Saturday, November 20, 2010
Overcoming Addiction: .5
Any addiction is difficult to deal with, whether physical or psychological. But there is hope in jesus and he can help you overcome EVERY addiction in your life.
-BUT WHY PURIFY OURSELVES FROM ADDICTION?-
-Addiction means That you are no longer in control
-Addictions are extremely difficult to break
-Often times people will sacrifice their family, friends, passions, money, and more to feed their addiction
God is our refuge; our safe haven; our rock; He is our everything! God helps us to reach our potential; that is in HIM. As a matter of fact no other entity in this world can help us to be all that we can be, except for our Creator. He knows every intricate detail about our body, our mind, and our soul. He knows what you are thinking every second of the day.
Have you let God take hold of your hand and guide you into His wonderful kingdom? Let God rescue you from the grips of addiction.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
Psalms 46:1-3
If you are battling with an addiction ask for God’s help in overcoming it and He will provide. God knows exactly what you are going through and He knows what you need! There has never been a time in your life that God didn’t know what you need. Therefore, reach out to God and allow Him to have power over the addiction that is ravaging your body, mind, and soul. If you continue to hold on tight to the addiction God will not take it away from you – you have to want to give it to Him!
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18:2
When we pray and ask for God’s help in overcoming addiction, sometimes nothing changes in our lives because somewhere in our heart we just aren’t ready to give up the addiction yet – we are afraid to lose our best friend. Is it because we have more faith in the addiction than in God? Addiction deceives us and tells us lies about our self that we believe. We believe that we are in control of the addiction – we believe we feel better and look better while intoxicated. Addiction eases the pain inside of us and gives us a temporary “feel good” condition.
God wants to know that you trust in Him more than anything. He wants you to trust Him with your life! Can you do that? God will deliver you from addiction but you have to be willing to say good-bye to it, and hand it over to God, and allow Him to go to work in your life. God will do what He says! He will help us to overcome our troubles, deal with them straight on, and live productive happy lives. There is no fear when we have made God number one in our lives. Absolutely no fear!
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13
Have you let God take hold of your hand and guide you into His wonderful kingdom? Let God rescue you from the grips of addiction.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
Psalms 46:1-3
If you are battling with an addiction ask for God’s help in overcoming it and He will provide. God knows exactly what you are going through and He knows what you need! There has never been a time in your life that God didn’t know what you need. Therefore, reach out to God and allow Him to have power over the addiction that is ravaging your body, mind, and soul. If you continue to hold on tight to the addiction God will not take it away from you – you have to want to give it to Him!
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18:2
When we pray and ask for God’s help in overcoming addiction, sometimes nothing changes in our lives because somewhere in our heart we just aren’t ready to give up the addiction yet – we are afraid to lose our best friend. Is it because we have more faith in the addiction than in God? Addiction deceives us and tells us lies about our self that we believe. We believe that we are in control of the addiction – we believe we feel better and look better while intoxicated. Addiction eases the pain inside of us and gives us a temporary “feel good” condition.
God wants to know that you trust in Him more than anything. He wants you to trust Him with your life! Can you do that? God will deliver you from addiction but you have to be willing to say good-bye to it, and hand it over to God, and allow Him to go to work in your life. God will do what He says! He will help us to overcome our troubles, deal with them straight on, and live productive happy lives. There is no fear when we have made God number one in our lives. Absolutely no fear!
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
1 Peter 5:8
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, 1 Peter 2:11
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 1 John 2:16
Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise. Proverbs 20:1
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galations 5:19-21
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age. Titus 2:12
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:18-20
Books:
•Storm Tossed: How A U.S. Serviceman Won the Battle of Sex Addiction
[Jake Porter]
•Only One Way Out Addictions: Alcohol, Drugs, Sex, Gambling...
[Sherri Cone]
•Stuck in a Rut: Power, Sex, Food, and Other Little Addictions
[BUNDSCHUH, RICK]
as always, I love you- .5
Gossip Destroys the body: Pastor Mike Franklin
Gossip is "saying something about someone even though you know you can't fix it" -lateral talking
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