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WATCH ME OR I WILL NOT BE HAPPY!
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How Do We Disciple Former Drug Addicts?
By Andy Constable We live in a community that has been heavily damaged by drugs. Most of the people that we work with have a steady diet of prescribed as well as street (unprescribed) drugs running through their system everyday. We have seen a handful of addicts over the last few years saved by the gospel and wonderfully changed by God. Is there anything that we need to…
Working With Addictions (4) Dealing With The Double Minded
This is Part 4 of a series I started some time ago on how to work with those with addictions. Parts I, II & III can be found by clicking on the number. How many people do we know that have ‘original’ opinions on anything? The media have saturated our lives to such an extent that…
Working With Addictions (3) “Do They Really Want To Change?”
Often, I will get people to circle one or more of the following that they think is true about them. Do you really want to change? Circle that which applies to you: No, not really. Yes, but I know that this isn’t going to work Yes, but only when I don’t have strong cravings Yes, but I don’t know…
Working With Addiction (2) Dealing with the “Double-Minded”
One thing I have learned as an ex addict (and working extensively with them) over the last 20 years is that, by and large, we like (if not love) the things that often control us. Addiction can be such a strange beast because, on the one hand, we desperately want to change and, on the other, we…
Working With Addiction (1) “Learning To Listen”
The Bible has some powerful things to say about addictions Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in…
Are You a Porn Addict?
by Andy Constable We live in a highly sexualised culture with a multi billion pound sex industry. In the USA, 3000 dollars per second is spent on pornography. Sadly, this is a problem that many Christian men struggle with. They try to escape the reality of their lives through sexual fantasising. They give in to their lusts and seek fulfillment through sexual…