 of the 12-step programme around a very specific idea: being ready for God to remove defects of character and actually asking Him to do it.
They walk through the earlier steps as a build-up to this moment, stressing that admitting powerlessness, taking moral inventory, and being honest with another person all lead towards a real relationship with God, not just religious habits. The heart of the episode is Zach’s story of sleeping in laundromats and garages, strung out on crystal meth and other drugs, and feeling spiritually bankrupt.
The turning point comes when a non-Christian friend grabs his hands and tells him, "You need to give your life to Jesus". Zach prays, asks God to take away his sins, and says it felt "like a warm five gallon bucket of water was poured over my head" – a moment he now recognises as the Holy Spirit and calls "life changing".
Along the way, there’s humour about motorcycle trips, brain surgery, and "rolling my house" when he crashed the car he lived in, but the tone always comes back to forgiveness, repentance, and freedom. Monty digs into how repentance actually works, arguing that without being willing to say "I’m wrong" and "forgive me" to God, the whole process falls flat.
If you’re curious how faith and the 12 steps fit together, or you’re wondering whether God cares about someone living in a garage and selling drugs, this episode offers a blunt but hopeful take: God pursues people in unexpected ways and doesn’t just forgive, but cleanses and restores. Could being "entirely ready" for that kind of change be your next step?
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