Set Free from ALL Addictions

There are so many of us that struggle with one thing or another. Addictions you could call them… I have had them too. One of my most recent discovery was that I was addicted to food. What I did not do was pray for God to deliver me from it because I did not believe I was addicted to food, of all things. BUT, let me tell you, it was worse than I had expected. A very dear friend of mine introduced me to a new way of eating and dependence on God. I pray and I pray a whole lot but what I did not pray for was for my head, my heart and my gut to line up with what God wanted for my body. That is ultimately for me to enjoy the good foods but know when to stop eating them. To know I do not have to eat my feelings but I can give them all to my Heavenly Father. God has taught me so much about me and Him in the last season of my life. I know what God can do because He has done it in me. There are so many self-help books out there and some of them we really need to give a chance. The ones that focus on the Word of God, anyway. I recently read a book “The Weigh Down” by Gwen Shamblins and was taken aback by what all God will do with our diet. God has delivered me from many known substances and shown me that He can deliver us from any and all addictions no matter what they are. I believe addiction starts with a spirit from satan but ultimately our body will come to react to what it knows.

In order for God to deliver us from anything we must ask Him to. He is such a gentleman and is not going to come in on the scene unasked. I was a smoker for 30 years,. Yes, I started as a teenager stupidly. I liked to smoke and enjoy a cup of coffee in the mornings. I have quit several times throughout my life but this time God did it. I straight up told Him that I liked to smoke and He was going to have to take it away if He did not want me smoking. I went to a conference November of 2019 and by that Saturday night I was no longer a smoker. Why He took it then is beyond me but He did. When the conference was over I lit up a cigarette and it tasted like ass… not that I know what ass tastes like but this is what I would imagine it to be. I threw the smoke out the window and was done. I have since smoked a few cigarettes to see if they are still nasty and they really weren’t so I believe with all of me the spirit of addiction was trying to come back. The Bible says that when a spirit is removed it will try to come back and if the person’s house is not clean and swept it will bring back seven more spirits making the person worse off than it was originally. Good news! I was able to throw that whole pack of cigarettes away that I had bought and throwing them away did not even bother me. I no longer need them and I can tell when that spirit is lingering and wants to rear its ugly head again because I will crave a smoke and taste that nastiness from the night I quit.

I have also been delivered from the love of alcohol and cannabis. When I went to my Neurologist appointment after my wreck and he saw my scans He told me the quickest way to heal was with the use of cannabis. It was very hard for me to smoke it because I had collapsed a lung in the accident so I found another way to use it. I learned to make canna butter and put it in my coffee. I will always believe that God put cannabis here in order for us to be able to help our bodies heal but we are not to use it in order to simply get high. I did at the end of my use because life was not what I wanted it to be or the way I had envisioned it. I have learned that this is why we overindulge in anything especially substances that take us out of our heads: pills, alcohol, weed.. etc. it is because we do not like our lives. The Bible says we are to be content but that was pretty hard for me to be. I am 44 years old, died in a car wreck and had a severe brain injury. I was pissed at life and myself and at times God. I cannot tell you how many times I regretted coming back to earth during the last 7 years. Never again though because I have found my deliverance from all oppression. I am no longer in Egypt but I have crossed over into the Promise Land of what life is. Is my life perfect? Nope but I have learned to be content and to use my voice as a weapon! Life and death are in the power of our tongues. God’s love for me makes me content in all situations. Was it hard to get here? I will be honest.. kinda. I started small with 5-10 mins a day and before I knew it I was spending hours a day with God and craving MORE!

I was also delivered from pre-marital sex. Wow, He is just making me throw this all out there.. lol. I cannot help but to laugh with Him because it is not to make me look bad but to allow everyone to know if He can and will do this for me He can and will do it for anyone that asks. Did I have to put forth some effort? YES!! I had to ask for all of this and I knew when I was being tested. I started to approach everything as a test so I would not fail Him again. I have failed Him so badly! Do not ever think He holds it against you because He is not like people that throw you away. God always has His arms open wanting your return! No matter what your addiction is seek Him. Look what He has done for me and I am nothing special in our world. I am a normal every day person that has been delivered by our God. If you are a believer He can deliver you. If you aren’t it is pretty easy to get His help. We are saved by faith and allowed a bunch of grace. Faith is everything and it is impossible to please Him without it. When you pray you must believe you are being delivered. Ward off any evil, go to bed and wake up a new person. What have you really got to lose? It is time we all take the next step to deliverance.

If you do not know God lets take care of that. Father God, I know I need You in my life. I know You came to earth as a person, as Jesus, and died in my place for my sins. Thank You for loving me. I know I am a sinner and I ask for Your forgiveness and You adopting me into Your family. I admit I need You in my life and ask You to come and dwell inside of me. In Jesus name- Amen.

It is as easy as that. You got the Holy Spirit and I would love to hear about it. I would love to hear how and what God delivered you from. I had to pray and ask for everything and I recommend that to everyone. Simply, because He is a good, good Father that is just like us in so many ways. We desire to be needed and so does He. Does He need us for an ego boost? Absolutely not but we sure need Him. And, we need to acknowledge all His greatness. Won’t you allow God to deliver you from yourself too?