March 3, 2024
Pastor Joe Sr.
Addiction Doesn’t Discriminate
Addictive Addictions
Sinful Addictions
Sinless Addictions
You’re Addicted to What You Can’t Say No To
Understand That Addiction Starts Small and Grows Big
Understand All Humans Have Potential to Be Addicted to Something
Romans 7:21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. New International Version
Romans 7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? New International Version
Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. New International Version
Understand Prayer Can Help Set You Free and Worship Keeps You Free from Addiction
Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” New International Version
Luke 4:20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” New International Version
Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. New International Version
Understand That Community Is Needed to Stay Free
Galatians 6:1 Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. 2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. New Living Translation