Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your
host, and we're so thankful
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that you have
chosen to take some time
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in Bible study with us today.
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Today we're continuing
in our 25 part series,
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25 parts, we've
never done this before,
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but they all correspond
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with this lovely
Bible study guide.
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And it is entitled,
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"Sharing God's
Love Makes You Happier,
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What the Bible Says."
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And each and every lesson
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just goes
through Bible scripture
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after Bible scripture,
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and it's nothing
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but the Bible that
you're learning from.
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So we're taking
each one of these lessons
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and we're giving you an
hour long study with it.
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And, of course,
I'm sure Pastor Kenny,
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he may throw in
some Spirit of Prophecy,
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but we know it
will all correspond
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with what the Bible says.
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Today's lesson, we're going
to start at our number seven
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and it is
entitled "Addiction Free."
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Addiction free.
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So many people are
caught up in addiction.
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Even our children are
caught up in addiction.
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Many times they are caught
up an addiction on their iPads
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or their Android
devices, whatever it may be.
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The little games
that they're playing,
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it's not the same as
when many of us were little.
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We were outside
just running and playing.
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Now we can get addicted to food
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and, of course,
addicted to drugs,
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addicted to just about
anything and everything.
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And once we are addicted,
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we begin to realize that
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that begins to take
control of our bodies,
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our minds, our spirit
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and it separates us from heaven.
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It separates us from our Savior.
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So we want to be
totally addiction free,
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and I believe that the
Bible has a prescription
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on how you can
become addiction free.
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But before we get into our study
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with Pastor Kenny Shelton today,
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we're going to go to
the 3ABN Worship Center
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and listen to a song
sung by Jennifer LaMountain
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and it is
entitled, "He is able."
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How appropriate, He is able.
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He is able
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More than able
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To accomplish
what concerns me today
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He is able
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More than able
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To handle
anything that comes my way
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He is able
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More than able
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To do much more
than I could ever dream
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He is able
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More than able
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To make me what
He wants me to be
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He is able
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More than able
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To accomplish
what concerns me today
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He is able
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More than able
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To handle
anything that comes my way
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He is able
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More than able
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To do much more
than I could ever dream
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He is able
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More than able
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To make me what
He wants me to be
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And when I think
of all His wisdom
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I'm the scope of His plan
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I can only fall down on my knees
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And realize once again
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That He is able
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More than able
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To do much more
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Than I could ever dream
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He is able
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More than able
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To make me what He wants me
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To be
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Thanks for joining us here
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once again at
Behold the Lamb ministry.
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We do appreciate you.
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You know, we
love the phone calls.
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We love your
cards, your letters,
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and certainly
your financial support.
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As we continue to preach
the gospel, we want to go what?
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Around the world.
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Praise God for you.
We're praying for you.
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And we ask that you'll continue
to pray for us as a ministry,
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as well as all the
ministries around the world
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that are preaching.
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We call present truth,
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we realize that Jesus is
coming and we need to be ready
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for such an
hour's you think not,
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the Son of man cometh.
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Don't get caught up in
the things of this world.
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Keep focused.
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Remember, Jesus is coming.
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Keep focus just on
that very, very thought.
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Today, our subject is
one that you've already heard
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from the opening.
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My wife gave you, we're
going to be talking about
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addiction free.
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That is a subject that
really probably has hit
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maybe every person
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that's ever been
born on this planet
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at one time or the other.
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Some of you'll
say, "Oh no, I never."
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Well, let's just get
into study a little bit
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and just see where
maybe we might have become
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addicted to something.
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And we never really thought
it was an addiction at all.
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So before we do always
that we go to God in prayer,
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we pray a lot,
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because we need a lot of prayer.
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We need the power
of the Holy Spirit
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that will open your
ears, your eyes and mind
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that we may hear, see,
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and do that which is
pleasing in His sight.
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So I'm going to kneel up here.
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Those of you who may be driving,
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you know, just keep
your eyes open on the road,
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some of you will listen on CD,
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others that who are at home DVD,
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but you know,
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just pray along with
us that the Spirit of God
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will have His will and
His way as we pray together.
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Let's pray right now.
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Merciful God in heaven,
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we thank You for
the privilege of prayer.
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We thank You that
we can call upon You
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and that You promised to
hear and answer it, Lord.
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Today is a very,
very important subject.
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It's one that many
people some will say,
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Oh, well, yeah, I am
addicted to something,
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others will be
in the denial stage
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and others just
don't want to hit,
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they don't want to hear about it
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but, Lord, today I
pray Your Holy Spirit
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will just take the
words from the bread of life,
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the Bible, the book
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that we need to get
our references from,
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and we pray that
each one of us will hear
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and read, understand it
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and victory will be
given to each one today
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as I thank you in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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I always mention it's
good to have your Bible,
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pencil and paper
and jot down quickly
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what you can because
as we move quickly along,
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we'll find some time
that we miss these things
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if you don't get the
DVDs or the CDs later on.
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Again, we're talking
about addiction free.
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In this world that we live in,
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I think that it'd
be a true statement
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to say that we have a
lot of people they won't,
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they liked the word free.
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I kind of like the word free,
it's advertised an awful lot.
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They'll say, you
know, order this,
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we'll give you this free.
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Well, it seemed like
somebody has to pay for it
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here or there, right?
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Nothing in life you say is free
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because it's
somehow all added up
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but they advertise this free
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and soon as you say
free, everybody wants.
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Well, they're
going to get this free
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if I buy one, I get one free.
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I buy another, I get
a half off, you know.
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So I'm getting
something for free.
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So we live in a world
that's we want stress free.
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Have you ever heard
people say stress free?
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Man, well, I want to live
in a world there's no stress.
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And some people say,
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well, you know, I
want to be where there's,
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you know, I don't
have any bills to pay.
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You know, I'm debt free.
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We heard fat free
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and but be careful
with that I'm sure.
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Gluten free, you
hear all these frees.
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Some people say, I'm fancy free.
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Some said, I'm living free.
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Some say, tax free, drug free
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and the list just
goes on and on and on
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because there's
something about that word
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to be free from, to
have something free.
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Something maybe
that's given to us.
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Addiction free.
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Many are looking
today, I'm convinced of this,
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many are looking today for...
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Be free from something,
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not sure what it is
in everybody's life,
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but there's something
we would like to be free of
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and sometime we just
can't seem to shed that thing
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whatever it might be.
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Then probably
everybody's may be different,
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some will certainly be similar.
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These things that
maybe we have clinging to us
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causes problems in our life.
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It causes
problems with our neighbors
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and maybe our friends and with,
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you know, immediate family
and maybe our church family
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and some of these things
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we want to be free of
that could be health issues,
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they could be mental issues,
you know, spiritual issues.
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Health, I think is probably
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maybe at the top
for a lot of people.
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And I rate the
spiritual very, very important,
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the most important
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but a lot of people say health,
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you know, they seem
like they're not free,
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they have health
issues and they want freedom.
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They want to be healthy again.
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Many don't know what it is
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that makes them act
the way that they do.
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I heard one person say,
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they want to take certain things
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and they show out,
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you know, they
make issues of things.
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So they're not sure
what they need to take,
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what they need to do or
not take or what to give up.
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But something
makes them feel strange
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and maybe a little bit odd.
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Many people probably
have heard this statement.
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I don't know if you have.
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I'm sure you have
is the one that says,
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you know, we live in a rat race.
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Have you ever
heard this in the world
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that we're living in?
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It's a rat race out there.
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I've heard that many
times in my life, the rat race.
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You know, there's
things that we need to consider
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even when you
think about the rat race.
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Why is the world turn to
things as drugs, and alcohol,
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and all of these thing,
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opioids that someone mentioned,
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you know, what is
all that really curtail?
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Why is the world
turned in this direction?
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And a lot of
studies have went out.
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And you know what,
they do some studies on?
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Mice and rats.
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It's kind of
interesting and just,
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you know,
friends, for consideration.
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I like you to be aware
of this study that went out.
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I thought it was
very, very interesting.
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Actually, he's a scientist.
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His name is Dr. Joseph Buckley.
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He'd been
studying rats for 11 years.
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Been doing awful lot
of studies on these rats.
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And he calls it the
present day rat race.
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He's trying to figure out
why this world is like it is
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and why we react the
way we do as human beings?
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Why we take what we take,
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is there something
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that's going maybe
compared with the rat race
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and the human race?
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Kind of interesting
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and so he did a lot of studying,
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him and his friend.
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And since 1959, that
goes back quite a few years.
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According to the Associated
Press report says this,
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"Dr. Buckley,
notice has been subjecting
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thousands of
rats to stress chamber
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that simulates
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many of the
conditions of modern city life."
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He took the...
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I won't say a normal,
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I don't want a
normal rat might be
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but he took him
out of his environment
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and he put him in an environment
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to where he would be subject
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to the things
that we are subject to.
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And would it have any
kind of impress on his mind,
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would it changed the rat
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if he began to do and
associated with things
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that we are
associated with every day?
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I thought that
was very interesting.
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So they brought in
to this environment
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and thousands of rats
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and they put bright
flashing lights of every kind.
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Flashing lights of
every kind was there.
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Noise from buzzers and sirens
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and things that
we hear in everyday.
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Even noise like a
jet plane flying over.
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Horns honking,
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voices and things going
and people are shouting.
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They even put
them in an environment
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where the rats were
jostled and shaken around
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as if they were
riding in an automobile.
00:14:18.32\00:14:21.69
Kind of interesting thought.
00:14:21.72\00:14:24.99
After a week of this.
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Notice only a week,
00:14:27.90\00:14:30.57
the rats developed
permanent high blood pressure.
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Somebody's not with me.
00:14:36.37\00:14:39.17
They developed
permanent high blood pressure.
