Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Breaking Free From Addiction - Just For Today

By: Hanny Lynn Stearns



Fish N Loaves Ministries, Inc.

“Multiplying God’s Word Around The Globe”



 August 2, 2016

Just For Today

Good morning and God bless you! I started this whole thing out by sending a text to two of my sweet friends who need encouragement to overcome food and sugar addiction, just like me. Each day I like to send them a few words to encourage them for the day, as the Lord continues to encourage me.

It really is a day by day walk; even a moment by moment decision to make the right choices and be successful in overcoming the obstacles that lay before us. Anything that we have been addicted to in the past is something that we can never again dabble with. To do so is extremely dangerous and will lead us down a wrong path.

Even though we get the victory over that mountain, through Jesus Christ our Lord, we have to remember that if we were in bondage to it before, we could become ensnared by it again if we are not careful. That’s why we have to watch and pray. I mentioned this in my blog last Sunday. The Lord showed me how to do this – really.

It is not going to hours of prayer. It is recognizing the situation at hand and seeking to get the Lord’s help immediately. He knows what we are faced with and He is right there to help us. Sometimes all we need to do is to leave the situation, either the kitchen, or whatever applies in your situation and just go ask Him for help. Then wait to hear from Him – He won’t keep you waiting long before you will have your answer of encouragement. Then you and I can go back to what we were doing with the strength of the Lord going before us.

Just for today, let’s not allow the enemy to bring any negative thoughts to our mind. Let’s open ourselves to the word of God as our lamp, our guide, just for today. Let’s remember that we do not have to deal with tomorrow. It is not here yet. Yesterday is over and done with.

Remember that Jesus said…

Revelation 21:5

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

Today is a brand new, fresh day - like a load of clean laundry just pulled out of the dryer. Just for today you and I have the power living within us through Holy Spirit to make the right choices as we place out total trust in the Lord. Be blessed and be a blessing to someone else. Freely we have received – freely we give, in Jesus name!

God bless you!






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