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Out of Bondage
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Posted by: angelofthelord
(Psalms 91:3, 2 Timothy 4:18, 2 Peter 2:9)
ARE YOU SERIOUS about being delivered once and for all from your bondage
to drugs, alcohol, food, pornography, smoking, gambling, or whatever bondage
you may be in? Here is what I want you to do. Go get a box. If your
bondage is drugs, go to your stash and put all of your drugs into the box.
If you use any type of pipes, bongs, rolling papers, needles, mini torches,
or anything else in your drug use, put them in the box also. Now, seal up
the box with tape, find a dumpster, AND THROW THAT BOX AWAY! Before you
leave, get on your knees, physically get on your knees, and ask God to
deliver you once and for all from your bondage to drugs.
If your bondage is alcohol, fill up that box with all of your booze, your
favorite glasses and snifters, and throw them away. If your bondage is
food, clean out your refrigerator and cabinets of all the food you gorge
yourself on, put them in the box and throw them away. If your bondage is
porn, box up all your videos, DVD's, magazines, books, and throw them away.
If your bondage is smoking, box up your cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars,
matches, lighters, ashtrays, and throw them all away. If your bondage is
gambling, box up all the items you need and use to gamble with and throw
them away.
My friend, if you are serious about being delivered from the bondage you are
in, take the first step. Box up everything that is related to your bondage,
AND THROW THEM AWAY!!! Then PRAY, and ask God to deliver you once and for
all!!!
Addicted to drugs, alcohol, and food One of the common bonds we have seen
throughout the course of human history, is the dependence so many develop on
mind-altering substances. The incredible drug problem that we face in this
country is not a new phenomenon. The use of alcohol has been common by
people through the ages. Food has just recently been exposed as a great
escape for many. Man learned how to escape the reality of life using drugs
and alcohol early on in his existence, and the world we live in, in 2005, is
no different than at any other time in human history.
To understand why so many people during their life have turned to mind
altering substances like drugs, alcohol, and food, we must first look at
WHY. The basic human experience has not changed at all since the Garden of
Eden. As children we are affected by those who raise us and our
environment. Our lives are shaped in those early years by where we live,
where we learn, and where we play, as well as by all of the people in each
area of our life. As we become young adults we begin making our own
decisions, decisions based largely on that foundation laid in our life as
children.
We begin to experience life on our own, we are old enough to understand more
of what life is all about, and we begin exploring all of the new feelings
and
experiences that come with being a young adult.
As we hit our 20's, 30's, and 40's, we become focused on working, earning a
living, getting married, and having a family. From 50 and up we start to
look at life from a different perspective since our life is now winding
down. We tend to focus on health issues, retirement, and ultimately our own
death. Along this journey everyone deals with the death of loved ones and
friends, financial problems, where to live, health issues, school and work
problems, and relationship conflicts. These are common problems we all face
during the course of our life. How we handle these problems becomes the
challenge
we all have to deal with.
The use of drugs, alcohol, and food is not complicated. Most start out
using them as an experiment to see what they are like. This is very
common. The fact is, the result of drugs, alcohol, and overeating is that
"high" feeling. That period of time when you seem to escape reality. In
reality you have escaped nothing. You have simply used a substance to alter
your mind and in the process, the problems you were facing seem to be gone.
That too of course is not true since your problems didn't go away, you
simply used a substance to block them out. What has actually happened is
you have added to them since any time you are putting alcohol or drugs or
excessive amounts of food into your body it has a harmful effect. After
using drugs, alcohol, and/or food and getting used to the "escape" or "high"
feeling you get, it then becomes an option, or choice you can make during
times in your life when things are not going well. Unfortunately, many
become addicted and it becomes part of their daily life.
The problems with drugs, alcohol, and food are found at every stage of life.
The experimentation usually starts out when you are younger. You are with
your friends, you take a hit off a joint, or try some alcohol, or take
ecstasy, or snort some coke, or simply sit down and eat quarts of ice cream.
All to see what it is like. What you are doing, is opening the front door
of your life and asking the enemy to come inside. You are asking the enemy
if he is thirsty or hungry. You are telling him to take his shoes off and
relax. You have done to your life the same as if you went and had keys made
to your home and passed them out on the street to total strangers.
Addiction mostly occurs in adults. When we think of addiction, we get the
mental image of the junkie in the alley, or wino. The fact is, most people
are functioning addicts. They go to school, they work, they have families,
they go to church, yet drugs, alcohol, and/or food are a part of their life.
They cannot live without them. When you welcomed the enemy into your life
by experimenting with drugs and alcohol and food, you didn't know how difficult
it would be to make him leave.
I want this word today to
accomplish two things. First, for young adults, even older adults, DON'T
OPEN YOUR LIFE TO THE ENEMY BY EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS, ALCOHOL, OR FOOD.
The consequences can literally cost you your life!!!
Secondly, for those who have used drugs and alcohol or food, STOP. I
realize that it is not easy. Many of you have found out how to use drugs and
alcohol or food to ease the pain of life's trials and tribulations. The fact is, you
are just compounding them. The only answer to the day to day issues we all
have to deal with in life is a personal relationship with Christ. Only
though Christ does it all make sense. Only through Christ do we have the hope and
strength to carry on through those difficult times in life.
Whatever temporary relief you may get from drugs or alcohol or food is just
that..temporary. You have not solved the problem, just compounded it. For
those who are addicted, get help. Only the power of God can kick the enemy
out of your life. But there are many fine Christian based programs to help
you overcome your addiction. God is still in the deliverance business, but
you first have to want to be delivered.
Maybe this is not an issue in your life, but is in the life
of someone you know. Know that the Bible proclaims, "No weapon that is
formed against thee shall prosper!!!!!!" I am praying and believing for
deliverance and victory in the lives of those who are bound by drugs,
alcohol, food, or whatever your bondage may be.