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And they become easily irritated
00:14:43.78\00:14:48.08
and they even became...
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Notice this, dangerous.
00:14:49.48\00:14:52.25
By being associated
with things that we do.
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Now, when we do
that what do we do?
00:14:54.59\00:14:56.83
A quick trip to the doctor.
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We need to take a drug.
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We need to take a pill.
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We need something
that calm us down here,
00:15:01.73\00:15:05.13
but notice it goes a
little bit deeper than this.
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Exposed to
those same stresses...
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Notice this, the same
stresses that the doctor,
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you know, and his...
00:15:16.98\00:15:18.31
He had a graduate student
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that was working along with him,
00:15:19.71\00:15:21.45
they began to
notice a gradual rise
00:15:21.48\00:15:24.45
in their own blood pressure
00:15:24.49\00:15:28.49
and increasing irritability.
00:15:28.52\00:15:32.46
So what they were subjecting
the mice to or the rats to,
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all of a sudden
00:15:37.00\00:15:38.33
it was affecting
them all of these noises,
00:15:38.37\00:15:40.80
and now they felt
00:15:40.84\00:15:43.10
they might need a
little something to help them
00:15:43.14\00:15:46.01
to get back to normal.
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Interesting with the rats
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though they never
returned to normal.
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The things agitated
those systems so much
00:15:52.75\00:15:55.78
that it was a
permanent increase.
00:15:55.82\00:15:57.39
I thought that
was just interesting,
00:15:57.42\00:15:58.95
interesting thought.
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You know, sends
us right to the...
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We call it the drug store.
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There was an office
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that was closed
several years ago
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in the Capital
in Washington, DC.
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And I want you to
just listen carefully.
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I thought it was
very, very interesting.
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It's an organization of
Americans in United States
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has closed its
central Washington office
00:16:18.71\00:16:21.84
because the area just one
mile from the White House.
00:16:21.88\00:16:26.21
So they have an office
00:16:26.25\00:16:27.58
to help humanity try
to get things together
00:16:27.62\00:16:30.05
to help people along
00:16:30.09\00:16:31.42
the Organization
of American States
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had to close
that office because...
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Notice this, because
of the hotbed of crime.
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This is one mile
right from the Capital.
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And all of these things
were going on and crime,
00:16:42.86\00:16:45.40
in fact, right close
to the Library of Congress
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and so on.
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In fact, they had to end
up closing their business
00:16:48.94\00:16:50.27
a half hour early,
00:16:50.31\00:16:51.67
so that the
employees could get home
00:16:51.71\00:16:54.08
before it got too dark
because they might get hurt.
00:16:54.11\00:16:58.65
I thought how interesting?
00:16:58.68\00:17:01.22
Nowhere in the
nation is the crime rate
00:17:01.25\00:17:04.02
more drug related
than in Washington, DC.
00:17:04.05\00:17:08.69
Kind of interesting, isn't it?
00:17:08.72\00:17:10.29
Drugs are high
in Washington, DC,
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right around our capital.
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Very interesting.
00:17:15.60\00:17:17.00
Nation's capital
has become the center
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as it were for
narcotic trafficking.
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Why would that be?
00:17:24.07\00:17:26.24
Does the enemy have a
plan to be addiction free?
00:17:26.27\00:17:30.71
What is an addiction?
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We know that it's real.
00:17:33.18\00:17:34.52
We have family and
friends and different ones,
00:17:34.55\00:17:36.42
I'm sure that you've talked
to and visit with and so on.
00:17:36.45\00:17:39.55
They have problems with drugs.
00:17:39.59\00:17:42.36
What is addiction?
00:17:42.39\00:17:43.73
And what does it mean to
be addicted to something.
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Now today, we have
to look at it possibly
00:17:47.63\00:17:49.60
you are addicted.
00:17:49.63\00:17:50.97
I am addicted to something.
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It may not be that hard
stuff out there on the street
00:17:52.90\00:17:57.31
that we may be
addicted nonetheless.
00:17:57.34\00:18:00.88
Addiction simply means
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if we don't
understand that term addiction,
00:18:02.38\00:18:05.11
it's a fact,
00:18:05.15\00:18:06.92
or it's an
condition of being addicted
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to a particularly,
particular substance,
00:18:10.62\00:18:13.59
or a thing or an activity.
00:18:13.62\00:18:17.96
Did you get that addiction?
00:18:17.99\00:18:20.80
It can be to a substance.
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It can be to a thing.
00:18:23.16\00:18:26.03
Or it can be to an activity
00:18:26.07\00:18:29.60
that surrounds most everything
00:18:29.64\00:18:31.77
that we see and do
each and every day.
00:18:31.81\00:18:35.64
If you're looking for synonyms
of this thing called addiction,
00:18:35.68\00:18:39.81
it's a
dependency then, isn't it?
00:18:39.85\00:18:42.58
We begin to depend
upon something to help us
00:18:42.62\00:18:46.62
make it through the day.
00:18:46.65\00:18:48.79
We have a
dependent, we're dependent.
00:18:48.82\00:18:51.26
It's a habit, it's a problem
that takes over our life.
00:18:51.29\00:18:57.10
I'm glad to say there's hope.
00:18:57.13\00:18:59.10
Isn't that wonderful
to know there's hope.
00:18:59.13\00:19:00.77
And some of the
classes that goes around
00:19:00.80\00:19:02.40
and some of the
self help program,
00:19:02.44\00:19:03.97
different things they may fail.
00:19:04.01\00:19:05.77
But this one
we're talking about here
00:19:05.81\00:19:07.54
addiction free is
full proof, is 100%
00:19:07.58\00:19:11.48
you can get over this if
you follow God's counsel.
00:19:11.51\00:19:15.28
But you have to
follow God's counsel.
00:19:15.32\00:19:16.65
You have to be willing.
00:19:16.69\00:19:18.32
You have to admit that
there is certainly a problem.
00:19:18.35\00:19:20.79
There's help for our loved ones.
00:19:20.82\00:19:22.49
There's help even for us
00:19:22.52\00:19:24.59
if we are the one
00:19:24.63\00:19:25.96
that's involved with
this thing called opioids.
00:19:25.99\00:19:29.33
I mean, how lately,
00:19:29.36\00:19:30.70
how often do you
hear that on the news?
00:19:30.73\00:19:33.44
Opioid, what?
00:19:33.47\00:19:34.87
They call epidemic.
00:19:34.90\00:19:36.97
Epidemic because it
covers so many different drugs,
00:19:37.01\00:19:42.04
not just the way
if I say opioids.
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Man I'm not sure what...
00:19:43.68\00:19:45.01
Well, they just say drugs.
00:19:45.05\00:19:46.38
I'm just
choosing different words
00:19:46.41\00:19:47.75
but it's a drug problem.
00:19:47.78\00:19:49.52
You know, it
can cover everything
00:19:49.55\00:19:51.15
from Vicodin to Morphine.
00:19:51.19\00:19:54.46
All kinds of different drugs
that we'll look at Oxycodone
00:19:54.49\00:19:57.89
that, you know, the things
that people get hooked on,
00:19:57.93\00:20:00.46
you take it once or
twice maybe from surgery.
00:20:00.50\00:20:02.50
And pretty soon you...
00:20:02.53\00:20:04.00
There's issues
that are out there
00:20:04.03\00:20:05.43
and some people,
they get hooked on things
00:20:05.47\00:20:07.77
because they were given to them,
00:20:07.80\00:20:09.27
maybe at the hospital
for a certain condition
00:20:09.30\00:20:12.17
and then just a couple of uses
00:20:12.21\00:20:13.71
they just can't seem to
get off of them anymore.
00:20:13.74\00:20:16.78
It affects their life.
00:20:16.81\00:20:19.75
You have that in
alcohol dependency.
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Lot of folks I'm telling
you, and this is according...
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Here's some facts according
00:20:25.89\00:20:27.22
to the American
Psychiatric Association.
00:20:27.26\00:20:30.03
Here's what they say.
00:20:30.06\00:20:31.39
They say addiction,
00:20:31.43\00:20:32.76
it's what we're
looking at today.
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Addiction is a
complex condition,
00:20:34.16\00:20:37.90
an addiction is what?
00:20:37.93\00:20:39.83
It's complex.
00:20:39.87\00:20:41.57
Notice this. It's
not just easy to define.
00:20:41.60\00:20:45.01
They call it a brain disease.
00:20:45.04\00:20:48.94
Something that
affects the brain, a disease
00:20:48.98\00:20:52.65
and then it manifest itself
00:20:52.68\00:20:55.08
in compulsive
situations, circumstances.
00:20:55.12\00:20:59.55
It all of a sudden
begins to come out,
00:20:59.59\00:21:02.56
even though the use
of this would be harmful,
00:21:02.59\00:21:05.93
and they
understand that is harmful.
00:21:05.96\00:21:08.70
But as they've taken it,
00:21:08.73\00:21:10.07
it's done
something to the brain.
00:21:10.10\00:21:13.03
And they have a hard
time focusing then anymore.
00:21:13.07\00:21:16.77
It's interesting that in fact,
00:21:16.81\00:21:18.97
they use these opioid drugs
00:21:19.01\00:21:20.94
and alcohol
until it becomes what?
00:21:20.98\00:21:24.25
It takes over their whole life.
00:21:24.28\00:21:26.72
This is all they think about.
00:21:26.75\00:21:28.88
This is all that they
work for during the day
00:21:28.92\00:21:31.45
is to think about how
they'll get enough money
00:21:31.49\00:21:33.19
to buy these
things that will give them
00:21:33.22\00:21:35.89
what they've had before,
00:21:35.92\00:21:37.26
which will be a
certain high as we will know.
00:21:37.29\00:21:41.30
People can develop addictions.
