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| bible study on addiction: Amazing Grace Addiction Bible Study Michael K. Mason, 2016-08-05 The current success rate for addiction treatment is less than 30 percent, which means that 7 out of 10 recovering addicts are not being cured of the so-called “disease of addiction.” Why doesn’t treatment work? The answer is simple - addiction is not a disease. In fact, the mainstream mythology of “Once and addict, always and addict” falls apart upon close inspection. Therefore addictive behaviors must be evaluated within the context of not sickness but sin. Through the study of the Bible, so-called “addicts” can learn how to achieve forgiveness of their sins and deliverance from their addictions by offering their hearts, minds, and bodies to Jesus Christ. They can then be taught how to take advantage of the powerful indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit to wage war against their persistent addictive thoughts. Ultimately, this study has been designed to help substance abusers to focus their minds on God (instead of chemicals) in order to subdue their stubborn cravings for the seductive forbidden fruit of intoxication. |
| bible study on addiction: Jesus and the Addict Pam Morrison, 2018-11 Jesus and the Addict: Twelve Bible Studies for People Getting Free from Drugs is for leaders in Christian faith-based recovery to guide their communities toward freedom from drugs and it is for those in recovery and for their families. The book contains studies on issues people in recovery face such as overcoming fear, overcoming resentment, having hope, remaining permanently sober, and dealing with forgiveness. New life and a renewed mind through Jesus Christ is the answer in all these things. The book is especially intended for pastors, church leaders, mentors, sponsors, teachers, families and friends of addicts - for anyone working in jail, prison, transitional communities, churches, or helping family members. It will help those hoping to begin recovery outreach in their churches. It is also a source of healing and insight for people in recovery themselves and for those who love and support them. |
| bible study on addiction: The Heart of Addiction Mark E. Shaw, 2008-09-01 Substance abusers, addicts with a physical dependency, and those who cannot stop some type of pleasurable activity can gain insights and practical help from the hopeful message from the Bible regarding addictive thoughts and behavior. |
| bible study on addiction: Approval Addiction Joyce Meyer, 2005-04-01 There is an epidemic of insecurity in society today. Many people suffer from an unhealthy need for affirmation. They are not capable of feeling good about themselves. For some the quest for approval becomes an actual addiction, as they seek self-worth from the outside world because they can't find it within themselves. Joyce Meyer understands the need for seeking approval from others to overcome feelings of rejection and low self-esteem. The good news, she says, is that there is a cure. God provides all the security anyone needs. Her goal is to provide a pathway toward freedom from the approval addiction. |
| bible study on addiction: No One Brings You a Casserole When Your Husband Goes to Rehab Leah Grey, 2021-10-31 Leah Grey was still in her twenties when her life fell apart. She couldn’t decide what was more depressing—the state of her marriage, or the fact that she lived in Jersey City instead of Manhattan. Until meeting her husband, she’d lived the most cliché life. She’d come from a small town in Canada that smelled like fish or manure, depending on the season. She’d fallen in love with the boy down the road, and she had a dog. Her life had been unbearably predictable—until one snowy New Year’s Eve, a tall, dark, and handsome stranger from New York City walked into her life. Her debut book, No One Brings You a Casserole When Your Husband Goes to Rehab, is a poignant coming-of-age story about curly-haired boys and the dark side of having your dreams come true. From poufy dresses and a whirlwind romance to considering when it was time to jump into the Hudson River, Leah candidly tells of her personal transformation through her husband’s struggle with addiction. Her story offers hope to every girl who has felt like she needed to run away from her dreams because they didn’t come true. |
| bible study on addiction: Addiction and God Michael K. Mason, 2016-01-21 The roots of the modern disease theory of addiction can be traced back to the archaic medical philosophies of the eighteenth century. This popular theory is based primarily on the assumption that so-called addicts are physically unable to resist the call of addictive chemicals. They are presumably stricken from birth with this unlucky condition and all but helpless in the fight against the unhealthy symptoms of the so-called disease. The problem is that contemporary addiction research shows that substance abusers are not genetically or biologically different from anyone else. In fact, a growing group of physicians and researchers contend that addicts are simply guilty of making self-destructive choices in response to the commonplace stresses of everyday life. When addicts begin to take responsibility for their calculated chemical choices, they ultimately come to view their abusive behaviors in terms of not sickness but sin. They can then learn how to achieve forgiveness of their sins and deliverance from their addictions by offering their hearts, minds, and bodies to Jesus Christ. This is a skillfully written and powerful book about addiction and recovery. Having seen the devastating effects of addiction first hand, Mr. Mason was able to use his own personal experiences to develop a one of a kind text that dispels the myths about addiction and beautifully outlines the connection between the Spirit and recovery. After 14 years of working in the field of chemical dependency, I have never found a more complete and insightful view of addiction, recovery, and spirituality. Cindy Tidwell, MS, LPC Professional Addiction Counselor |
