Part 2: Addiction and Hope

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• Addiction - to be enslaved to or bound to something.

“Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?”

Romans 6:16 (NIV)

• The lie of addiction: God won't, but this will.

THREE CATEGORIES OF ADDICTION

“Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.”

1 John 2:15-17 (NLT)

• Pleasure

• Possessions

• Pride

“Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.”

Proverbs 27:20 (NLT)

MOVING TOWARD HEALING IN ADDICTION

1. IDENTIFY IT.

2. INVITE SOMEONE IN.

“Though good advice lies deep within the heart, a person with understanding will draw it out.”

Proverbs 20:5 (NLT)

3. ASK GOD TO BRING HEALING THROUGH:

• His Spirit

• His people

• His Word

“Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.”

1 John 5:21 (NLT)

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS TO:

• Do this week’s YouVersion® Bible App Reading Plan: “Dear Addiction” (5 days).

• Check out this week’s blog or podcast: “Addiction and Hope.”

• Turn in a question for the Q&A Mental Health Panel either by text or here: __________________________________________________________________________

• Get more information about our next Baptism Day on September 26th.