{"id":609,"date":"2012-04-24T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T14:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sgledhill.com\/bronze\/?p=609"},"modified":"2012-06-30T13:12:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T18:12:57","slug":"twirl-8210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/member\/lessons\/twirl-8210","title":{"rendered":"TWIRL 045: Addicted to Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Week In Recovery Lesson<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The focus of this week’s lesson centers on the fundamental MEdom problem: my addiction to me. Please read the FFMP Series article “<\/span>Addicted to Me<\/span><\/a>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>James 3:16 (NLT)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is causing the quarrels and fights among you? \u00a0Don\u2019t they come from the evil desires at war within you?\u00a0 You want what you don\u2019t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can\u2019t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them.<\/strong>\u00a0 Yet you don\u2019t have what you want because you don\u2019t ask God for it.\u00a0 And even when you ask, you don\u2019t get it because your motives are all wrong\u2014you want only what will give you pleasure.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>James 4:1-3 (NLT)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTemptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.\u00a0 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0James 1:14-15 (NLT)<\/span><\/p>\n