| bible study on addiction: Addictions a Banquet in the Grave Edward T. Welch, 2012-01-30 What is the basic point of this book? Theology makes a difference. The basic theology for addictions is that the root problem goes deeper than our genetic makeup. Addictions are ultimately a disorder of worship. Will we worship ourselves and our own desires or will we worship the true God? |
| bible study on addiction: NLT Life Recovery Bible, Second Edition Tyndale, 2017-09-05 Find freedom in God’s Word. Discover freedom and hope in God’s Word with Tyndale’s Life Recovery Bible, the #1–selling recovery Bible with over 3 million copies in print. This powerful Bible for addiction emphasizes God as the ultimate source of recovery and offers essential tools and features to break people free from the grip of addiction. It is widely embraced in 12 Step recovery programs like Alcoholics Anonymous, correctional facilities, and by individuals seeking help taking their life back from destructive behaviors and substances. In this Second Edition of The Life Recovery Bible, you’ll find updated articles on addiction recovery, along with a step-by-step life recovery meeting guide for leaders. This NLT Bible is a must-have resource for anyone starting or leading recovery groups in churches or communities. Seamlessly compatible with the original version, users of both editions can easily communicate and access shared notes and features. Special features of this addiction recovery Bible include: 12-step devotionals Life Recovery Facilitator’s Guide Step-by-Step Life Recovery Meeting Guide Article: Thriving in a Secular Recovery Group Article: Life-Giving Recovery Groups in the Church Resources page, directing readers to helpful books and online resources The 12 Christian Foundations of Life Recovery The 12 Self-Evident Truths of Life Recovery Article: A Word about Addictions Article: An Early History of Life Recovery Portable trim size measures 6.5 x 9.188 inches Easy-to-read 9-point font Give the gift of healing and transformation with The Life Recovery Bible – a meaningful and impactful choice for loved ones on their journey to addiction recovery. |
| bible study on addiction: Addiction and Virtue Kent Dunnington, 2011-07-26 In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, he formulates a compelling alternative to the two dominant models of addiction--addiction as disease and addiction as choice. |
| bible study on addiction: A Biblical Guide to Counseling the Sexual Addict Steve Gallagher, 2005-03 “Steve Gallagher’s work is like a pair of pliers in your toolbox—helpful in a variety of circumstances. Just getting started in biblical counseling? Need insight to help a homosexual or pastor who has failed morally? Wondering how to counsel a hurting wife or teenager fighting porn's grip? Steve addresses all these issues and more in a biblically sound manner that will help you minister to people in bondage to sexual sin. Whether you are counseling, running a support group or looking for answers yourself, I urge you to read this book and use what you learn. Pliers aren’t meant to be kept in the toolbox!” |
| bible study on addiction: The Life Recovery Stephen Arterburn, David Stoop, 2007 By placing the 12 steps of recovery into a firm biblical context, this workbook brings scriptural principles into personal focus. Far more than just teaching about the 12 steps, the workbook is a guide to an in-depth working of the steps, making the principles of recovery come alive for one day at a time living. |
| bible study on addiction: Crossroads Edward T. Welch, 2008-10-31 No matter the object—drugs, alcohol, food, gambling, or sex, just to name a few—addictions lure us. They extend the promise of pleasure, but in the end deliver emptiness, destruction, and death. What begins as an escape from the hassles of life becomes a form of bondage. But no matter how many times you have tried and failed, there really is ... |
| bible study on addiction: 12 Steps with Jesus Don Williams, 2004-07-08 Don Williams powerfully relates in 12 Steps with Jesus that by allowing Jesus to fill the emptiness that leads to addictive behavior, readers can leave addiction in the dust! Churches must lead people to dependence on Jesus. When we give ourselves wholly to Christ, He will fill us wholly, replacing the hollowness that results in addictions. In twelve practical steps, Williams reveals how to achieve spiritual fulfillment in Christ, discover freedom from addiction, and embrace the abundant life that God promises to all of His followers. |
| bible study on addiction: Into Thy Word Richard Krejcir, 2000-12-20 This book is about how to read and study the Bible. This book is about getting the non-Christian to learn how to study the Bible, and this book is for the Pastor and theologian who needs to have their refresh button pressed. This book is in fact for anybody desiring to know the Book of ages. If you are new to the Word or are a seasoned teacher. If you do not know where to begin, or you have tried countless times and feel overwhelmed and frustrated, this is the book for you! |
