Standing in Awe
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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.
At the same time,
most don't know as much as they think!
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and
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Product of the Power
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(except the 2nd week)
All the King's Men
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Crosstalking
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Are you confused about the source of addictions? Do you want to develop a plan to overcome addiction?
Order a copy of Turning to God from Idols!
Would you like a daily scriptural reading on the various aspects of addictions?
Do you have a reverential approach for overcoming the idolatry of addiction?
Order a copy of this 365-day devotional!
Because we all yearn for something, whether good or evil, healthy or unhealthy, we all know something about addiction.
Order this booklet and explore how to go beyond addiction.
This is the full-length version of Yearning Over Addictions.
Order this to find out how much more God wants for us than we could ever imagine!
Isn't it time we brought Christ back into the discussion of addiction? This booklet will show you how and why.
Order it so that you or your church can start a group!
Is your understanding of addiction scriptural? What are some of the common misunderstandings? Is there a scriptural method of dealing with addiction? What is the role of the Church?
Order this for answers and numerous biblical resources.
Begin with the precursor titled "Why Not Get High" and discover the importance of reverence for God in the series "Quality Sobriety which covers every passage in the Bible on the fear of the Lord.
Order these to grow in your reverence!
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.
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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Testimony
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?
