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What Does Jesus’ Death Have To Do With Addiction?

Friday April 2, 2021
 

What does Jesus death have to do with us?  Well, maybe nothing and maybe everything – the choice is ours.  Jesus is the only solution to our unmanageable problems of sin and brokenness. 

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.  (Romans 3:23; 6:23 NLT)

We can ignore the fact that Jesus died for us and perish with our problems or, we can choose to accept the gift of a life changing eternal relationship with the Living God.  How do we do the latter?


We make a choice.  We admit to God that our self-centered way of living does not work.  We have cared only about ourselves and ignored the suffering of those around us.  Now we choose to turn away from such behaviour.  We admit our sins before God and ask Him to forgive us for living our lives for personal gratification.  We receive God’s forgiveness and the new life that He offers us through Jesus Christ.  This is the act of turning our will and our life over to the care of God.

For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.  So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. (Romans 5:10-11 NLT)

When we commit our lives to the care of God, God calls us His friends and fills us with His Holy Spirit.  Today, let’s bring ourselves – our will and our lives -- to the care of God.  Let’s embrace the life and healing that God is offering us. 

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Thank You for giving me new life through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Help me to die to self-will and my old ways of thinking and behaving.  I ask You to reveal and remove all my defects of character.  Help me to live each day obedient to Your word, Your way, and Your timing, trusting that you will make all things right as I surrender to Your will.  Amen

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