| bible study on addiction: A Prayer for Orion Katherine James, 2020-01-28 When Katherine James and her husband found out their son was using heroin, they struggled to come to grips with this surprising reality. In this sensitive, vulnerable memoir, award-winning novelist James tells her family's story through her son's addiction, overdose, and slow recovery. Not simply a look at drug abuse in suburban America, this story is also a meditation on loving a wayward child and trusting in God's providence through it all. |
| bible study on addiction: 40 Days in the Wilderness Addiction Recovery Devotionals and Bible Studies Don Johnson, 2016-07-27 40 Days in the Wilderness is an addiction recovery Devotional and Bible Study program designed to be used by Churches, counselors, Church home groups, existing addiction recovery programs and groups, homeless shelters, jail and prison ministries and chaplains, as well as by individuals seeking God's direction, through scripture, in defeating satan's bondage of addictions to drugs and alcohol. Each day's devotional message and accompanying scripture readings can be carried over into additional Bible studies on that day's topics depending on how much time someone wants to allocate or devote to the program. It is recommended that the program be finished in 40 days to better benefit from each previous day's message. However, it will be better to finish the devotionals rather than give up because you can't get it done in forty days. If extending it to a 20 or 40 week program better fits your schedule, there may be a bigger benefit in having a full week to reflect on the day's reading topic and scripture, and practicing what you're learning could be a powerfully transforming experience as well. 40 Days in the Wilderness offers you an opportunity to be mentored by someone who has been SAVED and SOBER for 32 years, has facilitated hundreds of addiction recovery meetings in and out of many Churches, has written several books on the subject, and maintains several websites on the subject of addiction recovery in the Church. However, my experience will be futile if you don't take my suggestions to Jesus in prayer for His confirmation. I suggest that you be as the Bereans did in Acts 17:11 in all that you do in life, to protect yourself from all the deception in the world! The fundamental message in this program is found in Matthew 6:33 (KJV) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. God won't mislead you, man most assuredly will whenever you let your guard down! Man has been misleading millions of alcoholics and addicts around the world for decades in and out of addiction recovery programs because of the absence of Jesus Christ in those programs! 40 Days in the Wilderness puts Jesus Christ at the forefront of each day's devotional! |
| bible study on addiction: Addiction and Grace Gerald G. May, 1991 Discusses the causes and characteristics of addiction, examines its psychological, neurological, and theological aspects, and explains how grace can can help overcome addiction. |
| bible study on addiction: Released! Tim Jackson, Jeff Olson, 2011-05 How can you become free from the self-destructive bondage of addiction? In the Bible study Released counselors Tim Jackson and Jeff Olson address the problem of addiction and offer biblical principles to help you overcome its devastating grip. An excellent resource for individuals or groups, this six-lesson study helps you recognize the signs of addiction, examine the natural and spiritual aspects of treatment, and find the pathway to freedom. 60 pages/ 6-week guide for small groups. |
| bible study on addiction: Christian Families in Recovery New Life Spirit Recovery, Robert and Stephanie Tucker, 2014-07-07 When addiction hits a family, it's damage can be severe. Just as a hurricane-force storm devastates a physical home, the storm of addiction can bring destruction to everyone involved. Christian Families in Recovery will help you take a deeper look at the nature of addiction and recovery from a Christ-centered perspective. By learning the tools of intervention, you can love the addict, but establish an enviornment that will not support the addiction. If the addict is entering recovery, you can develop a step-by-by family recovery plan that will affirm and respect the needs of all members. Someone else's addiction doesn't have to control you. Instead, you can learn to live in the empowerment of God's method of redemption. |
| bible study on addiction: I Am Not But I Know I Am Louie Giglio, 2012-12-18 In this intensely personal and highly motivating book, bestselling author, pastor, and Passion founder Louie Giglio shows you how to embrace your “smallness” in light of God’s greatness—and live with more meaning than you have ever dreamed possible. Our God is more expansive and powerful than we could ever imagine, the all-mighty creator of galaxies beyond our reach. But He is also the loving creator who has formed and fashioned you. Yet, as valuable as you are to Him, God’s best for your life is to invite you into a story that is all about Him. I am not…but God knows my name. I am not…but He has pursued me in His love. I am not…but I know the Creator of the universe. I am not, but I know I AM! Now updated with all new content to encourage you in your quest to live for what matters most. |
