Addictions

[jswauto]

Dear Lord,
We pray the Spirit of the Lord upon Can't think of a name that:

-Your Saving/Sanctifying grace would be strongly upon him

-His relationship with you Lord would continue to grow exponentially

-All bondages/curses demonic attacks such as drug/alcohol addiction, fear/worry, physical pain and infirmity, generational curses: We bind and rebuke, cast out never to return in the name of Jesus

-Health, healing , youth and vitality upon his life

-Joy and happiness of the Lord filling his spirit

-The Big Hand of Protection ever upon his whole family

All these things we proclaim in the Name of Jesus

 

[Frankj]

So you said "no". which means you think I am not saved. There's no other interpretation there. You are simply wrong there.

You make a lot of assumptions, and I think they are working against you.

 

[Can't think of a name]

You make a lot of assumptions, and I think they are working against you.

BUt you are of the belief that upon being saved a person automatically gives up the usage of alcohol and drugs. I am telling you that that is not universally the case and you are disagreeing with me. That is a problem I think.

 

[Frankj]

BUt you are of the belief that upon being saved a person automatically gives up the usage of alcohol and drugs. I am telling you that that is not universally the case and you are disagreeing with me. That is a problem I think.

No I'm not of that belief, I may not have stated it well enough but I'm emphasizing you have to do several things to the extent of your abilities using everything you can muster to do it while trusting in the Lord to supply the rest after you fall short of being able to do it by yourself.

What usually happens is that we accept salvation on a conditional basis, only allowing ourselves to have a small part of it and blocking out the rest for some reason we usually aren't even fully aware of.

 

[Vanguard]

@Can't think of a name, could it possibly be that the Lord's timing to have you quit this addiction is slower than what your expectations are? We tend to learn from experience, having empathy for others in our situations, and maybe, just maybe you are growing in wisdom during these trying times?

 

[Lamb]

Just a thought, wouldn't being saved also mean being saved from addictions and other self destructive behavior?

My experience, having been prodigal and decadent for many decades, is that they go hand in hand. You can't claim one while still holding on to the other.

Something worth discussing, something that could be quite expansive.

IMO.

Aren't we a work in progress?

 

[Frankj]

Aren't we a work in progress?

The more progress I seem to make only serves to make me aware of how little progress I've actually made.

Sort of like peeling an onion, you take a layer off while crying a lot only to find that when it is off you have something that looks the same but a tiny bit smaller.

 

[jswauto]

Here's a few scriptures to help get you through:

Proverbs 3:5-6“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”​

Proverbs 16:3 “Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established.”

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Philippians 4:6-7“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”​

Proverbs 18:10“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”​

Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”​

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

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Psalm 23:4“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”​

Luke 1:37 “For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Isaiah 40:31“But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”​

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Psalm 46:1“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.​

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Jeremiah 29:11“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”​

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, submit to him and he will make your paths straight.”

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Isaiah 41:10“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”​

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Psalm 91:1-2“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, 'My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'”​

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Psalm 91:3-7“For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.”​

Psalm 34:4 “I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.”​

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Philippians 4:19 “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”​

Matthew 21:22 “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”​

Isaiah 40:29 “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.”​

Psalm 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?​

Mark 11:24 “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”​

 

[Lamb]

The more progress I seem to make only serves to make me aware of how little progress I've actually made.

Sort of like peeling an onion, you take a layer off while crying a lot only to find that when it is off you have something that looks the same but a tiny bit smaller.

It's the progress that the Holy Spirit is making within us that matters the most We might not always detect what's happening there either, but He does.

 

[Can't think of a name]

@Can't think of a name, could it possibly be that the Lord's timing to have you quit this addiction is slower than what your expectations are? We tend to learn from experience, having empathy for others in our situations, and maybe, just maybe you are growing in wisdom during these trying times?

I've been dealing with this for 26 years nearly 12 of which I have been saved. What am I supposed to have learnt by now?

 

[Can't think of a name]

It's the progress that the Holy Spirit is making within us that matters the most We might not always detect what's happening there either, but He does.

How do you know that God is working in your life if you can't detect it? What difference is made and how do you know something is happening even though you cannot perceive that anything is happening?

 

[Lamb]

How do you know that God is working in your life if you can't detect it? What difference is made and how do you know something is happening even though you cannot perceive that anything is happening?

Have you been baptized?