00:21:41.33\00:21:44.33
And this is a
broad range of things.
00:21:44.37\00:21:46.74
But notice addiction to alcohol,
00:21:46.77\00:21:50.01
certainly, to marijuana.
00:21:50.04\00:21:51.81
Absolutely.
00:21:51.84\00:21:53.24
PCP, LSD.
00:21:53.27\00:21:55.71
Inhalants, are somebody with me.
00:21:55.74\00:21:57.71
Glue, sedatives, tranquilizers,
00:21:57.75\00:22:02.82
cocaine, tobacco.
00:22:02.85\00:22:05.19
You can be
addicted to relationships.
00:22:05.22\00:22:09.02
Somebody with me?
00:22:09.06\00:22:11.53
You can be addicted to love.
00:22:11.56\00:22:14.66
You can be addicted to exercise.
00:22:14.70\00:22:18.57
You can be
addicted to the internet.
00:22:18.60\00:22:21.64
You can be
addicted to video games.
00:22:21.67\00:22:24.97
All you want to
do is play games.
00:22:25.01\00:22:27.58
Certainly be
addicted to pornography.
00:22:27.61\00:22:29.78
You can be
addicted to the phone.
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.21
You can't leave home without it.
00:22:32.25\00:22:33.72
You can't take
it out of your hand.
00:22:33.75\00:22:35.68
You've got to be communicating
with somebody all the time.
00:22:35.72\00:22:38.95
Social media, you
can be addicted to.
00:22:38.99\00:22:42.99
There are Facebook addicts.
00:22:43.02\00:22:47.06
There are people who
steal, they're addicts.
00:22:47.10\00:22:51.53
The list goes on and on.
00:22:51.57\00:22:53.34
And maybe we fit in there
00:22:53.37\00:22:55.17
to where it's taken
over our life and our time,
00:22:55.20\00:22:58.71
and then we
can't seem to get along
00:22:58.74\00:23:00.44
unless we're
involved in this thing.
00:23:00.48\00:23:01.98
Maybe some of us
have been involved.
00:23:06.25\00:23:08.05
So what are some of the effects
of using some of these things?
00:23:08.08\00:23:12.35
Now again, it's a
variety and it plays different
00:23:12.39\00:23:16.29
on different
people and their mind.
00:23:16.32\00:23:19.19
But when they begin to
take some of these things
00:23:19.23\00:23:21.80
or involved,
00:23:21.83\00:23:23.16
it begins to
distort their thinking.
00:23:23.20\00:23:26.57
They are no longer
the thinking person
00:23:26.60\00:23:28.67
that they once were
00:23:28.70\00:23:30.21
because their mind is
wrapped up somewhere else
00:23:30.24\00:23:32.64
and all of a
sudden it's taking over
00:23:32.67\00:23:35.04
every waking moment
00:23:35.08\00:23:37.61
which causes
behavioral problems.
00:23:37.65\00:23:41.68
Think about it.
00:23:41.72\00:23:43.32
You have people get on TV
say your phone for instance
00:23:43.35\00:23:45.92
and so on so
forth on there, right?
00:23:45.95\00:23:47.76
And they get on
there and they say,
00:23:47.79\00:23:49.96
okay, we're gonna live
one week without the phone.
00:23:49.99\00:23:53.26
People almost die
right then and there.
00:23:53.29\00:23:56.87
They start hyperventilating.
00:23:56.90\00:23:59.43
They may need a little oxygen
00:23:59.47\00:24:01.60
because they just
can't stand the thought
00:24:01.64\00:24:03.84
that I can't have my phone.
00:24:03.87\00:24:06.11
You know, that's
the younger generation
00:24:06.14\00:24:08.18
certainly would be.
00:24:08.21\00:24:09.54
And as we get older
and you get used to it,
00:24:09.58\00:24:11.31
you'll get
caught up in that also.
00:24:11.35\00:24:13.58
But, you know, if
you're old enough,
00:24:13.62\00:24:15.35
you can remember
going back far enough
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.62
that when you left for
work, you never had cell phones.
00:24:17.65\00:24:22.22
You never had a
phone on the job.
00:24:22.26\00:24:25.26
You went to work,
you say goodbye at home,
00:24:25.29\00:24:27.20
you went to work,
00:24:27.23\00:24:28.56
you didn't come back
until it's time to quit.
00:24:28.60\00:24:30.23
And there was no communication
00:24:30.27\00:24:31.60
unless there was emergency
and somebody founds you.
00:24:31.63\00:24:35.00
Well, that went
on a whole lot longer
00:24:35.04\00:24:36.91
than this cell phone thing
00:24:36.94\00:24:38.54
and all the
social media for today.
00:24:38.57\00:24:40.98
You think how
many thousands of years
00:24:41.01\00:24:42.71
was just like I
talked about in the past.
00:24:42.74\00:24:44.61
Somehow humanity made it.
00:24:44.65\00:24:47.58
Somehow, maybe the devil
has taken something here,
00:24:47.62\00:24:50.39
maybe good within itself,
00:24:50.42\00:24:52.02
and he's using it to
destroy and occupy our minds
00:24:52.05\00:24:56.12
that we no longer have to,
00:24:56.16\00:24:57.49
we use them anymore
because we don't have to.
00:24:57.53\00:25:00.20
Because we have calculators,
00:25:00.23\00:25:02.16
we don't have to
figure anymore in our brain
00:25:02.20\00:25:04.40
because we can punch the buttons
00:25:04.43\00:25:06.00
and it will do it for us.
00:25:06.03\00:25:08.14
We don't have
to remember numbers
00:25:08.17\00:25:09.54
like we used to have to
remember numbers, you see?
00:25:09.57\00:25:12.97
Because all you have to
do is, it's in your phone.
00:25:13.01\00:25:17.05
If things are
changing, and is it possible
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.61
that enemy is trying
to distort our thinking,
00:25:19.65\00:25:23.75
because we have
become addicted to things
00:25:23.79\00:25:26.55
that we ordinarily
wouldn't think are addictive.
00:25:26.59\00:25:31.13
They have done
some brain imaging,
00:25:31.16\00:25:34.20
taking pictures of the
brain and how it functions.
00:25:34.23\00:25:39.53
Study show that
the brain changes
00:25:39.57\00:25:43.81
when they take certain thing.
00:25:43.84\00:25:45.31
When we take certain
things into our system,
00:25:45.34\00:25:47.41
the brain actually
changes the way its judgment.
00:25:47.44\00:25:51.21
It no longer has
the same judgment
00:25:51.25\00:25:53.52
than it had before.
00:25:53.55\00:25:54.88
Maybe they took
whatever they were taking,
00:25:54.92\00:25:56.32
or drinking whatever
or maybe even eating.
00:25:56.35\00:26:00.26
All of a sudden their
judgment wasn't the same.
00:26:00.29\00:26:02.09
Their decisions were different.
00:26:02.12\00:26:06.49
Their learning became different.
00:26:06.53\00:26:08.80
The memory was different.
00:26:08.83\00:26:11.10
Behavior was different.
00:26:11.13\00:26:14.07
Because they became
addicted to certain things
00:26:14.10\00:26:17.11
and many people were going along
00:26:17.14\00:26:18.97
and they begin to like
this feeling call high.
00:26:19.01\00:26:24.91
How many have heard that?
00:26:24.95\00:26:26.41
It's been for years.
00:26:26.45\00:26:27.78
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.15
We're going to go get high.
00:26:29.18\00:26:30.52
I remember that in high school.
00:26:30.55\00:26:31.89
We'll say, we're
going to get high.
00:26:31.92\00:26:33.25
We're going to smoke marijuana.
00:26:33.29\00:26:34.62
We're going to get high.
00:26:34.66\00:26:35.99
Well, I never
figured that one out
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.36
and I never did try it.
00:26:37.39\00:26:38.73
So I guess I've not
been high on those things.
00:26:38.76\00:26:40.20
Hopefully, I've been
high on the good things.
00:26:40.23\00:26:43.00
You can have that, you
know, with your experience
00:26:43.03\00:26:44.57
with the Lord
certainly and working for Him,
00:26:44.60\00:26:47.74
but they wanted a high
experience the symptoms.
00:26:47.77\00:26:51.81
You see the symptom
something that wasn't going...
00:26:51.84\00:26:54.54
something in their life
wasn't going like they wanted.
00:26:54.58\00:26:56.51
They wanted it to change.
00:26:56.54\00:26:59.51
And these highs are different
on everything that you take,
00:26:59.55\00:27:04.45
everything that you
take, every drug that you take,
00:27:04.49\00:27:06.05
there's a
different kind of a high.
00:27:06.09\00:27:07.92
You take a different drug,
00:27:07.96\00:27:09.29
there's a
different kind of high.
00:27:09.32\00:27:10.66
And people begin to
find the one that they like.
00:27:10.69\00:27:12.76
But after a time,
what happens after you take
00:27:12.79\00:27:15.30
and you take and you try,
what happened to your body?
00:27:15.33\00:27:19.50
What do you think?
00:27:19.53\00:27:20.87
Body builds up a tolerance
to what you've been taking
00:27:20.90\00:27:26.04
and to get the
high that you want,
00:27:26.07\00:27:28.14
you have to take more.
00:27:28.18\00:27:29.71
That makes sense?
00:27:29.74\00:27:31.08
You have to take
more that's why we...
00:27:31.11\00:27:32.45
Again, we drank
more, we take more,
00:27:32.48\00:27:34.35
we shoot up more
because it takes more
00:27:34.38\00:27:36.38
because your system is
building up a tolerance.
00:27:36.42\00:27:40.86
We no longer can
deal with the amount
00:27:40.89\00:27:43.26
and feel the same effects.