| bible study on addiction: The Life Recovery Journal Stephen Arterburn, David Stoop, 2009-05-15 Inspired by the best-selling Life Recovery Bible, The Life Recovery Journal provides users with a vehicle for sorting through, internalizing, and documenting their journey towards recovery via 52 guided entries, based on the Twelve Steps. The journal offers readers two different approaches to the material (seasonal and monthly), both of which are complemented by the following: Introductory readings based on information found in the Life Recovery Bible and Workbook, specially-selected Scripture verses, questions for personal reflection, sidebar prompts, and prayer starters. The Life Recovery Journal asks open-ended, thought provoking questions to encourage introspective responses. It encourages the active integration of the Bible and the Twelve Steps into daily life. It provides helpful writing prompts to encourage deeper thinking. The open format provides participants with plenty of journaling space, as well as room for notes and Bible references. |
| bible study on addiction: None of These Diseases Sim I. McMillen, 1963 Show how stupidity, ignorance, self-indulgence and other human foibles can destroy well-being, and sometimes lead to a lifetime of sickness, or to death. |
| bible study on addiction: Beyond Addictions Jeff Rudd, Allison Rudd, Greg Bilbo, 2011-07-01 Beyond Addictions is a Biblically-based, Christ-centered book that has been used in prison to successfully set men free from addictions. It is now available to everyone who wants to move beyond their addictions to experience new life in Christ.***** Beyond Addictions begins with a Biblical description of the problem, and directs you to the solution that is found in a practical, daily relationship with Jesus Christ. The book relies heavily upon the application of scripture; more than 200 passages are employed throughout to show you how God can set you free, and keep you free, from all addiction. Assignments are also included to enable you to apply the lessons learned in each chapter. Here are some comments from former students and others who are familiar with Beyond Addictions.***** This course was instrumental in making a real change, transforming my thinking and my behavior. God used it to set me free in prison and to keep me free now that I'm on the outside.***** After re-reading the Beyond Addictions book, I realized how much of it I have incorporated into my daily life since my release two years ago. I heartily recommend it for anyone who truly wants to move beyond all addictions into a free and meaningful life.***** John D. Whitehead-- Beyond Addictions Graduate 2008***** In 2002, I participated in the first Beyond Addictions class. It helped me understand who I was in Christ, which transitioned me from being a user of drugs and people to a worshiper of Jesus. As I began to understand who I was in Christ, the desire to worship Him grew, and the old lifestyle simply began to fall away.***** I encourage you to not just read but put into practice the contents of this book and you'll find that in worshiping Jesus, you'll truly find the 'good life.'***** Jeremy Parker, Beyond Addictions Graduate 2002***** Addictions are a mighty big problem for Christians and non-Christians alike, but the power of God is even mightier. In Psalm 119:9 David tells us how to live a clean life, 'How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.' Beyond Addictions shows you how to cleanse your life from the inside, as you apply the Word of God.***** God meant life to be lived. Some need a little extra help. I believe Beyond Addictions is that extra help, and I strongly recommend it.***** Rodney Finch, Senior Pastor, Calvary Chapel of Cary, NC***** While serving as facility head of Dan River Prison Work Farm from 2003 to 2010 it was my pleasure to observe the development and growth of certain inmates involved with the Beyond Addictions study. The men routinely made the transition with biblical values into their daily practices, and carried the training forward. I received visits, calls and notes from released inmates who had participated in the program, and wanted to share success stories with me. The life choices taught and exampled in Beyond Addictions freed the men in many different ways.***** George Solomon, Regional Director, North Carolina Department of Corrections***** If you or someone you know has ever struggled with addiction, any addiction, then I urge you to read this book. Beyond Addictions provides hope for your future, and a solid foundation to re-build your life upon.*****Jeff Rudd |
| bible study on addiction: Grace-Based Recovery Jonathan Daugherty, 2018-08-06 A resource for addiction support and recovery groups, Grace-Based Recovery leads participants to embrace grace and humility. This nine-session study provides an easy-to-use resource to help people suffering from addiction and those close to them understand God's grace and why it is the only path to true freedom. |
| bible study on addiction: Take Back Your Temple Member Guide Kimberly Y. Taylor, 2011-10 Want to start a Christian weight loss program at your church? The Take Back Your Temple Member Guide gives your support group the wisdom they need to reach their ideal weight and maintain it for life. Includes Christian health scriptures for motivation, delicious recipes, and a survival plan for handling common weight loss barriers like emotional eating, bottomless food pits, and more. |
