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Addiction And The Whole Person (2)

Thursday March 26, 2015

Addictions and dependencies are not specific to alcohol and street drugs.  We often switch to new expressions of our addictive personality when we leave one set of behaviours behind.  To really break free and finally experience life, we need to come to God and let Him heal us in the deepest areas of our being, areas where we’ve been wounded, where we carry shame, where we are afraid to trust.  Only in the presence of God’s unconditional love and dependable help can we begin to take steps to face real problems. God has been drawing us close and as we respond to Him this is His promise to us:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.  In those days when you pray, I will listen.  If you look for Me wholeheartedly, you will find Me.” (Jeremiah 29:11-13 NLT)

From the beginning of time God knew that we could not fix ourselves.  Life is a gift from God.  Healing is a gift from God.  Our commitment to the work of God in our lives is to believe on Jesus, the one God sent into the world to give us new life. Our response to Him should be “Jesus, whatever, whenever, wherever, and however You want to change me, my answer is YES”.  Do we dare believe that God can give us this new quality of life to experience and enjoy and sustain it in us?

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  (Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV)

God knows each one of us and created us to live at a specific time, in a specific place, and for a specific purpose.  We were destined for a better life than what we have previously experienced.  It is God’s desire that we turn away from the existing chaos of our lives and enter into the life He planned for us.  In each area of life, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social, God promises He will meet our needs. 

God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.”  (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT)

To have new life we have to die to our old life.  Today let’s truthfully determine which life we really want.

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