00:27:43.29\00:27:45.99
What starts this,
you know, taking drugs.
00:27:46.03\00:27:49.06
Why would someone want to take?
00:27:49.10\00:27:52.00
Well, there's a lot
of different things.
00:27:52.03\00:27:53.54
We just kind of mentioned a few
00:27:53.57\00:27:55.40
and a lot of research
has come down to this,
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.84
it simply says, I
started, when he asked people,
00:27:57.87\00:28:00.28
why did you start
taking this certain drug?
00:28:00.31\00:28:02.14
You know what they said?
00:28:02.18\00:28:03.51
I wanted to feel good.
00:28:03.55\00:28:07.52
Most days I want
to feel good too.
00:28:07.55\00:28:10.52
There's days I want
to feel better than I do.
00:28:10.55\00:28:13.62
And if there
was this magic thing
00:28:13.66\00:28:15.02
that didn't hurt you, right?
00:28:15.06\00:28:16.62
We'd all try to get
a little pill, right?
00:28:16.66\00:28:18.33
And say, "Oh, well, I
want to feel good today.
00:28:18.36\00:28:20.60
I don't want to
jump three feet high.
00:28:20.63\00:28:22.03
I want to jump 13 feet high."
00:28:22.06\00:28:26.03
Because remember,
it makes you feel good
00:28:26.07\00:28:27.54
and all of a sudden
you think a little bit more
00:28:27.57\00:28:28.97
will make you feel better.
00:28:29.00\00:28:31.64
I can jump three
feet, why not jump six?
00:28:31.67\00:28:33.81
You know what I'm talking about.
00:28:33.84\00:28:36.61
And other said, well, I started
00:28:36.64\00:28:39.65
because it gave me pleasure.
00:28:39.68\00:28:43.35
Bible talks about
pleasures of this world.
00:28:43.39\00:28:47.06
We need to be careful
00:28:47.09\00:28:48.42
with the
pleasures of this world.
00:28:48.46\00:28:49.86
But because it does something,
it makes us acceptable
00:28:49.89\00:28:53.93
we think to others,
00:28:53.96\00:28:55.96
even though
nothing's really changed.
00:28:56.00\00:28:57.53
We just feel more
accepted when we take things
00:28:57.57\00:29:00.04
that alter our brain.
00:29:00.07\00:29:03.87
And, of course,
the high. Notice that.
00:29:03.91\00:29:07.11
And closely related
that is I'm taking this
00:29:07.14\00:29:09.74
because I want to feel what?
00:29:09.78\00:29:11.71
Not feel good, but
I want to feel better.
00:29:11.75\00:29:15.58
Not really feeling too bad
but man, I want to feel better.
00:29:15.62\00:29:19.92
I'm taking something
00:29:19.95\00:29:21.29
because I have too
much stress in my life
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.12
and I need to
relieve that stress,
00:29:23.16\00:29:27.13
if not I'll be
like in that rat race
00:29:27.16\00:29:29.26
that we talked about, right?
00:29:29.30\00:29:31.23
Our blood pressure goes up.
00:29:31.27\00:29:34.70
Our intolerance
of others heightens.
00:29:34.74\00:29:38.37
We don't have the
patience that we need,
00:29:38.41\00:29:40.24
our tempers
flare, short, you know.
00:29:40.28\00:29:44.55
No, you know, feel better,
00:29:44.58\00:29:47.72
relieve stress.
00:29:47.75\00:29:51.15
The third one they said,
00:29:51.19\00:29:52.52
"I started taking these
00:29:52.55\00:29:53.89
is because I
wanted to do better."
00:29:53.92\00:29:56.89
Maybe because of pressure.
00:29:56.93\00:29:58.96
Maybe mom and dad,
maybe sister or brother,
00:29:58.99\00:30:00.86
maybe just in school,
00:30:00.90\00:30:02.23
we want to be
better than we were,
00:30:02.26\00:30:03.80
maybe an athlete.
00:30:03.83\00:30:05.93
I wanted to hit
the ball farther.
00:30:05.97\00:30:07.90
And so therefore,
00:30:07.94\00:30:09.27
and we find that in the
right professional realms today,
00:30:09.30\00:30:13.78
they take
enhancing, they call drugs,
00:30:13.81\00:30:16.01
so they can hit
the ball farther,
00:30:16.04\00:30:17.95
throw it harder and play better,
00:30:17.98\00:30:21.55
because it means
a lot more money.
00:30:21.58\00:30:25.65
Because they realize
00:30:25.69\00:30:27.02
some of these things you
take can improve performance,
00:30:27.06\00:30:31.79
even though they
know in the long term
00:30:31.83\00:30:33.53
it may hurt them.
00:30:33.56\00:30:35.20
They may lose their job,
00:30:35.23\00:30:37.57
they may lose that
which they've taken to have
00:30:37.60\00:30:41.10
and they may lose that thing.
00:30:41.14\00:30:42.70
But you know what?
00:30:42.74\00:30:44.07
Once they begin
to take it sometime,
00:30:44.11\00:30:45.44
they just don't care anymore.
00:30:45.47\00:30:47.84
They think they
can get away with it.
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.95
One person was asked,
00:30:50.98\00:30:52.31
why did you
start taking this drug?
00:30:52.35\00:30:53.68
Why? They said curiosity.
00:30:53.72\00:30:56.95
Same old thing I
heard all growing up.
00:30:56.99\00:30:58.65
Curiosity killed the cat, Kenny.
00:30:58.69\00:31:00.12
Curiosity killed the cat.
00:31:00.16\00:31:01.56
I got tired of hearing that.
00:31:01.59\00:31:02.92
But you know, I
guess it probably did.
00:31:02.96\00:31:05.83
Curiosity can hurt somebody.
00:31:05.86\00:31:08.63
I'm taking it
because I'm just curious
00:31:08.66\00:31:12.13
and the drugs
are out there today,
00:31:12.17\00:31:13.67
one time maybe can be hooked.
00:31:13.70\00:31:17.81
A few others it's
naturally, even school said,
00:31:17.84\00:31:20.08
I began to take it
because of peer pressure.
00:31:20.11\00:31:23.24
I began to feel the
pressure and I became addicted.
00:31:23.28\00:31:27.52
It's ruined my whole life.
00:31:27.55\00:31:30.59
Many are aware
of these problems,
00:31:30.62\00:31:32.59
and there are
some that deny them,
00:31:32.62\00:31:37.06
but for sure to be
addicted simply means
00:31:37.09\00:31:41.43
that there could be
problems in the home.
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.87
If someone in your home
is addicted to something
00:31:43.90\00:31:46.20
they shouldn't be on.
00:31:46.23\00:31:47.90
There begins to be
problems in the home.
00:31:47.94\00:31:50.51
There begins to
be problems at work.
00:31:50.54\00:31:53.07
It doesn't just stay at home.
00:31:53.11\00:31:54.58
It begins to be
problems at work.
00:31:54.61\00:31:57.31
Then there's
problems in the family.
00:31:57.35\00:32:00.42
And then there
begins to be problems,
00:32:00.45\00:32:02.68
you know, with
friends and relatives
00:32:02.72\00:32:05.55
because it just
doesn't stay local
00:32:05.59\00:32:08.59
because it alters the
mind, and the thinking,
00:32:08.62\00:32:11.36
and the judgment.
00:32:11.39\00:32:13.50
Here's a few signs
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.50
if you think maybe one
of your children is on it
00:32:15.53\00:32:18.90
and maybe that
you're on it and you think,
00:32:18.93\00:32:20.77
you know, lot of
people that are on
00:32:20.80\00:32:22.14
and think they're so
smart that no one can find out,
00:32:22.17\00:32:24.51
you know, we
can hide this thing.
00:32:24.54\00:32:30.65
Most times you can't hide it.
00:32:30.68\00:32:33.52
Because the people will say,
00:32:33.55\00:32:34.88
well, you're not the
way that you used to be.
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.95
What happened?
00:32:36.99\00:32:38.32
There becomes...
00:32:41.02\00:32:42.36
If you become
addicted to something,
00:32:42.39\00:32:43.73
there becomes a strong craving.
00:32:43.76\00:32:47.13
Strong craving.
00:32:47.16\00:32:49.16
So some of you may have
00:32:49.20\00:32:50.57
a strong craving
for chocolate ice cream.
00:32:50.60\00:32:53.97
We've got a hand raised up.
00:32:54.00\00:32:55.34
Somebody wants
something right now.
00:32:55.37\00:32:57.97
Do you ever hear that,
00:32:58.01\00:32:59.34
sometimes it just, you know,
you almost smell it sometime
00:32:59.37\00:33:02.71
or you kind of feel, boy,
00:33:02.74\00:33:04.08
I like to have a
piece of something.
00:33:04.11\00:33:05.45
I like to do little, you know,
whatever it might be a craving.
00:33:05.48\00:33:08.52
But you know,
there's lot of times
00:33:08.55\00:33:09.88
that you cannot
quench that craving
00:33:09.92\00:33:12.45
unless you get the
chocolate ice cream.
00:33:12.49\00:33:15.46
Somebody's not with me.
00:33:15.49\00:33:18.43
Do you ever had
that where you want to go
00:33:18.46\00:33:20.26
and someday said Dairy Queen.
00:33:20.30\00:33:23.60
Well, unless you go to Dairy...
00:33:23.63\00:33:24.97
You're just not
going to be happy.
00:33:25.00\00:33:28.60
That's not
talking about good or bad
00:33:28.64\00:33:29.97
but that is some of the,
00:33:30.01\00:33:31.34
you know, the signs
that we're looking at here,
00:33:31.37\00:33:33.21
craving.
00:33:33.24\00:33:34.58
It's a strong urge. Strong urge.