| bible study on addiction: Freedom from Addiction Neil T. Anderson, Mike Quarles, Julia Quarles, 1996-06-17 Many Christians are locked in a cycle of addiction, particularly in the areas of alcohol and drug abuse. Many have turned to 12-Step programs for help. But, where is the incredible power of Christ in this process? In a positive, non-condemning way, Anderson provides an alternative model of recovery for substance and alcohol abusers, a model that will also work for individuals struggling with other kinds of addictions. The first half of Freedom from Addictions tells the unbelievable story of Mike and Julia Quarles, and how Mike overcame a debilitating addiction to alcohol. He achieved success by applying the principles that make up the central theme of Dr. Anderson's message: that we are saints according to God's word (Eph 1) and that true freedom comes from realizing o ur identity in Christ. |
| bible study on addiction: Knowledge to Power Kal Rissman, 2018-05-18 What newscast does not include something on tragedy caused by addiction? What extended family has not had someone with an addiction problem? What hospital is not one-third full of patients there due to addictive problems? Even though addiction is America's number one health problem, our understanding of this disease is woefully inadequate. Kal Rissman has the ability to take the complex issues of addiction and make them understandable. This is a book that not only offers a non-judgmental understanding of addiction, but offers concrete solutions and hope to those afflicted with the disease and those affected by the disease. Kal Rissman has provided us with a blend of clinical expertise and pastoral perspective in exploring ways to meaningfully minister to those who are addicted. In this book he demonstrates both understanding of the operative issues and the realities involved in the healing process and guidance for family members. He does it with rare insight and delightful humor. - Robert F. Maltzahn, Doctor of Ministry and Lutheran pastor for 54 years. Kal Rissman has a remarkable gift for simplifying complex issues into easily understandable terms. He explains the multifaceted aspects of the baffling disease of addiction, describes current trends in recovery and offers insight and practical advise to help general and professional audiences understand addiction. - Bruce Perkins, M.A., CDAC, LMFT, LSW, BRI - II, Intervention Specialist. Knowledge to Power: Understanding and Overcoming Addiction is the perfect resource for anyone struggling with addiction or who loves someone dealing with substance abuse. I will be sharing it with my clients and their families. - Sheryl Maupin, M.A., CRC., Therapist and Substance Abuse Counselor. |
| bible study on addiction: Jesus and Addiction to Origins Willi Braun, 2020-10 This collection of essays constitute an extended argument for an anthropocentric, human-focused, study of religious practices. The basic premise of the argument, offered in the opening section, is that there is nothing special or extraordinary about human behaviors and constructs that are claimed to have uniquely religious status and authority. Instead, they are fundamentally human and so the scholar of religion is engaged in nothing more or less than studying humans across time and place and all their complex existence-that includes creating more-than-human beings and realities. As an extended and detailed example of such an approach, the second part of the book contains essays that address practices, rhetoric and other data in early Christianities within Greco-Roman cultures and religions. The underlying aim is to insert studies of the New Testament and non-canonical texts, most often presented as biblical studies, into the anthropocentric study of religion proposed in the opening section. For a general reading of modern biblical scholarship makes clear the assumption that the Christian bible is a sacred text whose principal raison d'etre is to stand, fetish-like, as the foundational and highest authority in matters moral, ritual or theological; how might we instead approach the study of these texts if they are nothing more or less than human documents deriving from situations that were themselves all too human? Braun's Jesus and Addiction to Origins seeks to answer just that question-doing so in a way that readers working outside Christian origins will undoubtedly find useful applications for the people, places, and historical periods that they study. |
| bible study on addiction: Divine Intervention Mark E. Shaw, 2007-10-01 Divine Intervention will bring encouragement and hope to family members, friends, spouses or loved ones of an addict. It will challenge your thinking about addiction and enable you to best help your addicted loved one in a biblical manner. The task will not be easy; you cannot trust your feelings. But you can trust the Word of God, and the leading of the Holy Spirit. -- cover |
| bible study on addiction: 30 Days to Overcoming Addictive Behavior Tony Evans, 2017-04-01 Your Life Can Be Different Do you feel ambushed by your obsessions? Addictions come in all forms: overindulging, overspending, overworking, and more. But no matter how they show up in your life, your addictions trap you and edge out the full freedom you can enjoy in Christ. What if, in the next month, you could break the hold a bad habit has on you? Join Dr. Tony Evans on a 30-day journey filled with powerful biblical insights and practical tips for overcoming the behavior that controls you. You'll discover the tools and principles you need to embrace healing and find liberation. Are you ready to experience the relief of overcoming addiction? |
