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Break Addictions Supernaturally

It Worked for Me.  It’ll Work for You.

by Darrell Alexander

 

“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” (Mark 11:23)

 

Jesus is talking about moving mountains in this passage of Scripture.  He is speaking metaphorically, meaning symbolically.  The mountain of which He is speaking symbolizes human problems.  Sometimes problems in our lives appear to be gigantic mountains that could never be removed.  However, Jesus said in the Bible that all things are possible with God. (Luke 1:37)  No matter what you may be addicted to today, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, pornography, immorality or any type of compulsive human behavior, or demonic behavior, you can and will be free, if only you believe.

 

Three packs per day on average.  That is how many cigarettes I was smoking by the time I was 20 years old.  I started secretly smoking cigarettes to “look cool” when I was 8 years old.  By the time I was 20, they had such a hook in me that I thought I would be smoking for the rest of my life.  I lived in secret fear of dying of cancer, yet I simply could not stop smoking.  I was addicted to nicotine.

 

I tried and tried to quit smoking cigarettes to no avail.  Possibly you have done the same with the same results.  Maybe you have been told by a physician or a therapist that you just need to accept your addiction and learn to live with it.  If that is the case, you need to understand that doctors and therapists do not know everything.  Just because they are gifted in one area does not mean that they are gifted in all areas.  I am gifted to teach the Bible.  I am gifted in the area of faith.  I am telling you today by the authority of God’s Word and through personal experience that you can be delivered from any addiction.  It does not matter what your addiction may be, you can be free if only you will believe that you can be.

 

Let’s go back to the above verse of Scripture momentarily.  We saw that Jesus said that every mountain or human obstacle can be and will be removed from your life through the operation of faith.  Then He went on to explain in the same verse how faith operates.  Let’s look at it again, in part, to see how faith operates.

 

“…whosoever shall SAY unto this mountain [addiction], Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea [out of your life]; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall BELIEVE that those things which he SAITH shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he SAITH.” (Mark 11:23)

 

It is pretty clear here that Jesus is saying the only way to remove a mountain, an obstacle or an addiction, is to talk to it.  That’s right, talk to it.  As a matter of fact, He said it three times right here.  He used the words “say,” “saith” and “saith” again.  He only used the word “believe” one time.  This simply means that the way to remove an addiction is to do three times more telling it to go away than simply believing for it to go away.

 

Are you Born Again?  You need to be Born Again if you expect the operation of faith to work for you mightily.  You may be thinking, “Then how can I be Born Again?”  It is simple.  Go over to the article "what if” on this website.  Do as it says.  Once you have done that, come back and finish this article.  If you are already Born Again, continue to read.

 

Jesus was telling me that I could have what I say and not just what I pray, when you  become determined to use this faith principle to break the power of nicotine off of your  life. It will happen.

 

Never again try to “quit” smoking.  Rather talk to that nicotine addiction every time you smoke a cigarette.  Make the following statement of praise each and every time you light a cigarette.  “Father, I thank You that I am no longer addicted to cigarettes.  I no longer smoke cigarettes, in Jesus’ Name.” 

 

Now to some it seems foolish to say that you are not doing something while you are doing it.  However, I knew that Jesus had made Himself clear in Mark 11:23 that I could have whatever I “say” or “saith.”  Certainly your not going to start saying, “Thank You, Father, that I am addicted to cigarettes.”  That would only perpetuate the problem.  He said I could have what I say, so became determined to say, “…I no longer smoke cigarettes, in Jesus’ Name.” 

 

At this point you may be spending more time around Believers than  around unbelievers.  Of course, they will all know you are a smoker. There is no fooling anyone.  Some will hear you make my your confession of faith and think it is the most foolish thing they had ever heard.  Some will think God is mad at you for smoking and wasn’t about to help me.  They simply are unaware of God’s love-nature.  Others will think it foolish to say that your not doing something that they were standing there watching you do.  Some mocked me. 

 

make this confession of faith every single time you light a cigarette. Time after time after time after time when you light a cigarette say, “Father, I thank You that I am no longer addicted to cigarettes.  I no longer smoke cigarettes, in Jesus’ Name.” 

