addiction

Hi all! I’ve been married to a screen-addicted spouse for over four years now. He’s been addicted the whole time, and unwilling to own up to having any sort of problem the whole four years. Because of this, and coupled with pregnancy hormones, our first year of marriage was a disaster. But I...

So yes, I got hit badly the massive wave of Oxycontin is the early 2000's. Wow and i mean wow want a drug. I hate that I love that feeling. Of course this lead to eating fent patches, snorting morphine, diluaded, usually with some benzos. Now, ive never found heroin to be that impressive (thank...

Awake, O Sleeper Ephesians 5:7-14 ESV “Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the...

Living at home, 2 amazing pastors for Uncles. Faith is huge. Christ died for my sins, but I cannot seem to stop. Its been and up and down mess with alcohol, various drugs, and my own prescribed medications. I'm currently single, on probation, and not too happy. I am using the Word as my fuel...

Psalm 119:161-163 “Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.” *Before I get into today’s lesson, I need to state this first. My husband and I...

The past two years I've battled with depression/anxiety, addiction of nicotine, the passing of my grandmother, a breakup that I felt was Godsend, the diagnosis of my mother's breast cancer (in remission) and my dad's diagnosis of cancer who past away May 23rd of this year. My anxiety has been...

Philippians 3:2-3 ESV “Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh.” Man-Made Religion There are those who do teach salvation...

Matthew 15:19-20a ESV “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person.” What is meant here by the heart? The heart (kardia in Greek) is also translated as mind, character, inner self, will, and the...

James 1:5-8 ESV “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not...

Philippians 3:17 ESV “Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.” In my experience, from my observations of people, I have known very few people in my lifetime who I would want to imitate. I know not one of us is perfect, but...

I understand that you believe the Eucharist cannot transmit disease such as Covid-19. But, are you allowed to believe that the physical properties of the Eucharist can have negative effects on people with celiac disease or with alcoholic addiction?

Hi, I’m a 30s yr old guys, and I have struggled with inappropriate content ever since I can remember. Since I was a very young teenager I have been getting caught up in the mind altering drug of inappropriate content. I get sad every time I think about it. How much of my life I have wasted to watching a worthless substance that...

Psalm 31:1, 11-13 NASB “In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me… Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me. I...

An Original Work / January 22, 2020 Tick Tock, hear the clock. Days are passing by. What’s your status? What’s your practice? Can you them deny? Time tells, speaks the truth, Does not tell a lie. What’s your coping? Are you doping? Godliness defy? Ink well, write a spell. What is that you...

Hi all, Gonna open up with something quite personal here, something I've only ever shared with my fiancée but I was wondering if there are others who may have had a similar experience. I was introduced to inappropriate content at a very early age (maybe 8/9) by my neighbour at the time (who was about 16). And I...

“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not...

“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life...

I am currently in Christian counseling for inappropriate contentography addiction. I am trying to listen and read more biblical things. I cannot defeat this addiction or habit. I feel as if I just don't care enough to defeat it, yet I am regretful after the deed has been done. I don't understand, I don't...

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by...

There are a lot of people these days who are “cherry picking” scriptures which support their lifestyle choices, while they often ignore the context, as a whole, from which those scriptures are drawn. This first verse here in Romans 8 is one of those scriptures. For, these people assume they...