| bible study on addiction: Addicted to Christ Helena Hansen, 2018-04-24 How are spiritual power and self-transformation cultivated in street ministries? In Addicted to Christ, Helena Hansen provides an in-depth analysis of Pentecostal ministries in Puerto Rico that were founded and managed by self-identified 'ex-addicts.' Richly ethnographic, the book melds Hansen's dual expertise in public anthropology and psychology. Through her interviewees' stories, she examines key elements of the Pentecostal system: mysticism, ascetic practice, and the idea other-worldliness. She then shares the strategies of Pentecostal ministries, which, according to street ministries, are the core elements of spiritual victory over addiction: transformation techniques to build spiritual strength and authority through pain and discipline; cultivation of alternative masculinities based on male converts' reclamation of domestic space; and radical rupture from a post-industrial 'culture of disposability.' By contrasting the ministries' logic of addiction with that of biomedicine, Hansen rethinks roads to recovery while discovering unexpected convergences with biomedicine, revealing the true sway of street corner ministries--Provided by publisher. |
| bible study on addiction: God Is For The Alcoholic Jerry Dunn, 2009-06-01 I am an alcoholic. I know what it is like to burn with a desire to drink that is so overpowering that family, jobs, and friends mean nothing compared to the desire for liquor. I know what it is like to wake up on a hotel room not knowing where I am or how I got there. I also know the joy of complete deliverance from the power of alcohol addiction and never cease to praise God for such deliverance. Author Jerry Dunn discovered there is indeed hope for the alcoholic. God provided his escape when he picked up a Bible in a Texas prison. God Is for the Alcoholic is the product of that escape. Jerry Dunn knows the road up from alcoholism is long and difficult, but that it can be followed with God's help and through commitment, patience, and diligence. In this revised edition of God Is for the Alcoholic, the reader will find sections on understanding alcoholism, ways to help the alcoholic, and ways the alcoholic can help his or her self. Discover release from the power of alcoholism. |
| bible study on addiction: Conscious Contact with God Kenneth W. Schmidt, 2019-08-01 Conscious Contact with God is a new paraphrase of the Psalms that reflects the experience of addiction and living in recovery. It will speak powerfully to anyone who shares those experiences and struggles to find God present in the midst of them. Ideal for personal prayer, reflection, and meditation, as well as for praying and reflecting in groups, these thoughtful and inspiring texts are rich in the vocabulary and vision of the Twelve Steps. This new resource fills a gap that has unfortunately existed until now for anyone addicted to alcohol, drugs, food, sex, or other substances or experiences. Here they will find compassion, understanding, and strength. |
| bible study on addiction: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction Mark Laaser, 2009-05-26 Hope--real hope--for recovery is within reach. This book goes beyond cliché answers and offers meaningful, spiritual, and practical steps to healing and freedom from sexual addiction--or any addiction. With today's rampant availability of Internet pornography, sexual addiction has become a national epidemic that affects an increasing number of Christians, even pastors and priests. As devastating as any drug habit, it brings heartbreak and despair to those it entangles. But there is help for men and women caught in sexual addiction's downward spiral. This book offers a path that leads beyond compulsive thoughts and behaviors to healing and transformation. Speaking from his own experience with sexual addiction and recovery, Dr. Mark Laaser is sensitive to the shame of sexual addiction without minimizing its sinfulness. He traces the roots of the problem, discusses its patterns and impact, and maps out a biblical approach to self-control and sexual integrity. Whether you know someone with a sexual addiction or struggle yourself, Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction points the way to understanding, wholeness, and holiness. Spanish edition also available; previously titled Faithful and True. |
| bible study on addiction: The Promised One (A 10-week Bible Study) Nancy Guthrie, 2011-07-07 This first volume in the Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament Bible study series guides women through a Christ-centered study of Genesis. The Promised One provides a fresh look at the book of Genesis, leading women in discovering how its stories, symbols, people, and promises point to Christ. Over ten weeks of study, participants will see Christ as the agent of creation, the offspring who will crush the head of the serpent, the ark of salvation, the source of the righteousness credited to Abraham, the substitutionary sacrifice provided by God, the Savior to whom the whole world must come for life, and much more. Each weekly lesson includes questions for personal study, a contemporary teaching chapter that emphasizes how the passage fits into the bigger story of redemptive history, a brief section on how the passage uniquely points to what is yet to come at the consummation of Christ's kingdom, and a leader's guide for group discussion. A ten-session DVD companion set is also available. |