00:33:34.61\00:33:38.91
A man told me he had
strong urge for potato chips.
00:33:38.95\00:33:43.89
Somebody not going to get it.
00:33:43.92\00:33:45.85
Strong urge.
00:33:45.89\00:33:47.59
He's a painter.
00:33:47.62\00:33:50.29
And he was, you know, a
little overweight already
00:33:50.33\00:33:52.63
but he would say,
his first name was jack.
00:33:52.66\00:33:55.66
He said, in my
recliner at night.
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.73
I not, you know,
00:33:57.77\00:33:59.10
I know that I didn't need
to be eating at night time,
00:33:59.13\00:34:01.10
and I'd hear my name called.
00:34:01.14\00:34:03.47
Say what?
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.61
I hear somebody say, hey jack.
00:34:05.64\00:34:08.64
And I want to get up
and I want to find out
00:34:08.68\00:34:10.38
who's calling my name.
00:34:10.41\00:34:11.95
And I'd follow where I
hear the sound of the voice.
00:34:11.98\00:34:14.08
And it led me to the cupboard
where the chips were at.
00:34:14.12\00:34:18.09
Okay, that was his thought.
00:34:18.12\00:34:21.92
But he had to have those chips.
00:34:21.96\00:34:24.69
I'm not saying eat a
chip once in a while,
00:34:24.73\00:34:26.23
you know, what
we're talking about here.
00:34:26.26\00:34:29.26
When you have this craving,
the strong urge, what it does?
00:34:29.30\00:34:33.10
It's actually
called impaired control.
00:34:33.13\00:34:37.61
Notice. Impaired control.
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.68
You no longer have control
because the urge is too strong.
00:34:40.71\00:34:46.45
It's impaired.
00:34:46.48\00:34:48.68
It means that you can't
limit your consumption anymore
00:34:48.72\00:34:54.22
in this thing.
00:34:54.26\00:34:55.76
In this particular situation
you just can't live it.
00:34:55.79\00:34:58.13
You can't say no, you
just, you have to participate.
00:34:58.16\00:35:02.50
It's actually a
breakdown of your intentions,
00:35:02.53\00:35:05.80
your intentions were to do good.
00:35:05.83\00:35:09.74
But because of the strong urge,
we back down just a little bit,
00:35:09.77\00:35:14.01
and now are, you know
that which we say could say no,
00:35:14.04\00:35:17.58
before it's impaired.
00:35:17.61\00:35:18.95
And we can't really say
no until we participate.
00:35:18.98\00:35:22.25
Number two, some
signs, social problems.
00:35:22.28\00:35:25.52
This is why you can tell,
maybe some of your children
00:35:25.55\00:35:27.56
or even young
people, and that can be it,
00:35:27.59\00:35:29.62
you know, fourth,
fifth, sixth, eighth grade,
00:35:29.66\00:35:31.66
you know, young now.
00:35:31.69\00:35:34.16
See, if you find
maybe any of these
00:35:34.20\00:35:36.03
that you might
want to check them out.
00:35:36.06\00:35:38.70
Even our young people,
you assign them some task,
00:35:38.73\00:35:41.67
some jobs to do,
00:35:41.70\00:35:43.20
but they can't
seem to finish them.
00:35:43.24\00:35:45.71
They can't seem to
stay focused for very long
00:35:45.74\00:35:48.74
and we won't blame
it on other things.
00:35:48.78\00:35:50.58
And sometimes it may be
00:35:50.61\00:35:52.01
but there's something we
need to be very well aware of.
00:35:52.05\00:35:54.48
Major task that can be...
00:35:54.52\00:35:57.59
This can be grownups at work
00:35:57.62\00:35:59.35
they can't seem to quite
get everything done at work,
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.99
at school they can't
quite seem to get it done,
00:36:02.02\00:36:05.19
at home they can't
quite seem to get it done,
00:36:05.23\00:36:08.56
and then all of a sudden
00:36:08.60\00:36:09.93
this person
starts to be a loner.
00:36:09.96\00:36:15.37
They want to spend time alone,
00:36:15.40\00:36:17.27
they don't like to
be around other people.
00:36:17.31\00:36:19.04
They have no leisure activities,
00:36:22.04\00:36:25.11
they have no other thing
outside the home but why?
00:36:25.15\00:36:27.78
Because they're focusing
on their next highs sometime.
00:36:27.82\00:36:31.25
So, remember they began that,
they were maybe an out person,
00:36:34.49\00:36:37.89
they like to be around people,
00:36:37.93\00:36:39.26
all of sudden they don't
want to be around anymore.
00:36:39.29\00:36:41.66
They don't have any
other activities anymore
00:36:41.70\00:36:43.10
because they're too busy
trying to set up the next time
00:36:43.13\00:36:45.97
they get what they want.
00:36:46.00\00:36:48.44
Then you might find that
there are those number three
00:36:48.47\00:36:50.87
risky users.
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.58
Risky.
00:36:53.61\00:36:56.71
It continues on
despite known problems.
00:36:56.75\00:37:00.85
It just goes on,
anytime, anywhere.
00:37:00.88\00:37:05.35
It could be among a group,
00:37:05.39\00:37:06.76
it could be with
the police next door.
00:37:06.79\00:37:08.36
It could be whatever.
00:37:08.39\00:37:09.72
But when they're ready, you see
00:37:09.76\00:37:11.09
they go ahead and
they take that risk.
00:37:11.13\00:37:14.16
Why?
00:37:14.20\00:37:15.53
Because they're
not thinking properly
00:37:15.56\00:37:16.90
because it's distorting the mind
00:37:16.93\00:37:18.93
and the judgment.
00:37:18.97\00:37:21.14
Number four, signs could be...
00:37:21.17\00:37:25.14
Now also they need more.
00:37:25.17\00:37:27.81
What once they
could get by with,
00:37:27.84\00:37:29.64
now they need more,
they're willing to do
00:37:29.68\00:37:33.25
whatever it takes to get more.
00:37:33.28\00:37:37.09
That can be
stealing from mom and dad,
00:37:37.12\00:37:39.85
grandma and grandpa.
00:37:39.89\00:37:41.69
Hurting other people
to get what they want,
00:37:41.72\00:37:44.69
what they feel they need.
00:37:44.73\00:37:49.30
They take from family.
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.73
Now, what do we do?
00:37:51.77\00:37:53.54
First step in recovery.
00:37:53.57\00:37:54.90
Our time is going down quickly.
00:37:54.94\00:37:57.51
There's a lot to this,
00:37:57.54\00:37:58.91
I'm just barely
hitting on the edges of it,
00:37:58.94\00:38:01.11
as you look and
you study a little bit
00:38:01.14\00:38:02.51
on this addiction free.
00:38:02.54\00:38:04.41
First step in recovery,
00:38:04.45\00:38:05.78
say, Well, I need, I
need, I need to recover.
00:38:05.81\00:38:07.55
You realize there's
more than 4 million people
00:38:07.58\00:38:10.09
in the United
States that are addicted
00:38:10.12\00:38:13.02
or dependent on a
wide, wide range of drugs.
00:38:13.05\00:38:17.56
Now, we're not talking...
00:38:17.59\00:38:18.93
We're talking about just drugs.
00:38:18.96\00:38:21.10
There's between 19
and 20 million alcoholics.
00:38:21.13\00:38:27.27
Millions.
00:38:27.30\00:38:29.97
And in these surveys
and all they're taking it
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.84
in millions are addicted.
00:38:31.87\00:38:34.38
They're talking about
addiction to social media,
00:38:34.41\00:38:37.91
things outside of
drugs and alcohol.
00:38:37.95\00:38:43.02
We live in the
addictive world, don't we?
00:38:43.05\00:38:46.35
The devil is
trying to get you addicted
00:38:46.39\00:38:48.69
to whatever it might be.
00:38:48.72\00:38:50.19
It may not be drugs,
it may not be alcohol,
00:38:50.23\00:38:52.36
and drugs, and cigarettes,
and whatever might be.
00:38:52.39\00:38:54.66
But he's going
to get you addicted
00:38:54.70\00:38:56.03
on something that's
going to take your time
00:38:56.06\00:38:58.87
which you and I
are accountable for.
00:38:58.90\00:39:01.30
We could be spending our
time giving Bible studies.
00:39:01.34\00:39:04.04
We can be...
00:39:04.07\00:39:05.41
Our time in which
sending out material
00:39:05.44\00:39:08.11
and we mentioned
here giving invitations
00:39:08.14\00:39:09.54
to come to meetings,
talking to someone about Jesus,
00:39:09.58\00:39:13.11
leading someone to Christ
and yet we're talking about
00:39:13.15\00:39:15.55
all the other
things in the world.
00:39:15.58\00:39:16.95
We may be addicted
00:39:16.99\00:39:20.02
and if we don't
do that every day
00:39:20.06\00:39:21.79
or several times
a day, there's...
00:39:21.82\00:39:23.79
Well, we were just not the same.
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.36
We're not, it's not right.
00:39:25.39\00:39:28.36
Could that be psychologies?
00:39:28.40\00:39:33.70
They say yeah.
00:39:36.10\00:39:39.94
People who study these issues
say, oh, absolutely it is.
00:39:39.97\00:39:44.91
Many health
programs out there I know.
00:39:44.95\00:39:48.95
But why not try this
one here quickly today.
00:39:48.98\00:39:51.99
Why not try God's plan if
we're addicted to something,
00:39:52.02\00:39:56.26
and again, it
could go it can be food,
00:39:56.29\00:39:58.13
it can be
clothes, it can be shoes,
00:39:58.16\00:40:00.60
it can be hairpin, I don't know.
