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In Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave, Edward T. Welch asks his readers, “Do you have a good grasp on the wealth of biblical material that speaks precisely to the modern problems of addictions? Can you go through any book in scripture, even if it doesn’t mention alcohol, food, or sex, and see how it speaks to addictions?”
Most people know more about addiction than they realize.
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At the same time, most don't know as much as they think!
What brings you to our site?
1 You want to overcome an addiction.
Standing in Awe Publication has the resources you need to become the person God intends you to be.
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Where do you go for answers to addiction?
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Most people know more about addiction than they realize.
At the same time, most people don't know as much as they think.
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God’s #1 answer to addiction!
Perhaps you or someone you know is struggling with addiction. In today’s world, many scientific answers are speculative. God wants us to understand that the pure and simple answers to addiction are based on His Word.
God’s answer to addiction is nothing new. However, many people will not accept God’s answer because of the intensity of intimacy that God wants us to have.
Who wants to be close to God? Most people say that they want to be close to God, but when God calls them to deny themselves, they turn away. God’s answer to addiction is found in a cross.
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The cross that Jesus bore
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The cross that you are called to bear
Without Jesus, you will not be able to escape Hell. Yet Hell is not an issue with people who exclude Christ.
True freedom begins by being born again and then abiding in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:15 says, “He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” God longs to be close! Will you deny Him?
To overcome every addiction, God must be far greater than you ever imagined! Someone once said, “If God is not all that great to us, He will not get much reverence.”
How great are addictions? As great as you make them! We all yearn for things. There is healthy yearning and unhealthy yearning. As the Bread of Life, Jesus satisfies the hunger of our souls.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy. Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Isaiah 55:2
Yearning after God conquers every addiction imaginable!
“I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.” –John Piper
The secret to true and lasting sobriety is found in having the mind of Christ by abiding in Christ. If Jesus does not have the answers to addiction, then there is no solution! It is impossible to have the mind of Christ and turn back to addiction. Addictions are only concerned with the user.
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:4-5
God’s answer to addiction is to make us like Jesus. As you become more like Christ, you will experience the same intimacy He has with our heavenly Father.​​​​
What is an awe-factory?
If you know anything about anatomy, then you are familiar with the olfactory nerve. The olfactory nerve transmits special sensory information, allowing us to have a sense of smell. I would like to suggest that the awe factory of our souls is the aroma of God's goodness and kindness. An awe-factory is a heart that is so much in awe of God that anything external doesn’t matter except drawing others into awe.
Quality Christian Resources on Addiction
Looking for as much biblical information as you can find on addiction? Need material to use for a class or a group? Or do you need some help staying clean and sober? Click under guides to find videos, book lists, articles, and quotes on how the Bible has all the answers that you could ever want for addictions.
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Turning to God from Idols: A Biblical Approach to Addictions
by Gregory Madison
Songs that speak on addictions
It was back around 1995-96 that I first began to see how powerfully God uses various artists through His sobering message of love to speak to those of us who stray from Him and turn to the idolatry of addictions. It was while living on the streets, in Kansas City, that I would frequent a food line for the homeless, hosted by a man and his wife every week, that God used this song to speak to me. The funny thing is that this is the only song that they would play (over and over again). And so, eventually, I started listening to the words. I will have to confess that the song did not have an immediate effect. It wasn’t until years later that it really, really began to touch me. And it is because of that couple’s faithfulness that I try to take a specific message into every environment that I encounter where there are those who are bound to addictions with the gift of music.
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Turned to God from Idols
As I look back over my life, it is hard to believe that I was hooked on crack for 23 years. During that time, I participated in both Christian and secular programs (at least 14 or 15.) The programs included Veteran facilities, Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago, a farm program in Colorado (owned by Denver Rescue Mission), as well as many others. Very early during my struggle with my addiction to crack (and the other addictions that went with it), I sought to discover what the Bible has to say concerning addictions. In 1996, I began a personal study describing the link between addiction and idolatry. This is now a lifetime study.
Although I had begun to find the answers that I was looking for concerning addictions, I kept going back to using. During those 23 years, the longest time that I remained sober was for 17 months (mainly because I lived away from the city, at that time.) I lived in different places for 7 years, going from one program to another. At other times, I lived on the streets and with friends (on and off drugs.) It was in the year 2003 that I decided that there was no way that I was ever going to quit using drugs again. This was the first time that I had ever stooped to that level. Since I had made such a decision, I thought that it would be best for me to go to Florida where I could find what is thought to be the purest cocaine.
After spending the winter in Florida and going back north in the summer for two years, I returned to Cleveland, Ohio. Somehow, God began to convince me that His way is best and that my actions were highly offensive towards He and my fellowman. I thought of how I was not only depriving myself but also God (as well as others.) This led to a decision to remain in Cleveland and seek out the help of my family and the faith community. I vowed to never move away until I had thoroughly allowed God to deal with my addictions and was ‘stable’. For about the next 6 years I went into the VA several times, joined different churches, and continued to read and write bible-based material on addictions.
From 2005 until 2011 I sought to develop a consistent life of sobriety. I would sometimes go for months at a time, only to return to drugs. In January 2011, I heard that my grandmother in Memphis, Tennessee was very ill. I knew that I could be of no help to her (or anyone) because of the investments that I was making on my addictions. I started doing everything I needed to do so that I would be able to assist my grandmother and her husband (86 and 96, at the time) as soon as possible.
Through the power of Christ, the strength of His Word, the prayers and support of my dad, and with the aid of a church as well as others, I was able to begin a consistent walk with Christ for 2 months before traveling to Memphis. One year after my first visit to Memphis, I moved there. And so now, the things that are most important to me are hearing God and being used by Him. True and lasting sobriety, that is pleasing to God, is found in Christ alone. To be continued…
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It is becoming more clear that the Church of the living God (in these United States, actually World Wide) is going to have to begin to become more active in presenting Christ as the means and source of sobriety.
Please don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to eliminate AA, NA, CA … God in His sovereignty uses people in that setting. God makes use of the 12 steps, also. But, is this not the only way that God is able to rescue people?
