{"id":617,"date":"2010-06-30T22:27:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T22:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/wp3\/?page_id=617"},"modified":"2016-06-22T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:39:11","slug":"twirl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/wp3\/twirl","title":{"rendered":"TWIRL “This Week In Recovery Lesson”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sample Recovery Lesson… <\/strong>click TWIRL<\/a> to gain full access to all of the lessons.<\/h3>\n

(As a participantof the FREEdom from MEdom Community, you will have available to you recovery lessons and application challenges. The following is an example of the lessons in the Community<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

If you have a Bible, read Romans chapters 6-8; then read Philippians chapter 4. Then, read from the FFMP website, the article titled, \u201cMourning Sickness: You Snooze You Lose<\/a>\u201d\u2026 Then, the meaning of following recovery lesson will have greater impact. <\/em><\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul of the Bible said, \u201cI know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content<\/strong> in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.\u201d Paul is the same guy that said, \u201cI have discovered this principle of life<\/strong>\u2014that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God\u2019s law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin<\/strong> that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am!<\/strong> Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?\u201d<\/p>\n

What gives? One minute Paul has learned the secret of being content and the next he\u2019s discovered that he\u2019s miserably discontent.<\/em><\/strong> This issue of \u2018me\u2019dom describes the human condition that defines our experience. Both are true: our discovery that we are under the control of our self-centered ways of thinking and behaving, and, we can experience freedom from our ongoing and deepening dissatisfaction. Jesus said, \u201cYou will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d They asked him, \u201cWhat do you mean set free? We\u2019ve never been anyone\u2019s slave.\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cI tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.\u201d Sin is the Bible\u2019s three-letter word for our selfish intentions and behavior. In other words, the first time we gave into the drug of self-indulgence we became addicted. The truth is that Jesus Christ wants to lift the weight of our burden since He can and will if we seek Him.<\/p>\n

If you do not have a Bible, feel free to research the following articles in FFMP for help:<\/p>\n

– Sound Investment Strategy<\/p>\n

– When-Then Transformation<\/p>\n

– Overcoming F.E.A.R.<\/p>\n

– Come to Your Senses<\/p>\n

– Bird Whisperer<\/p>\n

– Addicted to Me<\/p>\n

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Based on what you have read\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

1. What would you say Paul meant when he declared that he had learned the secret of being content?<\/p>\n

2. What would you say Paul meant when he declared that he was miserable under the control of \u201cthe power\u201d at war with his mind?<\/p>\n

3. What power is he talking about that controls his mind?<\/p>\n

4. What do you think he means when he says such power controls him?<\/p>\n

5. Would you categorize Paul\u2019s problem as a kind of addiction? Explain.<\/p>\n

6. Paul is a believer. What does this say about the power of addiction in the life of a believer?<\/p>\n

7. According to the truth laid out in Romans 8 and Philippians 4, what could Paul do about his problem? Or should we say, since Paul wrote these passages in his letters to the churches in Rome and Philippi, what did Paul do about his problem?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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