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Getting out of Prison

Getting out of Prison. Ending Destructive Habits, Addictions, and Bondages. Definition of “HABIT”. PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE BENEFICIAL OR DESTRUCTIVE IT IS LEARNED – AND BECOMES SPONTANEOUS. Definition of “ADDICTION”.

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Getting out of Prison

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  1. Getting out of Prison Ending Destructive Habits, Addictions, and Bondages

  2. Definition of “HABIT” • PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE BENEFICIAL OR DESTRUCTIVE • IT IS LEARNED – AND BECOMES SPONTANEOUS

  3. Definition of “ADDICTION” • “The State of being enslaved to a habit or practice to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma” Random House Dictionary, 2010

  4. Medical Definition • “The habitual psychological of physiological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one’s own voluntary control.”

  5. Freedom Is not the right to do what we want But the power to do what we ought

  6. 2 Timothy 2:26 • That they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

  7. WE ALL ARE AT WAR - • “But I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.” • Romans 7:23

  8. God Limitless Power • Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy • Jude 24

  9. Biblical Truth • “When I come up against the Law I want to do good, but in practice I do evil.”

  10. Will-Power Will NOT do it • The very weapons we use are not those of human warfare but powerful in God’s warfare for the destruction of the enemy’s strongholds. • 2 Corinthians 10:5

  11. Denial Addictions are often denied

  12. 7 Weapons First Weapon - Fasting • “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
    and break every yoke?” • Isaiah 58:6

  13. 1 John 1:9 • “Would you bring to mind every door I opened” Remember: • Not us – Reflective – Self-Conducted • Apply the Blood - Revelation 12:11

  14. Holy Spirit’s Leading Reveals open doors Ask, “Would You cleanse me?” It comes to an end– “Then came quiet”

  15. Reckon Yourself Dead • Colossians 1:1-6 • Memorize – 6 verses • Personalize them • Visualize living in those verses

  16. Testimony -Laying on a slab • Freedom never experienced before • Light-Hearted • Clean

  17. #2 - Purpose in heart • Daniel declares “He would not defile himself” (Daniel 1:8) • Draw the Line

  18. Do Not Compare yourself to others • “Others may, but I cannot” • Your walk is unique

  19. #3 - Job 31:1 • Make a Covenant with our eyes

  20. I present myself to You (eyes) • Galatians 2:20 – I am Crucified with Christ • Romans 12:1-2 – I Offer myself…

  21. What Opened Doors Remain? • Thoughts • Actions • Habits

  22. 4th - Weapon • I give you that thought • Remember: Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the “Pure in Heart”

  23. Do not be discouraged • For though the righteous fallseven times, they rise again…” • Proverbs 24:16

  24. The Best Defense is…

  25. 5th Weapon – Prayer targets • Pray for wife, or sons, or Pastor – • Anyone who might be victimized by the enemy • Pray for the object of distraction

  26. Who flees from Whom? Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. • James 4:7-8

  27. #6 - Weapon against past confessed sin remembered • Past sin – “keeps dragging me down” • When scenes come back – use them as a spring board to recall the cross. • Remember: Defeated by the cross • 2 or 3 times – before VICTORY

  28. #7 - Build Accountability • Try another man(Best – our sons) • Samson – the Strongest man • Solomon – the Wisest man • David – the Most Spiritual man • If they fell to immorality, …

  29. Accountability • Have you looked at, or listened to anything that might be displeasing to God? • Have you been completely honest with me?

  30. Three Enemies World The Flesh The Devil

  31. 3 Motivations to Stay in Battle • Honor Wife and Family • Fear of the Lord – Proverbs 15:6 • Fellowship with God – Isaiah 59:2 Our sins have separated us

  32. What can Spouse do? • Pray for men – husbands • Dress causes distraction - More skin showing than than covered • (2 Timothy 4:6 – “I have kept the faith”)

  33. Meditate on Colossians 3:1-6 • Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. • Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

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