 

Never, ever try to “quit” smoking.  Make no effort whatsoever to quit smoking.  Be “delivered” from smoking by using the operation of faith that Jesus taught in the Bible.  Just kept on smoking and saying.  Day after day, time after time, smoking and saying, smoking and saying.

 

 

I want to tell you that nicotine addiction through the faith principle that I had discovered in God’s Holy Word had quit me, I never quit smoking but smoking quit me. 

  

You can do this.  It doesn’t matter what you’re addicted to.  You may be addicted to nicotine, alcohol, street drugs, prescription drugs, pornography, immorality, homosexuality, gossiping, backbiting, lying, stealing or any other kind of compulsive human behavior.  Just simply tell the devil, “Release me, in Jesus’ Name.  I’ll serve you no more.  Jesus, You’re my choice.”  Then begin to say, “Father, I thank You that I am no longer addicted to (addiction) in Jesus’ strong Name.” (John 14:13-14) 

 

Just keep thanking the Father that you are free from it in Jesus’ Name. I am not telling you to not try to stop anything.  I am telling you to keep on saying, “I’m free in Jesus’ Name” no matter what you continue to do.  Did you get that?  I am telling you to keep on saying that you are free from your addiction in Jesus’ Name, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR ADDICTION MAY BE.  I’m going to say it again.  NO MATTER WHAT YOUR ADDICTION MAY BE, keep saying, “I’m free.”  I promise you, according to the precious Holy Written Word of God, one morning you’ll wake up and your mountain of addiction will have been supernaturally removed. 

 

Someone always mocks this principle that Jesus died for and says, “Oh, are you a name it and a claim it?”  I always say, “Jesus was a name it and a claim it.  He’s to be our example in all things.  Therefore, I am a name it and a claim it.  I would rather be a name it and a claim it like Jesus than a doubt it and do without it like you and the devil.”  I don’t intend any disrespect but Believers need to wake up and realize that without faith it’s IMPOSSIBLE to please God. (Hebrews 11:6)  Did you get that?  You can give $10 Million to your favorite Missions group, but if you don’t do it by faith, expecting a return on it, God was not pleased with your giving.  Money doesn’t move God.  Religion doesn’t move God.  Sacrifice doesn’t move God.  Faith moves God and faith is released through the mouth.  So if you are opposed to speaking faith-filled words, you are opposed to the God of Faith. 

 

The Bible says in the Book of Genesis, chapter one, “And God SAID let there be …” and here we all are today.  Everything God does He does through the words of His mouth.  The Bible also says that we are to be imitators of God as His dear children. (1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1)  How does a child imitate a father in the natural?  By walking and talking like him.  The same principle is true with our Heavenly Father.  You are only going to walk free as God walks free when you begin to talk freedom the way God talks freedom. 

 

Jesus said you can cause any mountain or obstacle to be flung into the sea by the power of your words.  Solomon said, “Life and death are in the power of the tongue...” (Proverbs 18:21)  I don’t know about you, but I would prefer that my problems be flung by the power of my tongue than I be hung by the power of my tongue.  Jesus said I can have what I say and I say that never again will I ever be bound by any form of compulsive human or demonic behavior.

 

Someone is going to get a hold of what I am sharing in this faith study and get free.  It might as well be you.  God’s will does not change from person to person. (Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11)  What God did for me, He is just waiting to do for you.  He is just waiting for you to get your mouth in line with His supernatural delivering power.

 

Whatever your addiction, you may have speak against it. You have absolutely nothing to lose by applying this principle.  You have everything to gain.  It might take months.  It could even happen immediately, such as my drug and alcohol addiction did.  One way or another, if you will make up your mind to make up your mind that you are going to do this, it will work for you.  Faith will work for anybody.  It worked for me. 

If you haven't made Jesus the Miracle Worker the Lord of your life, you'll want to do that first and foremost.  You do that by saying, "Jesus, You're my choice." (Romans 10:13)  That puts you in the Family and qualifies you to use the power of the spoken word, much, much more effectively.

 

Be free in Jesus’ Strong Name …