Category: Addictions and addicts

Don’t Live in Darkness

1 Peter 2 (NIV)

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

You can be called out of darkness to live in God’s wonderful light.

You can win the war that is fighting against your soul.

1 Peter 1 (NIV)

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Once you are set free from your bondage, be sure to stay in prayer and Bible reading. Do not turn back to the evil desires you had when you were living in ignorance (darkness).

Matthew 12 (AMP)

43 But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through dry [arid] places in search of rest, but it does not find any.
44 Then it says, I will go back to my house from which I came out. And when it arrives, it finds the place unoccupied, swept, put in order, and decorated.
45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there. And the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. So also shall it be with this wicked generation.

Deuteronomy 31 (ESV)

6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Be sure to have Christ occupying your soul that it will not be found empty.

Stay in God’s word and prayer. Christ will not leave you or forsake you if you are seeking Him.

Be Set Free

Your sin will tear you to shreds as a lamb in a lion’s mouth. Jesus can rescue you and heal your wounds. He can heal all your hurts. If you are in any bondage, you must demand freedom. The oppressor (Satan) won’t set you free. The oppressed must demand to be free. God will not come upon you uninvited. You must ask to be rescued. With the help of God, you can demand Satan to flee from you. He must flee in the name of Jesus.

articles and websites on addiction

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mental_Health_Letter/2011/July/how-addiction-hijacks-the-brain

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mental_Health_Letter/2010/January/addiction-in-women

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/addiction-it-retrains-the-brain-is-tougher-on-women-201202164280

http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/natural-recoverers-kick-addiction-without-help-201202134236

http://www.health.harvard.edu/special-health-reports/overcoming-addiction-paths-toward-recovery?utm_source=HHPBlog&utm_medium=link&utm_content=related-text&utm_campaign=referral

Help Rescue Someone

If you have someone in your life that Satan is trying to devour like a sheep being devoured by a lion. Do like the Sheppard David and go after him as to rescue the sheep from the lion’s mouth. Strike the lion with all the strength you have and all the weapons you have. Ask God what you should do and ask Him to do the things that you cannot and go for the rescue with all you have. Don’t quit until they are rescued. The Lord will be with you just as He was with David. When that lamb is rescued, people will know that there is a God.