00:40:00.63\00:40:04.23
But there's an addiction
when it begins to take over
00:40:04.27\00:40:07.64
our thinking and our mind,
00:40:07.67\00:40:09.00
and we can't get it off
00:40:09.04\00:40:10.37
and we have to be doing
whatever it is all of the time.
00:40:10.41\00:40:14.18
I think my wife mentioned
she read in Romans 12:1-2.
00:40:14.21\00:40:19.78
I believe you
read, which is good.
00:40:19.81\00:40:22.58
I'm not gonna spend the
time to read all of that.
00:40:22.62\00:40:24.39
But you know in
Romans Chapter 12,
00:40:24.42\00:40:27.16
actually our verses is 1-21.
00:40:27.19\00:40:29.79
We can't read
all 21 verses at all.
00:40:29.82\00:40:32.79
But we have to realize
that our bodies are what?
00:40:32.83\00:40:36.06
Are the temple of
God and they're holy.
00:40:36.10\00:40:38.83
So number one is,
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.20
if we are addicted to something,
00:40:40.24\00:40:41.57
right in this
world, our bodies are holy.
00:40:41.60\00:40:44.34
It's a temple of God,
He wants to dwell in us.
00:40:44.37\00:40:47.48
And if we look
and condense this,
00:40:51.11\00:40:52.65
this all these verses down,
00:40:52.68\00:40:55.15
we'll realize our bodies
must be acceptable to God.
00:40:55.18\00:40:58.89
So when we're taking
things into our body that right,
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.76
that changes
our thinking process
00:41:01.79\00:41:04.39
and makes us do
things and saying things
00:41:04.43\00:41:06.56
that's not
acceptable in God's sight.
00:41:06.59\00:41:09.93
It can't really
be the temple of God.
00:41:09.96\00:41:11.60
There needs to be a change.
00:41:11.63\00:41:13.80
And one of the
things I thought about
00:41:13.84\00:41:15.17
and reading all of
Romans there, Chapter 12
00:41:15.20\00:41:18.81
is that that we need to
be separate from the world
00:41:18.84\00:41:21.78
if you want to gain
victory over all of these things
00:41:21.81\00:41:25.11
that are out there
00:41:25.15\00:41:26.48
so is because we associate
with the wrong group sometime.
00:41:26.51\00:41:30.65
And you're associating
with the wrong group,
00:41:30.69\00:41:32.55
these things are
going to be going on
00:41:32.59\00:41:34.09
and you're going to be
subject to those things.
00:41:34.12\00:41:36.36
And if you're not careful,
00:41:36.39\00:41:37.73
you're going to try just
so you can, well, I tried.
00:41:37.76\00:41:40.70
And then maybe it
starts a whole life of misery.
00:41:40.73\00:41:45.53
Stay away from the world.
00:41:45.57\00:41:47.00
And we need to dwell
on that which is good.
00:41:47.04\00:41:48.90
What Romans Chapter
12 is telling us here?
00:41:48.94\00:41:51.34
We need to be diligent.
00:41:51.37\00:41:53.21
We need to show mercy to those,
00:41:53.24\00:41:54.74
you know, we need
to be happy people.
00:41:54.78\00:41:57.61
A lot of times
people get on stuff
00:41:57.65\00:41:58.98
because they're not happy.
00:41:59.01\00:42:00.35
They're discouraged.
They don't like their life.
00:42:00.38\00:42:01.88
They don't like their lifestyle.
00:42:01.92\00:42:03.65
They don't like what's going on.
00:42:03.69\00:42:05.09
And so they want to change.
00:42:05.12\00:42:06.45
And so they think
by taking something
00:42:06.49\00:42:07.96
is going to change it.
00:42:07.99\00:42:09.32
It does. It
changed it for the worse.
00:42:09.36\00:42:11.53
It gets worse, not better.
00:42:11.56\00:42:13.96
Romans 12 says, learn
to love our neighbors,
00:42:14.00\00:42:17.10
not take from our neighbors.
00:42:17.13\00:42:19.13
Love our
neighbors, do good to all.
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.57
You notice that?
00:42:21.60\00:42:23.74
"Provide things honest
in the sight of all men."
00:42:23.77\00:42:26.68
Romans 12:17.
00:42:26.71\00:42:30.45
I've convinced of this
and, or as we go on that
00:42:30.48\00:42:34.05
we only go through
this world one time, right?
00:42:34.08\00:42:37.32
We only pass through one time.
00:42:37.35\00:42:40.06
Let's not make a mess of it.
00:42:40.09\00:42:42.99
We can't come back later on.
00:42:43.02\00:42:44.43
Sometimes we say, "Oh, well,
00:42:44.46\00:42:45.79
I'm going to try
to straighten it out
00:42:45.83\00:42:47.16
all of my messes."
00:42:47.20\00:42:48.53
You may not have
that opportunity.
00:42:48.56\00:42:50.60
So every decision that we make
00:42:50.63\00:42:52.63
as a young
people or older person,
00:42:52.67\00:42:54.17
whatever it might be,
make sure you think it through.
00:42:54.20\00:42:57.01
Make sure you pray it through.
00:42:57.04\00:42:59.74
Make sure you
read the Word of God
00:42:59.77\00:43:01.54
and find out what
God's plan is for.
00:43:01.58\00:43:03.24
And then follow that plan
00:43:03.28\00:43:05.98
which communizes with scripture
00:43:06.01\00:43:07.85
that we need to give much prayer
00:43:07.88\00:43:09.85
and
consideration to these things.
00:43:09.88\00:43:13.02
Pray, believe,
search these scriptures.
00:43:13.05\00:43:16.86
It says,
"Overcome evil with good."
00:43:16.89\00:43:19.23
Romans 12:21.
00:43:19.26\00:43:23.26
I think God loves for
His people to seek Him.
00:43:23.30\00:43:25.60
Not seek the world,
00:43:25.63\00:43:26.97
seek the things
that are in the world,
00:43:27.00\00:43:28.34
but to seek Him
with their whole heart.
00:43:28.37\00:43:31.01
Psalms 1:19, it
talks about it, verse 2.
00:43:31.04\00:43:34.91
He wants us to
be dependent on Him,
00:43:34.94\00:43:37.25
not dependent on drugs,
00:43:37.28\00:43:39.05
not depend upon
things of this world,
00:43:39.08\00:43:41.45
but to depend on Him.
00:43:41.48\00:43:42.88
He is our strength.
00:43:42.92\00:43:44.62
He is our courage
and this is what we need
00:43:44.65\00:43:47.69
rather than
things of this world.
00:43:47.72\00:43:50.69
He says He can deliver us.
00:43:50.73\00:43:54.13
Psalms 28:1-9.
00:43:54.16\00:43:57.50
Again, the whole
chapter needs to be read
00:43:57.53\00:43:59.70
but we'll just
focus here on 6-9.
00:43:59.73\00:44:03.71
Turn with me, if you
will, in the Book of Psalms.
00:44:03.74\00:44:05.07
These are beautiful, beautiful
passages and it's just,
00:44:08.04\00:44:10.38
because of time you
can't read them all.
00:44:10.41\00:44:13.38
Book of Psalms, we're
going to read first 28.
00:44:13.42\00:44:17.49
I can find it 28:1-9.
00:44:17.52\00:44:20.46
We're going to focus on 6-9.
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.26
Psalms 28.
00:44:22.29\00:44:24.29
And just read verses 6-9.
00:44:24.33\00:44:26.49
He said, "Blessed be the Lord
00:44:26.53\00:44:27.86
because he hath heard the
voice of my supplications."
00:44:27.90\00:44:31.33
Did God hear you?
00:44:31.37\00:44:32.70
Those who have issues,
those who are looking for help
00:44:32.73\00:44:34.64
and want help.
00:44:34.67\00:44:36.00
The Bible has
promised right here
00:44:36.04\00:44:37.37
that God will do what?
00:44:37.41\00:44:39.34
He hear your voice.
00:44:39.37\00:44:40.81
"The Lord is my..."
00:44:40.84\00:44:42.41
Who is my strength?
00:44:42.44\00:44:44.25
"The Lord is my
strength and he's my shield,
00:44:44.28\00:44:46.82
my heart trust
in him, I am helped,
00:44:46.85\00:44:49.18
therefore my
heart greatly rejoiceth;
00:44:49.22\00:44:51.22
and with my song
will I praise him.
00:44:51.25\00:44:53.69
The Lord is there," what?
00:44:53.72\00:44:55.79
"Strength, and he is
their saving strength
00:44:55.82\00:44:58.66
of his anointed.
00:44:58.69\00:45:00.36
Save thy people, and
blessed thine inheritance,"
00:45:00.40\00:45:03.23
notice, "feed them also,
and lift them up for ever."
00:45:03.26\00:45:07.04
Man, these are powerful verses.
00:45:07.07\00:45:09.40
Testimonies to Ministers,
148, harmonizes with this.
00:45:12.41\00:45:15.84
It tells us here that
the Lord's gonna fight, what?
00:45:15.88\00:45:18.15
Lord's going to
fight our battles.
00:45:18.18\00:45:19.55
We're addicted to
something in this world,
00:45:19.58\00:45:21.38
we need not be addicted to.
00:45:21.42\00:45:22.75
God will fight
our battles for us.
00:45:22.78\00:45:24.62
He's promised us
victory if we really want it.
00:45:24.65\00:45:27.36
People say, I
want to be drug free,
00:45:27.39\00:45:28.99
I don't want to be
addicted to stuff but what?
00:45:29.02\00:45:31.63
They won't turn
for, they won't surely,
00:45:31.66\00:45:33.56
wholly commit themselves
to God to be their strength.
00:45:33.60\00:45:37.53
He said, "I'll be your strength,
00:45:37.57\00:45:38.93
victory is assured."
00:45:38.97\00:45:40.44
The Lord fights our battles.
