I want to begin with a text, because I don’t know if you feel like this, but when I come to a topic like addiction it absolutely overwhelms me. This is not an easy topic and this is not an easy situation. This is hard ministry in many ways. It’s heartbreaking ministry.
I want to anchor what we’re going to talk about in practical ways in dealing with temptation and repentance in a text. We need to stand on a truth of God’s Word that will give us hope.
Ephesians 3:20-21 says, “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
Brothers and sisters, God is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think. We need to remember that when we come alongside difficult cases like addiction. God is able to do these things. He is able. He is powerful. We come to ministry with a confidence not in ourselves, but in Him.
With that in mind,
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