what is your addiction doing to others?

 


I am always asked to repeat the prayer for those who have addictions and I will do so again. I saw the following news link also, about a nine year old who died at the hands of a drunk driver....it just tears my heart out. Whether one just drinks for the heck of it--a night of partying...or maybe one is a full blown alcoholic, the results can be the same: lives are lost either way. Don't believe me? Stop and think about it: if you drink...what have you lost? Your job? Your relationships with friends? Maybe your own sense of self worth...am I right? Even if you just drink to look good with friends who also drink, statistics show that you will be caught drinking and driving...and one of those times you will be the cause of an accident...one in which there may be no survivors. Get real, people...quit kidding yourselves....drinking comes with a HUGE price tag....I do mean HUGE! For the rest of us to wait for a day of sobriety from you....so that once more we can share in your life...how fair is that? To expect your workplace to accommodate your lateness due to hangovers, your poor performance due to hangovers...or maybe to put their work on hold while you figure out bail is just asking too much. Can you see how radically lives are changed...all due to drinking? I am all for compassion, but when it alters so many lives....when you have hit the proverbial bottom, please reconsider what drinking is doing to you, to everyone!

The prayer for addiction follows: the link for the story about the nine year old boy will follow the prayer, I encourage all to read and to share.

Dear Lord,

We come to you and we pray for all those who are struggling tonight. We ask in the name of Jesus, that you be with each person who is struggling with addiction...whether it be alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, food...sometimes it's more than one at a time.

Lord, you are our deliverer. We can do anything through Christ who strengthens us...but, we must take the first step. We must realize we have a problem and a need... and we must ask for help. We ask Lord, that you will give each person the courage to face up to their problems and to have a strong desire to change.

We ask that you will remove all outside influences that hinder them from coming clean and who perpetuate their addictions. We ask in Jesus' name, that you will bind the enemy and that you will put your angels about each person to protect them tonight from themselves and from the things that keep dragging them down. Lord, we know many self medicate so they won't have to deal with the pain in their life. We pray that you will give them the courage and strength to face down their demons and hurts... and to clean out the wounds once and for all, so they can be free to be the person that you've called them to be...to be free from the sickness and pain that keeps them in bondage.

We ask for healing in families torn apart by addiction. We ask for protection for those family members that are in harm's way because of their loved one's addictions. Lord, everyone suffers in a family where there is addiction. Please pour out your grace, mercy and healing power on each person who has been affected by someone with an addiction.

May the chains be broken tonight, Lord. Set the captives free and please begin that healing that only you can bring. Please bring hope...give a vision of what life can be like for a person freed from pain and addiction. Lord, for every need spoken or unspoken... and you know them all, we ask for your provision.

Please bring people into their lives that will stand beside them and help them to be accountable and will help them to stay clean and free. May you restore their sense of self-worth, may they find redemption and restoration in you Lord. We praise you and thank you Lord for the work you are going to do. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

May tonight be a night of life-altering change!
Believing in miracles for you!

 click on link below....

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/26621524/hundreds-say-goodbye-to-9-year-old-victim-of-dui-crash