addiction

hey y'all!
today was good. it was a-day. i went to the football game, for about twenty minutes, and then went home with candace and we spent our usual friday night doing absolutely nothing. i talked to mitchell last night. hes feeling a bit better. his fevers down. so i thank God for that. though i still think he should take cough medicine, he wont listen to me. haha.
i did my devotion on addicition. addicition is a horrible thing. my uncle jimmy & grandfather were addicted to alcohol, it killed them both. and now im watching it waste away my uncle don. its tragic, and really scary. addicition is not something you want to get wrapped up in. your ONLY addicition should be Jesus Christ.
James 1:22 says, "Do not merely listen to the word, and so decive yourselves. Do what it says." so, dont just listen to what the word says, DO IT. you can sit here and read the bible all day, but unless you use what it says, its not doing you any good. addiction to things other than God is absolutely not doing what the bible says.
Hebrews 4:15-16 says, "For we do not have a High Preist who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come bodly to the throne of grace, taht we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (NKJV) every Christian is tempted, but those who stay strong and go to God, will not sin. God is always there to help us when we need him. and certianly to help keep us from addiction, or bring us out of an addiction. so just trust in him!!
John 8:34 says, "Jesus replied, I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.'" this ones pretty self-explanitory. if you sin, your a slave to sin. and if you sin repeatedly, your a slave to an addicting sin.
so dont be a slave to addcition unless its for Jesus Christ!!!
i love y'all!
God Bless!
- crystal jade