The purpose of the Bible and the purpose of preaching is to change lives. - Rick Warren paraphrase

“And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” (Revelations 12:11)

Are you struggling with an addiction of any kind?
Who do you know who is?
How does one overcome a severe addiction?

For more than a year, I’ve been sharing an uncommon revelation from the Holy Spirit that the Internet is God’s supernatural highway of communication. I experienced this first hand as my own spiritual journey to salvation was closely tied to the web.

In yesterday devotional, I shared how God shouted to me “put away the evil” while I was “doing the dew” on the morning of Feb 10 and then Pastor Matt preached a corresponding outstanding message titled “Why Everyone Needs Negative Friends.” During Matt’s sermon, Lynndey Reid came on stage to share her personal testimony of how God helped her overcome a severe addiction. As Lynndey authentically shared her powerful story of God’s grace and mercy, my eyes flooded with tears. Here is an excerpt from the end of Lynndey’s testimony:

“We knew we couldn’t fix ourselves and the only one that could restore us as individuals and our marriage & family was the Lord.  We came back in October 2006 determined to recommit our lives to the Lord.  In January we both started attending Life Groups – we knew we needed to connect with other believers.  We were still struggling with the alcohol but the Lord is so gracious.  Because we turned back to Him, He met us every step of the way.  We became desperate to get rid of the control that alcohol had over our lives.

We missed one Sunday when Randy Peck shared, but we listened to the MP3 message [downloaded from the web]. We ended up listening to it three times and all we heard was the power of prayer, fasting, and studying the Word.  We fasted for our first time the next Friday which ended up being our first Friday in 3 years without alcohol.  During that day we didn’t feel like anything was happening, but the Lord moved - and broke the chains of addiction in our lives.  Drinking was once the focus of our lives but Praise God it no longer has control over us.

James 5:19 says:
Brethren if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

If you have a friend who is wandering - don’t shy away from speaking the truth of God’s love into their lives & praying for them.  Also, we never know where someone is when they come through the church doors.  They may be like Chris & I were – at the end of their rope.  You welcomed us and we can’t thank you enough.  Let us always be a body of believers with the arms of Jesus open wide.”

To read and listen to the rest of this powerful story of a changed life, visit today’s Link of the Day. There is tremendous power and blessing in sharing personal testimonies of redemption through Jesus Christ.

Prayer Power
Most gracious and merciful Father, thank You for delivering Lynndey and Chris from their addiction problems. Bless and protect that family LORD. Thank You for Lynndey’s willingness to share her testimony in such a transparent way. Multiply her story through the web to help deliver hundreds and even thousands of people from their addictions. Thank You Jesus, our Deliver, who does exceeding abundantly above and beyond what we can think or imagine. Blessed be the LORD forever, He who gives His people rest. Amen and Hallelujah!

Link of the Day
Lynndey, Overcoming Addiction - full testimony

Blessings to rely on the blood of the Lamb and the power of your testimony to overcome evil!

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