| bible study on addiction: Daily Companion for Healing Addictions Allan F. Wright, 2018-06-15 Offers a daily reflection; Scripture verse or quote; and prayer for those who struggle with addiction, are in recovery, or are on their way to recovery. Complementing counseling, 12-Step meetings, or retreats, this book will offer encouragement to help bring healing one day at a time€and with God's help, strengthen you to help others who battle addiction. |
| bible study on addiction: Sex & Money Paul David Tripp, 2013 Sex and money can easily captivate our minds and steal our worship. Paul Tripp directs readers to the liberating power of the gospel and offers real-world advice for fighting sexual and financial idolatry. |
| bible study on addiction: The Peaceful Wife April Cassidy, 2016-01-27 “This book walks each of us through the reality checks we need in order to have the marriage we want!” —Shaunti Feldhahn, social researcher and best-selling author of For Women Only In today’s workplace, women are often rewarded for having type A personalities: driven, demanding, ambitious, and strong. Yet when it comes to their marriages, those same traits can backfire. After all, no one goes into marriage hoping for a promotion. What is a wife to do? April Cassidy knows this struggle firsthand. She thought she was a great Christian wife and begged God to make her passive husband into a more loving, involved, godly leader. Instead, God opened her eyes to changes that she needed to make, such as laying down her desire for control and offering genuine, unconditional respect—not just love—to her husband. Cassidy’s conclusions may be as startling to readers as they were to her, but The Peaceful Wife shares how she and many others have learned to reorient their lives to biblical commands—resulting in healthier, happier marriages. In the end, you’ll find The Peaceful Wife a powerful path to God’s design for women to live in full submission to Christ as Lord. |
| bible study on addiction: Creatures of Habit Steve Poe, 2021-05-18 Beloved pastor Steve Poe helps Christians identify and break free from the destructive patterns that are keeping them from the joy-filled, flourishing life Jesus promised. We all have both good and bad habits in our life. Creatures of Habit reveals how to remove bad habits and replace them with godly ones. But it's not a matter of working hard, of pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. That approach simply doesn't work. True transformation is God's work--our job is to listen, obey, and put into practice what he's already directing us to do. Steve Poe has pastored large, growing churches for more than thirty-four years, and during that time he has counseled hundreds of people. He's seen that poor choices often become bad habits that in turn cause people a lot of problems. Hundreds of things can become a bad habit in our lives, but Poe focuses on the most common, among them: anger, lust, worry, cynicism, pride, self-centeredness, and greed. Each chapter provides insights, biblical examples, and tangible tools that will help you break the bad habits that can become spiritual strongholds in your life. |
| bible study on addiction: The Genesis Process Michael Dye, 2023-02-16 Client workbook used by individuals for the Genesis Process relapse prevention counseling. |
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AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism—use of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after AA, but which address other problems, does …
THE PATHWAY TO FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION. THE
You have to study this material with a burning passion in your heart, in order to see yourself free from all forms of addictions, because until you have a strong desire to be free, then you are not …
Addiction Identity and the Gospel (1) - IBCD
The main difference between the cultural view of addiction and the biblical view is that the culture calls it a “compulsion,” an “irresistible impulse,” which implies that the person is not in control or …
1/ The Christian Codependence Recovery Workbook: From …
Many that struggle with addiction also struggle with codependence. I would like to encourage ministry leaders, Christian treatment facilities, church recovery groups and anyone interested in …
Lesson #1 The Lust of the Flesh - Teleiology
The English dictionary defines addiction as “a state of being given up to some habit, practice, or pursuit, esp. to narcotics.” This lesson will introduce you to the biblical concept of addiction by …
HELP! I’m Addicted: Overcoming the cravings that overcome …
have dealt with the pain of addiction. I hope that God will use this book to bring health, restoration, and deliverance.
Life Issues - Addiction - Billy Graham
The Bible says, “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm” (Proverbs 13:20). — Ask God for strength to help you overcome your addiction.
Biblical Insights into Addiction - IBCD
Discover how you can effectively minister to an addict. Galatians 6:1‐3 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.
