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Encouragement
"Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep."
Psalm 36:6 NIV
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The Hopelessness of the Alcoholic
"Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Those who linger long at the wine,
Those who go in search of mixed wine.
Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it swirls around smoothly;
At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
Yes, you will be like one who lies down
in the midst of the sea,
Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, saying:
'They have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?'"
Proverbs 23:29-35 NKJV
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ANOTHER CHANCE:
New Life Through Rebirth
"For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient,
deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures,
living in malice and envy,
hateful and hating one another.
But when the kindness and the love
of God our Savior toward man appeared,
not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to His mercy He saved us,
through the washing of regeneration and renewing of
the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been
justified by His grace and would become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
This is a faithful saying,
and these things I want you to affirm constantly,
that those who have believed in God
should be careful to maintain good works.
These things are good and profitable to men."
Titus 3:3-8 NKJV
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JESUS: "The Christian Solution to
Chemical Dependency"
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the LORD'S favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in Zion-
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.
Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV |
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Jesus said: "You Must Be Born Again"!
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"There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him,
'Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God;
for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.'
Jesus answered and said to him, 'Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?'
Jesus answered, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born
of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not marvel that I said to you, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it,
but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes.
So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.'"
John 3:1-8 NKJV
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To receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, pray this simple prayer right now:
 "Father in Heaven, I believe you sent your son, Jesus, from heaven;
I believe He died on the Cross for my sins;
I believe He was buried and rose on the third day; and
He sits with You in heaven even now.
Please forgive me of my sins.
Jesus, please come into my life as my
Lord and Savior and make me new.
Thank you, Father.
Amen."
You are now "born again" by the Spirit of God, and you have received eternal life and the power to overcome your addiction! Imagine! Hundreds of angels in heaven are rejoicing for you right now! Welcome to the Kingdom of God! The new home reserved for God's new creations!
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