Believing that Jesus is Savior means that you've been given faith. Unless you're trying your hardest to turn away from God, then know that He loves you and is working within you. It might not be in the ways that you want right now and maybe you don't see any difference, but God knows.

 

[Can't think of a name]

Have you been baptized?

Believing that Jesus is Savior means that you've been given faith. Unless you're trying your hardest to turn away from God, then know that He loves you and is working within you. It might not be in the ways that you want right now and maybe you don't see any difference, but God knows.

Being regenerated means God has touched your heart soul and mind and changed you permanently. It is not being water baptised. A Baby is not going to know what faith means. You have to be older in age to comprehend things. And yes I was baptised as a new born baby at a Catholic church. So what difference does that make? If you are not regenerated before you take a water baptism then it is meaningless and if you get saved after being water baptised then you don't know when you were saved. None of that matters in any case because if you cannot say you have experienced God it is completely superfluous. Have you unmistakenly experienced God?? Yes or no? If you DON'T KNOW, you haven't yet.

 

[Lamb]

Being regenerated means God has touched your heart soul and mind and changed you permanently. It is not being water baptised. A Baby is not going to know what faith means. You have to be older in age to comprehend things. And yes I was baptised as a new born baby at a Catholic church. So what difference does that make? If you are not regenerated before you take a water baptism then it is meaningless and if you get saved after being water baptised then you don't know when you were saved. None of that matters in any case because if you cannot say you have experienced God it is completely superfluous. Have you unmistakenly experienced God?? Yes or no? If you DON'T KNOW, you haven't yet.

These are the benefits of baptism (which is water and God's word):

1 Peter 3:20-21. … in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it a few people, eight in all, were saved through water — and this water symbolizes Baptism that now saves you also.

Colossians 2:11-12. In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with Him in Baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Romans 6:3-10. Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through Baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

* Note: These passages from Colossians and Romans are summarized well by Dr. Lowell Green: “Baptism is the retroactive participation in the work of Good Friday and Easter Sunday — even better, it is incorporation into the body of the risen and ascended Savior ...”

Galatians 3:27. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Eph. 5:26. Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

Titus 3:5. He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Corinthians 12:13. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:11. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Acts 22:16. And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.

Acts 2:37-39. Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."

Mark 16:16. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

 

[Frankj]

Being regenerated means God has touched your heart soul and mind and changed you permanently. It is not being water baptised. A Baby is not going to know what faith means. You have to be older in age to comprehend things. And yes I was baptised as a new born baby at a Catholic church. So what difference does that make? If you are not regenerated before you take a water baptism then it is meaningless and if you get saved after being water baptised then you don't know when you were saved. None of that matters in any case because if you cannot say you have experienced God it is completely superfluous. Have you unmistakenly experienced God?? Yes or no? If you DON'T KNOW, you haven't yet.

Are you expressing an opinion here or is there an actual scriptural basis behind it?

 

[jswauto]

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[Can't think of a name]

Are you expressing an opinion here or is there an actual scriptural basis behind it?

I don't even understand your question.

 

[Can't think of a name]

These are the benefits of baptism (which is water and God's word):

1 Peter 3:20-21. … in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it a few people, eight in all, were saved through water — and this water symbolizes Baptism that now saves you also.

Colossians 2:11-12. In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with Him in Baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Romans 6:3-10. Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through Baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

* Note: These passages from Colossians and Romans are summarized well by Dr. Lowell Green: “Baptism is the retroactive participation in the work of Good Friday and Easter Sunday — even better, it is incorporation into the body of the risen and ascended Savior ...”

Galatians 3:27. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Eph. 5:26. Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

Titus 3:5. He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Corinthians 12:13. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:11. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Acts 22:16. And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.

Acts 2:37-39. Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."

Mark 16:16. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

I don't know why you shared this. I have been baptised as I said in my previous post. The Bible says Jesus came to baptise with the Holy Spirit. A spirit is not material like water.

 

[Lamb]

I don't know why you shared this. I have been baptised as I said in my previous post. The Bible says Jesus came to baptise with the Holy Spirit. A spirit is not material like water.

I posted it because God is the one who baptized you (yes, it includes water and His word) and when you suggest that you don't see Him working within you, you can be assured that because of your baptism, that He is.

 

[Frankj]

I don't even understand your question.

I don't know how to be more direct. I'm asking if this is your opinion or if there are actual scriptures saying this supporting it that make it something more than just a personal opinion.

I don't discount opinions, but I like to know how someone arrived at them so I can consider it in that light.