Into the Light: Christian responses to Addiction
This curriculum was created by the addiction ministry network to empower churches to confront the issue of substance use disorders in their communities, explore how the Bible can help us to …
Resources for Biblical Substance Abuse Counseling
The purpose of this material is to put the Biblical perspective on addiction and substance abuse, together with the Biblical answers, into an easy-to-use workbook format to use when sitting …
Freedom From Addictions - Adult Bible Study Guide
Although God delivered her from addiction months before her death, the consequences were nevertheless unavoidable. Left behind were those beautiful, intelligent, elementary-age children.
The Life Recovery Workbook - Tyndale House
life, from addiction to recovery. It is about walking humbly, righteously, and mercifully with God while accepting and doing his will. In our compulsions and addictions, we have opposed God’s …
Bible Studies on Recovery! - NetMinistry
Addiction or…? Any past hurts that have caused you to be living in a bondage or dysfunction? Is your life in chaos or on the road to ruin? Then you need to find a good counselor or recovery …
A Biblical View of Addiction - Grace Church of Tallahassee
While mankind offers limited insights for “addiction,” when rightly interpreted, God’s Word offers the best insights and real answers because He is the Creator of the “addict.”
Understanding the 12 Steps: A Christ-Centered Approach to …
The purpose of this document is to explain how the 12 Steps are used in everyday addiction treatment. This information can be beneficial if you or a loved one is in treatment.
Biblical Help for Addictions - THE BURNING BUSH
Some of those resources are prayer, the Bible, the church, and the most of all the Holy Spirit. We can view sin as a problem, like a physical disease which needs treatment.
Christ-Centered Workbook on Recovery and Coordinating …
Sep 1, 2020 · The Bible commands us in James 5:16 to "Confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, and be healed." A small group affords the time and opportunity for a person to …
Seeing Addiction Through a Biblical Lens - Bob Jones University
Goal: Learn biblical insights for those enslaved to an "addiction" (also known as idolatry). I Corinthians 6:9-11: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
The Addictive Personality - youthESource
Through these four lessons we will look at various characters in the Bible and what they can teach us about addictive personalities and behaviors. Each week there are suggested sections for …
Bible Study On Addiction - waptac.org
Through the study of the Bible, so-called “addicts” can learn how to achieve forgiveness of their sins and deliverance from their addictions by offering their hearts, minds, and bodies to Jesus …
Thirty Meditations from Scripture for Each Step in Recovery
AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism—use of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after AA, but which address other problems, does not imply …
THE PATHWAY TO FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION. THE
You have to study this material with a burning passion in your heart, in order to see yourself free from all forms of addictions, because until you have a strong desire to be free, then you are not …
Addiction Identity and the Gospel (1) - IBCD
The main difference between the cultural view of addiction and the biblical view is that the culture calls it a “compulsion,” an “irresistible impulse,” which implies that the person is not in control or …
1/ The Christian Codependence Recovery Workbook: From …
Many that struggle with addiction also struggle with codependence. I would like to encourage ministry leaders, Christian treatment facilities, church recovery groups and anyone interested in …
Lesson #1 The Lust of the Flesh - Teleiology
The English dictionary defines addiction as “a state of being given up to some habit, practice, or pursuit, esp. to narcotics.” This lesson will introduce you to the biblical concept of addiction by …
HELP! I’m Addicted: Overcoming the cravings that overcome you
have dealt with the pain of addiction. I hope that God will use this book to bring health, restoration, and deliverance.
Life Issues - Addiction - Billy Graham
The Bible says, “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm” (Proverbs 13:20). — Ask God for strength to help you overcome your addiction.
Biblical Insights into Addiction - IBCD
Discover how you can effectively minister to an addict. Galatians 6:1‐3 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness.
Into the Light: Christian responses to Addiction
This curriculum was created by the addiction ministry network to empower churches to confront the issue of substance use disorders in their communities, explore how the Bible can help us to …
Resources for Biblical Substance Abuse Counseling
The purpose of this material is to put the Biblical perspective on addiction and substance abuse, together with the Biblical answers, into an easy-to-use workbook format to use when sitting …
Freedom From Addictions - Adult Bible Study Guide
Although God delivered her from addiction months before her death, the consequences were nevertheless unavoidable. Left behind were those beautiful, intelligent, elementary-age children.
The Life Recovery Workbook - Tyndale House
life, from addiction to recovery. It is about walking humbly, righteously, and mercifully with God while accepting and doing his will. In our compulsions and addictions, we have opposed God’s …
Bible Studies on Recovery! - NetMinistry
Addiction or…? Any past hurts that have caused you to be living in a bondage or dysfunction? Is your life in chaos or on the road to ruin? Then you need to find a good counselor or recovery …
