FREEDOM FROM STRONGHOLDS

As stated by Tony Evans, Author of Let It Go, [The world's word for things that hold people hostage is Addiction.  We hear it said that people are addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, or whatever it may be. The problem I have with this word is the implication it often has that we are powerless victims of our circumstances.  In other words, calling something an addiction suggests that we have an excuse for what we are doing, either because we don't have the ability to break it, someone else caused it and thus it isn't our fault, or we have bad genes or a bad environment that sets us up for this problem. Some people may even say their addiction has all of these elements]. In my opinion Tony Evans has offered us the truth concerning freedom from what the world calls addiction. I have first hand experience with having a stronghold on my Life. I have listened to all the confessions of being powerless in the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous. Never would I have believed that I would take part in the meetings, but in the beginning of my recovery process I did not believe that I was an Addict, I would not confess that over my life in the rooms of NA. I studied the word, which told me who I was and what I was to become.  So I continued to walk in my newness and victory, even though it opposed everything this institution had set up. Tony Evans also states in his book that he believes the average person thinks of an addiction as something that is somehow not the victim's responsibility, which often helps the person dodge the real issue. He also states that calling something an addiction doesn't address the spiritual dimension of the problem, which is needed to find the answer. Tony Evans final paragraph in this chapter of the book states, " The word Stronghold  takes us to the real issue because it takes us to our spiritual makeup and to the Word of God. When we get the spiritual part of the equation fixed, the emotional and the physical parts, will begin to fall in Line.
I believe this is the reason why I was so against the ways and literature of Narcotics Anonymous. I had given my Life to Christ before I went to treatment. My spirit had been renewed in the Lord and I was told who I am through Christ. People need to be spiritually awakened  and Know that they are Kings and Queens. Your past does not define who you are, or who you will become. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation, Old things are past away, Behold, all things have become new....
This is the first scripture God gave me to meditate on. I knew at that very moment that I was FREE.