00:45:40.47\00:45:42.04
Let him do it.
00:45:42.07\00:45:43.41
Testimonies to
Ministers 148 said,
00:45:43.44\00:45:45.74
"It is always safe..."
00:45:45.77\00:45:47.11
See if everybody
agrees with this.
00:45:47.14\00:45:48.48
"It is always safe to
be on the Lord's side..."
00:45:48.51\00:45:51.31
Yeah, it's always safe
to be on the Lord side.
00:45:51.35\00:45:53.68
Notice this. "Not
halfheartedly, but wholly.
00:45:53.72\00:45:57.89
It is the halfhearted,
indifferent, careless work
00:45:57.92\00:46:02.92
that separate
your soul from Jesus,
00:46:02.96\00:46:05.43
the source of your strength."
00:46:05.46\00:46:09.16
We don't gain victory,
00:46:09.20\00:46:10.53
because we're
halfhearted about it.
00:46:10.57\00:46:13.30
If you're halfhearted
about God can't do it,
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.40
we're careless
00:46:15.44\00:46:16.77
and when we are
careless and halfhearted,
00:46:16.81\00:46:18.27
that separates us from God.
00:46:18.31\00:46:21.11
And when we come near
to Him, we asked Jesus,
00:46:21.14\00:46:23.85
He is the
source of our strength,
00:46:23.88\00:46:25.78
He can give us that victory.
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.55
I've talked to too many people
00:46:27.58\00:46:28.92
who have had
these issues in life.
00:46:28.95\00:46:30.62
And when they made
00:46:30.65\00:46:31.99
that full
commitment to Jesus Christ,
00:46:32.02\00:46:33.36
when they stopped going
out in the wrong places,
00:46:33.39\00:46:35.29
looking for trouble
00:46:35.32\00:46:36.66
when they stopped
purchasing different things,
00:46:36.69\00:46:38.39
they quit
participating in different...
00:46:38.43\00:46:40.43
Their life changed
00:46:40.46\00:46:41.80
and they gave their
heart to Jesus Christ.
00:46:41.83\00:46:43.33
Victory was assured.
00:46:43.37\00:46:46.67
The article goes on and
said, 'Let this be your prayer."
00:46:46.70\00:46:49.40
If you really
want to gain a victory,
00:46:49.44\00:46:51.01
if you want to really
be, you know, addiction free,
00:46:51.04\00:46:54.64
notice this, we have
to come to this point.
00:46:54.68\00:46:57.01
I don't know if
any of us are there.
00:46:57.05\00:46:58.38
If not, I think it'd be
nice if we came to that point.
00:46:58.41\00:47:01.22
"Let this be your prayer."
00:47:01.25\00:47:04.19
We're talking to God now.
00:47:04.22\00:47:05.55
Notice, God, I'm
having problems here.
00:47:05.59\00:47:08.22
I've got issues.
00:47:08.26\00:47:09.59
Maybe I'm addicted to something.
00:47:09.62\00:47:10.96
So I'm presenting
them to him right now.
00:47:10.99\00:47:12.33
Listen what it says,
00:47:12.36\00:47:13.70
"Take everything from
me, let me lose property..."
00:47:13.73\00:47:18.40
Other words, if necessary,
take everything away from me,
00:47:18.43\00:47:21.80
that I may gain this victory.
00:47:21.84\00:47:23.41
It may be property.
00:47:23.44\00:47:25.34
Lord, take
worldly honor away from me
00:47:25.37\00:47:27.74
if that's
what's holding me back.
00:47:27.78\00:47:30.45
"Everything
00:47:30.48\00:47:31.81
but let Thy
presence stay with me."
00:47:31.85\00:47:35.42
It is safe to commit the
keeping of the soul to God.
00:47:35.45\00:47:39.65
1 Peter 4:19, it's safe.
00:47:39.69\00:47:41.52
It's safe to say, I
want God to take my soul.
00:47:41.56\00:47:47.23
Think about that.
00:47:47.26\00:47:48.60
We have to be
willing to give up, what?
00:47:48.63\00:47:50.37
Anything and
everything, whether it's houses,
00:47:50.40\00:47:53.13
and lands, and
family or friends,
00:47:53.17\00:47:55.47
whatever it is that's
keeping you in bondage,
00:47:55.50\00:47:58.37
we give that to God.
00:47:58.41\00:48:00.01
Say God, take it.
00:48:00.04\00:48:02.14
Take all of these things,
00:48:02.18\00:48:03.85
but don't take
your presence from me
00:48:03.88\00:48:05.51
because that's where
the real victory is at.
00:48:05.55\00:48:07.88
I mean, Psalms
37:5 says it so clearly.
00:48:07.92\00:48:11.79
It says, "Commit
thy ways unto the Lord."
00:48:11.82\00:48:14.79
So we do what?
00:48:14.82\00:48:16.16
Commit your ways unto God
00:48:16.19\00:48:17.53
and the victory will be assured.
00:48:17.56\00:48:19.06
The reason we're
not having victories
00:48:19.09\00:48:20.43
because we're not
letting Christ come in fully
00:48:20.46\00:48:22.90
and take possession of our life.
00:48:22.93\00:48:25.20
Do you need to change today?
00:48:25.23\00:48:28.20
Do you want to change?
00:48:28.24\00:48:30.17
I mean, that's
questions we have to ask.
00:48:30.21\00:48:31.54
We're talking
about addiction free.
00:48:31.57\00:48:33.07
Do I really feel
that I need to change?
00:48:33.11\00:48:35.64
Am I sick of my
own life? Am I sick?
00:48:35.68\00:48:39.05
You see, going out
at night and coming back
00:48:39.08\00:48:40.95
the same way every day?
00:48:40.98\00:48:42.32
Am I sick the way
things that are going?
00:48:42.35\00:48:44.29
I can't hold a job.
00:48:44.32\00:48:45.65
I can't keep
the family together.
00:48:45.69\00:48:47.02
I can't keep nothing.
Everything's falling apart.
00:48:47.06\00:48:48.96
Then you must say,
yes, I need to change.
00:48:48.99\00:48:52.09
I want that change.
I desire that change.
00:48:52.13\00:48:54.70
Lord, whatever it takes
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.43
for that change to come about,
00:48:56.46\00:48:57.93
let it happen.
00:48:57.97\00:49:00.64
And this comes about
00:49:00.67\00:49:02.00
when you ask Christ
to come into your life
00:49:02.04\00:49:04.07
and give you a new heart.
00:49:04.11\00:49:05.64
Ezekiel 36:26- 27.
00:49:05.67\00:49:09.44
Ezekiel 36:26-27 says this.
00:49:09.48\00:49:14.18
It says, "A new heart
also will I give you."
00:49:14.22\00:49:17.32
Don't you like that? Why?
00:49:17.35\00:49:18.85
Because you're
sick of the old heart.
00:49:18.89\00:49:20.26
It's fickle. It's messed up.
00:49:20.29\00:49:22.59
Now, I want a new heart.
00:49:22.62\00:49:23.96
"A new heart will also give you,
00:49:23.99\00:49:25.33
and a new spirit
will I put within you:
00:49:25.36\00:49:28.90
I will take away
the," notice this,
00:49:28.93\00:49:30.80
"the stony heart
out of your flesh,
00:49:30.83\00:49:33.30
and I will give
you a heart of flesh."
00:49:33.34\00:49:37.27
Maybe a stony
heart out of your flesh,
00:49:37.31\00:49:39.21
and I will give
you a heart of flesh.
00:49:39.24\00:49:40.71
Verse 27.
00:49:40.74\00:49:42.08
"I will put my
spirit within you,
00:49:42.11\00:49:44.71
and cause you to
walk in my," what?
00:49:44.75\00:49:47.12
"Statutes, and ye shall keep
my judgments good and do them."
00:49:47.15\00:49:51.69
Notice the
change that takes place
00:49:51.72\00:49:53.36
when God gives
you that new heart.
00:49:53.39\00:49:55.39
If you have the
old heart still there,
00:49:55.42\00:49:56.93
you're gonna be
back the same old thing
00:49:56.96\00:49:58.43
that you were last night.
00:49:58.46\00:50:00.80
You asked Him to come in
and give you a new heart.
00:50:00.83\00:50:02.86
It's a new mind.
It's a new thinking.
00:50:02.90\00:50:05.17
He's going to put
His Spirit in you.
00:50:05.20\00:50:06.90
His Spirit chooses
not to take those drugs.
00:50:06.94\00:50:09.27
His Spirit chooses
not to take the drink.
00:50:09.30\00:50:12.37
His Spirit
chooses not to smoke it.
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.08
Are you still with
me? Just to be point.
00:50:14.11\00:50:15.91
This is what it's all about.
00:50:15.94\00:50:17.38
And God said, that
spirit that I put inside you
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will help you to, what?
00:50:19.41\00:50:20.88
To do the right things.
00:50:20.92\00:50:23.42
To keep my judgments.
00:50:23.45\00:50:24.79
Notice that. And to do them.
00:50:24.82\00:50:27.76
It takes more power.
00:50:27.79\00:50:29.22
You have to have
power from without, you see.
00:50:29.26\00:50:32.03
Not just I can help
programs, I can do all these.
00:50:32.06\00:50:35.50
I've got it inside.
00:50:35.53\00:50:36.87
You got nothing inside of you
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.23
but the enemy when
you talk about self.
00:50:38.27\00:50:40.60
But through Christ,
all things are possible.
00:50:40.64\00:50:42.60
Victory over addiction.
00:50:42.64\00:50:44.31
These verses are powerful.
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If you had time to take them
and dissect them a little bit.
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Be sure God's
promise that victory.
00:50:49.28\00:50:52.28
We see the promise of healing.
