Dismantling the Addiction Cycle

Dismantling the Addiction Cycle

Identify Triggers

Set Boundaries

• Desire – You can have all the knowledge, skills and resources you need to get started , but if you don’t have desire, it ain’t happening.
• Discipline – You have to discipline yourself to follow through. Yes, it’s hard, it’s painful. Yes, it takes you out of your comfort zone, but it’s also temporary. Studies have shown that it takes 21 consecutive days of repeated activity to form a habit. You just have to stick with it. Keep your eyes on the larger goal.
• Delight – Benefits of the habit that you never knew existed suddenly materialise.  So many times, we give up too soon. We allow our feelings to dictate our actions.  Feelings follow actions, not the other way around. Develop momentum that makes the habit easy to continue.

Letting God in

Renouncing Baal and Ashteroth – false gods and beliefs

Healing and Freedom

Staying Free

• Know your enemy and how he operates
  • Satan tries to get you feeling Discouraged, Disillusioned, Disappointed, Disconnected and Defeated.
• Know the truth and maintain freedom – need God’s help
• Build boundaries [walls] and guard gates
• Be accountable – trusted others
• Help your children and others

Remember

• God loves you no matter where you are at.
• Don’t believe the Devil’s lies. 
• You have the righteousness of Christ and that you are God’s son.
• What you DO can never change WHO YOU ARE in Him.
• Build your walls and guard your gates. 
• Go at the pace that the Holy Spirit establishes for you.

(C) Mark Whittaker, www.2Restore.wordpress.com, excerpt from seminar, Sept 2008.

Recommended Resources: www.wallbuilder2.wordpress.com; http://cavman.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/considering-addictions/

Off to Fiji

• Quote: “Know the Truth and the truth will set you free.”

I’m packed and ready for Fiji tomorrow. 3 hours flight, then 3 hours on the bus from Nadi (Nandi) to Pacific Harbour, 45 kms from Suva.

Seminars by night and counselling by day. It’s a case of the unknown, but I trust in a big God and know that He is able to deal with everything that could possibly happen.

How do we identify lies when we hear them? Do we know what the truth of God looks like? Like the mint worker who spends his time looking over the legit notes. When a fake comes by, he instantly recognises it cos he really knows what the real thing is like.

If you are feeling condemned or put down, that is a lie. If you are feeling the pressure to perform in a particular way – or perfectly – that is a lie you are listening to.

Don’t confuse condemnation with conviction. Where you feel judged but want to correct and bring positive change that is the convicting Truth of God at work in you. Ask God to speak the Truth in to your heart and mind and soul.

Choose Life. Choose Truth. Jesus is the Way.

Blessings on your and your household,
Mark

Moving On …

·       Quote: “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

”We’ve just finished 17 weeks of seminars on Wednesday nights.

We worked through DVDs of Grant Mullen www.drgrantmullen.com on topics such as mood disorders, depression, shame, rejection, fear, self-acceptance, burnout, forgiveness, deliverance, co-dependency – all the classic topics spoken of in counselling rooms globally.

On that website above, there are symptoms lists for mood disorders, Dr Grant Mullen’s specialty.Times of learning need to be followed up with times of practice and living in the new learning.

We hope and pray that the 25-30 people who have been with us this year will continue their journey – as we need to also. We have been teaching our children about over-reactions and what they can indicate. There have been some rocky patches for all of us this year, but we’re seeing the fruits of peace and family togetherness now. When the stress points come, we just climb up on the lap of God – an image that Grant uses often through his presentations.

Be like a 5 year old – totally trusting of your parent. Willing but not always useful – but there, and a valued and loved person in the family. My 5yo boy is now 6 and a half – but still as cute and adorable! Comes out with the funniest things. A surprise a day. I couldn’t be without him, even though it’s easy to be exasperated at the slow pace anything is done!

And .. [melt a mother’s heart] he comes for a Morning Hug every day, cos he knows that the day is just not the same if he doesn’t! I found it easy to identify with Grant Mullen’s picture of us being like a 5yo – trust, adoration, willingness, there. I had to work on accepting God’s love for me – this gushing waterfall of love that is freely given … to me!

I encourage you to learn of this AMAZING love and grace of God.
HE is in love with YOU.
Shalom,
Johanna