A message from DR
It is critical for brothers overcoming addictions to CONNECT DAILY WITH MEN OF GOD WHO WILL SPEAK TRUTH INTO THEIR LIFE.
Men who will disciple them, love them right where they are, and build the Word of God into their mind and soul.
These Accountability Brothers may have to divide amongst themselves the different days of the week to connect with these.
They need to make the sacrifice!
A recovering brother’s future, his success at staying free from the spirit of addiction, depends on these brothers aggressively grounding him in the Word of God.
They must make this happen because if they don’t this brother might wind up worse than he was before he confessed his addiction, destroyed his tools of addiction, threw out his drugs, cut off his sources of bondage.
When some people are set free from the spirit of addiction they don’t do anything to fill the space the enemy occupied.
The space is clean and swept, ready for an inhabitant to come in.
Our Heavenly Father always intended for this empty space to be filled with Jesus, with the Word of God.
Luke 11:24-26 becomes a reality in this individual’s life.
They were freed from bondage and now they are eight times worse off than they were before being set free.
An accountability group is good; however, most accountability groups wait for the individual to reach out.
This needs to change!
As an accountability partner it is the responsibility of the accountability partner to consistently reach out the individual wanting freedom.
When someone is set free from bondage the believers around the individual need to be proactive and continuously reach out and speak into the individual’s life.
They must be there to answer questions; to encourage the individual; to pray for and with the individual; and if necessary speak loving correction to the individual.
They must let the individual know they are there for the individual.
That when the individual is struggling they can reach out to them at any time of day.
If you study testimonies of individuals who have been set free from the bondage of addiction you will see the critical thread which runs through each testimony which is they had someone they could reach out to when they were struggling. When they were feeling tempted to return their former way of life.
The individuals who actively participated in AA or NA were successfully set free and stayed free because they found a sponsor, a fellow addict who had walked the road they are now walking.
These Accountability Brothers must keep doing this daily until they can see the individual has become grounded in the truth of God’s Word.
They can see the individual is spiritually strong enough to fight off a future attack of the spirit of addiction.
Please communicate this information to the men in the Accountability Groups.
Brothers, agree with me the Body of Christ, the true Believers in the Lordship of Jesus, will die to themselves and their plans and schedules.
Yes, it is an inconvenience to have to give up something so that others may be won and be grounded in the truths of God’s Word.
Yes, this is why the Word calls it a “sacrifice” (Rom 12:1).
We are not our own. We were bought with the pure, precious sacrifice of our Lord and Saviour Jesus.
He sacrificed everything for us; however, the only sacrifice many believers will make is a couple of hours on Sunday.
Jesus is returning for a pure, spotless bride who is obeying the Word of God and giving their lives for their fellow man.
The vast majority of those who call themselves believers are completely focused on their lives, their needs, their wants.
I need fellow Brothers in Christ to join with me in dying to ourselves and be the Sons of God the Father calls us to be.
In the past, discipling others was an expected responsibility of all believers.
The individual who led an another person to Christ was also responsible for discipling the new child of God.
Wisdom in the WORD 
A friend that’s actively involved in helping with recovery posted this recently:
I see folks in the very beginning stages of recovery have only the clothes on their back, a wild look in their eye, a head full of bad thoughts and behaviors and a heart full of anger, hatred, guilt and shame. Come from the absolute gutter. A place many people will never see or understand. The very person many said “he’s a lost cause” or “he’s never going to change.” Then I see them stick it out, get involved, hang out with sober people living healthy lives, begin to pray, begin to let God work on them, put in the work, take responsibility and participate in their lives. Begin to take their life seriously. Let recovery grow up around them. Become grateful, humble and courageous. Get their children back, be trusted to go into their parents house again. Begin to have a heart full of love, compassion, faith and do esteemable acts while helping the new person that walked through the door. The same exact way they looked and felt when they walked in.
That my friends, is the absolute miracle of my creator. To the ones that grind everyday for your recovery and your life, I salute you. You inspire me to keep going myself.
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