Deuteronomy 11:18-25
"18. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19. And ye shall reach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
20. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
21. That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
22. For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which i command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God,to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
23. Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
24. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
25. There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you."
First we "Lay up these...words in your heart and in your soul" and we "teach them [our] children" and our days will be multipied, and the days of our children.
Memorizing scripture "that we might not sin against God" (Psalms 119:11) is the first step. We integrate Scripture into our lives to the point where it is part of our life and our family's lives.
If we do this, we'll live longer and so will our kid's will too.
And if we keep the commandments God gives us (Matthew 5:27-30) and love God and "cleave unto him" then he'll conquer all of our battles for us. And we'll be able to conquer "greater nations". Essentially, if we obey God and trust Him and love Him completely, He'll help us overcome our addictions, despite however intimidating they may be.
Verse 25 is especially encouraging.
"There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you san dthe dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you."
God will actually make Satan afraid of us as we overcome the weapons he continuously throws at us.
So, how do we overcome our addictions?
Well, first of all, you need to know God. (See the How to Know God page)
Second, pray for His help.
Third, read His Word and strive to do what He says.
Fourth, love God.
Fifth, cleave unto Him.
A simple 5 steps and you can overcome your addiction that has controlled your life for so long.
What will you do?
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