The Addict

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?  Proverbs 23:29  NASB Woe– This verse describes the alcoholic, but it might as well be attributed to any addict.  Consider the characteristics.  This person feels woe.  What does that mean?  He despairs of…

To Wound

He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken. Psalm 62:6  NASB Only – Here’s the problem. We all want deeply satisfying relationships, relationships that provide us a sense of worth, a place of safety, someone who knows us for who we really are. That’s the good part.  The bad part is that in order…

Solomon’s Secret

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after…

H.A.L.T. (1)

For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with what is good. Psalm 107:9 NASB Hungry – Every addict knows the warning signs. Hungry. Angry. Lonely. Tired. H.A.L.T. The lethal combination of temptation. Any one of these emotional and physical states can bring about the desire for self-medication, the…

The Addict

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?  Proverbs 23:29  NASB Woe – This verse describes the alcoholic, but it might as well be attributed to any addict.  Consider the characteristics.  This person feels woe.  What does that mean?  He despairs of life.  It’s…