Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I Pastor Joseph Prince say one time "God is not interested in behavior modification He wants life transformation".

This is a very true statement God wants more than your behavior to change He wants your life to change. Over the past ten years or so I have dealt with people who are desiring to be free from the sick cycle of addiction, I have seen many successes and naturally I have seen some failures as well but one thing that I have noticed that is very consistent is this; the men and women that only want to change their behavior rarely do, they desire to be free from the pain of addiction but they do not want to change their lives they only wan to quit drinking, shooting, snorting whatever it is that they are addicted to. The problem with this of course is that without a life change it is very difficult to maintain freedom. In many recovery arenas they teach that abstinence is recovery but that is incorrect, abstinence does not mean recovery, it merely means that the person involved has not had access to their substance of choice or they are trying to quit on their own, and both of these are liable to fail. When a person experiences a life transformation they become a new person, the Bible says "a new creature" in other words what they were they are not any more they are brand new. This is the way to battle addiction help people see that when they were born again they were created new they are no longer an addict they are a son or daughter of God. This is life transformation.

Pastor Steele

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