The Bondage Breaker

“The Bondage Breaker:
Global Addiction, Global Deliverance”

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• □  Genesis 3 and Matthew 4
  •   Gerald G. May, MD: “I am not being flippant when I say that all of us suffer from

    addiction. Nor am I reducing the meaning of addiction. I mean in all truth that the psychological, neurological, and spiritual dynamics of full-fledged addiction are actively at work within every human being. The same processes that are responsible for addiction to alcohol and narcotics are also responsible for addiction to ideas, work, relationships, power, moods, fantasies, and an endless variety of other things. We are all in every sense of the word.” (Addiction & Grace 3, 4)

  •   What do food, drink and sex have in common? They are all human .
  •   In Genesis 3:1-6 six times in six verses the words “eat” “ate” and “food” are embedded to highlight the enemy’s strategic attack on .
  •   The heart of is unbridled, unregulated, uncontrolled .
  •   American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy: “Nearly 12 million people suffer from sexual addiction in the United States. Due to the accessibility of sexual material available on the Internet, cable television and videos, these numbers are increasing.” (www.aamft.org/imis15/content/consumer_updates/sexual_addiction.aspx)
    •   The Internet porn industry now rakes in over billion a year.
    •   Online porn makes over $3000 .
    •   According to the Polaris Project 27 million people are in “modern-day slavery” across

      the world—with 800,000 people trafficked across international borders every year— and million children “exploited by the global commercial sex trade, every year.” (www.cicatelli.org/titlex )

• □  Four Anti-Addiction Actions You Can Take:
  •   #1—A the P (of temptation).
    •   “In order that Satan might not us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” (2 Corinthians 2:11)
    •   Therefore “avoid [even] the of evil.” (1 Thessalonians 5:22)
  •   #2—A through P (your dependence on God).
    •   Rick Warren: “Think of it this way: You have a small battery inside of you. It has a limited amount of energy. When it depletes, you shut down. At the same time, God offers you access to his unlimited power plant. All you need to do is plug in—and the power cord is .” (The Daniel Plan 52)
    •   “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the , and he will flee from you. Come near to and He will come near to you.” (James 4:7, 8)
    •   “ upon Me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver you; and you will glorify Me.” (Psalm 50:15)
    •   “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you .” (1 Corinthians 10:13)
  •   #3—A the P (of God’s promises).
     “He has given us His very great and precious , so that through

    them you may participate in the divine nature, having the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” (2 Peter 1:4)

•   “I have hidden Your in my heart that I might not sin against You.” (Psalm 119:11)
•   Desire of Ages: “When assailed by temptation, look not to circumstances or to the weakness of self, but to the power of the . All its strength is yours.” (123)

 #4—A to a P (for accountability).

•   “Therefore confess your to each other and pray for each other so that you

  may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” (James

  5:16)

•   “Carry each other’s , and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

  (Galatians 6:2)

•   “Nothing is apparently more helpless, yet really more invincible, than the soul that

  feels its nothingness and relies wholly on the merits of the Saviour. By prayer, by the study of His word, by faith in His abiding presence, the weakest of human beings may live in contact with the living Christ, and He will hold them by a hand that will never let go.” (Ministry of Healing 182)

  Because He won, you can.