00:50:52.31\00:50:54.05
We see the promise
of restoration here.
00:50:54.08\00:50:56.92
But notice the
promises here are conditional.
00:50:56.95\00:51:01.02
The promises are what?
00:51:01.06\00:51:03.02
They're conditional.
00:51:03.06\00:51:04.39
Based upon the peoples of my,
00:51:04.43\00:51:06.49
your willingness
to make some change.
00:51:06.53\00:51:09.93
Think about are we willing?
00:51:09.96\00:51:13.27
God promises us just
as He did Israel of old,
00:51:13.30\00:51:15.74
remember grace and
strength necessary to change,
00:51:15.77\00:51:20.08
if not, then you continue
on like you've been today
00:51:20.11\00:51:23.04
and your tomorrow
will be the same thing,
00:51:23.08\00:51:24.85
pretty soon it's all
going to blow up in our face.
00:51:24.88\00:51:27.65
And then we
begin to without Christ
00:51:27.68\00:51:29.52
and that new heart
00:51:29.55\00:51:30.89
we are attempting a
change that's impossible.
00:51:30.92\00:51:34.06
Only God can help us do it.
00:51:34.09\00:51:36.12
God wants that
relationship with us.
00:51:36.16\00:51:40.43
I will be their God.
00:51:40.46\00:51:42.13
It's such a
beautiful words for looking,
00:51:42.16\00:51:46.70
and we're studying,
and we're searching,
00:51:46.74\00:51:49.00
and we're not happy.
00:51:49.04\00:51:50.54
I encourage you to
get to the Word of God.
00:51:50.57\00:51:53.07
And you know what?
00:51:53.11\00:51:54.54
He's going to encourage you.
00:51:54.58\00:51:55.91
He's going to strengthen you.
00:51:55.94\00:51:57.28
He's going to
give you what you need.
00:51:57.31\00:51:59.28
He forces no one.
00:51:59.31\00:52:01.65
He will certainly give you
00:52:01.68\00:52:03.02
what you need to
gain the victory.
00:52:03.05\00:52:04.39
You know why?
00:52:04.42\00:52:05.75
Because there is
no failure with God.
00:52:05.79\00:52:08.32
Remember, when
you are on God's side,
00:52:08.36\00:52:10.96
there's no such
thing as failure.
00:52:10.99\00:52:13.33
If we fail
00:52:13.36\00:52:14.70
is because we
weren't really on His side.
00:52:14.73\00:52:16.10
We just said that we were.
00:52:16.13\00:52:17.73
We just get a bunch of hot air.
00:52:17.77\00:52:19.70
We just did a lot of words.
00:52:19.73\00:52:21.47
But when we're on His
side, you never lose a battle.
00:52:21.50\00:52:26.31
When we lose is because
we're on the wrong side.
00:52:26.34\00:52:29.18
We need the Holy
Spirit to work on us,
00:52:32.18\00:52:34.95
in us and through us.
00:52:34.98\00:52:37.29
We are now on the Lord side.
00:52:37.32\00:52:39.45
And when we're on the Lord side,
00:52:39.49\00:52:40.89
I read the
passage of scripture 4:13,
00:52:40.92\00:52:42.86
Philippians 4:13 is what?
00:52:42.89\00:52:45.03
All things are possible.
00:52:45.06\00:52:46.39
I can do all things
through Christ who, what?
00:52:46.43\00:52:48.53
Who strengthens me.
00:52:48.56\00:52:49.90
This is where
scripture comes in.
00:52:49.93\00:52:51.27
This is where
those of you addicts,
00:52:51.30\00:52:52.73
those who are having problems,
this is where we begin.
00:52:52.77\00:52:54.60
I can do all things
through Jesus Christ.
00:52:54.64\00:52:56.64
Never say I cannot.
00:52:56.67\00:52:58.17
Say I can. I can.
00:52:58.21\00:53:00.31
Matthew 19:26,
00:53:00.34\00:53:01.74
"But with God all
things are possible."
00:53:01.78\00:53:04.28
Mark 9:23, "Things are
possible to him that believeth."
00:53:04.31\00:53:09.75
Luke 18:27, "The things
which are impossible with men
00:53:09.78\00:53:13.76
are possible with," what?
00:53:13.79\00:53:15.32
"With God."
00:53:15.36\00:53:18.49
2 Corinthians 9:8.
00:53:18.53\00:53:20.13
Last minute or so
we've got left here.
00:53:20.16\00:53:21.73
"And God is able to make
all grace abound toward you,
00:53:21.76\00:53:24.87
that ye, always having
all sufficiency in all things,
00:53:24.90\00:53:28.50
may abound in every good work."
00:53:28.54\00:53:30.67
All is used three times here
and then the connotation here
00:53:30.71\00:53:34.14
is equivalent to it.
00:53:34.18\00:53:35.84
Every good
thing, four times here.
00:53:35.88\00:53:38.21
God's resources are limitless.
00:53:38.25\00:53:40.88
We need to pull
from God's resources.
00:53:40.92\00:53:44.42
And God has
promised to give to us.
00:53:44.45\00:53:46.32
He said, I want to
be your sufficiency
00:53:46.35\00:53:48.32
just before we pray,
00:53:48.36\00:53:49.69
simply means a
perfect condition of life
00:53:49.72\00:53:53.29
in which no help, no
aid, no support is needed.
00:53:53.33\00:53:57.50
It's a life of
contentment without any props.
00:53:57.53\00:54:02.00
He is our what?
00:54:02.04\00:54:03.61
He's our sufficiency.
00:54:03.64\00:54:05.44
To live a life
without any props.
00:54:05.47\00:54:07.91
This is what we need.
00:54:07.94\00:54:09.28
This is what our
desire of our heart
00:54:09.31\00:54:12.15
to have that freedom
that only God can give.
00:54:12.18\00:54:14.32
Let's pray about if someone
making the decision right now,
00:54:14.35\00:54:16.48
shall we as we're
running out of time.
00:54:16.52\00:54:17.85
Let's pray right now.
00:54:17.89\00:54:20.09
Loving Father in heaven,
00:54:20.12\00:54:21.46
we thank You for
Your precious Word.
00:54:21.49\00:54:23.16
Realize a lot has
been covered very quickly.
00:54:23.19\00:54:24.83
We pray Your Holy
Spirit will take possession
00:54:24.86\00:54:26.59
of those making that
decision choice right now.
00:54:26.63\00:54:29.36
They want freedom,
they want to be free.
00:54:29.40\00:54:31.40
And so, Father, I pray
00:54:31.43\00:54:32.77
that You will put
Your Spirit within them,
00:54:32.80\00:54:34.84
create them a new
heart, new life, new mind.
00:54:34.87\00:54:37.21
Decisions they make right
now will not be for just today
00:54:37.24\00:54:39.31
but for eternity.
00:54:39.34\00:54:40.68
And I thank you in Jesus' name.
00:54:40.71\00:54:42.04
Amen.
00:54:42.08\00:54:44.28
Hello and welcome back.
00:54:44.31\00:54:46.11
Friends, I hope,
00:54:46.15\00:54:47.58
I hope that you feel
00:54:47.62\00:54:49.02
like you have
been in the presence
00:54:49.05\00:54:50.79
of the great physician,
00:54:50.82\00:54:52.25
the great physician
that wants to set you free
00:54:52.29\00:54:55.96
from any addiction, any
sin that you're holding on to
00:54:55.99\00:54:59.86
Remember the title of this study
00:54:59.89\00:55:01.96
was addiction free.
00:55:02.00\00:55:03.47
And in the presence of
God, there are no addictions,
00:55:03.50\00:55:07.10
there's nothing to hold us back.
00:55:07.14\00:55:08.94
We are healed in His presence.
00:55:08.97\00:55:11.14
And He wants to give
you victory as you submit
00:55:11.17\00:55:14.81
and commit your life to Him.
00:55:14.84\00:55:16.95
So many beautiful promises
00:55:16.98\00:55:18.78
that we can lay
our hand and say,
00:55:18.81\00:55:20.48
Lord, you made this
promise and claim it.
00:55:20.52\00:55:23.72
And I want to share
00:55:23.75\00:55:25.12
just one of those
promises with you right now.
00:55:25.15\00:55:27.36
You bring along on
your screen with me.
00:55:27.39\00:55:29.09
It's found in Romans 12:1-2.
00:55:29.12\00:55:34.23
"I beseech you
therefore, brethren,
00:55:34.26\00:55:36.26
by the mercies of God,
00:55:36.30\00:55:38.13
that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
00:55:38.17\00:55:42.07
holy, acceptable unto God,
00:55:42.10\00:55:44.41
which is your
reasonable service.
00:55:44.44\00:55:46.98
And be not
conformed to this world:
00:55:47.01\00:55:49.71
but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind,
00:55:49.74\00:55:53.75
that ye may prove
what is that good,
00:55:53.78\00:55:55.95
and acceptable, and
perfect will of God."
00:55:55.98\00:56:00.12
Brothers and sisters,
00:56:00.16\00:56:01.49
I hope you were just listening
and holding on to that promise.
00:56:01.52\00:56:05.29
But your part is to summit,
is to allow God to come in,
00:56:05.33\00:56:10.67
to let your body be a
living sacrifice to Him.
00:56:10.70\00:56:13.97
So He can take and
remold and transform you.
00:56:14.00\00:56:18.04
Transform me into
the image of our Lord
00:56:18.07\00:56:21.44
and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:56:21.48\00:56:23.01
He wants to give you
victory, victories here,
00:56:23.04\00:56:26.21
victories in His
Word, claim those promises,
00:56:26.25\00:56:29.08
there's power in it.
00:56:29.12\00:56:30.79
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00:56:32.89\00:56:36.36
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