God has made a way

But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves James 1:22 (The Life Recovery Bible)

God has a purpose for all of us and He has made a way for all of us to achieve and sustain sobriety, which He reveals to us through His Word.

He has given it to us to make the way clear and He has given it to us intentionally so we will know how to respond to the issues of life as they arise without alcohol, drugs, gambling or what ever other addiction we may be overcoming.

God has a purpose for giving us His word.

To ensure His purposes will be accomplished in and through each of us.
My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the Lord. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. "The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. Isaiah 55:8-11 (The Life Recovery Bible)

To Tell Us We Are Lost
Through the Bible we learn about: heaven, hell and sin and our need for a Saviour.

Every effort we make to save ourselves fails and will continue to fail until we recognize we are lost and in need of salvation.

As the person who has a physical illness must know of that illness and that he is in need of medical attention, the addict must also know of their spiritual sickness and see his need for salvation.

Anyone can stop using as many of us have done time and time again yet nothing ion our lives change.

Until we recognize our need to be saved from our lost condition, we will never make the changes that we must make in life to accomplish effective salvation.

Sin dooms us to be lost.

God created man as a pure, upright being.
But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path. (Eccl. 7:29)

When man disobeyed God and sinned, he was separated from God.
So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:23-24)

As sin separated the first man from God, sin separates man from God today.
In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope ( Eph. 2:12)

Separated, because of his sins, is lost and doomed to eternal death—separation from God in the place of eternal punishment.

When we apply the word of God to ourselves and live by it, we are fellowship with both the Father and Son, and thus has salvation.

Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with
both the Father and the Son. (2 John 9)

We must keep the commands of God being faithful even to the point of death and he will receive the crown of life at the final day.

Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you
remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10)

The Solution

God's purpose in giving us His word is only fulfilled when each of learns its message and applies it to our live so that we might have the salvation of our souls

The Question

Have you obeyed the word of God so that you might have your sins forgiven, be saved and achieve lasting life transformation and recovery?