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TOPIC: BREAKING FREE FROM ADDICTION

Paul was admonishing Philip and said to Him, to live a life of moderation and not a life of addiction.

What Addiction does is to put someone under pressure. If you don’t have it, you won’t be at peace.

This is what the world is battling with presently. People are addicted to the mobile phone, the internet, etc.
They can’t do without these things.

We will be talking about three types of addiction but for tonight we will be looking at just one. That is the behavioral addiction.

BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION

It occurs when someone develop an unhealthy dependent on a particular behavior. you can’t do without it. Until you have it. you can’t be at peace.
God wants us to live a life of moderation. God doesn’t want us to live under pressure.

Addiction is having an unhealthy attachment to something and addiction can occur as a result of disorders.

When somebody is perpetually living on addictions it could be due to a mental disorder. A lot of people are not healthy mentally. that is why in a civilized country, people are taken to rehabilitation center not because they’re mad but because of their behavior.

The second reason why people get addicted is Peer pressure. That is why Paul said I have Learned. so it is our duty to learn how to be moderate and not compete with anyone.

Thirdly, lack of family involvement. Most children grow without their parents being involved on their day to day lives irrespective of the fact that they live under the same roof.

Early use is another reason. for instance, a child of 10 is given a small phone and due to early use, by the time they grow they will need an updated version. When we introduce early use of things to a child. When a parent tells a child to go take paracetamol or Vitamin C without checking the Child.

Another cause is lack of boundaries. When a parent doesn’t set boundaries for a child. For instance, a child introduced to pleasure will believe life is all about pleasure because the child has never seen the other side of life.

WHAT CAN PEOPLE GET ADDICTED TO.

People can get addicted to the following and many more:

1. Food: Food is good. food is medicine. but excess of it is bad. people get addicted to food that’s why we call it gluttony.
2. Sex.
3. Pornography: People do not watch pornography again but have become it themselves. You may say it’s the western life culture but no they have their own and we have our own that is why the bible say we do it in moderation
4. Shopping
5. Sleep: Someone keep sleeping without send of duty. That is why the bible said a little sleep, a little slumber…
6. Video games

CHARACTERISTICS OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS

1. EXCESSIVENESS: When you meet people who love to showoff, its a characteristic of addiction. What is the root cause of this problem? it is when you over praise a child. God still rescue people from an excessive lifestyle. God has given us the parameter that this is what we need to do.
2. Mood Alteration
3. Tolerance: When you see people who tolerate excessively. When you see what a child should react to naturally and they do not react to it then check it, they’re getting addicted.
4. Withdrawal; When a child is withdrawing and always want to be left alone, it is a symptoms of a behavioral addiction and it is the duty of the parent to find out why.
5. Conflict: They are always overreacting to situations. Always, they’re never at peace. Something is intoxicating them kindly ensure to find out.
6. Relapse: You see this person going to the altar saying Lord I will never do it again but returns back to it. It is not prayer the person need but the person need to break free from addiction because the person keeps going back to the same attitude over and again.

ADDICTIONS LEVELS
There are four levels of addiction. We have the following:

1. Physical
2. Emotional: If the person has not indulged in that act that day, his mood will always affected.
3. Mental: The person is always lost in thoughts even when in the midst of many people. Why? he is thinking about what he needs. The mental treatment for this is counselling and changing of friends to adjust.
4. Spiritual: It is when deliverance is needed. It has grown into spiritual. What the person need is Spiritual treatment.

RULES OF ADDICTION

These rules guide most addicted persons. They include:

1. Don’t talk about it.
2. Don’t trust .
3. You don’t need to feel bad about it .
4. You will adjust very soon .
5. Don’t tell anyone about it. .

STAGES OF ADDICTION

1. Initiation stage: This is when the person is getting introduced to the attitude.
2. Experiment Stage: This is the stage when he or she try to experiment. For instance, a person trying to smoke.
3. Regular Usage; The body chemistry has adjusted to the addiction. There is high rate of usage. The person will have absolute dependence on the attitude.
4. Crisis Stage! This is the stage where the person is completely addicted!

When you have mastered any act of addiction you feel happy and excited about it.

But Paul said in Philippians 4.12 “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: …”

Maybe you can’t sleep without an habit, you’re an addict and the Bible says the Lord give unto his beloved sleep.

Most parents are addicted to their children and they don’t want them to go.

Some are workaholics and their work become a god and when they are laid off, they commit suicides or a terrible act!

What are you addicted to? God is giving a call to come to Him and that is why God gave me the name JUST AS I AM!

One of the first step to breaking free from Addiction is true repentance.

If you’re an addict, you can’t talk yourself out of it, you need help! You need to talk to someone about it.

Addiction is a very broad topic and that is why we will continue to talk about it.

Please if you have any questions send me a direct WhatsApp message on +2349064284006 and I will attend to it.

That you’re free from alcohol, you don’t take drugs, etc. doesn’t mean you’re not addicted.

That is why when God gave me this clarion call I wept!

It is my prayer today that everyone that is hearing my voice today break free from Addiction.
How do I know that I’m free from addiction, it is when I can do without it for a long period.
it’s time to be free. to break loose. to live a life of emulation.

The life of the spirit is the life that should be free from Addiction!