Bible Verse of The Day – 7-22-23

Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV) 10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Are we battling an addiction today? Is there something that we know is holding us hostage, but we can’t seem to shake it?

When most people know they need to break an addiction, they try to do it on their own.

Sadly, most of those people fail because they rely solely on their own strength.

We can not break certain habits without the strength that God gives us to overcome them.

People that are badly addicted to alcohol, drugs, porn, and other things, think they need to clean themselves up before they come to God for anything.

They think they have to stop what they are doing before they can come to Him.

What they fail to understand is that He is the One we need to go to if we truly want to break free of those things that hold us in chains.

I have seen people struggle with drugs and alcohol.

They have been in and out of hospitals and rehabs. They have spent days in Intensive Care Units, detoxing from the substances that have a death grip on them.

And it’s the same people, over and over again.

Why?

Because many of them simply think it’s a lifestyle. They fail to recognize it for what it is; a deadly addiction that will ultimately destroy them if they don’t defeat it once and for all.

They never reach a point where they truly want to give it up completely.

Because of this, it will take them down, deeper and deeper, until nothing is left of them. They will lose everything and everyone that cares about them and loves them deeply.

I say to you today, do not wait to clean yourself up before going to God.

Get with Him now, and let Him help you.

He is not taken back by what He sees in us if we sincerely want help. In fact, He wants us to let Him help.

If this is speaking to your heart, stop what you’re doing right now and repent of your lifestyle. Let Him help you get clean.

Go to Him. Let Him break those chains that have held you for so long.

Fear not; God will be with you. He will stand with you and be your God. He will uphold you!

You just have to sincerely want to be free. No more dipping in and dipping out. It’s got to be a life-changing event.

He loves you and His grace is sufficient for you.

Go to Him just the way you are. In your weakness, He will be strong. In your infirmities, He will rest upon you. He will deliver you!

2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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