GOD DID NOT CALL YOU TO BE A SLAVE TO ADDICTION!
God created us for freedom in Christ. From the beginning of creation, He commanded man to rule over plants, animals and everything on the face of the earth. Unfortunately, with the fall and the arrival of sin, human beings have allowed themselves to be enslaved by all kinds of addictions and compulsions.
Drugs are one of the Evil One's strategies to kill, steal and destroy lives, families and dreams. Illicit substances (natural or synthetic), even the most common and permitted ones such as alcohol and cigarettes, can act in the body as stimulants, or disturbing/hallucinogens or as tranquilizers, and cause serious dependence in their users. Added to this evil obedience, other problems such as violence, abuse, abandonment, loneliness and spiritual emptiness will be associated.
Don't be overcome by evil... Drugs imprison you on a physiological, psychological and spiritual level. The Bible, however, shows us that there is a way out: in Jesus Christ we can be freed from all kinds of dependence. He wants you to be sober, to be someone authentic and free. And we achieve true freedom when we serve the only begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ.
We can only definitively abandon addiction when we humbly allow God to be Lord of our lives. The false sense of freedom you get from drugs doesn't compare to the true joy and peace you find in God.
The Word of God has the power to free the spirit, mind and heart of those who truly believe in the Lord. When we exchange our will for the will of God, we are no longer controlled by our bad impulses and desires and are guided by the Spirit of God.
Seek help! With God you can get out of this! It is not something automatic, but a process, a daily walk with Jesus and with his Word. Look for your family and a Christian church and ask for support. It is important to have people by your side on this journey. In addition, it will take time for the body to detoxify and rehabilitate itself again.
It is certain that, if you seek with faith and with all your heart, God will give you conditions to leave the addiction and help you to get back on your feet... Trust Him and seek to know Him through the Bible. By knowing the Truth, you will discover freedom in Christ, which will set you free from all kinds of drugs and addictions.
Note: You may need professional help on this walk to stay drug-free. God also uses health professionals to set you free, that's not a lack of faith.
Liberation from Drugs in the Bible:
Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free.
John 8:36
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, who was given to you by God, and you are not your own? You were bought at a price. Therefore, glorify God with your own body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Be alert and watch. The Devil, your enemy, prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest: sexual immorality, impurity and licentiousness; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before: Those who practice these things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to men. And God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when they are tempted, he himself will provide a way of escape, that they may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16
And they will know the truth, and the truth will set them free."
John 8:32
Wine is mocking
and the fermented drink provokes quarrels;
it is not wise to be dominated by them.
Proverbs 20:1
Whose are the woes?
Whose sorrows?
And the fights, whose are they?
And the unnecessary injuries?
Whose red eyes are they? Of those who linger drinking wine,
of those who are looking
of mixed drink. Don't be lured by wine
when it's red,
when it sparkles in the glass
and flows smoothly! In the end he bites like a serpent
and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind will imagine distorted things. you will be like who
sleep in the middle of the sea,
like someone who lies down
on top of the mast ropes. And he will say: "They beat me,
but I felt nothing!
They hit me, but I didn't even notice!
when will i wake up
so I can drink it again?"
Proverbs 23:29-35
Therefore, let us not sleep like others, but let us be alert and sober; for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk are drunk at night. But we who are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
Woe to those who rise early
to get drunk,
and warm themselves with wine until night!
Isaiah 5:11
Be careful how you live; let it not be as foolish, but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but seek to understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, which leads to debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Ephesians 5:15-18
The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy; I came that they may have life and have it to the full.
John 10:10
Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to corruption, for man is a slave to what dominates him.
2 Peter 2:19
Live as free people, but don't use freedom as an excuse to do evil; live as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:16
It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and do not allow yourselves to be subjected again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1
"The Spirit of the Lord
it's over me
because he anointed me
to preach good news
to the poor.
he sent me
to proclaim freedom
to the prisoners
and sight recovery
to the blind,
to free the oppressed
Luke 4:18
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